PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bai Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Bow Down as his entrance music. Bai Yu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yu
vs
Taylor

180 cm
28
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

187 cm
37
181 lbs
26 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bai Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yu lands a big head kick that sends Taylor tumbling to the mat! Yu takes a step backwards and waves Taylor back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Taylor looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
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.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yu throws out a leg kick but Taylor moves out of range and Yu only half commits.
Yu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taylor's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yu counters with a good low kick that Taylor was not able to check.
Yu connects with a leg kick. Taylor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yu misses with a kick to the body.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Yu.
Yu throws a leg kick which misses Taylor's front leg but catches the back leg as Taylor tries to avoid it.
Yu throws a head kick that misses.
Yu cracks Taylor with a hook to the temple - Taylor is on wobbly legs here! Yu swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Taylor falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Yu wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bai Yu!
Bai Yu took some time post fight to say the following; 'toma ná guela '.