PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emmanuel Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Quazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronnie Quazar acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Taylor
vs
Quazar

191 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emmanuel Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronnie Quazar!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quazar clinches up against the cage.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quazar misses with an elbow strike.
Quazar keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee calls for Quazar to work.
Taylor is looking to break free of the clinch but Quazar has double underhooks.
Quazar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Quazar is controlling the position.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Quazar has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor wants to break free but Quazar has control.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Quazar is controlling the position.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Quazar is controlling him.
Taylor taking a breather.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor tries to break free but Quazar pushes him back against the cage.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quazar missing with knees to the body.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Quazar has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Quazar has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Quazar.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.

It looks like Emmanuel Taylor has been cut.
Taylor trying to stall but Quazar improves his position.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar missing with knees to the body.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quazar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quazar keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Quazar trying to land knees to the body.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Quazar.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Quazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Quazar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taylor is defending well for now.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar lands a nice knee to the body.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Quazar has him pressed against the cage.
Quazar trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Quazar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Quazar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor avoiding damage as Quazar throws knees to the body.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quazar missing with knees to the body.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quazar has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Quazar just leaning against Taylor, taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Quazar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quazar misses with a head kick.
Quazar lands with a kick to the temple. Taylor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quazar.
Quazar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Quazar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Quazar tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Quazar scores with a spinning back kick!
Quazar fakes the leg kick and cracks Taylor in the body.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quazar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quazar circles away from the clinch attempt
and Quazar counters with a nice body kick.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses
and Quazar counters with a big head kick but Taylor shrugs it off.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quazar tries a head kick but it misses.
Quazar lands a head kick!
Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Quazar rushes Taylor and presses him up against the cage.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Quazar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Taylor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Taylor tries to clinch up
and Quazar counters with an inside leg kick.
Quazar throws a sloppy head kick and Taylor moves out of range easily.
Emmanuel Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor avoids the head kick by Quazar.
A head kick by Taylor misses
and Quazar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Taylor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Quazar avoids nicely.
Taylor closes the distance looking to clinch

and Quazar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quazar has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Quazar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quazar pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quazar is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Quazar throws an elbow but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Quazar is controlling the position.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Quazar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor tries to work over Quazar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Quazar is controlling the position.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Quazar has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quazar slows down the pace here.
Quazar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
The referee calls for Quazar to work.
Taylor wants to break free but Quazar has control.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Quazar moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Quazar takes one to the side of the head.
Taylor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Quazar. That one must have hurt.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Quazar avoids nicely.
Quazar shoots in for a double leg but Taylor sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Taylor throws a chopping leg kick but Quazar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Quazar. That's going to slow Taylor down.
Taylor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quazar counters with a big head kick but Taylor shrugs it off.
Taylor wants to clinch
and Quazar counters with a solid body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Quazar.
Quazar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Taylor misses.
Quazar throws a nice head kick!
Quazar is looking to clinch.
Quazar throws a head kick that misses.
Taylor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quazar was well out of range. Poor timing from Taylor.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Quazar moves out of range easily.
Quazar slips under a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Quazar.

Quazar closes the distance and clinches.
Quazar just leaning against Taylor, taking a breather.
Quazar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick
and Quazar counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Quazar misses with a head kick.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor thows a leg kick but Quazar checks it

and Quazar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Quazar.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Quazar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taylor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Quazar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Taylor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Taylor wants to stall.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Quazar lands a damaging elbow.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Taylor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Quazar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Taylor's cut.
That's time! Taylor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Quazar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Quazar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Taylor.

Taylor moves into the clinch successfully.
Quazar has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Quazar is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Quazar.
Quazar has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Taylor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from Quazar.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Quazar.
Quazar tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Quazar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Quazar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taylor, pushing him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Quazar missing with knees to the body.
Quazar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taylor is looking to break free of the clinch but Quazar has double underhooks.
Quazar keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ronnie Quazar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Quazar stalling the fight.
Taylor wants to get back to striking at distance but Quazar won't allow it.
Quazar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Quazar.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Quazar tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar taking a breather.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Quazar missing with knees to the body.
Quazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Taylor wants to get back to striking at distance but Quazar won't allow it.
Quazar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Quazar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Quazar keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Quazar lands an elbow inside.
Quazar trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Quazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Quazar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Quazar lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quazar prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Quazar.
Quazar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quazar leaning his opponent against the cage.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Quazar has him pressed against the cage.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Quazar trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Quazar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Taylor is trying to force a seperation but Quazar has the dominant position.
Quazar lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Taylor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quazar taking a breather.
Taylor tries to circle away but Quazar has him pinned against the cage.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
The referee calls for Quazar to work.
Quazar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Quazar keeps him there for the moment.
Quazar lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Quazar keeps him there for the moment.
Quazar trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quazar lands a nice elbow.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.

Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Taylor throws a lazy head kick
and Quazar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quazar tries a head kick but it misses.

Taylor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Taylor tries to advance position but instead Quazar slips a leg back in to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ronnie Quazar.
I've got Quazar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronnie Quazar!