PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taylor
vs
Lashley

180 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesse Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Lashley!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taylor looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lashley!
Taylor unloading with bombs!
Lashley tries to reverse the position but Taylor maintains control.
Taylor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lashley is trying to escape the mount.
Taylor 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.

Lashley defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Taylor.
Lashley wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lashley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lashley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Taylor working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Taylor is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Lashley is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Lashley flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Taylor anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Lashley and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Taylor slips an arm under Lashley chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Taylor has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Taylor is squeezing on Lashley like an anaconda would it's prey. Lashley fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jesse Taylor!