PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mojo Joe Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Taylor
vs
Joe Joe

190 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
24
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 London, Ryan Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mojo Joe Joe!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Joe Joe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Taylor's guard.
Taylor wants to stand up but Joe Joe is controlling him.
Taylor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Taylor wants to stand and escape but Joe Joe is having none of it.
Joe Joe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Joe Joe tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.
Joe Joe scoring with some ground and pound.

Taylor is working an open guard so Joe Joe takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor tries to bum rush Joe Joe with a series of wild strikes but Joe Joe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Taylor misses the target.
Taylor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taylor is looking to slow Joe Joe down with leg kicks.
Taylor cracks a nice hook into Joe Joe's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Taylor shoots and misses

and Joe Joe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Taylor's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Joe Joe trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Joe Joe chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor working a defensive guard here.
Joe Joe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taylor wants to stand and escape but Joe Joe is having none of it.
Joe Joe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
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!
Joe Joe landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe Joe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Joe Joe gets to his feet. Taylor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Taylor lands with a nice body punch.
Taylor tries to clinch but Joe Joe moves away

and Joe Joe counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Joe Joe prevents Taylor from standing back up.
Taylor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Joe Joe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Joe Joe drops an elbow to the side of Taylor's head.
Taylor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Joe Joe scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taylor trying to control but Joe Joe postures up.
Taylor has hold of Joe Joe's hands but Joe Joe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Joe Joe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Joe Joe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Taylor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe Joe 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.
Joe Joe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Taylor kicks off Joe Joe and gets to his feet.
Joe Joe slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.

Joe Joe has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Joe Joe pulls his leg out and moves away.
Taylor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joe Joe looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Joe Joe trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Joe Joe preventing the sweep.
Taylor manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joe Joe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mojo Joe Joe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Taylor swinging wildly here.
Taylor misses with a combination

and Joe Joe counters with a single leg into guard. Taylor didn't expect that.
Mojo Joe Joe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Joe Joe from controlling successfully.
Taylor wants to stand up but Joe Joe is controlling him.
Joe Joe postures up and lands a big shot to Taylor's brow.
Joe Joe prevents Taylor from getting back to his feet.
Taylor wants to improve his position but instead Joe Joe has moved into half guard.
Joe Joe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe Joe wants to take a breather but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor is pressing down on Joe Joe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Taylor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Joe Joe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Joe Joe chips away with some ground and pound.
Taylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Taylor is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Joe Joe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe Joe working some strikes from top position.
Joe Joe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Taylor's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Joe Joe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Joe Joe preventing the sweep.
Joe Joe passes into half guard.
Joe Joe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor tries to roll over but Joe Joe keeps him under control.
Taylor gets full guard.
Taylor is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Joe Joe dives into side control.
Joe Joe takes a little break here. Taylor wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Taylor takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Taylor sneaks back into half guard.
Joe Joe throwing shots but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Taylor is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor is trying to stand.
Taylor has hold of Joe Joe's hands but Joe Joe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Taylor is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe Joe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Taylor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taylor tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Joe Joe manages to move to mount!
Taylor tries to buck Joe Joe off but he can't manage it.
Joe Joe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Joe Joe punching from mount but Taylor doing a good job of avoiding damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor avoids a series of strikes thrown by Joe Joe.
Taylor is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mojo Joe Joe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Joe Joe dives in and scores a takedown into Taylor's guard.

Joe Joe avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Joe Joe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Taylor wants to stand up but Joe Joe is controlling him.
Taylor wants to get back to his feet but Joe Joe passes into half guard.
Taylor is looking to escape.
Joe Joe passes the guard and advances to mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joe Joe controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute 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 takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Joe Joe landing shots from mount.
Taylor is wriggling around trying to escape.
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.
Joe Joe with shots to the head and body - Taylor looks very uncomfortable down there.
Taylor really wants to buck Joe Joe off and get back to his feet.
Joe Joe cracks Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
You get the feeling that Taylor really doesn't like being in this position too much.
BOOM! Joe Joe connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Joe Joe pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor working to try and regain half guard.
Taylor is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Taylor working to try and regain half guard.
Joe Joe lands with some strikes.
Taylor can't escape the position.
Taylor tries to hold on but Joe Joe pushes him away.
Taylor is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe Joe prevents Taylor from getting the reversal.
Taylor trying desperately to get to his feet.
Taylor really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Taylor tries to hold on but Joe Joe postures up.
Taylor sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Still in half guard, Joe Joe seems content to control.
Taylor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ground and pound from Joe Joe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joe Joe gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Joe Joe slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
Mojo Joe Joe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor is looking to wear down Joe Joe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Taylor throws a left and a right that both miss

and Joe Joe counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Taylor!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe Joe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Taylor is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joe Joe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mojo Joe Joe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Joe Joe winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mojo Joe Joe!