PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Ewing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Ewing is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Taylor
vs
Ewing

180 cm
20
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
18
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ken Ewing!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ewing moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor thows a body shot but no joy.
Ewing tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Taylor swivels and escapes.

Ewing drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Taylor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taylor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Taylor is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ewing asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Taylor is not content to let Ewing control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor is pushing Ewing's head away, looking to escape. Ewing manages to hold on to the position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ewing controlling from side mount.
Ewing trying to control the action but Taylor is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Taylor lands with an uppercut that bounces Ewing off the cage and back into rage.
Taylor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ewing takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Taylor duly obliges.
Ewing shoots for a double leg takedown but Taylor sprawls well. He's pushed Ewing's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ewing closes the distance and clinches.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ewing has him pressed against the cage.
Ewing wants a takedown but no success here.
Chuck Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Ewing.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ewing moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chuck Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ewing shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense.
Ewing finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Taylor. No joy for Ewing on that attempt.
Taylor could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ewing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ewing changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Taylor tries to avoid it but Ewing manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Taylor to the ground. Taylor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Taylor throws a body punch but Ewing moves out of range.
Taylor lands a jab to the nose.
Taylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Ewing should have avoided that one.
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Ewing saw that one coming.

Ewing closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ewing lands in his opponent's guard.
Ewing tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.
Ewing looks gassed!
Ewing prevents Taylor from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ewing pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taylor is keeping the position for now.
Ewing loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Taylor checks a leg kick nicely.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Ewing avoids nicely.
Ewing staying out of range there.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ewing changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Taylor tries to avoid it but Ewing manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Taylor to the ground. Taylor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ewing shoots for a double leg takedown but Taylor sprawls well. He's pushed Ewing's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ewing shoots in looking for a takedown. Taylor tries to sprawl out of it but Ewing keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Taylor manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Chuck Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Ewing.
Ewing shoots in but Taylor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ewing.
Ewing has a takedown stuffed.
Ewing is breathing heavily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Taylor!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Ewing's head but Ewing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ewing closes this distance looking for a takedown but Taylor circles away.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Ewing's head but Ewing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Ewing's shoulder, as Ewing tries to avoid the shot.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Ewing avoids them all with ease.
Ewing uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Ewing takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
Taylor misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Taylor stuffs the takedown attempt from Ewing. Ewing gets slowly back to his feet.
Ewing fails with the takedown.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Ewing.
Taylor lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ewing backs up against the cage.
Taylor checks a low kick from Ewing.
Ewing has a takedown stuffed.
Taylor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Taylor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No luck for Ewing with that takedown attempt.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
A choreographed right hand from Taylor misses the target.
Ewing will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Good exchange - Taylor coming out on top.
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Taylor throws a lazy right hand but Ewing sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor with a jab.

Ewing drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ewing trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ewing trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor keeping full guard, as Ewing tries to pass.
Ewing controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ewing wants to pass the guard but Taylor is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Taylor dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Taylor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ewing looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ewing sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ewing blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taylor.
Taylor wants to stand up but Ewing has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Ewing looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Ewing is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Taylor pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ewing wants to control but Taylor is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ewing makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ewing.
Ewing lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Taylor!
Ewing looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ewing takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Ewing wants to control but Taylor manages to buck him off and is now in Ewing's guard! Nice work there by Taylor!
Taylor won't allow Ewing to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ewing has control of Taylor's left arm, preventing Taylor from doing any damage.
Ewing trying to control the position.
Ewing manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Taylor manages to get himself to full guard.
Ewing is pushing down on Taylor's leg trying to pass to half guard. Taylor is fighting to maintain full guard but Ewing has managed to sneak the leg through.
Still in half guard, Ewing seems content to control.
Taylor is trying to stand.

Taylor looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ewing is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Taylor tries to kick Ewing off but Ewing keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewing with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ewing wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taylor keeps working.

Despite being in the dominant position, Ken Ewing just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A left and a right from Taylor both land. Nice combination.
Taylor tries to bum rush Ewing with a series of wild strikes but Ewing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice shot by Taylor.
Chuck Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor slow jab from Ewing misses its intended target.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ewing moves away.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ewing moves forwards but Taylor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Taylor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Taylor.
Taylor throws a looping overhand right but Ewing ducks down to avoid it.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ewing.
Chuck Taylor is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylor waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ewing.
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Ewing saw that one coming.
Ewing with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Taylor to score with a decent uppercut.
Ken Ewing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ewing throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Taylor tries to bum rush Ewing with a series of wild strikes but Ewing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taylor moves out of range of the body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chuck Taylor.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Taylor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Taylor!