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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keith Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark West!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylor shoots in looking for a takedown but West manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Taylor's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Taylor throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
West 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.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor swings for the body but West moves out of range.
West has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Taylor is landing a low percentage of strikes.
West looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Taylor is fending him off so far but West persists. Nope, Taylor circles away and we're back to standing.
Taylor tests West's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taylor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
West blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West misses with a looping left.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Taylor.
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.
West doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A momentary lapse in concentration from West enables Taylor to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. West manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Taylor looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Taylor advances to half guard.
Taylor trying to control the action but West is working from the bottom.
West makes his way to full guard. A much better position for West.
Taylor pushing down on West's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
West is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Taylor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
West is not content to let Taylor control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor drops an elbow to the side of West's head.
Taylor lands strikes from half guard.
West is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taylor scores with a couple of nice shots.
West taking some punishment here, with Taylor in his half guard.
Taylor passes to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is putting a hurting on West here, landing some big shots from side control.
West is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Taylor working the ground and pound.
Taylor has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Taylor looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Taylor working the ground and pound effectively.
West takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish West?
Taylor looking to control but West is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West is in all sorts of trouble here.
West takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor with shots to the head and body - West looks very uncomfortable down there.
It looks like Mark West has been cut.
West is in a horrible position here. Taylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
West is rocked!
Taylor postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks West out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Taylor goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Keith Taylor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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