PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivo Fabijan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cory taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). taylor has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! cory taylor is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Fabijan
vs
taylor

195 cm
25
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
225 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ivo Fabijan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, cory taylor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fabijan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
taylor looks gassed!

Fabijan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. taylor did well to prevent Fabijan getting side control.
Fabijan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fabijan throwing shots but taylor is blocking nicely.
Fabijan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fabijan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fabijan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fabijan throwing shots but taylor is blocking nicely.
Fabijan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fabijan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fabijan scores with a three punch combo!

That has opened up cory taylor's cut even more.
taylor moves out of range as Fabijan throws a body kick.
cory taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fabijan drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fabijan throwing strikes but missing.

Fabijan stands and steps away. taylor gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
taylor misses with a combination

and Fabijan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fabijan.
Fabijan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
taylor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fabijan stops taylor from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabijan lands a couple of digs.
Fabijan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fabijan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fabijan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. taylor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fabijan thows a big elbow that misses.
Fabijan wants to control from the top but taylor keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
taylor takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Fabijan gets a takedown into half guard.
taylor tries to kick Fabijan off but Fabijan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fabijan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Fabijan is working for a submission of some sort.
Fabijan stops taylor from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabijan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed taylor's head.
Fabijan working taylor over with strikes.
Fabijan thows a huge punch but taylor dodges it nicely.
Fabijan working over taylor with some ground and pound. taylor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
taylor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fabijan counters with a two punch combo.
taylor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fabijan is looking to clinch but taylor is avoiding it.
taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Fabijan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
taylor is looking to escape.

Fabijan is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fabijan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabijan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
taylor taking some punishment here, with Fabijan in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
taylor is staying active underneath Fabijan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

taylor makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Fabijan takes the fight into the clinch.
taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fabijan gets through taylor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Fabijan breaks the clinch.
taylor misses with the combination.

Fabijan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fabijan stops taylor from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fabijan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed taylor's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fabijan connects with a nice short shot to taylor's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
taylor is trying to stand back up but Fabijan is controlling him

Fabijan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, taylor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fabijan is trying to control the action in half guard but taylor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
taylor wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fabijan misses with a series of wild punches.
Fabijan throws a head kick that misses.
Fabijan throws a combination. taylor tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Fabijan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

taylor pushes Fabijan off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivo Fabijan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on cory taylor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

taylor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Fabijan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fabijan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Fabijan.
Fabijan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fabijan trying to pass the guard but taylor defending well.
taylor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fabijan.
Fabijan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed taylor's head.
Fabijan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
taylor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fabijan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fabijan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fabijan lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
taylor lands with a kick to the temple. Fabijan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Fabijan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for taylor!
taylor trying desperately to get to his feet.
Fabijan with a couple of short strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabijan lands a heavy elbow.
Fabijan with the ground and pound from mount.
taylor takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fabijan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fabijan raining down shots from the mount!
Ivo Fabijan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
taylor is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Fabijan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fabijan looking to finish with strikes here!
taylor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fabijan.
Fabijan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of taylor's face.
Fabijan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fabijan with good strikes from the mount here!
taylor is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Fabijan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
taylor is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
taylor is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Fabijan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fabijan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
taylor really wants to buck Fabijan off and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Fabijan.
taylor is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if taylor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fabijan lands a big elbow.
Fabijan throws some wild stikes that taylor manages to avoid easily.
Fabijan won't let taylor get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Fabijan scoring with strikes but taylor is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabijan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
taylor is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Fabijan working away from the top, dropping strikes.

taylor somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
taylor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fabijan misses with a two punch combination.
taylor throws a combination that misses

and Fabijan moves into the clinch.
Fabijan connects with a knee to the head.

Fabijan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
taylor lands with a slapping head kick.
taylor throws a combination that misses

so Fabijan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fabijan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fabijan thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
taylor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fabijan.
Fabijan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fabijan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fabijan lands a couple of elbows.
Fabijan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
taylor misses with a double jab

and Fabijan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fabijan wants to pass the guard but taylor is keeping the position.
Fabijan prevents taylor from getting back to his feet.
Fabijan trying to control but taylor is working from the bottom.
taylor wants to stand but Fabijan is controlling the position.

taylor is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivo Fabijan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on cory taylor's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fabijan fails with a takedown attempt.
Fabijan lands a jab.
Fabijan lands with a nice combination. taylor backs away looking to recover.

Fabijan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fabijan drops an elbow to the side of taylor's head.
Fabijan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fabijan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fabijan prevents taylor from standing back up.
Fabijan throwing shots but taylor is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
taylor is trying to stand up here but Fabijan is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fabijan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. taylor doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fabijan.
Fabijan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed taylor's head.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
taylor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fabijan.

Fabijan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
taylor is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Fabijan asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Fabijan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but taylor is avoiding damage well.
taylor is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fabijan is controlling him well.
taylor is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Fabijan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Fabijan misses with the ground and pound.
cory taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
taylor is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
taylor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
taylor throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fabijan shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivo Fabijan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
taylor throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fabijan's head.
taylor misses with a combination

and Fabijan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Fabijan breaks the clinch.

Fabijan darts in and clinches taylor up against the cage.
A short left from Fabijan.

Fabijan breaks from the clinch.
taylor misses with a double jab

and Fabijan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for taylor!
taylor taking shots to the head.
Fabijan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabijan punishing his opponent with strikes.
taylor wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
taylor avoids a series of strikes thrown by Fabijan.

Fabijan has control of taylor's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and taylor regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fabijan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that taylor can do to turn this around?
Fabijan punishing his opponent with strikes.
taylor is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The referee warns taylor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
taylor blocking the ground and pound.
Fabijan won't let taylor get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Fabijan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
taylor tries to buck Fabijan off but he can't manage it.
Fabijan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fabijan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Fabijan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
taylor wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Fabijan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
taylor's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Fabijan landing shots from mount.
Fabijan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for taylor because Fabijan loaded up on that one.
Fabijan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
taylor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fabijan.
Fabijan won't let taylor get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
taylor looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Fabijan with shots to the head and body - taylor looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ivo Fabijan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fabijan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivo Fabijan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fabijan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivo Fabijan!