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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davonte Durant (ranked 3298 p4p, 2967 weight class) and Kevin Taylor (ranked 344 p4p, 314 weight class). Durant comes to the cage accompanied by No Bullets Fly - Sabaton. Davonte Durant could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kevin Taylor's chin.
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Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Davonte Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durant slips a straight right by Taylor.
Durant appears to be looking for a big counter.
Durant swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Taylor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Taylor drives through and clinches with Durant against the cage.
Taylor presses Durant against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Durant wants to stall.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Durant.
Durant is looking to control Taylor's arms but Taylor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Durant has his back to the cage.
Taylor effectively controlling the action here.
Taylor lands with a short shot to the head.
Taylor stalling in the clinch.
Taylor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Taylor receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Durant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Durant is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Durant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Durant lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Durant controls the action.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor misses with the head strike.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taylor.
Taylor leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Taylor's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Durant wants to stall.
Durant swings wildly with an uppercut but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Durant blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taylor.
Durant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Durant blocking some punches.
Durant looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Durant with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Durant.
Durant looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor has Durant pushed against the cage.
Durant tries a knee to the head but Taylor blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Taylor taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Durant controls his hands.
Taylor effectively controlling the action here.
Taylor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taylor leaning against his opponent.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Durant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor taking a breather.
A short right from Durant.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Durant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor digs a right hand underneath Durant's ribcage. Durant let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant is pushing Taylor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Durant lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
Taylor is leaning against Durant and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Durant wants to stall.
Taylor stalls.
Taylor stalling the fight.
Durant scores with a shot to the side of Taylor's head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Durant.
Durant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Durant looking to slow down the pace here.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Durant scores a nice knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kevin Taylor will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Durant feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Taylors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Durant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taylor circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Durant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Durant throws a looping overhand right but Taylor ducks down to avoid it.
Durant slips a jab from Taylor.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Durant.
Jab by Taylor.
Taylor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Durant on the side of the head.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Durant's head but Durant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durant closes the distance but Taylor moves to the side
and Taylor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Taylor lands a lovely overhand right.
Taylor connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor tries to keep at a distance but Durant has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Durant taking a breather.
Taylor lands with a right to the head.
Taylor displaying some good clinch control by pressing Durant up against the cage.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Durant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor slows down the pace here.
Taylor tries to throw a body punch but Durant avoids it by throwing Taylor back against the cage.
Durant prevents a body shot from Taylor.
Taylor is trying to maintain a safe position but Durant gets an underhook and turns Taylor into the cage.
Durant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
Durant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
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.
Taylor stalling in the clinch but Durant improves position.
Taylor works on Durant's body with a couple of short punches.
Durant looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Durant misses with some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Taylor.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Kevin Taylor seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Durant.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taylor.
Durant prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Taylor lands a body shot.
Durant trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Durant into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is stalling here.
Durant content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Durant controls his hands.
Durant blocks an uppercut.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Durant looking to stall.
Durant lands a knee to the body.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Durant stalling the fight.
Durant missing with knees to the body.
Durant holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Durant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor avoiding damage as Durant throws knees to the body.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor tries a body shot but Durant blocks it.
Durant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Taylor.
Taylor lands a left hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durant.
Durant stalling the fight.
Stalling in the clinch from Durant.
Durant seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Durant just leaning against Taylor, taking a breather.
Durant stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Durant for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Taylor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durant.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kevin Taylor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Durant fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durant looks to clinch
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Taylor misses the jab.
Durant scores with the left hand. Taylor knows he should have avoided that one.
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 Durants jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Durant tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the body.
Durant tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor avoids the head kick by Durant.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durant tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Durant wants to clinch.
Durant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taylor throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Durant throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Durant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylor has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Taylor scores with a nice right hand.
Taylor scores with a shot to the body.
Durant is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taylor scores with a punch to the head.
Taylor lands with a shot to the body.
Durant ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Taylor lands the left hand.
Durant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Taylor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Durant slips a straight right by Taylor.
Jab from Taylor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor works Durant's body with a nice hook.
Durant blocks a jab.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Durant throws a lazy uppercut
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Durant misses with a hook.
Taylor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Durant slips a jab from Taylor.
Durant appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Davonte Durant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor misses with a body punch
and Durant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Durant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kevin Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durant.
A big right from Taylor misses.
Durant lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Durant throws a right hand that misses
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab.
Durant moves into the clinch.
Taylor leaning against his opponent.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor cracks Durant with a nice body shot.
Taylor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Taylor stalling in the clinch but Durant improves position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taylor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Durant blocking some punches.
Taylor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Our sources have told us that Durant has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Durant lands a nice uppercut.
Taylor breaks the clinch.
Durant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Taylor misses the body punch
and Durant counters with a nice uppercut.
Durant slips a straight right by Taylor.
Kevin Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taylor scores with a nice strike.
Durant is looking to clinch.
Donk. Taylor catches Durant right on the button with a cross.
Durant misses with a head kick.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Durant slips the punch.
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Durant saw that one coming.
Durant half committed to a counter leg kick.
Durant looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Taylor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Durant throws a head kick but Taylor moves out of range.
Taylor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Taylor looks to land a left hand but Durant moved out of range nicely.
Davonte Durant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kevin Taylor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Taylor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Taylor!
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