PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Herald Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herald Taylor has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Taylor
vs
Carver

198 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Herald Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Carver!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Carver fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Taylor closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Carver blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taylor.
Carver trying to control from the bottom.
Taylor takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Carver trying to control here.
Taylor content to control rather than advance.
Taylor lands strikes from half guard.
Taylor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver trying to hold on to Taylor's head to control him but Taylor postures up.
Taylor is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Carver on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Taylor keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Carver is staying active underneath Taylor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Taylor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Taylor.
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.
Taylor is controlling the pace.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Herald Taylor.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carver is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Carver with a poor takedown

and Taylor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Taylor's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Taylor trying to control but Carver is working from the bottom.
Carver thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Taylor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carver is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carver looking for subs off his back but Taylor has passed one foot through into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Taylor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Taylor really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Carver moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Carver wants to control the position but Taylor says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Carver looks gassed!
Taylor performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver is staying active underneath Taylor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Taylor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Taylor wants to work for an arm triangle but Carver is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Carver trying to control here.
Carver avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taylor.
Taylor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herald Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carver wants to clinch

and Taylor counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Carver is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor prevents Carver from standing back up.
Taylor tries to pass to full mount but Carver defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carver is staying active underneath Taylor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Carver is looking to improve his position.
Carver gets back to full guard.
Carver is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor scoring with some ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Carver bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Carver trying to control the action but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Taylor can't do much from the bottom here.
Taylor is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Taylor regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor manages to get to full guard.
Taylor has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Carver pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taylor is keeping the position for now.
Taylor is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taylor is looking to sinch up a triangle. Carver throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Taylor's body to avoid the submission. Taylor has instead reached around Carver's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Taylor arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Herald Taylor!