PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mufasa Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mufasa Taylor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with William Harrison's chin.

Harrison
vs
Taylor

186 cm
31
195 lbs
20 - 20 - 0

190 cm
22
193 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

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 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, William Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mufasa Taylor!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harrison.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Taylor sprawls well. Taylor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Harrison is avoiding it.
Taylor tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Harrison tries for a takedown but Taylor circles away easily

and Taylor counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Taylor.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Harrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taylor avoiding damage.
Taylor lands an elbow that stopped Harrison in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like William Harrison has been cut.
Taylor is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Taylor won't allow it.

Harrison gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Harrison seems to be working for a kimura but Taylor defends the submission attempt.
Harrison is looking to take a break and control but Taylor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Harrison wants to stand up but Taylor has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Harrison prevents Taylor from improving his position.
Taylor is looking to get back to full guard here but Harrison has managed to pass to side control instead.
Harrison working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Taylor's face as Harrison controls the position.

Harrison looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Harrison stands up.
Harrison shoots in for a double leg but Taylor sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Taylor. Harrison shrugs it off though.
Taylor is looking to clinch.

Harrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Taylor!
Taylor can't do much from the bottom here.
Harrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taylor keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is really struggling to control Taylor but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Harrison in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Harrison is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Taylor looks calm but he's in trouble here. Harrison gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Taylor is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Harrison lets go of the hold and Taylor can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). William Harrison!