PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tauno Palo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jayceon Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Westside Story kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jayceon Taylor struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Tauno Palo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Palo
vs
Taylor

183 cm
18
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tauno Palo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jayceon Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Palo does no damage.
Taylor dodges the punch combination from Palo.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Palo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Palo keeps it at a distance.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Palo! Taylor is backing up but he can't get away as Palo lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Taylor and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tauno Palo!