PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Heister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Heister
vs
Taylor

188 cm
20
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, King Heister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heister clinches.
Taylor looks gassed!
Heister can't get the takedown.
Taylor looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Heister successfully pulls guard.
Heister pulls Taylor in close to prevent any damage.

Heister manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Heister looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Taylor!
Heister looking to control and managing it successfully.
Heister seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Taylor for as long as he can get away with.

Heister is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Taylor to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Taylor shrugs it off.
BOOM! Heister connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Heister 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.
Heister tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heister with the ground and pound from mount.
Heister controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Heister.
Heister takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Taylor throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Heister lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Heister is landing with some decent strikes but Taylor is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Heister lands a nice shot to the head.
Heister landing strikes from the mount.
Heister controlling from the full mount.
Heister has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Taylor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Taylor is in a horrible position here. Heister smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Heister is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heister takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Heister landing strikes from the mount and Taylor is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Heister is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Taylor is surviving well by controlling Heister's body position as best he can.
Heister controlling his opponent.
Taylor is desperately trying to improve his position but Heister has a good base and remains in mount.
Heister controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heister connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Heister dominated that round.
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.

Heister closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Taylor is trying to escape the position but Heister is controlling the position.
King Heister overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taylor is trying to improve his position.
The referee asks Heister politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Heister prefers to stall for the moment though.
Heister tries to move to mount but Taylor blocks the move with his legs.

We're going to have a standup here because King Heister wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Taylor gets caught flat footed, as Heister shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Heister is in close to Taylor's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Heister is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Heister with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heister slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Heister is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Taylor's shoulder. That is not cool.

Heister is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Taylor knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Heister decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Heister rushes Taylor and presses him up against the cage.
Heister tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Taylor just stands there and leans against the cage.

Heister is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Taylor can't fight it off and eventually Heister manages to take the fight to the floor. Taylor looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Heister stands up and waves to Taylor to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heister throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Taylor's waist but Taylor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Heister off to one side.
King Heister is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heister looks for a takedown but Taylor sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Heister. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heister moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Heister has managed to clinch.
Heister stalling.

Heister manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor tries to stand but Heister is controlling from the bottom.

Taylor is sitting in close to Heister's body. Heister has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Taylor is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Taylor is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Heister.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). King Heister!