PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Scalante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scalante has chosen Started from the bottom as his entrance music. David Taylor is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Taylor
vs
Scalante

184 cm
26
180 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

188 cm
38
185 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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The Dark Side

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Taylor !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Scalante!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scalante misses with a takedown attempt - Taylor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taylor has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Scalante throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taylor .
Scalante misses with a combination

and Taylor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scalante utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.
Taylor controlling from the top position.
Taylor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is stalling in the full guard.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.
Taylor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Scalante keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taylor tries to free his leg and advance position but Scalante is retaining full guard.
Taylor looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Taylor tries to free his leg and advance position but Scalante is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Taylor dives in and scores a takedown into Scalante's guard.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.
Scalante controls Taylor momentarily but Taylor frees himself.
Taylor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Scalante prevents Taylor from improving position.
Taylor advances to full mount.
Taylor controlling from mount.
Taylor unloads with some shots from mount but Scalante bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scalante avoids a series of strikes thrown by Taylor .
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor lands a heavy elbow.
Taylor unloads with some shots from mount but Scalante bucks and avoids them well.
Taylor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Taylor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Taylor working Scalante over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor cracks Scalante with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Rocky Scalante has been cut.
Scalante keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Scalante because Taylor loaded up on that one.
Taylor controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Scalante's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Scalante takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Scalante gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Scalante keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
David Taylor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taylor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Scalante really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Taylor . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Taylor stands and throws Scalante's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Taylor prevents Scalante from escaping the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Scalante can do anything to dispel that myth.
Taylor tries to move to mount but Scalante blocks the move with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scalante is not content to let Taylor control the position.
Taylor looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Scalante is avoiding damage well.
Taylor throws an elbow but Scalante slips to the side and avoids it well.
Scalante is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Taylor is controlling him well.
Scalante is not content to let Taylor control the position.
Taylor lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scalante prevents Taylor from moving into mount.
Scalante is letting Taylor control him for a moment.
Scalante stops Taylor from passing to mount.
Taylor advances to full mount.
Taylor trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor landing shots from mount.
Taylor thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Taylor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Scalante can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Taylor trying to control but Scalante is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the head.

That has opened up Rocky Scalante's cut even more.
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 lands a big shot to the head and Scalante winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). David Taylor !
During a confident post fight interview, David Taylor thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Rocky Scalante spoke after the fight, saying '“What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two.” '.