PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between sosed snizy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sosed snizy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tom Taylor's chin.

snizy
vs
Taylor

200 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
202 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sosed snizy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
snizy is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
snizy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Taylor swings for the body but snizy moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - snizy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Taylor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taylor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
snizy throws a head kick that Taylor semi-blocks.

It looks like Tom Taylor has been cut.
Taylor misses the jab.
snizy takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
Taylor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
snizy tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
snizy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
snizy throws a sloppy head kick and Taylor moves out of range easily.
Taylor lands a two punch combo.
snizy tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
snizy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Taylor is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
snizy wants to clinch.
Taylor blocks a head kick by snizy.
snizy is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from snizy.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taylor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches snizy on the side of the head.

snizy moves into the clinch.
snizy prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
snizy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
snizy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
snizy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taylor is defending well for now.
snizy misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
snizy lands with a kick to the temple. Taylor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
snizy lands a head kick!
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can snizy finish him?

That has opened up Tom Taylor's cut even more.
snizy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Taylor takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
snizy tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
snizy is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
snizy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
snizy throws a head kick that misses.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - snizy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor cracks snizy with a right hand to the side of the head.
snizy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
snizy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from snizy.
snizy tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
snizy throws a head kick that half lands.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by snizy.
Taylor misses with the combination.
Taylor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

snizy has taken the fight to the clinch.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
snizy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
snizy lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
snizy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taylor is defending well for now.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Tom Taylor's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
snizy lands a knee to the body.
Taylor looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
snizy working Taylor over with knees to the body.
snizy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but snizy has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
snizy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
snizy looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
snizy misses with an elbow over the top.
snizy working Taylor over with knees to the body.
Taylor blocks the elbow strike.
snizy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
snizy misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but snizy keeps him there for the moment.
snizy lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

sosed snizy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Taylor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

snizy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from snizy.
Good exchange - Taylor coming out on top.
Taylor throws a hook but snizy blocks it.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
snizy tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
sosed snizy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
snizy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
sosed snizy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
snizy moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
sosed snizy is winning the standup battle so far.
snizy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
snizy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
snizy throws a head kick but Taylor moves out of range.
snizy misses with a jab, cross combination.
snizy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Taylor.

Tom Taylor's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Taylor takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tom Taylor's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). sosed snizy!