PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between KJ Talley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Talley
vs
Lord

186 cm
39
191 lbs
25 - 10 - 1

190 cm
33
200 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, KJ Talley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, William Lord!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talley takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lord is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Talley.
Lord avoids the body shot from Talley.
A good leg kick by Lord.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Talley, right into the meat.
Lord throws a leg kick that misses.
Lord dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Talley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
A little feinted left hand from Talley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Talley misses with a looping right.
Lord is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lord has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lord crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Talley - the referee stops the clock and Lord gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Talley. Lord manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lord scores with a nice right hand.
Lord throws a body punch but Talley moves out of range.
Talley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lord throws out the jab.
Talley throws an off balance right hand
and Lord counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Talley digs a good hook to Lord's body.
Talley with a jab.
Lord walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like William Lord has been cut.
Talley misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lord misses with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Talley.
Lord throws a front kick aimed at Talley's knee but Talley avoids it well.
Talley appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Talley misses with an uppercut.
Talley tries to score with a low kick but Lord moves his leg out of the way.
Lord misses with a looping right.
Talley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice body punch from Talley.
Talley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lord circles away quickly and effectively.
Lord on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Talley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A bone on bone clash there as Talley blocks the leg kick.
Lord throws a front kick that sends Talley stumbling back into the ropes.
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!
Talley throws a lazy right hand but Lord sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lord appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lord is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Talley rather than just go for the knockout.
Lord misses with a left hand
and Talley counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Talley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Talley looks to score with a jab to the body but Lord is just out of range.
Lord staying out of range there.
It seemed like Lord was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Talley misses with a body shot
and Lord counters with a nice uppercut.
Lord misses with a body kick.
Talley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Talley scores with a leg kick.
Talley misses with a low kick.
Lord tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Talley lands a slapping body shot.
Lord scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Talley lands a nice shot to the body.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Talley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Talley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lord moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley throws a sloppy body shot

and Lord counters with a takedown into side control.
Lord trying to control the position but Talley is working away.
Talley gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Talley is looking to control Lord's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Talley avoid being mounted?
Talley is in trouble now - Lord has advanced to mount!
Talley tries to lock up and control but Lord gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Talley gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord wants to lay and pray for a moment but Talley keeps working.
Lord drops an elbow to the side of Talley's head.
Lord is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lord thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Talley's head.
Talley wants to get back to full guard.
Lord trying to control from half guard but Talley is working away.

Talley looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Talley wants to control but Lord is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that KJ Talley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Lord's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Talley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lord lands with an uppercut that bounces Talley off the ropes and back into range.
Lord throws a one two combo.
Lord looks to throw the jab but Talley is out of range.
Talley misses with a straight right.
Talley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lord looks for the body kick but Talley saw that one coming.
A low kick from Lord is predictable there
and Talley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lord misses with a leg kick.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Talley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
KJ Talley is winning the standup battle so far.
Lord lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Talley throws a lazy right hand but Lord sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Lord was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Lord misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Talley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lord moves away from the strike by Talley.
A little jabbing left from Lord on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Talley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Talley tried to score with a low kick but Lord checks it.
Talley backing away here, and Lord unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Talley throws a hook but Lord blocks it.
Lord walks into a stiff left hand from Talley.
Lord misses with a low kick.
Nice body kick from Talley.
Lord throws a sloppy head kick and Talley moves out of range easily.
Talley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lord showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Talley.
Lord avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lord! But no joy.
Talley misses with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lord.
Talley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Talley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Lord throws a low kick, looking for Talley's leg but Talley calmly moves out of range.
Talley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Lord lunges at Talley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Talley's hand.
Talley takes a swing at Lord's ribcage but misses.
Lord lands with a good body shot.
Talley throws a lazy uppercut
and Lord counters with a low kick, right behind Talley 's knee.
Lord is looking to chop away at Talley's legs.
Talley throwing a counter right hand but Lord manages to avoid it.
Talley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Talley scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lord, right into the meat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lord. Talley does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Lord looks to move away, Talley throws a big counter combo but Lord just gets out of the way.
Talley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Talley takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley misses the shot to the body.
Talley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lord defending well as Talley loads up on a big left hand.
Lord tries a low kick but Talley avoids it.
Talley misses with a straight right.
Talley just misses with a punch to the body.
Lord throws a big shot that misses.
Talley throwing a counter right hand but Lord manages to avoid it.
Talley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Talley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Talley just misses with a punch to the body.
Talley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Talley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lord throws a combination that misses
and Talley counters with a right hand to the body.
Lord is breathing heavily.
Lord misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That has opened up William Lord's cut even more.
Talley looks to land a combination. Lord sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Lord misses
and Talley counters with a nice uppercut.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord lands with a right hand.
Talley defending well as Lord loads up on a big left hand.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lord scores with a body shot.
Talley throws an overhand right that lands on Lord's shoulder, as Lord tries to avoid the shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lord lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Talley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Talley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice defenses there by Talley.
It looked like Talley was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lord.
Talley slips a jab from Lord.
Talley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that KJ Talley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Lord's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Talley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lord manages to avoid it.
Lord steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Talley.
Nice cross by Lord.
Lord lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord ducks under a wild hook from Talley.
Lord dips to his left and cracks Talley with an uppercut!
Lord fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Talley manages to avoid it.
Lord lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talley throws a right hand that misses

and Lord counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Talley!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Talley is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Talley wants to get back to full guard.
Lord controlling the pace.
Talley is refusing to be controlled, as Lord sits in half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Talley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lord pulls his head out easily.
Lord throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
William Lord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Talley is refusing to be controlled, as Lord sits in half guard.
Talley trying to control from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Talley keeping hold of Lord's head, controlling as best he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Talley misses with a wild combination.
Talley thows a left - swing and a miss!
A good leg kick by Lord.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lord. That's going to slow Talley down.
Talley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lord manages to avoid it.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Talley.
Talley misses with a body punch
and Lord counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lord.
Talley throws a poor cross that misses
and Lord counters with a straight right hand.
Lord checks the leg kick.
A jab from Talley misses.
Lord misses the body punch
and Talley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Talley throws an overhand right that lands on Lord's shoulder, as Lord tries to avoid the shot.
Lord feints the counter takedown.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lord checks a leg kick.
Talley thuds his right hand into Lord's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Talley, as that shot connected.
Lord is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Talley.
Lord falls off balance throwing a combination
and Talley counters with a body kick.
Talley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Talley throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Talley catches Lord right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lord is looking to slow Talley down with leg kicks.
Lord connects with a nice looking jab.
Talley misses the shot to the body.
Talley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lord gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lord dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lord attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lord throws a body shot but no joy.
Talley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Talley misses with a few strikes there.
Talley just misses with a punch to the body.
Lord looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Talley ducks right into an uppercut from Lord.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Talley, as that shot connected.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Lord comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Talley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... William Lord!