PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Quid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomaz Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Taylor Gang as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Quid
vs
Taylor

173 cm
29
154 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

170 cm
24
144 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Rōnin
Rōnin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Quid!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomaz Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quid has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
Taylor throws a low kick, looking for Quid's leg but Quid calmly moves out of range.
Quid scores with a sloppy right hand. Taylor should have avoided that one.
Taylor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Quid on the side of the head.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Quid is avoiding it.
Quid scores with a kick to the midsection.
Quid looks to land a combination but Taylor avoids it well.
Quid's corner calls for a 1-2. Quid obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quid fakes the leg kick and cracks Taylor in the body.
Taylor tries a low kick but Quid avoids it.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Quid circles away and keeps his distance.
Taylor takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Taylor.
Quid cracks Taylor with an open hand slap.
Quid walks into a left hand.
Quid chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Taylor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taylor lands with a kick to the ribs.
Taylor checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomaz Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quid tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Taylor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quid takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
Quid scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Taylor is rocked!
Taylor throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quid missing with a left hand there. Taylor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taylor.
Quid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Quid misses the target.
An inside leg kick from Taylor misses.
Quid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quid scores with a sloppy right hand. Taylor should have avoided that one.
Taylor misses with a body kick.
Taylor lands with a straight right. Quid didn't see that one coming.
Quid throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor connects with a solid leg kick.
Taylor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quid. That did some damage!
A swing and a miss from Quid.
Taylor tries to land a leg kick but Quid saw it coming and moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taylor.
Quid jabs at Taylor's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Taylor.
Taylor throws a front kick aimed at Quid's knee but Quid avoids it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taylor.
Quid moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taylor throws a low kick, looking for Quid's leg but Quid calmly moves out of range.
Quid throws a jab when Taylor was well out of range.
Taylor goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Taylor throws a solid leg kick but Quid takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Taylor.
Taylor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Taylor misses with a kick to the body.
Quid is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Taylor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Quid misses with a double jab.
Decent striking displayed by Taylor there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Quid avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Nice body kick from Quid.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A bone on bone clash there as Quid blocks the leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Taylor there.
Taylor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Taylor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Taylor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Taylor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quid was well out of range. Poor timing from Taylor.
Taylor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quid misses with a hook
and Taylor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
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!
Quid misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taylor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheers as Taylor lands an impressive looking overhand right. Quid doesn't seem phased though.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Quid keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quid throws a lazy right hand but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quid misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Quid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quid tries a low kick but Taylor avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quid has time to react.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taylor throws a leg kick which misses Quid's front leg but catches the back leg as Quid tries to avoid it.

Quid lands a big head kick that sends Taylor tumbling to the mat! Quid takes a step backwards and waves Taylor back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Quid finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Taylor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Quid throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quid misses with a looping right.
Taylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Quid fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Taylor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Quid works the jab nicely.
Taylor is looking to slow Quid down with leg kicks.
Quid throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Quid circles away.
Taylor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quid moves out of range of the strikes.
Taylor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Taylor lands a nice looking kick to the body. Quid takes a step back to recover.
Quid displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A punch lands to the side of Quid 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Taylor misses with a leg kick.
Taylor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quid throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnny Quid is winning the standup battle so far.
That kick from Taylor tenderised Quid's leg. Quid is trying to keep his angry face on.
Quid is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Taylor throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Taylor thows a body kick. Quid tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Quid walks forward, straight into a front kick from Taylor.
Taylor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick lands from Taylor.
Taylor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor delivers a nice body kick.
Taylor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomaz Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Taylor throws a leg kick which misses Quid's front leg but catches the back leg as Quid tries to avoid it.
Taylor throws a push kick but Quid slaps the foot to one side.
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.
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Quid saw that one coming.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Quid circles away and keeps his distance.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Quid circles away.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. Quid looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Taylor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Quid crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Taylor - the referee stops the clock and Quid gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Taylor. Quid manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Taylor swings for the body but Quid moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Quid tries to land a front kick but Taylor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Taylor gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid misses with the head strike.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quid.
A nice left hand lands by Taylor.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quid blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor lands a hook to the side of the head.

Quid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Taylor. That's going to slow Quid down.
Quid looks to throw the jab but Taylor is out of range.

