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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Valor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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245 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Valor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor shoots in for a double leg but Valor sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Valor looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Valor.
Taylor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valor can pounce on him.
Taylor fails to land the takedown.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor throws a right hand that Valor ducks under and follows up with a left that Valor also avoids with ease.
Taylor jabs Valor right on the nose. Valor blinks but takes it well.
Valor tries for a takedown but Taylor circles away easily
and Taylor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Valor's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.
Taylor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taylor advances position into side control!
Taylor works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Taylor connects with a decent elbow.
Taylor working the body and head with strikes.
Valor is rocked!
Valor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Taylor connects with a decent elbow.
Oh Valor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taylor lands a few punches from side control.
Taylor grinds an elbow into Valor's temple.
Taylor lands an elbow.
Valor seems to have got his legs back now.
Taylor has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Valor!
Taylor cracks Valor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Taylor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Valor looks a forlorn figure.
Taylor lands a heavy elbow.
Valor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Taylor with the ground and pound from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valor wants to control but Taylor is having none of it.
Valor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Taylor with good strikes from the mount here!
Taylor with a couple of short strikes.
Taylor with shots to the head and body - Valor looks very uncomfortable down there.
Taylor punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Taylor.
Valor is trying desperately to improve position.
Valor is working hard here to advance position.
Taylor with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor with the ground and pound from mount.
Taylor lands a big elbow.
Taylor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Valor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Valor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount.
Valor taking shots to the head.
Valor is in all sorts of trouble here.
Taylor lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Taylor lands with some strikes.
Valor is in a horrible position here. Taylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Valor is in a horrible position here. Taylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valor tries to hold on but Taylor postures up.
Taylor wants to control the pace but Valor is squirming around nicely.
Taylor cracks Valor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Taylor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor looking to finish Valor with some ground and pound. This is bad for Valor!
Taylor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Valor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Taylor dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Valor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor digs a good body shot into Valor's ribs.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Valor moves out of range.
Taylor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Taylor showed some decent athleticism there.
Valor trying to hold on to Taylor's head to control him but Taylor postures up.
Valor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Taylor working Valor over with strikes.
Valor is looking for a sweep. Taylor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Taylor lands with a punch from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Taylor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Taylor seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Taylor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Taylor working Valor over with strikes.
Valor wants to get back to full guard.
Taylor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Taylor is looking to advance position but Valor won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valor trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Taylor winds up and cracks Valor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Valor tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Valor has hold of Taylor's hands but Taylor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Valor is looking to control Taylor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Valor avoid being mounted?
Jake Taylor has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Taylor fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Valor sprawls well initially but Taylor persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Valor is pressing down on Taylor's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor is looking to work some ground and pound but Valor has wrist control.
Taylor wants to get up but he can't break Valor's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Valor controls Taylor momentarily but Taylor frees himself.
Taylor with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor works over Valor with some ground and pound from guard.
Valor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Taylor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taylor landing with the ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Valor darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.
Valor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Taylor just stands there and leans against the cage.
Valor tries to pull guard but Taylor won't allow it.
Taylor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Valor gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Taylor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Valor prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Valor is trying to drag Taylor to the mat but Taylor just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Valor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taylor tries to break free but Valor pushes him back against the cage.
Valor has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valor can't get the takedown.
Valor prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Good shot there by Taylor.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taylor lands a nice short elbow.
Taylor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Taylor working over Valor with some ground and pound. Valor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Taylor.
Taylor trying to control from half guard but Valor is working away.
Taylor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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. Taylor connects with a nice short shot to Valor's temple.
Taylor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valor wants to get back to full guard.
Valor controlling the position for now.
Taylor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taylor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Taylor throwing shots but Valor is blocking nicely.
Taylor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Valor's head.
Taylor seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Taylor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taylor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Valor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taylor.
Valor is in trouble now - Taylor has advanced to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Valor wants to control but Taylor is having none of it.
Valor is working to get back to half guard.
Taylor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Valor?
Valor wants to control but Taylor is having none of it.
Valor is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jake Taylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Valor?
Valor takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Taylor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Taylor raining down shots from the mount!
Taylor controlling from mount.
Valor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Taylor controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Taylor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Valor really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Valor taking shots to the head.
Taylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Let's hope that Taylor has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Valor is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Taylor!
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energy
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RATING
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