PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Taylor (ranked 4716 p4p, 4111 weight class) and Gun Nero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gun Nero has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Danny Taylor's chin.

Taylor
vs
Nero

178 cm
25
165
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
160
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

SMESH Nutrition 160Q
Mile High

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gun Nero!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor connects with a right hand. Nero shakes it off.
Taylor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nero eats them both and turns towards Taylor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Gun Nero has been cut.
Nero misses with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Taylor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Neros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nero shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Taylor's guard.
Taylor looking for a sweep. Not yet Taylor, not yet.
Nero with a nice head shot there.
Nero postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Nero got a little sloppy there for a moment and Taylor has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nero has managed to get both his arms back between Taylor's legs - danger averted.
Nero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nero scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nero is one step ahead there.
Nero throws a big elbow that misses.
Nero stands up over Taylor, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nero is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taylor has momentary wrist control but Nero slips an elbow through the middle.
Nero landing with the ground and pound.
Nero with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nero working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Taylor's head.
Nero lands a couple of elbows.
Nero advances to half guard.

Nero is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nero working over Taylor with some ground and pound. Taylor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is not content to let Nero control the position.
Taylor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nero scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nero lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nero winds up and cracks Taylor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nero moves into full mount! Taylor won't be happy about that!
Taylor is bucking up trying to escape but Nero cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nero scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nero lands a big elbow.
Nero landing shots from mount.

Taylor is rocked!
Nero landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taylor takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Nero's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gun Nero!