PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Baron Von Barva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Barva's entrance music is Imperial March. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Von Barva
vs
Taylor

174 cm
24
161 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

170 cm
23
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baron Von Barva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Travis Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Barva misses with a kick to the body.
Von Barva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taylor moves out of range of the body kick from Von Barva.
Von Barva fails in his attempt to clinch.

Taylor shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Taylor moves nicely into side control.
Taylor scoring with punches and elbows.
Von Barva wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Taylor working the ground and pound.
Taylor fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Taylor working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Barva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Von Barva tries to escape but Taylor is in control.
Taylor lands some shots froms side control.
Taylor scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Von Barva to see if he's OK.
Taylor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Von Barva keeps working.
Taylor tries to move to mount but Von Barva blocks the move with his legs.
Taylor working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Barva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Taylor wants to control but Von Barva is keeping him busy.
Von Barva is pushing Taylor's head away, looking to escape. Taylor manages to hold on to the position though.
Von Barva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Taylor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Von Barva prevents Taylor from moving into mount.
Von Barva wants to get back to his feet.
Taylor is looking to take a break and control but Von Barva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Barva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Taylor is controlling him well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Von Barva.
Von Barva tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Von Barva ducks right into an uppercut from Taylor.

Taylor drives through with a takedown into guard.
Taylor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Taylor landing some decent shots from guard.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Von Barva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor pushes down on Von Barva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Taylor stalling.
Taylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Von Barva defending well though.
Von Barva has hold of Taylor's hands but Taylor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Taylor dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Von Barva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Von Barva misses with a head kick.
Von Barva avoids the body shot from Taylor.
Von Barva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Von Barva misses with a kick to the body.
Von Barva is looking to clinch.
Taylor lands with a right hand.
Von Barva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taylor circles away quickly and effectively.
Von Barva throws a sloppy head kick and Taylor moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Von Barva.
Von Barva doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
No joy there for Von Barva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Taylor shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Von Barva napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control the action but Von Barva is working from the bottom.
Taylor lands a decent elbow from side control.
Taylor landing strikes.
Taylor is chipping away with strikes.
Von Barva tries to escape but Taylor is in control.
Von Barva taking a bit of punishment here - Taylor scoring with strikes.
Taylor landing strikes.
Taylor lands some shots froms side control.
Taylor taking a breather here.
Taylor working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Barva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Taylor is working Von Barva over with some ground and pound from side control.
Von Barva wants to get back to his feet but Taylor drags him back down.
Von Barva is not content to let Taylor control the position.
Von Barva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Taylor connects with a decent elbow.
Taylor advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Barva trying desperately to get to his feet.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount.
Travis Taylor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor punishing his opponent with strikes.

Von Barva is rocked!
Von Barva is bucking up trying to escape but Taylor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Von Barva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Barva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Taylor controlling the pace for now.
Von Barva seems to have got his legs back now.
Taylor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Von Barva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Taylor.
Taylor with a couple of short strikes.
Taylor cracks Von Barva with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Taylor!