PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rapido Nadadora (ranked 2179 p4p, 2304 weight class) and John Taylor (ranked 241 p4p, 258 weight class). Taylor has chosen LL Cool J- Mama said knock you out as his entrance music. John Taylor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nadadora
vs
Taylor

177 cm
25
161
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
165
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

SpeeDee BBQ

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rapido Nadadora!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadadora on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taylor throws a poor cross that misses
and Nadadora counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like John Taylor has been cut.
Taylor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nadadora throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nadadora looks to throw the jab but Taylor is out of range.
Nadadora seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Taylor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nadadora.
Nadadora misses the shot to the body.
Taylor is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Taylor slips a jab from Nadadora.
Nadadora comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nadadora throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Nadadora.
Taylor wants to counter with a clinch but Nadadora pushes him away.
Taylor scores with a punch to the head.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor cracks a nice hook into Nadadora's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadadora throws an overhand right that lands on Taylor's shoulder, as Taylor tries to avoid the shot.
Nadadora cracks Taylor with a good jab.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nadadora.
Taylor lands with a shot to the body.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nadadora.
A big left from Nadadora misses.
Despite the aggression on Taylor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Taylor misses the jab.
Nadadora misses with a hook.
Taylor is looking for the big counter here.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Nadadora avoids nicely.
Nadadora swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nadadora.
A shot to the liver by Taylor. Beautiful body shot.
Nadadora is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nadadora.
Nadadora misses with an uppercut. Taylor saw that one coming.
Nadadora throws a right hand that misses
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nadadora throws an overhand right that lands on Taylor's shoulder, as Taylor tries to avoid the shot.
Taylor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Nadadora does it's job there.
Nadadora swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taylor tries to counter with a clinch but Nadadora shakes him off and moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Nadadora.
Nadadora throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor with the counter takedown but Nadadora avoids it easily.
Taylor misses with a hook. Nadadora ducked under it nicely.
Taylor moves out of range of the strikes.
Nadadora just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadadora takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nadadora scores with a jab. Taylor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nadadora.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nadadora throws a poor cross that misses
and Taylor counters with a three punch combo that has Nadadora backing up. Nadadora nods at Taylor to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Nadadora. That snapped Taylor's head back.
Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nadadora circles away quickly and effectively.
Taylor slips a jab from Nadadora.
Nadadora walks into a left hand.
Nadadora scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Taylor has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nadadora throws a body shot but no joy.
Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nadadora.
Nadadora fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor throws a jab when Nadadora was well out of range.
Nadadora swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Taylor counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Nadadora finds it's way through Taylor's defenses.
Taylor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nadadora throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taylor on the side of the head.

That has opened up John Taylor's cut even more.
Nadadora misses with a looping left.
Nadadora wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rapido Nadadora dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John 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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Nadadora does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Nadadora.
Nadadora thuds his right hand into Taylor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nadadora misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Nadadora. That snapped Taylor's head back.
Taylor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nadadora throws a looping overhand right but Taylor ducks down to avoid it.
Nadadora scores with a hook to the body. Taylor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nadadora darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.
Nadadora scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor blocking some punches.
A short right from Nadadora.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadadora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nadadora tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nadadora tries a body shot but Taylor blocks it.
Nadadora doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nadadora lands with a light punch inside.
Nadadora misses with a punch on the inside.
Nadadora misses with a body punch.
Nadadora misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Nadadora.
Nadadora tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
Taylor prevents a body shot from Nadadora.
Nadadora scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nadadora lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nadadora.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Nadadora controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Nadadora lands a body punch.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Nadadora lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taylor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nadadora lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Nadadora as the two fighters clinch.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Nadadora lands a body shot.
Nadadora lands a shoulder strike.
Nadadora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nadadora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nadadora prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nadadora.
Nadadora lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Taylor in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nadadora lands an uppercut.
Nadadora softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Nadadora.
Nadadora lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Nadadora.

The cut above John Taylor's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Still in the clinch, Nadadora scores with a nice short uppercut.

Taylor is rocked!
Nadadora lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Nadadora finish him?
A nice left hand lands by Nadadora.
Nadadora digs a right hand into Taylor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Taylor's gas tank.
Nadadora lands with a right to the head.
Nadadora creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Taylor with a big uppercut! Taylor tries to clinch up but Nadadora pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Taylor to the mat! Taylor covers up and Nadadora unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rapido Nadadora!
Rapido Nadadora retains his lightweight title!
Rapido Nadadora decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.