PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sean Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Dang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor's entrance music is Ambitionz Az A Ridah by Tupac. A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Taylor
vs
Dang

175 cm
24
155 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

167 cm
25
159 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Dang!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dang loads up on a big right hand but Taylor slips the punch.
A leg kick checked by Dang.
Taylor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Taylor scores with the left hand. Dang knows he should have avoided that one.
Taylor throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dang counters with a nice body shot.
Dang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Taylor counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dang takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Taylor connects with a solid leg kick.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor throws an off balance right hand
and Dang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Taylor takes a swing at Dang's ribcage but misses.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dang manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dang avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taylor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taylor misses with a shot to the body
and Dang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Taylor misses with a combination
and Dang counters with a nice body shot.
Dang moves out of range of the leg kick from Taylor.
Dang misses with a few strikes there.
Dang lands with a shot to the body.
Taylor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Taylor.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Dang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taylor misses with an uppercut
letting Dang counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dang scores with a body shot.
Taylor is looking to wear down Dang with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Taylor throws an off balance right hand
and Dang counters with a right hand to the body.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Taylor misses with a shot to the body
letting Dang counter with a right hand.
Taylor slips a straight right by Dang.
Dang throws a lazy uppercut
and Taylor counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a glancing blow to the side of Dang's head.
Taylor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taylor misses with a lunging right hand
and Dang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor misses with a combination
enabling Dang to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor misses with a leg kick
and Dang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dang looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor lands a two punch combo.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dang takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taylor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Taylor wants to slow Dang down by chopping away at his legs.
Dang misses with a left hand
and Taylor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dang throws a sloppy body shot
and Dang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by Dang as he checks the leg kick.
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Taylor's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Taylor duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Dang dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dang throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A left lands for Taylor.
Taylor connects with an inside leg kick.
Eric Dang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taylor scores with a hook to the body. Dang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Taylor throws a leg kick but Dang sees it coming and moves out of range.
Taylor scores with a nice strike.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dang.
Dang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A good leg kick by Taylor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Dang blocks the leg kick.
Dang on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dang needs to keep his hands up - Taylor had a free shot at his head there.
Taylor tests Dang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dang takes one to the chin there.
Taylor with a jab.
A jab from Dang finds it's way through Taylor's defenses.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Dang's shoulder, as Dang tries to avoid the shot.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dang manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands with an overhand left.
Dang fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dang on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Dang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taylor throws an off balance right hand
and Dang counters with a left to the body.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Dang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor works Dang's body with a nice hook.
Taylor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dang misses with a low kick.
Dang swings widly with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dang's knee momentarily.
Dang is breathing heavily.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Dang's shoulder, as Dang tries to avoid the shot.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dang slips a jab from Taylor.
Taylor misses with a combination
and Dang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dang misses with a leg kick
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dang blocks a jab.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dang.
Dang cracks Taylor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Taylor throws the left hand but Dang avoids the punch easily.
Dang blocks the body kick.
Taylor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor tries to work over Dang's front leg with a kick but Dang checks it.
Taylor misses with a body punch
and Dang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taylor lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sean Taylor will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Taylor misses the body punch
letting Dang counter with a right hand.
Dang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Taylor delivers a nice body kick.
Dang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sean Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Dang moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Taylor misses with a left hand
letting Dang counter with a right hand.
Taylor missing with a left hand there. Dang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Taylor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Dang does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Dang should have avoided that one.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Dang to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor scores with a hook.
Dang misses with a body shot
and Taylor counters with a big head kick but Dang shrugs it off.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Taylor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Taylor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dang gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dang throws a poor cross that misses
and Dang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylor slips a straight right by Dang.
Dang avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Taylor's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Taylor duly obliges.
Some wild striking there from Dang.
Dang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taylor tests Dang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taylor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor scores with a nice strike.
Taylor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taylor cracks Dang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Taylor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Taylor lands a jab to Dang's midsection.
Taylor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taylor tests Dang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dang throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
Taylor's corner calls for a 1-2. Taylor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dang moves away.
Taylor throws a looping overhand right but Dang ducks down to avoid it.
Dang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Dang throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Dang avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Taylor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Taylor has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Taylor!