PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miller Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aiden Taylor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Light
vs
Taylor

195 cm
19
260 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
21
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miller Light!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aiden Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taylor has managed to clinch.
Taylor taking a breather.
Light stalling in the clinch.
Taylor is trying to push Light away but Light has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Light tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Light lands an elbow inside.
A hook to the body from Taylor.
Light tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Light with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Light misses with a hook from the clinch.
Light stalls.
Taylor is trying to force a seperation but Light has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Taylor breaks the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Taylor. No joy for Light on that attempt.
Light is looking to clinch.
Taylor has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Light is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Light circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Light moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Light is breathing heavily.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Light.
Some bone on bone action there as Light checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Light clinches up with Taylor and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Light tries a knee to the head but Taylor blocks it.
Light connects with a knee to the head.
Taylor lands with a right to the head.

Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Light moves into the clinch successfully.
Light misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taylor is trying to push Light away but Light has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Light looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Light pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Light manages to break the clinch.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taylor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Taylor swinging wildly here.
Light wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Taylor connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Taylor.

Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Light using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Light misses with a knee to the head.
Light prevents a takedown attempt there.

Taylor manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Taylor has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Light is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Light keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Light pulls his leg out and moves away.
Miller Light has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aiden Taylor.

Light has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Light struggles to land a body shot inside as Taylor controls his hands.

Taylor drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Light won't allow Taylor to get back to his feet.
Light's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Taylor wants to get back to his feet but Light is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aiden Taylor will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Light moves into range and clinches up with Taylor.
Taylor takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Aiden Taylor has been cut.
Taylor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Taylor wants to get back to striking at distance but Light won't allow it.

Light escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Light has taken the fight to the clinch.

Light manages to break the clinch.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Light appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Light moves into the clinch.
Light tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Miller Light has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Taylor pulls Light into guard.

Light stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Light keeps the fight on the outside.

Light has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Light has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Light.
Light with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taylor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Light just stands there and leans against the cage.
Light is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Taylor to keep the fight standing.
Light managing to block the knees to the body from Taylor.
Light prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Taylor is trying to pull guard but Light turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Light pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Light keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Light was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Light is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Light into the cage.
Taylor tries to pull guard but Light holds him up against the cage and eventually Taylor drops back down to his feet.
Miller Light has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aiden Taylor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to pull guard but Light holds him up against the cage and eventually Taylor drops back down to his feet.
Light will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Taylor up against the cage.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Light is blocking nicely.
Light stalling against the cage.
Taylor pushes Light back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Light tries to pull guard but Taylor forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Taylor manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Taylor has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Light off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor avoids the head kick by Light.
Taylor throws a counter combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Miller Light is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Light has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Light trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Taylor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taylor avoiding damage as Light throws knees to the body.
Taylor is trying to maintain a safe position but Light gets an underhook and turns Taylor into the cage.
Light stalling in the clinch but Taylor improves position.
Taylor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Light backwards.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor catches Light with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Light tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Light keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Taylor takes a swing at Light's ribcage but misses.

Light has taken the fight to the clinch.

Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor tests Light's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taylor scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Light tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Light counters with a series of strikes. Taylor will be more careful next time no doubt.
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 Miller Light will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aiden Taylor'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!

Light changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Taylor tries to avoid it but Light manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Taylor to the ground. Taylor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Miller Light seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Light pivots, looking for a leg kick but Taylor is out of range and Light settles back down.
Taylor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Light is out of range and Taylor settles back down.
Light does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Taylor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Taylor.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Light clinches with his opponent.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Light has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor looking to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Light lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Light stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Light lands with a light punch inside.

Light breaks from the clinch.
Light walks into a jab.
Taylor tries to land a leg kick but Light saw it coming and moves away.
Taylor lands a jab-cross combination.

Light clinches with his opponent.
Light throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taylor lands with a light punch inside.
Taylor tries to pull guard but Light won't allow it.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Light lands a damaging elbow.
Light is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Taylor is defending well.
Taylor lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor is trying to force a seperation but Light has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Light.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Light scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taylor tries to break free but Light pushes him back against the cage.
Light pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taylor blocks the elbow strike.
Light blocks an elbow strike.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike.
Light doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Light is looking to control Taylor's arms but Taylor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Light has his back to the cage.
Light throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Light missing with knees to the body.

Taylor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a series of strikes that have Light backpedaling.
Light tries to bum rush Taylor with a series of wild strikes but Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Light tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Light circles away.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Light was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Taylor moves into the clinch successfully.
Taylor wants to get back to striking at distance but Light won't allow it.
Good body shot from Light.
Taylor is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Light to keep the fight standing.
Taylor is looking for a takedown.
Miller Light has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aiden Taylor.
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Light backwards.
Light lands a nice shot to the body.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Light prevents a takedown attempt there.

Light breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Taylor gets tackled into the cage by Light. Light maintains the clinch.
Taylor blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taylor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor is trying to drag Light to the mat but Light just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Light pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Light moves into range and clinches up with Taylor.
Taylor looking to slow down the pace here.
Light misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aiden Taylor.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden Taylor!