PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes to the cage accompanied by Bow Down. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Taylor
vs
Dias

187 cm
37
181 lbs
26 - 23 - 0

200 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 26 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Dias!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Dias. Those never looked like landing.
Dias tries to bum rush Taylor with a series of wild strikes but Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dias takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dias stalks Taylor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Taylor's face. Taylor staggers backwards, shaken.
Taylor cracks the inside of Dias's front leg.
Taylor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Taylor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dias is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Taylor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Taylor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Taylor.
Sloppy strikes from Dias. Those never looked like landing.
Taylor has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dias fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dias tries to bum rush Taylor with a series of wild strikes but Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dias looks to land a combination but Taylor avoids it well.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Dias is rocked!
Dias get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Dias stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Taylor runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jordan Taylor!
A relieved looking Jordan Taylor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.