PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Botello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Taylor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to . Botello has chosen Candlekeep as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Taylor
vs
Botello

194 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

170 cm
27
212 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Botello!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Taylor misses with an uppercut
and Botello counters with a two punch combo.
A right-left combo lands from Taylor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Botello drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Botello gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Taylor thuds a left hand into Botello's body.
Taylor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Taylor misses with a hook.
Botello shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Taylor as he avoids it easily.
Botello bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Botello shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Taylor works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to sweep but no luck.
Taylor is striking off his back. Botello thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Taylor trying to control but Botello postures up.
Botello thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Taylor is looking to escape.
Taylor wants to improve his position but Botello is controlling well.
Taylor is trying to stand up here but Botello is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Botello is working away from the top position though.
Taylor tries to get to full guard but Botello has control of the leg.
Botello throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Botello wants to pass the guard but Taylor is defending well.
Taylor is trying to maintain the position but Botello is very close to passing his half guard.
Taylor wants to improve his position but Botello is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Taylor manages to get to full guard.
Botello prevents Taylor from getting back to his feet.
Taylor is trying to keep Botello in close.
Botello preventing the sweep.
Taylor trying to control the position here.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Botello is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tim Taylor.
Taylor avoids the head kick by Botello.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Botello drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Botello closes the distance looking to clinch
and Taylor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Taylor 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.

Nice cross by Taylor.
Taylor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Botello momentarily.
Taylor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Botello in his tracks.
Botello has his takedown stuffed
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Botello moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Taylor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Botello is just out of range.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Taylor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Taylor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Botello on the side of the head.
Taylor's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Taylor duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Taylor scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taylor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Botello momentarily.

Botello is rocked!
Tim Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Botello falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tim Taylor!
Tim Taylor spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.