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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trent Armitage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Armitage might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Klone - Revisit The Lair. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Armitage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Armitage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Armitage avoids them all with ease.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Armitage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Taylor.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage tries to clinch but Taylor moves out of range.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Taylor scores with a one two! Armitage had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Armitage has managed to clinch.
Armitage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
It looks like Marcus Taylor has been cut.
Armitage keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Armitage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Armitage landing knees to the body.
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!
Armitage lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Armitage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Armitage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Armitage trying to land knees to the body.
Armitage scores a nice knee to the body.
Taylor looks gassed!
Armitage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Armitage crunches a lovely knee into Taylor's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armitage misses with an elbow strike.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Taylor avoiding damage as Armitage throws knees to the body.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Armitage is controlling him.
Armitage working Taylor over with knees to the body.
Armitage looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Armitage has him pressed against the cage.
Armitage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Armitage lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Armitage lands a knee to the body.
Armitage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Armitage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Nice elbow from Armitage.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Armitage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Armitage keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Armitage misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Taylor is trying to push Armitage away but Armitage has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Armitage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Armitage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taylor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Armitage is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Trent Armitage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armitage tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor tries to keep at a distance but Armitage has taken the fight into the clinch.
Armitage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Armitage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Armitage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Armitage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Taylor scores with a nice strike.
A left lands for Taylor.
A cross from Taylor lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Armitage avoids nicely.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor misses with a hook. Armitage ducked under it nicely.
Armitage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Armitage avoids them all with ease.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armitage moves away.
Nice defenses there by Armitage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Taylor thows a body shot but no joy.
Armitage closes the distance and clinches.
Taylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Armitages head.
Taylor is pushing Armitage up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Armitage landing knees to the body.
Armitage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Taylor lands a right hand.
Armitage tries a knee to the head but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Armitage keeps him there for the moment.
Armitage trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Armitage manages to avoid it.
Armitage takes one on the button.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Armitage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trent Armitage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Taylor's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armitage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor throws a jab when Armitage was well out of range.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Taylor. Beautiful body shot.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor thows a body shot but no joy.
Armitage slips a straight right by Taylor.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Taylor lands with a cross.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armitage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Armitage doesn't seem bothered though.
Armitage takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch but Taylor moves out of range.
Armitage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Armitage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Armitage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taylor blocks it with crossed arms.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armitage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armitage misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Taylor effectively controlling the action here.
A frustrated look appears on Taylor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trent Armitage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Taylor - just one landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Taylor as he connects with a hook.
Armitage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor lands a nice shot that snaps Armitage's head back.
Armitage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Armitage looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armitage looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Armitage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Armitage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Armitage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Armitage moves out of range.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Armitage's head but Armitage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Armitage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Armitage has time to react.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Taylor cracks a nice hook into Armitage's ribs.
Armitage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Donk. Taylor catches Armitage right on the button with a cross.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Marcus Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taylor scores with a nice head shot.
Taylor misses with a hook. Armitage ducked under it nicely.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor clobbers Armitage with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Armitage ducks right into an uppercut from Taylor.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Armitage wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marcus Taylor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
Armitage takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Armitage ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Armitage walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Armitage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Armitage is out of range.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armitage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Taylor. Those never looked like landing.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Armitage wants to clinch.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
Taylor scores with a one two! Armitage had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Taylor lands with a cross.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Taylor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armitage dodges the punch combination from Taylor.
Taylor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taylor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Armitages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor jabs Armitage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armitage throws an elbow that misses.
Armitage misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Armitage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Armitage lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Taylor scores with the left hand. Armitage knows he should have avoided that one.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armitage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taylor throws out the jab.
Taylor looks to land a combination. Armitage sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Armitage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Armitage.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Armitage defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Taylor cracks Armitage with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armitage takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Taylor.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armitage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Armitage rushes Taylor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Armitage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Armitage.
Armitage crunches a lovely knee into Taylor's ribcage.
Armitage keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Armitage keeps him there for the moment.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor breaks the clinch.
Armitage moves out of range as Taylor throws a body kick.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor thuds a left hand into Armitage's body.
Taylor with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Taylor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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