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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob Herbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbert comes to the cage accompanied by Bodies. The crowd seem to be enjoying Taylor's choice of entrance music: 'The Ripper' by Chinchilla. Rob Herbert has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Herbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herbert misses with a series of wild punches.
Taylor feints a jab promting Herbert to slip. Taylor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Herbert slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Herbert will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Herbert takes the fight into the clinch.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Herbert is controlling the position.
Herbert jumps guard but Taylor stands there with Herbert around his waist. Herbert gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Herbert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herbert swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Herbert moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor keeps Herbert at a distance using the push kick.
Herbert gets a clinch.
Taylor gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Herbert.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Herbert avoids nicely.
Taylor throws a right hand that Herbert ducks under and follows up with a left that Herbert also avoids with ease.
Herbert steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Taylor. That one must have hurt.
Taylor throws a nice looking combination but Herbert bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Herbert pushes him off.
Herbert forces Taylor back against the cage and clinches.
Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Herbert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Herbert swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Herbert avoids it well.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Herbert closes this distance looking for a takedown but Taylor circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob Herbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herbert throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor throws a combination that misses
and Herbert counters with a nice uppercut.
Taylor tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor connects with a body shot that sends Herbert's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herbert is trying hard to land a takedown here. Taylor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Herbert is breathing heavily.
Taylor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Herbert throws a right and a left that Taylor avoids nicely.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Herbert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Herbert but Herbert pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Herbert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taylor counters with a series of strikes. Herbert will be more careful next time no doubt.
Herbert misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a big head kick but Herbert shrugs it off.
Herbert moves out of range of the body kick from Taylor.
Some wild striking there from Taylor.
Sloppy strikes from Herbert. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herbert shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Herbert throws an off balance right hand
and Taylor counters with a three punch combo that has Herbert backing up. Herbert nods at Taylor to acknowledge the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Herbert closes the distance and clinches up with Taylor, looking for a takedown. Herbert pushes Taylor against the cage but Taylor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Taylor. Beautiful body shot.
A nice combination there by Taylor.
Taylor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Herbert.
Taylor drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Taylor wants to stand but Herbert has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Taylor throwing strikes from guard but Herbert blocks nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Taylor stands up and waves to Herbert to follow him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Herbert throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Taylor counters with a one-two to the body.
Taylor lands a front kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Herbert. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Taylor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Herbert looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor stalks Herbert and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Herbert's face. Herbert staggers backwards, shaken.
Herbert is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Taylor.
Taylor throws a series of strikes that have Herbert backpedaling.
Herbert takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rob Herbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor tries to clinch but Herbert is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herbert thows a body shot but no joy.
Taylor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taylor looks to land a combination. Herbert sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Taylor throws a combination. Herbert tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Herbert's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Herbert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Herbert is out of range and Taylor settles back down.
Herbert looks to land a combination but Taylor avoids it well.
Taylor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taylor tries to keep at a distance but Herbert has taken the fight into the clinch.
Herbert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Herbert is looking for a takedown.
Taylor looking to slow down the pace here.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Herbert throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Taylor.
Herbert getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A punch combination from Herbert misses.
Herbert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herbert misses with a two punch combination.
Ryan Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taylor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Herbert.
Taylor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Herbert back to the cage. Taylor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A cross from Taylor lands.
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Herbert takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Taylor jabs at Herbert's body.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Herbert is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Taylor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor slaps away a takedown attempt from Herbert, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Herbert has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Taylor!
Taylor shoots in looking for a takedown. Herbert tries to sprawl out of it but Taylor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Herbert manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Herbert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Herbert.
Taylor is working the combinations to good effect here.
Herbert has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
Taylor lands with a good body shot.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Herbert fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor scores with a three punch combo!
Rob Herbert is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Herbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Herbert keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Herbert throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Taylor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor shoots in looking for a takedown. Herbert tries to sprawl out of it but Taylor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Herbert manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Herbert sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rob Herbert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Taylor.
Herbert throws a combination that misses
and Herbert takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Herbert sprawls well. Herbert wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Herbert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Herbert.
Taylor throws a head kick that half lands.
Taylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Herbert tries to score a body lock takedown but Taylor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Herbert wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Herbert.
Taylor breaks the clinch.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Herbert.
A decent looking cross lands there for Taylor.
Taylor darts in trying to clinch
and Herbert counters with a one-two to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taylor.
Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Herbert circles away quickly and effectively.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Herbert avoids them all with ease.
Taylor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herbert shoots in but Taylor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Herbert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Herbert tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Taylor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Herbert is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Taylor.
Taylor tries for a takedown but Herbert sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Taylor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Herbert gets the takedown into side control.
Herbert slows the pace down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herbert looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Taylor wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Herbert goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Taylor rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Herbert's guard! Nice work there by Taylor!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Herbert is proving hard to escape from.
Herbert has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Taylor can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Taylor wants to stand but Herbert is controlling his posture from full guard.
Taylor is fighting to break Herbert's control of his arms but Herbert is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Taylor wants to stand but Herbert is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herbert working for a triangle but Taylor defends it easily.
Taylor wants to stand but Herbert has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Taylor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herbert pushes Taylor off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Herbert dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Herbert avoids nicely.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herbert manages to avoid it.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Herbert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Herbert shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Taylor as he avoids it easily.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Herbert looks to land a right hand but Taylor moved out of range.
Herbert works over Taylor's head and body with a nice combination.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Herbert avoids it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Taylor.
Rob Herbert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Taylor.
Taylor stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Herbert circles away.
Herbert shoots for a double leg takedown but Taylor sprawls well. He's pushed Herbert's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Taylor lands a body shot.
Rob Herbert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor jabs at Herbert's body.
Taylor is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Herbert rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herbert showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herbert swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danga de danga de dang - Taylor scores with a four punch combination!
Taylor clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor prevents a body shot from Herbert.
A short uppercut from Herbert.
Ryan Taylor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Herbert misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryan Taylor.
I've got Taylor winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Taylor!
Ryan Taylor took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Broken Halo Pride Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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