PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Igor (ranked 4553 p4p, 3482 weight class) and Saul Taylot (ranked 429 p4p, 369 weight class). The key to victory for Alexander Igor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Igor
vs
Taylot

176 cm
18
162
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 Amsterdam, Alexander Igor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Taylot!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Igor moves into the clinch.
Taylot blocks an uppercut.
Igor swings wildly with an uppercut but Taylot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Igor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Igor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taylot backwards.
Igor is struggling to control the position.
A nice left hand lands by Igor.
Igor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Igor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Igor tries to pull guard but Taylot forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Igor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Igor fails to land.
Igor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Igor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylot takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Taylot takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Taylot throws a lazy head kick
and Taylot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylot misses with a straight right.
Igor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Taylot looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Taylot doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Taylot has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Igor finds it's way round the side to connect with Taylot's head.
Igor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Taylot. Taylot obviously looking to wear him down.
Igor tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylot throws a sloppy head kick and Igor moves out of range easily.
Igor throws a quick counter head kick but Taylot was just out of range.
Igor has his takedown stuffed
and Taylot counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Igor avoids the body shot from Taylot.
Igor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Taylot pinned against the cage. Taylot gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Igor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Igor.
Taylot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A head kick misses from Taylot.
Igor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Igor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Taylot misses with an uppercut.

Taylot closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Igor to the mat! Igor manages to get full guard.
Taylot controlling from the top position.

Taylot stands up and waves to Igor to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Igor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Taylot defends it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Taylot on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Igor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body kick there by Igor.
Taylot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylot lands with a kick to the temple. Igor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Taylot tries to close the distance and clinch but Igor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylot misses the shot to the body.
Igor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taylot.
Igor lands a nice looking kick to the body. Taylot takes a step back to recover.
Igor throws a head kick that half lands.
Igor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Igor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Igor lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Igor thuds his shin into the meat of Taylot's side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Igor gets tackled into the cage by Taylot. Taylot maintains the clinch.
Igor working hard to break the clinch.
Taylot blocks an uppercut.
Taylot is trying to force a seperation but Igor has the dominant position.
Igor throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Igor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Igor is trying to pull guard but Taylot turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Igor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylot scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Igor lands with an uppercut that bounces Taylot off the cage and back into range.
Taylot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown attempt by Igor or perhaps it was just good defense by Taylot, which made it look bad.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Igor dominated that round.
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.

Taylot misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Igor. That's going to slow Taylot down.
Igor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Igor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Igor lands a high kick!
Igor defending well as Taylot loads up on a big left hand.
And Igor counters with a quick kick to the body but Taylot blocks it.
Taylot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Igor scores with a kick to the midsection.
Taylot has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Igor gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Taylot counters with a good low kick that Igor was not able to check.
Taylot is looking to chop away at Igor's legs.
Taylot lands a front kick.

Taylot gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Taylot has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Igor.
Taylot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Igor blocks it with crossed arms.
Igor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taylot has him pressed against the cage.
Taylot's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Igor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alexander Igor has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylot keeps control of Igor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Igor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Taylot gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Igor.
Igor misses with the head strike.
Igor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Igor is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Igor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylot is keeping busy.
Igor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Igor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Igor.
Igor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Igor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taylot can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Igor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taylot is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Igor is trying to stall.
Igor wants to break free but Taylot has control.
Igor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Taylot gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Igor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Igor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Igor on the inside.
Igor blocks an elbow strike.
Igor manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Igor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Taylot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice shot by Taylot.
Igor scores with a nice head shot.
Taylot lands with a good body shot.
Taylot tries to clinch but Igor moves out of range.
Taylot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Igor looks to clinch
and Taylot counters with a straight right hand.
Taylot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylot throws a leg kick that is checked

and Igor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Taylot's guard.

Taylot wriggles free and stands up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Igor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylot tries to clinch up.
Jab by Taylot.
Jab, jab by Taylot - just one landing.
Taylot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Igor moves into range and clinches up with Taylot.
Igor wants to take the fight to the mat but Taylot manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Igor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Igor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Taylot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Igor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Taylot has time to react.
Igor cracks Taylot with a good jab.
Igor misses with a takedown attempt - Taylot sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Igor tries to clinch up.
Taylot tries to clinch up.
Good shot there by Igor.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Igor will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Taylot looks to score with a jab to the body but Igor is just out of range.
Igor feinted with a counter takedown.

Igor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taylot, pushing him back against the cage.
Igor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taylot backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylot.
Taylot prevents a takedown attempt there.
Igor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A shot in the inside from Igor.
A frustrated look appears on Igor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Igor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Igor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Taylot smiles and moves away.
Igor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Igor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylot scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Igor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alexander Igor is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylot lands a nice leg kick that just misses Igor's sensitive parts.
Igor scores with a spinning back kick!
Taylot scores with a kick to the body.
Igor goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Igor checks a leg kick.
Taylot takes a swing at Igor's ribcage but misses.
Igor lands a head shot.
Igor lands a head kick. Taylot smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Taylot slips under a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylot throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taylot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Igor.
Taylot keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Igor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Igor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Igor checks a leg kick.
Igor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Igor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Igor pushes Taylot up against the cage in a clinch.

Igor breaks the clinch.
Taylot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylot swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Igor.
Igor backing away here, and Taylot unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Igor throws a head kick that misses.
Taylot is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Igor with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Taylot.
Taylot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Igor misses the target.
Igor tries to clinch up.
Good work by Igor as he checks the leg kick.
Igor tries a head kick but it misses.
Igor misses with a body kick.
Taylot throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Igor lands with a nice body kick.
Taylot throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Igor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Taylot on the side of the head.
Taylot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Igor.
Taylot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylot is trying hard to land a takedown here. Igor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Igor instigates a clinch.
Taylot drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Igor is stalling here.
Alexander Igor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Igor pushes Taylot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Igor.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Igor.
Igor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Taylot pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Igor breaks the clinch.
Igor gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Taylot counters with a leg kick.
Igor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylot paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylot keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylot looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jab by Taylot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Igor.
Taylot shoots in but Igor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Taylot tries to clinch there but Igor circles away.
Igor jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Igor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alexander Igor.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Igor, 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Igor!