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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jon Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson has chosen The High Road as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Craig Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
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154 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jon Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor moves into the clinch.
Anderson tries to work over Taylor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Taylor throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Taylor controls the action.
Anderson stalling in the clinch.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Anderson.
Taylor misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Anderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Taylor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anderson defends it easily.
Taylor is looking for a triangle but Anderson pushes his legs off easily.
Anderson passes into half guard.
Anderson is working for a submission of some sort.
Anderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to get back to full guard.
Taylor has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Anderson. Oh but Taylor has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Anderson goes limp - he's gone! Taylor jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jon Taylor!
Jon Taylor decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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