PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernhard Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monroe kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is A Country Boy Can Survive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monroe
vs
Taylor

175 cm
23
182 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

188 cm
23
187 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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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 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jon Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernhard Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe dodges the punch combination from Taylor.
Monroe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Monroe is looking to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Taylor.
Taylor misses with a looping right.
Taylor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Monroe eats them both and turns towards Taylor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Jon Monroe has been cut.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jon Monroe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Monroe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
A swing and a miss from Monroe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Monroe moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Monroe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Monroe misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taylor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Taylor there as he acknowledges the shot.
Monroe misses with a looping left.
Taylor lands a glancing blow to the side of Monroe's head.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.

Monroe clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taylor.
Taylor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Monroe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Monroe lands a jab-cross combination.
Monroe moves away from the strike by Taylor.
Taylor misses with a straight left.
Monroe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Monroe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Monroe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Taylor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice uppercut there from Monroe.
Monroe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Monroe throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Monroe.
Taylor feints a jab promting Monroe to slip. Taylor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Monroe slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Monroe tries to clinch but Taylor moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Monroe.

Monroe gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Monroe breaks the clinch.
Monroe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Taylor's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Taylor moves into the clinch.
Taylor wants to stall.
Taylor prevents Monroe from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a left hand.
Monroe is trying to push Taylor away but Taylor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Taylor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taylor trying to control the position but instead, Monroe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taylor into the cage.

Monroe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Monroe drops his hands momentarily and Taylor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Taylor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Monroe there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Taylor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Monroe tries to land a front kick but Taylor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Taylor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A big right from Monroe misses.
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 Jon Monroe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jon Monroe's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Monroe misses with a body shot.
Monroe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor.
Jon Monroe is winning the standup battle so far.
Monroe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Taylor slips a jab from Monroe.
Taylor wants to land a leg kick but Monroe is out of range.
Monroe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Monroe misses the shot to the body.
Monroe tries to clinch but Taylor moves out of range.
Monroe misses with a looping left.
Monroe lands a jab to the nose.
Monroe tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor throws a leg kick but Monroe checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Monroe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Monroe misses with the combination.
Monroe works Taylor's body with a nice hook.
Monroe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.

Monroe clinches.
Taylor stalling against the cage.
Monroe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Monroe can't break the clinch.
Monroe takes a shot to the head.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Monroe.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Monroe has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Monroe lands a jab to Taylor's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monroe lands a right hook to the body.
Monroe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor misses with a body kick.
Monroe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Taylor moves out of range as Monroe strikes.
Monroe is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Monroe moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Monroe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Monroe tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Monroe lands a body shot.
Monroe misses with a shot to the body
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Monroe throws a right and a left that Taylor avoids nicely.
Taylor throws a lazy right hand but Monroe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Monroe misses.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Monroe.
Monroe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taylor on the side of the head.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Monroe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Monroe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Taylor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Monroe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Monroe clobbers Taylor with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Taylor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Taylor cracks Monroe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Monroe moved out of range.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
and Monroe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Taylor's knee momentarily.
Monroe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Monroe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Monroe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Monroe lands with an overhand left.
Monroe slips a jab from Taylor.
Monroe lands a right hook to the body.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Monroe.
Taylor throws a hook but Monroe blocks it.
Monroe fails in his attempt to clinch.

Monroe has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.

Monroe breaks from the clinch.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
Taylor stuns Monroe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Taylor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Monroe rushes Taylor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Monroe blocks a body shot from Taylor.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Monroe has him pressed against the cage.
Monroe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Monroe is trying to force a seperation but Taylor has the dominant position.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Monroe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Monroe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Monroe scores with a shot to the side of Taylor's head.
Taylor working aggressively here.
Taylor prevents Monroe from breaking the clinch.
Monroe blocks an elbow strike.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Monroe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bernhard Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Monroe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor slips a jab from Monroe.
Monroe ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.

Monroe has taken the fight to the clinch.

Monroe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Monroe misses with a body shot.
Monroe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taylor. Taylor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Monroe looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor misses the jab.
Monroe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Monroe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monroe scores with a body shot.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Monroe.
Monroe throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.
Taylor is looking to score with low kicks.
Taylor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Taylor throws a hook but Monroe blocks it.
Monroe cracks Taylor with an open hand slap.
Taylor misses with a combination
and Monroe counters with a huge left! Taylor is in big trouble! He's backing up but Monroe isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Taylor from any more damage. A dominating finish by Monroe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Monroe!
Our winner, Jon Monroe, 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.