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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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202 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Poweful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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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, Steve Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dominic Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith fails with the takedown.
Taylor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Taylor looks up at the clock and then as Smith takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Taylor smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Taylor connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Taylor landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Smith tries to buck Taylor off but Taylor is having none of it.
Smith is working hard here to advance position.
Smith keeps Taylor under control for a moment.
Taylor is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor scoring with punches from side control.
Smith taking punishment in the form of punches.
Taylor creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smith taking a bit of punishment here - Taylor scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor working the head with strikes.
Taylor lands an elbow.
Taylor wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Smith on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Taylor connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Smith gets back to half guard.
Taylor drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith regains full guard. Nicely done.
Smith working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Taylor doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Taylor manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Taylor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smith looking to control.
Taylor landing some decent shots from guard.
Taylor is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Taylor slips an elbow through the middle.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Taylor slips an elbow through the middle.
Taylor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Taylor thows a big elbow that misses.
Taylor working some strikes from top position.
Smith is looking for a triangle but Taylor pushes his legs off easily.
Taylor works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith is looking for a triangle here but Taylor uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Smith!
Taylor lands a big shot there that rocks Smith but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith is bucking up trying to escape but Taylor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Smith throwing hammer fists to the chest of Taylor. What's that going to do exactly?
Smith tries to hold on but Taylor pushes him away.
Taylor with good strikes from the mount here!
Taylor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Taylor working the ground and pound effectively.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Taylor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith working to try and regain half guard.
Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a heavy elbow.
Smith can't escape the position.
Taylor looking to finish Smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smith!
Taylor is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith tries to hold on but Taylor pushes him away.
Taylor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith is bucking up trying to escape but Taylor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Taylor cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taylor landing punches.
Smith is rocked!
It looks like Steve Smith has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Smith can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Smith is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Taylor punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Smith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Taylor lands with a big right hook that stumbles Smith - he's out on his feet here! Taylor follows up with another monster hook that separates Smith from consciousness! Smith falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Taylor stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dominic Taylor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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