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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Taylor (ranked 6459 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Smoke (ranked 6433 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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195 cm
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180 lbs
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177 cm
20
172 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Dylan Taylor! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lil Smoke! The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Smoke swinging wildly here.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smoke sprawls well. Smoke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet. Taylor stalks Smoke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Smoke's face. Smoke staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Lil Smoke has been cut. Smoke throws a low kick but Taylor avoids it. Smoke catches Taylor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Taylor scores with a jab to the head.
Smoke is rocked! Taylor gets in close and instigates a clinch. Smoke is still on wobbly legs! Can Taylor finish him? Taylor tightens his grip and picks Smoke up, before dumping him to the ground. Smoke manages to land in guard. Taylor is standing up over Smoke. Smoke looks to escape but Taylor dives into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Taylor advances to full mount. Smoke tries to get back to half guard but can't. Taylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Smoke seems to have recovered his senses. Taylor throwing strikes here but Smoke is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Taylor with good strikes from the mount here! Smoke trying desperately to get to his feet.
Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smoke?
Taylor controlling his opponent. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Smoke is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Taylor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Taylor looking to control but Smoke is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Smoke is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Smoke in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Taylor looking to secure an arm triangle but Smoke defends it well. Smoke is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Taylor working away from the top, dropping strikes. Taylor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Taylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Taylor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smoke?
Taylor is working for a guillotine from mount but Smoke frees his head quite easily.
Taylor looking to control and managing it successfully. Taylor landing shots from mount. Taylor with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Taylor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Taylor is working for a guillotine from mount but Smoke frees his head quite easily.
Taylor loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Smoke scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Taylor land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Taylor stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dylan Taylor!
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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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