PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Duritz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes into the arena with Bow Down blaring out of the sound system. Jordan Taylor has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Taylor
vs
Duritz

187 cm
31
186 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

177 cm
28
167 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jordan Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Duritz!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duritz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Duritz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Taylor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duritz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duritz tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Taylor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Taylor.
Taylor prevents Duritz from getting back to his feet.
Duritz seems keen to control Taylor's posture.
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 big elbow that misses.
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.
Duritz has his hands on Taylor's head, controlling the position.
Taylor looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Adam Duritz hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Taylor shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Duritz wants to clinch.
Nice jab there from Taylor.

Taylor tries to keep at a distance but Duritz has taken the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Taylor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duritz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Duritz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duritz tries a body shot but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Duritz misses with a body punch.
Duritz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Taylor turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duritz defending against the ground and pound.
Duritz is looking for a sweep.
Duritz is not content to let Taylor control the position.
Duritz tries to buck Taylor off but Taylor is having none of it.
Duritz keeps trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duritz gets back to half guard.
Duritz wants to control but Taylor is keeping busy.
Duritz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taylor.
Taylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duritz defending well though.
Taylor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duritz's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duritz is trying to control but can't.
Duritz wants to sweep but Taylor has passed to side control!
Taylor scores with a couple of short elbows.
Taylor scoring with punches and elbows.
Taylor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duritz keeps working.
Duritz tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duritz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Taylor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duritz is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Taylor's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Duritz is trying to maintain the position but Taylor is very close to passing his half guard.
Duritz has a hand on Taylor's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Taylor takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Taylor controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Taylor.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Adam Duritz has been cut.
Taylor breaks from Duritz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Duritz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Duritz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taylor.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Duritz.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Adam Duritz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duritz slips under a jab.
Duritz scoring well with a low kick there.
Duritz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Duritz tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duritz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duritz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Duritz.
Taylor swings for the body but Duritz moves out of range.

Duritz moves into the clinch.
Duritz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Duritz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor throws a leg kick but Duritz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Duritz.
Taylor throws a body punch but Duritz moves out of range.
Adam Duritz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duritz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Duritz lands a leg kick that knocks Taylor off balance momentarily.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duritz tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Duritz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor.
An inside leg kick from Duritz misses.
A jab from Duritz misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Taylor.
Taylor throws a front kick aimed at Duritz's knee but Duritz avoids it well.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Duritz.
Nice straight punches there by Taylor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Taylor.
Duritz tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Taylor counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Taylor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor thows a huge punch but Duritz dodges it nicely.
Duritz is trying is best to control the position here.
Duritz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Taylor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Taylor's back!
Taylor covering up well under a series of strikes from Duritz.
Duritz trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to escape but Duritz has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Duritz throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Taylor covering up well under a series of strikes from Duritz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duritz controlling the position well here. Taylor rolled but Duritz kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Duritz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adam Duritz's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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 shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duritz sprawls well. Duritz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Duritz.
Taylor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duritz's head.
Duritz throws a head kick that misses

and Taylor counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Duritz!
An elbow from Taylor crashes against the mat.
Taylor tries to advance to mount but Duritz denies him.
Taylor looks up at the clock and then as Duritz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Taylor smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with the ground and pound.
Duritz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Taylor scoring with punches and elbows.
Duritz is looking for a sweep.
Duritz is trying to control Taylor's posture but Taylor avoids it.
Taylor lands a nice forearm strike.
Duritz is trying to improve his position.
Taylor fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duritz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Taylor is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Duritz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Duritz tries to improve position but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor is looking to take a break and control but Duritz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duritz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Taylor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The strikes coming from Taylor are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Duritz regains half guard.
Taylor wants to free his trapped foot but Duritz is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duritz keeping control of the position.
Duritz is looking for a sweep. Taylor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Duritz is not content to let Taylor control the position.
Taylor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Duritz is trying to stand back up but Taylor is controlling him
Taylor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duritz keeps working.
Taylor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duritz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duritz defending well though.
Taylor tries to pass to full mount but Duritz defends it.
Taylor prevents Duritz from improving his position.
Taylor thows a huge punch but Duritz dodges it nicely.

Taylor is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Duritz defends it well.
Duritz wants to control but Taylor is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Taylor wants to control but Duritz is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Taylor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Taylor!
A relieved looking Jordan Taylor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.