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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Badass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrone Badass told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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141 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
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146 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyrone Badass!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badass clinches with his opponent.
Taylor is trying to drag Badass to the mat but Badass just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Taylor avoiding damage as Badass throws knees to the body.
Badass throws a knee to the head but misses.
Badass prevents the takedown attempt.
Taylor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Badass obliges.
Taylor misses with the head strike.
Badass is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taylor is defending well for now.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Badass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badass landing knees to the head.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badass throws a knee to the head but misses.
Badass missing with knees to the body.
Badass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor avoiding damage as Badass throws knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Badass.
Badass misses with a knee strike.
Badass blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badass missing with knees to the body.
Badass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Badass blocks a body shot from Taylor.
Badass lands a knee to the head.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Badass with a knee to the head.
Badass landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Badass.
Badass has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Taylor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Badass can turn it around.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Badass blocking some punches.
Badass lands a good knee to the midsection. Taylor won't want to take too many of those.
Badass lands a knee to the head.
Taylor is trying to stall.
Taylor stalls.
Taylor works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Badass has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Taylor can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badass had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Taylor defends it easily.
Taylor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Taylor trying to control but Badass is working from the bottom.
Badass looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Taylor avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Badass is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Badass working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Taylor has passed into half guard!
Taylor is thwarting Badass's attempts to control the position.
Taylor has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Badass is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Badass wants to hold on but Taylor pushes him away.
Taylor cracks Badass with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor raining down hammerfists from mount.
Badass is wriggling around trying to escape.
Badass is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Badass really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Taylor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Badass can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tyrone Badass will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Badass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Badass wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Badass's head but Badass sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Badass tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Badass rushes Taylor and presses him up against the cage.
Taylor misses with a punch on the inside.
Taylor misses with a body punch.
Badass misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Badass with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taylor has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Badass after a bit of a struggle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Badass.
Badass lands a nice knee to the body.
Badass with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taylor is looking for a takedown.
Badass tries a knee to the head but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Badass is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taylor is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor looking to stall.
Taylor trying to stall but Badass improves his position.
Taylor seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Badass is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Badass throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor trying to control the position but instead, Badass has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taylor into the cage.
Tyrone Badass seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Taylor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Badass.
Badass utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
Taylor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Badass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Taylor's face.
Badass tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Badass connects with a knee to the head.
Taylor is rocked!
Badass working the clinch nicely. Taylor is working for position but Badass cracks him with a big knee to the head! Taylor crumples up against the cage and Badass lands two more shots before the ref can save Taylor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Tyrone Badass!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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