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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lance Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herald Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Smoke the Fire!! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Herald Taylor looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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143 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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129 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good kicks
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lance Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Herald Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Stevens misses.
A good leg kick by Taylor.
Stevens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevens.
Lance Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor fails with a takedown attempt.
Stevens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stevens misses with a hook
and Taylor counters with a leg kick.
Stevens has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dark Violence Systems in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The fighters circling - Stevens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stevens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevens misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Stevens.
Taylor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stevens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taylor takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stevens keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stevens slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Taylor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stevens.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Stevens.
Stevens lands an overhand right.
Stevens scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taylor staying out of range there.
Stevens just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor defending well as Stevens loads up on a big left hand.
Taylor tries to clinch up
and Stevens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stevens throws a jab when Taylor was well out of range.
Stevens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Stevens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Taylor counters with an inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Stevens.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stevens cracks Taylor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stevens lands a nice shot that snaps Taylor's head back.
Stevens fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stevens bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Taylor's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stevens connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taylor's hands.
Taylor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Taylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stevens.
Taylor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Stevens lands with an uppercut that bounces Taylor off the cage and back into range.
Lance Stevens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stevens looks to throw the jab but Taylor is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens gets tackled into the cage by Taylor. Taylor maintains the clinch.
Stevens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
Stevens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevens working hard to break the clinch.
Stevens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
Stevens connects with a nice looking jab.
Taylor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevens misses with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a low kick, right behind Stevens 's knee.
Taylor tries for a takedown but Stevens sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Stevens lands a nice hook to Taylor's body. Taylor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stevens is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slow jab from Stevens misses its intended target.
Taylor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lance Stevens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herald Taylor.
Taylor lands a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor slips a jab from Stevens.
Taylor is trying desperately to land a takedown but Stevens is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Taylor.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stevens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
Stevens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Stevens lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevens lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Taylor tries to score a power double leg takedown but Stevens sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Taylor somewhat.
Horrible takedown by Taylor or perhaps it was just good defense by Stevens which made him look bad.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevens misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Stevens dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Stevens misses with a body shot.
Taylor throws a low kick, looking for Stevens's leg but Stevens calmly moves out of range.
Lance Stevens is winning the standup battle so far.
Stevens moves into range and connects with a jab.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stevens misses with a looping right.
Stevens lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've been informed that Taylor has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor defending well as Stevens loads up on a big left hand.
Herald Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stevens misses with a hook.
Horrible takedown by Taylor or perhaps it was just good defense by Stevens which made him look bad.
Stevens misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stevens misses the jab.
Stevens takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taylor.
Stevens misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Taylor.
Taylor throws a wild body kick that Stevens sees coming a mile off.
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
A jab lands there for Stevens.
Taylor shoots in but Stevens avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lance Stevens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herald Taylor.
Stevens tries to bum rush Taylor with a series of wild strikes but Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stevens throws a jab when Taylor was well out of range.
Stevens throws a lazy right hand but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taylor throws a one two combo.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stevens.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor.
Stevens lands a glancing blow to the side of Taylor's head.
Stevens misses with a looping right.
Taylor moves forwards but Stevens connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Stevens looks to throw the jab but Taylor is out of range.
Stevens misses with a hook.
Taylor darts in looking for a takedown but Stevens gets double underhooks and turns Taylor into the cage.
Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevens fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stevens misses with a left hand
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stevens throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Taylor counters with a left and a right that stings Stevens.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Stevens keeps it at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Stevens.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Stevens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stevens moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Taylor is rocked!
Taylor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Stevens finish him?
Stevens connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stevens misses with a hook.
Stevens throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Stevens scores with a body shot.
Stevens closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Taylor! Stevens dives in looking to finish! Taylor is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lance Stevens!
Lance Stevens decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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pop
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