PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Oviedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oviedo comes to the cage accompanied by Tiesto - Adagio for Strings. Taylor has chosen Tool - Pushit as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Oviedo
vs
Taylor

180 cm
24
177 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Bullet Proof System

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Oviedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oviedo tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Oviedo pinned against the cage. Oviedo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Oviedo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Oviedo sprawls well. Oviedo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oviedo.
Oviedo lands a head kick. Taylor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Oviedo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taylor. That did some damage!
Oviedo stuffs the takedown attempt from Taylor. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
Jorge Oviedo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Taylor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Taylor darts in looking for a takedown but Oviedo gets double underhooks and turns Taylor into the cage.
Oviedo wants to clinch.
Oviedo throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Taylor closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Oviedo's guard.

Oviedo looking for a guillotine here but Taylor defends easily.
Oviedo trying to control the position.
Taylor lands a couple of elbows.

Oviedo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Taylor throws a big elbow that misses.
Taylor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oviedo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Taylor stands up over Oviedo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Taylor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Taylor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oviedo looking for a guillotine here but Taylor defends easily.

Oviedo is looking for a triangle but Taylor pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taylor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Taylor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Oviedo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Taylor defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taylor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Taylor avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor scoring with some ground and pound.

Oviedo is rocked!
Taylor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oh Oviedo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taylor arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Oviedo's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sean Taylor!
Sean Taylor seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.