PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cutty Flam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Flam
vs
Taylor

225 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
207 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cutty Flam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor misses with a kick to the body.
Flam dodges the punch combination from Taylor.

Flam has closed the distance and engaged Taylor in a clinch.
Taylor should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Taylor is trying to push Flam away but Flam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Flam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor misses with a head kick.

Flam closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Flam lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Taylor.
Come on Flam - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Flam keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor wants to break free but Flam has control.
Flam really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Flam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taylor tries to circle away but Flam has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taylor wants to break free but Flam has control.
A right hand to the body from Flam.

Flam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Flam throws a lazy right hand but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Flam slips a jab from Taylor.
Flam lands with a shot to the body.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Flam slips the punch.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
and Flam counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Taylor throws a nice looking combination but Flam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Taylor looks winded!

Flam closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Flam - that landed with a thud.
Flam lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Flam to work.

Flam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Flam. Beautiful body shot.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Flam.
Flam ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Scott Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Flam instigates a clinch.
Flam slowing the pace effectively.
Flam lands a nice shot to the body.
Flam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Flam taking a breather.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Flam is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Flam keeps him there for the moment.
Flam lands an uppercut.
Flam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flam leaning his opponent against the cage.

Flam manages to break the clinch.
Taylor misses the jab.
Flam fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taylor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Flam clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Flam.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flam stalling the fight.
Flam gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Flam scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flam will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Taylor up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Flam.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Flam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor misses with a leg kick.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Flam has closed the distance and engaged Taylor in a clinch.
Flam makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Flam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Taylor has eaten all the pies!
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!

Flam clinches.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Taylor tries to break free but Flam pushes him back against the cage.
Taylor is trying to force a seperation but Flam has the dominant position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Flam stalling.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Flam displaying some good clinch control by pressing Taylor up against the cage.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Flam keeps him there for the moment.
Flam effectively controlling the action here.
Flam scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flam gets through Taylor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Flam manages to break the clinch.
Taylor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Flam slips the punch.
Taylor throws a jab when Flam was well out of range.
Taylor is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flam moves away.
Flam misses the shot to the body.
Flam ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Flam takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Flam looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Flam scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Flam is looking to clinch.
Taylor swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Flam to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor punishes Flam's body with a nice straight punch.
Flam avoids the body shot from Taylor.
Taylor with a nice cross.
Flam tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flam.
Flam misses with a two punch combination.
Flam is looking to wear down Taylor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Flam moves out of range of the strikes.

Flam drives through and clinches with Taylor against the cage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Flam breaks from the clinch.
Nice cross by Flam.
Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flam.
Flam wants to clinch.
Taylor falls off balance throwing a combination

and Flam moves into the clinch.

Flam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Flam moved out of range.
Flam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Flam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flam misses with a body shot
and Taylor counters with a nice uppercut.
Scott Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cutty Flam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flam has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Cutty Flam!
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Cutty Flam!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Cutty Flam!

Cutty Flam wins by unanimous decision!