PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Bravo (ranked 6218 p4p, 6303 weight class) and Damian Taylor (ranked 492 p4p, 497 weight class). Charlie Bravo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bravo
vs
Taylor

181 cm
20
156
1 - 4 - 0

165 cm
19
152
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Bravo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Taylor !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bravo misses with a straight left.
Taylor missing with a left hand there. Bravo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Taylor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bravo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Taylor throws a hook but Bravo blocks it.
Bravo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bravo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bravo throws a jab when Taylor was well out of range.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.

Taylor has managed to clinch.
Bravo tries to break free but Taylor pushes him back against the cage.
Bravo working hard to break the clinch.
Taylor keeps control of Bravo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Taylor .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor .
Taylor misses with a hook from the clinch.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bravo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taylor on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bravo scores with a punch to the head.
Bravo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Bravo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Taylor slips a jab from Bravo.
Bravo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bravo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Bravo is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor . Bravo does a little dance to reset his feet.

Bravo instigates a clinch.
Bravo is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bravo backwards.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Bravo.

Bravo manages to break the clinch.
Taylor throws a hook but Bravo avoids it easily.
Bravo throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.
Bravo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Taylor takes one to the side of the head.
Bravo walks into a stiff left hand from Taylor .
Taylor slips a jab from Bravo.
A little jabbing left from Taylor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Taylor has closed the distance and engaged Bravo in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bravo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bravo can't break the clinch.

Bravo breaks from the clinch.
Bravo throws an overhand right that lands on Taylor 's shoulder, as Taylor tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Taylor misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Bravo is rocked!
Nice cross by Taylor .
Oh Bravo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.

Taylor pushes Bravo up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor keeps control of Bravo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bravo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taylor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taylor creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Bravo with a big uppercut! Bravo tries to clinch up but Taylor pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Bravo to the mat! Bravo covers up and Taylor unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Damian Taylor !
An out of breath Damian Taylor thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.