PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Cannibal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ookami Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ookami Taylor is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cannibal
vs
Taylor

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Nightmare Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Cannibal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ookami Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cannibal takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cannibal scores with a jab.
Taylor tries to clinch but Cannibal moves out of range.
Cannibal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cannibal throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Cannibal misses.
Cannibal throws a shot to the body.
Cannibal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anthony Cannibal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor staying out of range there.
Cannibal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cannibal sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cannibal sprawls well. Cannibal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
Cannibal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taylor's hands.
Taylor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cannibal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cannibal throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cannibal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannibal stuffs the takedown.
Cannibal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cannibal lands a slapping body shot.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Cannibal slips the punch.
Taylor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cannibal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cannibal with a nice cross.
Some wild striking there from Taylor.
Cannibal thuds a left hand into Taylor's body.
Taylor looks gassed!
Cannibal fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannibal cracks Taylor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cannibal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Cannibal pushes him off.
Cannibal throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cannibal lands a jab to the head.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cannibal misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Cannibal circles away and keeps his distance.
Cannibal looks to land a right hand but Taylor moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cannibal avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Taylor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Taylor drops his hands momentarily and Cannibal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Taylor should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Horrible takedown by Taylor or perhaps it was just good defense by Cannibal which made him look bad.
Anthony Cannibal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ookami Taylor.
Cannibal tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cannibal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Taylor.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cannibal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Taylor is rocked!
Cannibal misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Cannibal dominated 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.

Cannibal lands with a nice body punch.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Cannibal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cannibal moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cannibal throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.
Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cannibal.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cannibal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cannibal is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cannibal throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor looks to land a combination. Cannibal sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cannibal scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Cannibal looks to land a right hand but Taylor moved out of range.
Taylor walks into a jab.
Taylor throws a combination. Cannibal tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Cannibal.
Cannibal connects with a right hand. Taylor shakes it off.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Cannibal keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cannibal.
Cannibal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
Taylor dodges the punch combination from Cannibal.
Anthony Cannibal is winning the standup battle so far.
Cannibal fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Taylor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Cannibal.
Taylor misses with a jab to the body
and Cannibal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Taylor thinking.
Cannibal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Taylor at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Cannibal.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Cannibal finish him?
Cannibal moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Taylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Cannibal lands a jab to the head.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Cannibal avoids nicely.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cannibal.
Cannibal connects with a right hand. Taylor shakes it off.
Cannibal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ookami Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cannibal moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cannibal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Cannibal waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Taylor. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Taylor to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannibal showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cannibal is looking to stand up but Taylor won't let him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cannibal is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Cannibal dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Taylor fails with a takedown attempt.
A big right from Taylor misses.
Cannibal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taylor can do to turn this around?
A big right from Cannibal misses.
Cannibal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cannibal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannibal misses with a hook.
Taylor is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cannibal keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Cannibal is avoiding it.
Cannibal lands a nice shot to the body.
Taylor looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cannibal is fending him off so far but Taylor persists. Nope, Cannibal circles away and we're back to standing.
Taylor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cannibal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cannibal lands a nice shot that snaps Taylor's head back.
Cannibal connects with the punch.
Cannibal lands a nice looking body shot.
Taylor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Cannibal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannibal lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cannibal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cannibal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Taylor drops his hands momentarily and Cannibal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cannibal lands a nice looking body shot.
Cannibal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cannibal lands a lovely overhand right.
Cannibal lands with a cross.
Cannibal walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Taylor drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Cannibal swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Taylor's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Cannibal!