PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James King has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

King
vs
Taylor

182 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

184 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Taylor !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor misses with a body shot.

Taylor closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
King is looking for a sweep.
Taylor lands some shots froms side control.
King on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Taylor trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
Taylor scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at King to see if he's OK.
King takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Taylor lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Taylor lands a decent elbow from side control.
Taylor tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Check out the look on Taylor 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor advances to full mount.
King is squirming around, avoiding Taylor 's attempts to control the action.
Taylor looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
King in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Taylor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish King?
Taylor raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor working the ground and pound effectively.
Taylor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taylor with the ground and pound from mount.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Taylor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor with good strikes from the mount here!
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
King is in a horrible position here. Taylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

King is rocked!
King is bucking up trying to escape but Taylor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh King is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor lands a heavy elbow.
King is breathing heavily.
Taylor lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount and King is in trouble!
Taylor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Taylor cracks King with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Taylor !
Our winner, David Taylor , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.