PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taylor
vs
Quinn

189 cm
22
202 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dominic Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Quinn !
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taylor checks the leg kick nicely there.

Taylor drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Quinn wants to control but Taylor postures up.
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Taylor landing a few strikes.
Quinn takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Quinn on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Quinn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Quinn is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Taylor off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quinn trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
You can see the frustration on Taylor's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Taylor trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn has the hooks in. Taylor is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Will Quinn go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Taylor is trying to break free.

Quinn has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Taylor is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Quinn has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Quinn is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Taylor knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Taylor for a finish.
Quinn has the hooks in. Taylor is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Taylor is trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to escape the position.

Quinn looking for the choke but no joy.
Taylor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quinn on the ground.
Taylor manages to reverse the position and now he's in Quinn 's guard. Nice work there by Taylor.
Taylor thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Taylor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quinn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quinn looking for a sweep. Not yet Quinn , not yet.
Quinn is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor connects with a couple of short punches.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quinn is on top in guard.
Quinn slips nicely into half guard.
Quinn passes the guard and advances to mount!
Quinn looks gassed!
Quinn works his way to his opponent's back.
Taylor trying to control the hands but Quinn won't let him.
Taylor tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Quinn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Taylor is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is desperately trying to improve his position but Quinn has a good base and remains in mount.

Quinn is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Taylor can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Taylor can't escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor is working hard here to advance position.
Taylor takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Quinn is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Taylor is surviving well by controlling Quinn 's body position as best he can.
Quinn throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Quinn dominated that round.
That's time! Taylor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Taylor swinging wilding here.
Taylor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Taylor throws a body kick that misses.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor looks to land a combination. Quinn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Quinn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quinn wants a takedown but no success here.
Quinn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Taylor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Quinn just stands there and leans against the cage.
Quinn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quinn prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.

Quinn breaks the clinch.
Quinn looks for a takedown but Taylor sprawls well.
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Quinn is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Taylor.

Taylor feints and as Quinn raises his hands in defense, Taylor changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Quinn is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Taylor wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.
Taylor cracks Quinn with a solid left hand.
Taylor postures up and lands a big shot to Quinn 's brow.
Taylor wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.
Taylor lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Quinn is rocked!
Taylor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quinn is still in real trouble! Can Taylor finish him?
Quinn working a defensive guard here.
Taylor loads up on a big left hand. Quinn felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Taylor looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Quinn can't hide his disappointment, as Taylor celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Taylor!