PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyon Okiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: . Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Okiro
vs
Taylor

200 cm
34
219 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

194 cm
33
215 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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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 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyon Okiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okiro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taylor walks into a stiff left hand from Okiro.

It looks like Tim Taylor has been cut.
An inside leg kick lands from Taylor.
Okiro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Taylor is looking to slow Okiro down with leg kicks.
Okiro misses with a hook.
Tim Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Okiro pushes Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Okiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor thows a body shot but no joy.
Taylor lands with a good body shot.
Okiro lands with a nice body kick.
Okiro throws the kick towards the body but Taylor avoids it.
Okiro throws a chopping leg kick but Taylor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Okiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Taylor.
Okiro blocks a jab.
Okiro moves out of range of the strikes.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Okiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Taylor misses the target.
Donk. Okiro catches Taylor right on the button with a cross.
Taylor cracks Okiro with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Okiro misses with a double jab.
Okiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Okiro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Okiro moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Okiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Okiro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Okiro lands an uppercut.
Okiro pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okiro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Okiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Okiro manages to break the clinch.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Okiro staying out of range there.
Taylor misses with a hook.
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taylor does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Okiro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taylor lands a head shot.
Okiro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okiro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Taylor walks into a jab.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Okiro is out of range.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Okiro makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Taylor really felt that one!
Taylor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Taylor misses the target.
Okiro moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.

Okiro has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Okiro misses with some punches.
Taylor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Okiro up against the cage.

Okiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okiro misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
Taylor thows a body kick. Okiro tries to catch it but that hurt him.
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 looping overhand right but Okiro ducks down to avoid it.
Taylor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A combination from Okiro does no damage.
Okiro throws a head kick that misses.
Taylor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Okiro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Taylor misses with a right hand
and Okiro counters with a three punch combo that has Taylor backing up. Taylor nods at Okiro to acknowledge the strikes.
Okiro misses with a kick to the body.
Taylor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Okiro counters with a nice body kick.
Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Okiro circles away quickly and effectively.

Okiro drives through and clinches with Taylor against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okiro prevents a body shot from Taylor.
Taylor content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Okiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Taylor's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Okiro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor.
Okiro throws a low kick, looking for Taylor's leg but Taylor calmly moves out of range.
Okiro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Taylor.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Taylor in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Okiro defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Lyon Okiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Okiro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Taylor throws a body punch but Okiro moves out of range.
Okiro throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Okiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Okiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Okiro tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Okiro throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Taylor tries a low kick but Okiro avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Taylor.
Okiro cracks Taylor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Okiro moves away and avoids it.
Okiro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Okiro is looking to clinch.
Okiro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Taylor doesn't seem bothered though.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Okiro checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Okiro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Okiro misses with a few strikes there.
Okiro is looking to clinch.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Okiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Okiro moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okiro lands with a light punch inside.

Okiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Okiro tries to clinch up.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taylor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Okiro.
Okiro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Taylor misses with a low kick.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Okiro throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.
Lyon Okiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Okiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Okiro checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Okiro.
Okiro tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Okiro sizes up Taylor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Okiro 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 moves out of range as Okiro strikes.
Okiro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Okiro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taylor.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Okiro is out of range.
Okiro throws the kick towards the body but Taylor avoids it.

Okiro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Okiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Taylor blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Okiro manages to break the clinch.
Okiro slips under a jab from Taylor.
Okiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Okiro blocks the leg kick.
Taylor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Okiro sizes up Taylor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Okiro scores with a sloppy right hand. Taylor should have avoided that one.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Okiro is out of range.
Okiro misses with a head kick.
Taylor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okiro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Taylor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Okiro.
Taylor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Okiro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Taylor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Taylor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Okiro takes the fight into the clinch.
Taylor is trying to maintain a safe position but Okiro gets an underhook and turns Taylor into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taylor takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Taylor trying to stall but Okiro improves his position.
Okiro digs a right hand into Taylor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Taylor's gas tank.
Okiro tries to throw a body punch but Taylor avoids it by throwing Okiro back against the cage.
Okiro lands a hook that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.

Okiro breaks the clinch.
Okiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taylor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Okiro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okiro tests Taylor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taylor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Okiro moves out of range as Taylor strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okiro throws a head kick that half lands.
Okiro lands a jab-cross combination.

Taylor is rocked!
Some wild striking there from Taylor.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Okiro finish him?
Taylor misses with a straight left.
Taylor scores with a leg kick.
Taylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Okiro scores with a nice body kick.
Okiro tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Okiro. Taylor shrugs it off though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okiro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Taylor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Okiro scores with a jab. Taylor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Okiro misses with a double jab.
Okiro throws a right and a left that Taylor avoids nicely.
Okiro throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okiro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Taylor has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Okiro.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!

Okiro drives through and clinches with Taylor against the cage.

Okiro manages to break the clinch.
Okiro closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That has opened up Tim Taylor's cut even more.
Okiro lands with a cross.
Lyon Okiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Okiro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taylor.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor scores with a head kick. Okiro tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Taylor scoring well with a low kick there.
Okiro looks to land a combination but Taylor avoids it well.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Okiro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taylor momentarily.
Tim Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Okiro scores with a three punch combo!
Okiro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okiro misses with a body kick.
Taylor has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head kick misses from Okiro.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Okiro avoids them all with ease.
Okiro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Okiro lands with a kick to the ribs.
Okiro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Okiro moved out of range.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Okiro. Okiro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Okiro tries to clinch up.
Okiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Okiro.
Okiro slips under a jab.
Taylor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Okiro moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor throws an off balance right hand
and Okiro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okiro is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Okiro fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Okiro does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okiro keeps Taylor at a distance using the push kick.
Okiro slips under a jab from Taylor.

Okiro clinches.
Okiro cracks Taylor with a nice body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyon Okiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Okiro 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyon Okiro!