PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Damian Taylor (ranked 1294 p4p, 2524 weight class) and Charlie Bravo (ranked 114 p4p, 213 weight class). Taylor 's entrance music is Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Taylor
vs
Bravo

165 cm
23
147
5 - 4 - 0

181 cm
25
156
3 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Taylor !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Bravo.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Bravo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bravo tries a head kick but it misses.
Bravo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bravo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Taylor in his tracks.
Bravo connects with a jab.
Taylor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bravo catches Taylor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Taylor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bravo connects with a high kick.
Taylor darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Bravo defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Bravo lands a head shot.
Taylor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bravo back to the cage. Taylor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Bravo missing with a left hand there. Taylor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Taylor jabs Bravo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Bravo misses the target.
Bravo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor .
Bravo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bravo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Taylor .
A lazy left from Bravo finds it's target.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Bravo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bravo.
Taylor throws a hook but Bravo avoids it easily.
Bravo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bravo scores with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bravo throws a sloppy head kick and Taylor moves out of range easily.
Taylor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Taylor checks a leg kick.
Taylor walks into a jab.
Bravo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Taylor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Bravo lands with an uppercut that bounces Taylor off the cage and back into range.
Bravo cracks Taylor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bravo lands a jab to the nose.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taylor connects with a body shot that sends Bravo's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Bravo.
Taylor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bravo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bravo tests Taylor 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taylor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Charlie Bravo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Bravo throws out a loose jab but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.

Taylor clinches with his opponent.
Bravo tries to circle away but Taylor has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo is trying to break the clinch but Taylor is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Taylor .
Taylor pushes Bravo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taylor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taylor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bravo moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Bravo.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Bravo.
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Bravo.
It looked like Taylor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bravo lands a head shot.
Bravo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Taylor clinches up against the cage.
Taylor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taylor prevents Bravo from breaking the clinch.
Bravo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taylor scores with a nice hook to the head.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Bravo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bravo connects with a leg kick.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Bravo is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bravo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bravo throws a head kick that misses.
Bravo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor .
Bravo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bravo misses with an uppercut.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Bravo.
Bravo scores with a nice right hand.
Bravo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taylor . Taylor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Taylor misses with a hook. Bravo ducked under it nicely.
Bravo throws out a counter right but Taylor avoids it with no problem.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Bravo circles away and keeps his distance.

Bravo gets tackled into the cage by Taylor . Taylor maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.

Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Taylor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Taylor rushes Bravo and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor lands a body punch in the clinch.

Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bravo.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Bravo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a right hand that Bravo ducks under and follows up with a left that Bravo also avoids with ease.
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bravo lands a glancing blow to the side of Taylor 's head.
Bravo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Taylor on the side of the head.
Taylor throws a body shot but no joy.
Taylor lands a jab.
Damian Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Taylor , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bravo stuns Taylor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bravo throws a lazy right hand but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bravo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Taylor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bravo throws out the jab.
Taylor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bravo, as that shot connected.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bravo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bravo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taylor 's sensitive parts.
Taylor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bravo slips under a jab.
Bravo misses with a straight right.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bravo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taylor misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Bravo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bravo slips a straight right by Taylor .
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Bravo's head but Bravo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Taylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Taylor .

Bravo breaks the clinch.
Bravo throws the left hand but Taylor avoids the punch easily.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Bravo. Those never looked like landing.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Bravo circles away and keeps his distance.
Bravo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Taylor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bravo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taylor .
Taylor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bravo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor .
Bravo lands with a kick to the temple. Taylor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Taylor takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor tries to clinch up.
Taylor jabs Bravo right on the nose. Bravo blinks but takes it well.
Bravo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bravo ducks under a wild hook from Taylor .
Taylor throws a hook but Bravo blocks it.
Bravo throws a big counter head kick but Taylor avoids it with no problem.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bravo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bravo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor .
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taylor lands a jab to Bravo's midsection.

Bravo gets tackled into the cage by Taylor . Taylor maintains the clinch.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bravo.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor presses Bravo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taylor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Taylor .
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Bravo.
Taylor working aggressively here.

Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Bravo lands a high kick!
Taylor takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bravo feints a jab promting Taylor to slip. Bravo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Taylor slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
Bravo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Taylor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Charlie Bravo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bravo.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Bravo slips the punch.
Taylor ducks right into an uppercut from Bravo.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bravo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bravo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bravo throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Bravo throws a looping overhand right but Taylor ducks down to avoid it.
Bravo just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bravo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bravo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Bravo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bravo is looking to score with low kicks.
Taylor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A head kick misses from Bravo.
Bravo sizes up Taylor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Taylor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taylor clinches up with Bravo and pushes him back against the cage.
Taylor pushes Bravo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taylor scores with a shoulder strike.
Bravo tries to circle away but Taylor has him pinned against the cage.
Taylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Bravo scores with a body shot.
Taylor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Bravo.
Bravo lands a nice hook to Taylor 's body. Taylor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bravo moves away.
Taylor works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bravo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bravo works Taylor 's body with a nice hook.
Taylor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A swing and a miss from Bravo.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bravo. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bravo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bravo lands a front kick.
Bravo cracks Taylor with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bravo connects with a high kick.
Taylor checks the leg kick nicely there.
Taylor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bravo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Bravo pushes him off.
Bravo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Bravo slips the punch.
Bravo takes a swing at Taylor 's ribcage but misses.
Taylor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Taylor has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Bravo controls the action.
Bravo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bravo is rocked!
Bravo blocks a body shot from Taylor .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Charlie Bravo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bravo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Bravo moves out of range.
Bravo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taylor 's hands.
Bravo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bravo is still on wobbly legs! Can Taylor finish him?
Bravo moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
It seemed like Bravo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Bravo does it's job there.
Bravo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bravo loads up on a big right hand but Taylor slips the punch.
Bravo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor .
A little jabbing left from Bravo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Taylor stalks Bravo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bravo's face. Bravo staggers backwards, shaken.
Taylor throws an overhand right that drops Bravo like a sack of potatoes! Taylor dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Taylor !
Damian Taylor decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.