PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignaas Zaan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes to the ring accompanied by Bodies by Drowning Pool. The crowd seem to be enjoying Zaan's choice of entrance music: In Flames - The Quiet Place. Ignaas Zaan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Taylor
vs
Zaan

183 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
194 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Frank`s TASTE 'Q147 Recovery/Muscle

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lorenzo Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ignaas Zaan!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zaan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Zaan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Zaan tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Taylor is looking to improve his position but Zaan isn't that keen on the idea.
Zaan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zaan tries to control but Taylor wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zaan stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Zaan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Zaan tries to stand and escape but Taylor is controlling the position.
Zaan is thwarting Taylor's attempts to control the position.
Zaan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Taylor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to control Zaan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Taylor avoid being mounted?
Taylor tries to get to full guard but Zaan has control of the leg.
Zaan wants to stand up but Taylor is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaan wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Taylor uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Zaan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Taylor is trying to defend but Zaan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Taylor looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Zaan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Zaan shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignaas Zaan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zaan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Zaan tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Taylor trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaan wants to stand up but Taylor is controlling the position.

Zaan decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Taylor tries for a takedown but Zaan circles away easily

and Zaan counters with a single leg into guard. Taylor didn't expect that.

Zaan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Taylor, up you get!

Zaan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor has a closed guard, preventing Zaan from standing up.

Zaan stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Zaan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaan tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Taylor gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaan is thwarting Taylor's attempts to control the position.
Zaan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Taylor.

Zaan decides to return to a standing position.
Taylor shoots and misses

and Zaan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zaan stands up and beckons Taylor to join him on the feet.
Taylor misses with a takedown

and Zaan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Taylor!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lorenzo Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zaan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Zaan stands up from mount. Strange move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignaas Zaan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Taylor misses with a takedown

and Zaan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Taylor!
Taylor is squirming around, avoiding Zaan's attempts to control the action.

Zaan is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Taylor has his takedown stuffed

and Zaan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Taylor!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaan controlling the position easily from mount.
Zaan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Taylor is looking to escape.
Ignaas Zaan has got the better of the ground game so far.

Zaan is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Zaan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zaan wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Taylor's closed guard. He's half up but Taylor has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Taylor pivots and extends the arm, Zaan falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Taylor! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lorenzo Taylor!