PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Megaphny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Taylor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Megaphny
vs
Taylor

190 cm
24
275 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

205 cm
19
250 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kirk Megaphny!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Megaphny bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Megaphny misses with a looping left.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Megaphny avoids it well.
Megaphny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Megaphny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Megaphny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Megaphny looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Megaphny throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Taylor throws a one two combo.
Taylor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Megaphny is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Hank Taylor has been cut.
Taylor misses with a body kick.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Megaphny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Megaphny misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Megaphny has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Megaphny's head but Megaphny sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Megaphny eats them both and turns towards Taylor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Megaphny lands a lovely overhand right.
Megaphny uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor.
Nice sprawl there from Taylor as Megaphny shoots in.
Good standup being displayed there by Megaphny as he connects with a hook.
Hank Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Megaphny moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Taylor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Megaphny counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Taylor thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Hank Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Taylor gets tackled into the cage by Megaphny. Megaphny maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Megaphny.
Taylor looks gassed!
Good body shot from Megaphny.
Megaphny is leaning against Taylor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Megaphny lands a body shot in the clinch.

Megaphny has picked Taylor up - he's going for a ride! Megaphny dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Megaphny missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Megaphny not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Megaphny. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Megaphny working over Taylor with some ground and pound. Taylor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Megaphny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Megaphny lands strikes from half guard.

That has opened up Hank Taylor's cut even more.
Ground and pound from Megaphny.
Megaphny works his way into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

The cut above Hank Taylor's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kirk Megaphny!
Kirk Megaphny is the new heavyweight champion!