PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chance Taken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Overbury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overbury is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rule Britannia. Chance Taken has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Taken
vs
Overbury

191 cm
20
270 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

193 cm
23
262 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chance Taken!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Overbury!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Overbury throws a right hand that Taken ducks under and follows up with a left that Taken also avoids with ease.
Overbury misses with a double jab.
Overbury tries to bum rush Taken with a series of wild strikes but Taken uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Overbury throws a jab when Taken was well out of range.
Taken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Overbury looks to land a combination but Taken avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taken looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Overbury lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Overbury misses.
Overbury throws a series of punches but Taken avoids them all with ease.
Overbury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Overbury throws a hook but Taken avoids it easily.
Taken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Overbury throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taken dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Overbury. That did some damage!
Taken throws a leg kick which misses Overbury's front leg but catches the back leg as Overbury tries to avoid it.
Overbury throws the left hand but Taken avoids the punch easily.
Overbury throws a right hand that Taken ducks under and follows up with a left that Taken also avoids with ease.
Thomas Overbury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Overbury lands a glancing blow to the side of Taken's head.
Overbury misses with a series of wild punches.

Taken gets a takedown into half guard.
Overbury is trying to get back to full guard.
Taken missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overbury blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taken.
Taken throwing shots but Overbury is blocking nicely.
Taken missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Taken is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Taken moves into full mount! Overbury won't be happy about that!

Taken looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Taken thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overbury wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Taken.
Overbury sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Taken perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Taken wants to control but Overbury is keeping him busy.
Overbury keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Overbury tries to kick Taken off but Taken keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Taken drops an elbow to the side of Overbury's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taken thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Overbury's head.
Taken thows a huge punch but Overbury dodges it nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Overbury can do anything to dispel that myth.
Taken missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Taken is trying to control the action in half guard but Overbury is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Overbury avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taken.
Taken missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Taken sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Overbury defending well though.
Taken thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Overbury to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Taken slips a straight right by Overbury.
Overbury stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Taken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Taken dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Overbury goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Overbury throws a right and a left that Taken avoids nicely.
Taken fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A left and a right from Overbury both land. Nice combination.
Overbury misses with a body shot.
Overbury throws a good cross that connects.
Some wild striking there from Overbury.
Taken thows a body shot but no joy.
Overbury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taken lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overbury looks to land a combination but Taken avoids it well.
Overbury misses with a straight right.
Taken throws a quick inside leg kick.
Overbury is breathing heavily.
Overbury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taken.
Taken dodges the punch combination from Overbury.
Taken slips under a jab.
Thomas Overbury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taken looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chance Taken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Overbury looks to land a combination but Taken avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Taken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Overbury.
Overbury misses with a wild combination.
Overbury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taken is looking to clinch but Overbury is avoiding it.
Overbury lands with an overhand left.
Taken looks for a takedown but Overbury sprawls well.
Overbury lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taken circles away quickly and effectively.
Taken takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Overbury, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Taken.
Taken fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Taken ducks under a wild hook from Overbury.
Overbury throws a right and a left that Taken avoids nicely.
Overbury swinging wilding here.
Overbury scores with a nice right hand.
Taken misses with a low kick.
Overbury misses with a few strikes there.
Taken moves out of range as Overbury strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overbury misses with an uppercut.
Overbury might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Overbury swinging wilding here.
Overbury misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas Overbury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taken tries to move into range but Overbury moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taken changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Overbury tries to avoid it but Taken manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Overbury to the ground. Overbury escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Overbury showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taken.
Taken avoids a punch combination nicely.
Overbury with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Overbury showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Taken misses with a straight left.
Taken blocks a jab.
Overbury falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taken counters with a straight right hand.
Overbury swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taken tries to clinch but Overbury moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Overbury.
Overbury throws a combination that misses
and Taken counters with a good low kick that Overbury was not able to check.
Overbury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Overbury slips a straight right by Taken.
Taken has a takedown stuffed.
Overbury throws a hook but Taken blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Overbury.
Overbury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Overbury throws a right hand that Taken ducks under and follows up with a left that Taken also avoids with ease.
A big left from Overbury misses.
Overbury throws a right and a left that Taken avoids nicely.
Overbury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taken manages to avoid it.
Overbury throws a right hand that Taken ducks under and follows up with a left that Taken also avoids with ease.
Overbury throws a looping overhand right but Taken ducks down to avoid it.
Overbury misses with the combination.
Overbury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Overbury misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Taken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Overbury throws a combination that misses

