PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin PercivalH (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

PercivalH
vs
Taylor

185 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin PercivalH!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Taylor!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

PercivalH drives through with a takedown into guard.
PercivalH stopping the sweep attempt from Taylor.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
PercivalH is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
PercivalH postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taylor is trying to control the position but PercivalH postures up.
PercivalH controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
PercivalH has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Taylor trying to keep a closed guard but PercivalH is proving a slippery customer.
PercivalH pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taylor is keeping the position for now.
We've been hearing good reports from PercivalH's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor trying to strike off his back.
PercivalH cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.
PercivalH is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor trying to strike off his back.
PercivalH is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
PercivalH keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Taylor's head.
PercivalH lands a couple of elbows.
Taylor wants to sweep here but PercivalH controlling him for the moment.
PercivalH scoring with punches to the head and body.
PercivalH postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Taylor keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
PercivalH landing with the ground and pound.
Taylor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
PercivalH cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.
Taylor controls PercivalH momentarily but PercivalH frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
PercivalH content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
PercivalH working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
PercivalH postures up and lands a big shot to Taylor's brow.
PercivalH trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
PercivalH working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Taylor's head.
PercivalH lands a couple of decent looking shots.
PercivalH looking to pass the guard.
PercivalH is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Taylor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
PercivalH postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells PercivalH's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Taylor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is keen to just control but PercivalH is a slippery customer.
PercivalH is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Taylor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Taylor's back!
Taylor trying to control the hands but PercivalH breaks the grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor prevents PercivalH from getting a body triangle.
Taylor tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
PercivalH lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
PercivalH is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Taylor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! PercivalH connects with a massive shot to the dome!
PercivalH tries to control but Taylor wriggling away.
PercivalH with the ground and pound from mount.
PercivalH connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Taylor wants to hold on but PercivalH pushes him away.
Taylor slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Taylor flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
PercivalH slips a nice elbow through Taylor's hands, connecting with Taylor's forehead.
PercivalH is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Taylor is looking to control PercivalH's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Taylor avoid being mounted?
Taylor flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
PercivalH working the head and body with strikes.
Taylor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. PercivalH is working away from the top position though.
Ground and pound from PercivalH.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin PercivalH dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin PercivalH's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Taylor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. PercivalH quickly recovers to half guard.
Taylor is looking to take a break and control but PercivalH is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
PercivalH is trying is best to control the position here.
PercivalH works his way to full guard. Good work.
PercivalH is adopting a defensive guard.
PercivalH bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Taylor's guard.

Taylor keeping moving, preventing PercivalH from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
PercivalH preventing the sweep.
PercivalH landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We've been informed that Taylor has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
PercivalH postures up and lands a big shot to Taylor's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells PercivalH's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
PercivalH sitting in guard, not really doing much.
PercivalH chips away with some ground and pound.
PercivalH postures up.
PercivalH lands a couple of decent looking shots.
PercivalH trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to sweep but no luck.
PercivalH passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
PercivalH landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Taylor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but PercivalH scores with a couple of nice shots.
PercivalH lands strikes from half guard.
PercivalH scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taylor wants to get back to full guard.
Taylor trying to control but PercivalH postures up.
PercivalH is looking to take a break and control but Taylor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
PercivalH lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
PercivalH is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
PercivalH working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
PercivalH perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Taylor taking some punishment here, with PercivalH in his half guard.
PercivalH performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
PercivalH is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
PercivalH is nestled in close to Taylor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
PercivalH is nestled in close to Taylor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
PercivalH prevents Taylor from improving his position.
PercivalH takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is refusing to be controlled, as PercivalH sits in half guard.
PercivalH working Taylor over with strikes.
Taylor is pressing down on PercivalH's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Taylor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
PercivalH lands a couple of elbows.
Taylor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
PercivalH working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
PercivalH lands a couple of digs.
PercivalH makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
PercivalH content to stall in guard here.
PercivalH is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin PercivalH dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin PercivalH's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Taylor is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in PercivalH's half guard.
PercivalH is staying active underneath Taylor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
PercivalH has hold of Taylor's hands but Taylor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
PercivalH blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taylor.
PercivalH is looking to improve his position.
PercivalH is positioning himself well to prevent Taylor advancing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
PercivalH manages to get to full guard.
PercivalH bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Taylor's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
PercivalH content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
PercivalH working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
PercivalH content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
PercivalH won't allow Taylor to sweep him here.
Taylor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Taylor throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but PercivalH is one step ahead there.
PercivalH working some strikes from top position.
PercivalH connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
PercivalH lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but PercivalH is one step ahead there.
Taylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
PercivalH cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.
PercivalH is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Taylor looking for a sweep. Not yet Taylor, not yet.
PercivalH cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.
PercivalH passes easily into side control. Nice work.
PercivalH works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
PercivalH lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor being controlled for a moment.
PercivalH working the ground and pound.
Taylor is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Taylor is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
PercivalH scoring with punches and elbows.
PercivalH working the head and body with strikes.
PercivalH taking a breather here.
PercivalH is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taylor can do to turn this around?
Taylor wants to control but PercivalH postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
PercivalH remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
PercivalH working the ground and pound.
PercivalH working the ground and pound from side control.
PercivalH lands some shots froms side control.
Taylor misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Check out the look on PercivalH's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taylor tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but PercivalH wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
PercivalH remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Check out the look on PercivalH's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin PercivalH showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for PercivalH, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin PercivalH!