PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Niclas Ekman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ekman
vs
Taylor

193 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

188 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good 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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Niclas Ekman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Taylor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ekman.
Ekman walks into a jab.
Ekman has a takedown stuffed.
Ekman shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Niclas Ekman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor clobbers Ekman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ekman moves away.
Ekman shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Taylor throws a nice looking combination but Ekman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ekman fails with the takedown.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Taylor stalks Ekman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ekman's face. Ekman staggers backwards, shaken.
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ekman shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Taylor pinned against the cage. Taylor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ekman is breathing heavily.
Ekman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ekman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Taylor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ekman.
Taylor misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ekman at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor works over Ekman's head and body with a nice combination.

Taylor drops Ekman with a beautiful combination! Ekman stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Taylor is looking for the KO!

Ekman is rocked!

It looks like Niclas Ekman has been cut.
Taylor closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Ekman out cold! Ekman corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tom Taylor!