PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maylor Sophia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sophia
vs
Taylor

161 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Maylor Sophia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcelo Taylor!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taylor shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Taylor wants to pass the guard but Sophia is keeping the position.
Taylor throwing strikes from guard but Sophia blocks nicely.
Taylor sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sophia's guard.
Sophia wants to improve his position but Taylor is controlling well.
Taylor is keen to just control but Sophia is a slippery customer.
Sophia wants to get back to full guard but Taylor has passed into side control.
Taylor tries to advance position but instead Sophia slips a leg back in to half guard.
Sophia wants to get back to full guard.
Taylor is looking to take a break and control but Sophia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Taylor looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to pass to mount but Sophia is defending the position.
Sophia is looking to improve his position.
Sophia is working hard here to advance position.
Sophia gets back to full guard.
Taylor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sophia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sophia wants to sweep but no luck.

Sophia looking for a guillotine here but Taylor defends easily.
Sophia is trying to keep Taylor in close.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Sophia is looking for a triangle but Taylor pushes his legs off easily.
Taylor preventing the sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sophia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Sophia is looking for a triangle here but Taylor uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sophia prevents Taylor from moving into mount.
Taylor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sophia manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Taylor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Taylor wants to control the action here but instead Sophia manages to pass to full mount!
Sophia moves to the back position.

Sophia has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Taylor is defending well but eventually Sophia manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Taylor has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Maylor Sophia!
An out of breath Maylor Sophia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.