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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sad Sak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes to the cage accompanied by Down with the Trumpets. Sad Sak will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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205 lbs
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217 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jakob Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sad Sak!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Taylor wants it to stay on the feet.
Taylor leaves Sak with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Taylor was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sak can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sak manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sak is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Taylor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Taylor's back!
Taylor trying to control the action but Sak just sinks the hooks in.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Sak controlling the positon.
Sak is working the ground and pound. Can Taylor escape?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sak loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Taylor hold on?
Taylor just trying to survive but Sak is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Sak is looking to control Taylor but Taylor is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Taylor looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Taylor takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Taylor preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Sak.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sak controlling the position well here. Taylor rolled but Sak kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sak has the hooks in. Taylor is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Sak controlling the positon.
Sak punishes Taylor with strikes from the back mount.
Taylor trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Sak is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Taylor tries to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sak is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Taylor defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sak missing with strikes from the back.
Sak working for a choke but Taylor is defending well.
Sak not allowing Taylor to control his hands.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
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!
Sak looking to break Taylor's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Taylor remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Sak will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sak is persistently looking for the submission but Taylor is defending it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sak is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Taylor is defending well though. Sak let's go of the attempt for now.
Taylor trying to get back to his feet but Sak is in full control for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sak has Taylor flattened out and is raining down punches.
Sak throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sad Sak dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sak looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Taylor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sak.
Sak looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Taylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sak is looking to take a break and control but Taylor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sak is working for a kimura but Taylor is defending it quite comfortably.
Sak throwing shots but Taylor is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sak takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sak is trying to work for a kimura but Taylor is defending well.
Sak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sak not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sak has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Taylor defend it? Sak steps over the head and cranks it - Taylor is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Sak!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sad Sak!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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