PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Taylor
vs
Rumble

178 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Rumble!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rumble buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Rumble. No joy for Taylor on that attempt.

Taylor shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Taylor is thwarting Rumble's attempts to control the position.
Taylor looks to land a strike but Rumble avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Rumble keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.

Rumble wriggles free and stands up.
Rumble connects with an inside leg kick.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Rumble lands a leg kick that knocks Taylor off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble lands a leg kick that knocks Taylor off balance momentarily.
Taylor moves forwards but Rumble connects with a nice, crisp jab.
No luck for Taylor with that takedown attempt.
Rumble wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rumble fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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!
Rumble feints and then cracks Taylor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taylor down.
Taylor tries to clinch
and Rumble counters with a thumping low kick.
Rumble looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rumble throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rumble connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rumble throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rumble throws a leg kick which misses Taylor's front leg but catches the back leg as Taylor tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Taylor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rumble.
Rumble connects with a leg kick. Taylor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rumble scoring well with a low kick there.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A right-left combo lands from Rumble.

Rumble lands a left and a right that send Taylor crashing to the mat, dazed. Rumble thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Taylor is rocked!
Rumble thuds his shin into the meat of Taylor's side.
Rumble scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rumble scoring well with a low kick there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rumble - that will leave a mark!
Rumble throws a good cross that connects.
Rumble moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rumble scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rumble sizes up Taylor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rumble scores with a leg kick.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Rumble there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sloppy strikes from Rumble. Those never looked like landing.
Rumble scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rumble lands a leg kick that knocks Taylor off balance momentarily.
Rumble lands a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rumble.
Rumble fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Taylor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rumble feints and then cracks Taylor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taylor down.
Rumble lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Taylor at a distance.
Rumble dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taylor. That did some damage!
Rumble fakes the leg kick and cracks Taylor in the body.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
and Rumble counters with a nice body kick.
Rumble scores with a nice body kick.
Rumble cracks the inside of Taylor's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rumble, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rumble fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rumble lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rumble looks to land a combination. Taylor sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Rumble dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rumble goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Taylor has a takedown stuffed.
Taylor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rumble.
Taylor shoots for a double leg takedown but Rumble sprawls well. He's pushed Taylor's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rick Rumble seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rumble throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.

Rumble lands a left and a right that send Taylor crashing to the mat, dazed. Rumble thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Taylor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Taylor seems to have got his legs back now.
Rumble lets loose with a powerful body kick. Taylor will feel that in the morning.
Rumble feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taylor's calf.
Rumble lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rumble uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rumble cracks the inside of Taylor's front leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Rumble tenderised Taylor's leg. Taylor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Taylor will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Taylor has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rumble finds it's way round the side to connect with Taylor's head.
Brian Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rumble lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rumble jabs Taylor to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rumble lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taylor's sensitive parts.
Rumble connects with an inside leg kick.
Rumble turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rumble connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Taylor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rumble scoring well with a low kick there.
Taylor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rumble. Rumble obviously looking to wear him down.
A solid body kick from Rumble.
Nice sprawl there from Rumble as Taylor shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Rumble lands a big head kick that sends Taylor tumbling to the mat! Rumble takes a step backwards and waves Taylor back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Taylor gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Rumble gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Rumble!