PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Li-Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vidar Nord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vidar Nord has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roy Li-Taylor's chin.

Li-Taylor
vs
Nord

192 cm
23
230 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
239 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Urban Fighter

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Li-Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vidar Nord!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nord chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch up.
Nord throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li-Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Nord is just out of range.
Li-Taylor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Li-Taylor moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nord. That's going to slow Li-Taylor down.
Li-Taylor wants to clinch
and Nord counters with a nice uppercut.
Li-Taylor throws a series of punches but Nord moves out of range.
Nord just misses with a punch to the body.
Li-Taylor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nord dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Li-Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch but Nord is having none of it.
And Nord tries to counter it with a takedown but Li-Taylor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nord finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Li-Taylor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nord is out of range and Li-Taylor settles back down.
Vidar Nord seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nord throws a lazy right hand but Li-Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li-Taylor scores with a body shot.
Li-Taylor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Nord tries to get set, Li-Taylor tries to push him back and clinch up but Nord manages to avoid the attempt.
Li-Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roy Li-Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Li-Taylor.
Nord lands a jab to Li-Taylor's midsection.
Nord tries to score with a low kick but Li-Taylor moves his leg out of the way.
Li-Taylor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nord.

It looks like Roy Li-Taylor has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Nord. Those never looked like landing.
Li-Taylor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nord manages to circle out of the way.
Li-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.
Nord misses with a body shot.
Nord misses with a wild body shot.
Li-Taylor tried to score with a low kick but Nord checks it.
Li-Taylor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nord misses with a looping right.
Nord lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nord checks a low kick from Li-Taylor.
Nord looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Li-Taylor darts in trying to clinch
and Li-Taylor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Nord shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Li-Taylor manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nord missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nord looking to pass the guard.
Nord postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nord wants to pass the guard but Li-Taylor is keeping the position.
Nord lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nord missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nord working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nord is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Li-Taylor rather than just go for the knockout.
A shot to the liver by Nord. Beautiful body shot.
Li-Taylor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Li-Taylor throws a chopping leg kick but Nord manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nord misses with a wild body shot.
Li-Taylor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nord can pounce on him.
Nord jabs at Li-Taylor's body.
Li-Taylor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Li-Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Nord.
Nord shoots in looking for a takedown. Li-Taylor tries to sprawl out of it but Nord keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Li-Taylor manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Nord has knocked Li-Taylor down with a huge combo! Nord steps away and waves a wobbly Li-Taylor back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Li-Taylor is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li-Taylor misses the shot to the body.
And Nord tries to counter it with a takedown but Li-Taylor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Li-Taylor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nord.
Nord pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nord throws a nice inside leg kick.
Li-Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nord.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li-Taylor. Nord does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nord throws a body punch but Li-Taylor moves out of range.
Nord pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Li-Taylor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nord manages to circle out of the way.
Nord throws a head kick but Li-Taylor moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vidar Nord dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Li-Taylor's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Li-Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Nord moves out of range easily.
Li-Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nord.
Nord avoids a kick to the body.
Nord fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Li-Taylor.
Nord takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nord takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vidar Nord seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nord misses with a wild body shot.
Li-Taylor is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Nord.
Li-Taylor swings away with a body shot that misses

and Nord counters with a single leg into guard. Li-Taylor didn't expect that.
Li-Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nord landing some decent shots from guard.
Nord with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nord with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nord throws a big right hand that misses.
Nord throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Li-Taylor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Li-Taylor looking to control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nord takes a swing at Li-Taylor's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Nord.
Li-Taylor throws the left hand but Nord avoids the punch easily.

Li-Taylor instigates a clinch.
Li-Taylor blocks an uppercut.
Li-Taylor lands a good knee to the midsection. Nord won't want to take too many of those.
Nord takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Vidar Nord has been cut.

Nord pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nord misses with a head kick.
Li-Taylor is looking to counter the offense by Nord and move into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li-Taylor is looking to clinch.
Nord is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Li-Taylor tries to clinch there but Nord circles away.
Nord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li-Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Nord is just out of range.
Li-Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Nord.
Nord lands a nice hook to Li-Taylor's body. Li-Taylor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Li-Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Nord moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li-Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nord swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Li-Taylor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Li-Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Li-Taylor misses with a low kick.
Nord lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nord 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.
Li-Taylor wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Li-Taylor throws a head kick that half lands.
Li-Taylor closes the distance but Nord moves to the side

and Nord counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nord uses his free foot to push down on Li-Taylor's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Li-Taylor.
A nice elbow there by Nord.
Nord unloading with bombs!
Nord postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Li-Taylor looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Li-Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've been hearing good reports from Li-Taylor's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Nord lands a big elbow - Li-Taylor is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Li-Taylor is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Vidar Nord!
Vidar Nord gave a mention to Reaper Combatwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).