PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charles Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taylor
vs
Maria

178 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 14 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saint Maria!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maria takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maria should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Taylor manages to break the clinch.

Taylor has closed the distance and engaged Maria in a clinch.

Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor works over Maria's head and body with a nice combination.

Maria is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Taylor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maria is still on wobbly legs! Can Taylor finish him?

Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Maria seems to have recovered his senses.

Taylor lands a left and a right that send Maria crashing to the mat, dazed. Taylor thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Taylor forces Maria back against the cage and clinches.

Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Taylor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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 rushes Maria with punches - Maria moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Maria goes down! Taylor follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Taylor!