PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tor Troeng (ranked 2949 p4p, 3632 weight class) and Shane Easley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tor Troeng has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Troeng
vs
Easley

187 cm
35
205
22 - 13 - 2

191 cm
26
225
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tor Troeng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Easley!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troeng is looking to clinch but Easley is avoiding it.
Troeng lands a glancing blow to the side of Easley's head.

It looks like Shane Easley has been cut.
Easley throws a nice looking combination but Troeng bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Easley throws a sloppy head kick and Troeng moves out of range easily.

Troeng gets a clinch.
Easley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Easley working aggressively here.
Easley tries to land a knee to the head but Troeng blocks with his arms.
Easley working aggressively here.

Troeng drops Easley with a big knee straight up the middle! Easley is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Easley.
Easley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Troeng is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Troeng clinches with his opponent.
Easley swings wildly with an uppercut but Troeng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Troeng utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Easley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng tries to close the distance and clinch up but Easley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick from Easley misses
letting Troeng counter with a right hand.
Troeng fails with an attempt to clinch.
Easley scores with a body shot.
Easley scoring well with a low kick there.

Troeng has managed to clinch.

Troeng drops Easley with a big knee straight up the middle! Easley is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Easley is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easley misses with a double jab
and Troeng counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tor Troeng!
A victorious Tor Troeng thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.