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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Gladiator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brick Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.
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195 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spartacus Gladiator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brick Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor wants to clinch up but Gladiator keeps it at a distance.
Taylor throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Spartacus Gladiator has been cut.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gladiator circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gladiator counters with a nice double leg into side control. Taylor won't be happy with that.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gladiator is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Taylor manages to get back to half guard.
Gladiator looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gladiator is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Taylor trying to control from the bottom.
Gladiator looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Taylor is pressing down on Gladiator's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gladiator controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gladiator trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gladiator is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gladiator postures up.
Gladiator slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Spartacus Gladiator wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Gladiator or perhaps it was just good defense by Taylor which made him look bad.
Gladiator looks to land a combination but Taylor avoids it well.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gladiator tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Taylor swivels and escapes.
Gladiator instigates a clinch.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taylor comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taylor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gladiator takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gladiator has Taylor pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gladiator pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Taylor tumbling to the mat - Gladiator dives into Taylor's guard.
Gladiator is breathing heavily.
Taylor controls Gladiator momentarily but Gladiator frees himself.
Taylor looking for a guillotine here but Gladiator defends easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Taylor wants to sweep here but Gladiator controlling him for the moment.
Gladiator postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Gladiator from controlling successfully.
Gladiator cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.
Taylor looking for a sweep. Not yet Taylor, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor is trying to keep Gladiator in close.
Gladiator trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor looking for a sweep. Not yet Taylor, not yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gladiator wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gladiator lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taylor circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Spartacus Gladiator will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Spartacus Gladiator's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice takedown defense from Taylor. No joy for Gladiator on that attempt.
Gladiator pushes Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Gladiator is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Taylor.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gladiator has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor has Gladiator pressed against the cage, preventing Gladiator from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gladiator tries to pull guard but Taylor won't allow it.
Gladiator has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Taylor is trying to keep an underhook but Gladiator manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Taylor trying to control here.
Gladiator stands up from half guard.
Gladiator shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Taylor but Taylor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spartacus Gladiator. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor landing knees to the head.
Taylor prevents the takedown attempt.
Taylor lands an elbow inside.
Gladiator tries a knee to the head but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gladiator.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor misses with an elbow strike.
Gladiator is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Taylor gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Taylor missing with knees to the body.
Taylor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Gladiator avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor misses with an elbow over the top.
Gladiator takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gladiator takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gladiator trying to land knees to the body.
Gladiator takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taylor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gladiator is defending well for now.
Gladiator avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gladiator tries for a takedown. No joy.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gladiator tries to score a body lock takedown but Taylor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gladiator has had enough of the clinch but Taylor keeps him there for the moment.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Gladiator is blocking nicely.
Taylor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Taylor wants to stall.
Brick Taylor seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taylor scores a nice knee to the body.
Gladiator pulls guard.
Gladiator trying to control the position.
Gladiator wants to get back to his feet but Taylor is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gladiator can't keep his opponent in guard - Taylor advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Taylor is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gladiator doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Taylor.
Gladiator actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is nestled in close to Gladiator, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gladiator tries to get to full guard but Taylor has control of the leg.
Taylor stalling away here and it's allowed Gladiator to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gladiator looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brick Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Spartacus Gladiator's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Gladiator keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gladiator.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gladiator 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.
Gladiator has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Gladiator takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gladiator has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but Gladiator blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gladiator is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Taylor putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gladiator in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gladiator.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gladiator is defending well for now.
Gladiator tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gladiator takes an elbow to the temple.
Gladiator blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gladiator looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gladiator looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taylor landing knees to the head.
Gladiator takes an elbow to the temple.
Taylor stalling in the clinch but Gladiator improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gladiator blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gladiator looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gladiator is working for takedown but Taylor is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spartacus Gladiator. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor pushes off an throws an elbow but Gladiator leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Gladiator is blocking nicely.
Gladiator pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but Gladiator blocks with his arms.
Taylor lands a nice knee to the body.
Taylor keeps control of Gladiator as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gladiator tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor missing with knees to the body.
Gladiator avoids the elbow strike from Taylor, against the cage.
Taylor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a damaging elbow.
Gladiator takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taylor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gladiator's efforts to push away.
Taylor with a knee to the head.
Taylor lands an elbow that stopped Gladiator in his tracks for a moment.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses.
Gladiator blocks the elbow strike.
Taylor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gladiator avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor scores with a knee to the head.
Gladiator breaks from the clinch.
Gladiator chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Taylor can pounce on him.
Gladiator looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spartacus Gladiator is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor tries to clinch but Gladiator moves out of range.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Gladiator closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor is looking for a sweep. Gladiator is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gladiator not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Taylor desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Taylor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brick Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brick Taylor!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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