PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bradford Whitley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Danny Taylor enters the cage!

Whitley
vs
Taylor

173 cm
20
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

169 cm
19
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Red Hand Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradford Whitley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Taylor!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitley lands a nice shot to the body.
Taylor moves out of range of the body kick from Whitley.
Whitley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Whitley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Whitley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Whitley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whitley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Whitley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Whitley has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whitley misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Taylor is trying to force a seperation but Whitley has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whitley.
Whitley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitley misses with a knee strike.
Whitley lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
Whitley landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whitley.
A shot in the inside from Whitley.
Whitley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Whitley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Taylor looks winded!
Whitley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Whitley.
Whitley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Whitley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whitley scores with a shoulder strike.
Whitley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taylor tries to break free but Whitley pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitley has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Whitley lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
Whitley scores a nice knee to the body.
Whitley lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Whitley.
Whitley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Whitley blocks an uppercut.
Whitley scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Taylor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whitley wants to clinch.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Whitley.
Whitley tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Whitley misses with a series of wild punches.

Whitley instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitley lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Whitley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taylors head.
Whitley lands with a short shot to the head.
Whitley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Taylor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Whitley.
Whitley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Whitley.
Nice elbow from Whitley.
Whitley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Whitley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Whitley.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whitley.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Taylor is trying to push Whitley away but Whitley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Whitley.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Whitley has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Whitley keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Taylor gets through Whitley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Taylor working aggressively here.
Whitley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Whitley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Whitley as the two fighters clinch.
Whitley lands an uppercut.
Whitley scores a nice knee to the body.
Whitley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Whitley.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Whitley.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Whitley is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitley lands a nice shot to the body.
Whitley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whitley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bradford Whitley dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Whitley moves into the clinch successfully.
Taylor takes a knee right on the jaw!

Taylor is rocked!
Whitley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Whitley finish him?
Whitley lands a damaging elbow.
Whitley lands a nice knee to the body.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Whitley dips a shoulder and cracks Taylor with a mighty uppercut! Taylor falls back against the cage and Whitley unloads with a barrage of strikes! Taylor is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Whitley screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bradford Whitley!
Bradford Whitley retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bradford Whitley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.