and Taken counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Taken passes Overbury's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Taken takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Taken looks to land a strike but Overbury avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Overbury wants to improve his position but instead Taken has moved into half guard.
Taken working the head and body with strikes.
Taken sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Overbury defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taken scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taken is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Taken looking to ground and pound but Overbury is blocking nicely.
Taken looking to finish Overbury with some ground and pound. This is bad for Overbury!
Taken won't let Overbury get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Taken lands a nice shot to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Taken there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Taken trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Taken jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Overbury manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Taken working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Taken scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Overbury can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Taken clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Overbury falls off balance throwing a combination

and Taken counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Taken is looking to work some ground and pound but Overbury has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taken chips away with some ground and pound.
Taken throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Overbury works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taken throwing strikes but missing.
Taken trying to control the position from guard on top but Overbury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taken missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Taken in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overbury preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taken passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Taken is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Overbury knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Overbury tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Taken wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Taken misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Taken misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Taken throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Taken scoring with punches and elbows.
Taken creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Overbury sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Taken working the ground and pound but Overbury is defending the strikes.
Taken tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
You can see the frustration on Overbury's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Taken has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Taken advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overbury gets back to half guard.
Taken thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Overbury is trying to maintain the position but Taken is very close to passing his half guard.
Taken looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Overbury with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Taken connects with a nice short shot to Overbury's temple.
Overbury avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taken.

Taken seems to be working for a kimura but Overbury defends the submission attempt.
Nice strikes from Taken there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overbury blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taken.
Taken passes to full mount!

Taken goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Overbury is on top in guard.
Taken trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Taken had his way with Thomas Overbury in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Taken misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Taken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Overbury throws out the jab.
Taken wants to slow Overbury down by chopping away at his legs.
Overbury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Taken counters with a good low kick that Overbury was not able to check.
Taken fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Overbury misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Overbury lands a two punch combo.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Overbury misses with a body shot

and Taken counters with a nice double leg into side control. Overbury won't be happy with that.

Taken wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Overbury, who protects the arm well.
Taken throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taken looking to control but instead Overbury has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Chance Taken overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taken looks to land a strike but Overbury avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Overbury wants to stand and escape but Taken is having none of it.
Overbury tries to strike from the bottom.
Taken postures up in Overbury's guard and throws a big left but Overbury blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Taken trying to control but Overbury is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Overbury misses with a double jab
and Taken makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Overbury lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Overbury.
Overbury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taken.
Overbury misses with a straight left.
Taken fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chance Taken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taken throws a lazy right hand but Overbury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Overbury with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overbury swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Taken counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Overbury misses with a hook. Taken ducked under it nicely.
Taken walks into a left hand.
Overbury misses with an uppercut. Taken saw that one coming.
Nice takedown defense from Overbury. No joy for Taken on that attempt.
Taken walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Taken takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Overbury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chance Taken is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Overbury lands a really nice looking cross but Taken seems unphased.
Overbury fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overbury checks a low kick from Taken.
Overbury swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Taken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Overbury throws a right and a left that Taken avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taken.
Thomas Overbury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Overbury throws a hook but Taken blocks it.
Taken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Overbury.
Overbury throws the left hand but Taken avoids the punch easily.
Overbury misses with a double jab
and Taken counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thomas Overbury.
I think Taken has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 48:47
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 48:47
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chance Taken!
Chance Taken is the new heavyweight champion!