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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nathan Young has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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25
142 lbs
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140 lbs
3 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nathan Young!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Young on his heels. He'll look to pass Young's guard now, I'm sure.
Young is looking to stand up but Taylor isn't so interested in that idea.
Taylor controlling from the top position.
Taylor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Young keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taylor trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Taylor trying to stand up but can't free himself from Young's guard.
Taylor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
We're going to have a standup here because John Taylor wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Young drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young throwing strikes from guard but Taylor blocks nicely.
Young trying to stand up but can't free himself from Taylor's guard.
Taylor looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Young puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Taylor manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Young being controlled here momentarily.
Taylor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Young trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Taylor is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Nathan Young was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Young.
Taylor tries to buck Young off but Young is having none of it.
Taylor is trying to get back to his feet.
Taylor manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Taylor is pressing down on Young's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Taylor looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Young passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is thwarting Taylor's attempts to control the position.
Taylor is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Taylor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Taylor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Taylor moves into range and clinches up with Young.
A frustrated look appears on Taylor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Taylor lands a takedown into guard.
Taylor cracks Young with a solid left hand.
Young is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Young looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taylor drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Taylor jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Young keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
Taylor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Taylor tries to free his leg and advance position but Young is retaining full guard.
Taylor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Young throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Taylor escapes and throws Young's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Taylor working the body and head with strikes.
Young is looking to regain half guard here but Taylor keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is working to tighten is grip on Young's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Young has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Taylor is really squeezing tight and eventually Young passes out! Taylor breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). John Taylor!
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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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