PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tweedle Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes to the cage accompanied by More Than You Are. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taylor
vs
Dee

182 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shaun Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tweedle Dee!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Taylor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taylor.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Dee avoids them all with ease.
Dee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Dee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Dee circles away.
Taylor tries to bum rush Dee with a series of wild strikes but Dee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taylor swinging wildly here.
Dee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taylor's calf.
Dee keeps Taylor at a distance using the push kick.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dee bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dee moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Dee rushes Taylor and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dee lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Shaun Taylor has been cut.
Dee scores with a shoulder strike.
Dee lands with a right to the head.
Dee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Taylor is rocked!

Dee has hold of one of Taylor's legs. Taylor is fighting the takedown attempt but Dee gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dee sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dee thows a big elbow that misses.
Dee controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dee with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dee must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee landing some decent shots from guard.
Dee wants to pass the guard but Taylor is keeping the position.
Dee postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dee wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Dee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dee stands up over Taylor, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dee makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Dee from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee controlling from the top position.
Dee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taylor is keeping the position for now.
Dee wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Dee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tweedle Dee.
Dee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dee slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.
Dee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dee, right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dee.
Dee connects with a solid leg kick.
Dee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dee connects with a solid leg kick.

Dee takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dee lands an elbow inside.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dee.
Dee lands an elbow inside.

Dee has Taylor pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Dee pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Taylor tumbling to the mat - Dee dives into Taylor's guard.
Dee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dee controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tweedle Dee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Taylor's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Taylor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dee.

Dee darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.
Dee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dee lands a left hand.

Dee has picked Taylor up - he's going for a ride! Dee dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Dee is trying to control. Taylor wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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. Dee connects with a nice short shot to Taylor's temple.
Dee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taylor defending well though.
Dee not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dee drops an elbow to the side of Taylor's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dee lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dee is thwarting Taylor's attempts to control the position.
Tweedle Dee has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee not doing much here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dee thows a huge punch but Taylor dodges it nicely.
Dee looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Taylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dee controlling the pace.
Taylor tries to roll over but Dee keeps him under control.
Dee works his way into full mount!
Dee controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands a heavy elbow.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dee landing shots from mount.
Taylor seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dee drops a big elbow. That's hurt Taylor! More shots from Dee and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tweedle Dee!