Taylor clinches up with Quid and pushes him back against the cage.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quid is trying to break the clinch but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
Quid working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Taylor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Quid lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Taylor is leaning against Quid and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taylor takes a shot to the head.
Quid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Quid controls the action.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Quid blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Quid prevents a body shot from Taylor.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quid backwards.
Quid will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Quid throws a head punch that misses.
Quid lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
Quid has a couple of punches blocked by Taylor.
Quid is trying to break free.
Taylor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quid is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Taylor slowing the pace effectively.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.

Quid breaks the clinch.
Taylor blocks the body kick.
Quid looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Taylor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Quid avoids the body shot from Taylor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Taylor has Quid up against the cage in a clinch.
Quid wants to stall.
Quid misses with a punch on the inside.
Quid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
Quid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taylor pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taylor's elbow.
Thomaz Taylor seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Quid is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
Taylor tries to work over Quid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quid is trying to break the clinch but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomaz Taylor really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Taylor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Taylor cracks Quid with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Quid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor lands with a thumping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Quid misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Quid. That snapped Taylor's head back.
Taylor throws a right hand that Quid ducks under and follows up with a left that Quid also avoids with ease.
Taylor misses with a hook. Quid ducked under it nicely.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Quid.
Taylor throws a lazy right hand but Quid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Quid circles away and keeps his distance.
Taylor throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quid misses with a kick to the body.
Quid scores with a crisp jab that stopped Taylor in his tracks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Taylor. That's going to slow Quid down.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Quid.
Taylor tries to clinch but Quid moves out of range.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Taylor scores with a shot to the body.
Taylor jabs Quid to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Taylor is looking to slow Quid down with leg kicks.
Taylor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Taylor connects with a solid leg kick.
Taylor lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor tries to clinch but Quid moves out of range.
Taylor misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Quid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quid on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quid.
A telegraphed right hand from Quid misses the target.
Taylor is looking to land body kicks.
Quid fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taylor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taylor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Quid throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Taylor has taken the fight to the clinch.

Quid breaks the clinch.
Taylor scores with a jab.
Quid looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Quid checks the leg kick.
Quid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Quid looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
Quid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quid motions for Taylor to come forward. Quid throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quid moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Quid does no damage.
Quid misses with a series of wild punches.
Quid loads up on a big right hand but Taylor slips the punch.
Taylor throws a leg kick which misses Quid's front leg but catches the back leg as Quid tries to avoid it.
Taylor misses with a body kick.
Taylor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Quid checks a low kick from Taylor.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quid misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid body kick from Taylor.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quid has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomaz Taylor dominated that fourth 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Quid takes a jab right on the kisser.
Taylor throws a front kick that sends Quid stumbling back into the cage.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quid manages to avoid it.
Quid works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Quid misses.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Quid blocks the low kick.
Quid loads up on a big right hand but Taylor slips the punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quid.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor tries to clinch but Quid is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Quid. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor delivers a nice body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Quid. Those never looked like landing.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Taylor lands with a nice body punch.
Quid takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Quid.
Quid slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. Quid looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Taylor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Taylor misses.
Taylor thows a body shot but no joy.
Taylor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Quid moves away from the strike by Taylor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor checks a leg kick nicely.
Quid blocks the body kick.
Quid moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Quid takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Quid. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quid rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Taylor makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taylor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Quid lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut there from Taylor.
Quid lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quid listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quid with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Taylor to score with a decent uppercut.
Quid keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quid misses with an uppercut. Taylor saw that one coming.
Taylor thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Quid if he has to take too many more of those.
A good leg kick by Taylor.
Quid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor slips under a jab from Quid.
Taylor throws a body punch but Quid moves out of range.
Quid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taylor throws out the jab.
Thomaz Taylor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A jab from Taylor misses.
Quid takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taylor.
Johnny Quid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quid swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Quid's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quid scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taylor lands a hook that snaps the head of Quid backwards.
Taylor lands with a left to the head.
Quid will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Taylor up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quid wants to get back to striking at distance but Taylor won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
Quid struggles to land a body shot inside as Taylor controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomaz Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 46:49
Judge William Peck scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomaz Taylor!
Thomaz Taylor is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Thomaz Taylor rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.