PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tor Troeng (ranked 2778 p4p, 22809 weight class) and Joshua Jones (ranked 382 p4p, 614 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Troeng
vs
Jones

187 cm
37
205
24 - 14 - 2

185 cm
29
220
9 - 9 - 1

Dangerous knees
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 24 - 14 - 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 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joshua Jones!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Troeng has taken the fight to the clinch.
Troeng is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Troeng misses with a knee to the head.
Troeng with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Troeng clinches up against the ropes.
Troeng misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones tries to clinch there but Troeng circles away.

Jones gets tackled into the ropes by Troeng. Troeng maintains the clinch.
Troeng trying to land knees to the body.
Troeng has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Troeng wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Troeng has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troeng looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones tries to break free but Troeng pushes him back against the ropes.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Troeng looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Jones rushes Troeng and presses him up against the ropes.
Troeng with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Troeng has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Troeng is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Troeng has double underhooks.

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

Troeng tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Troeng trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Troeng into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Troeng using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Troeng has him pressed against the ropes.
Troeng trying to land knees to the body.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones is looking to clinch but Troeng is avoiding it.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Troeng throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Troeng has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Jones breaks from the clinch.

Jones pushes Troeng up against the ropes in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jones breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Troeng dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Troeng moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Tor Troeng has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Troeng misses with a knee strike.

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

Jones clinches up with Troeng and pushes him back against the ropes.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Troeng keeps him there for the moment.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Troeng misses with a knee to the head.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Troeng trying to stall but Jones improves his position.
Jones wants to break free but Troeng has control.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Troeng is controlling the position.
Troeng throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Troeng is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Troeng keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.

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

Jones instigates a clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jones forces Troeng back against the ropes and clinches.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Troeng is controlling him.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

Troeng closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Jones breaks the clinch.

Troeng gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to break free but Troeng pushes him back against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Troeng lands a right hand.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Troeng is controlling the position.
Troeng tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Troeng with a knee to the head.

It looks like Joshua Jones has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troeng using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Troeng has the dominant position.
Troeng has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Troeng has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Troeng misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Troeng swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Troeng lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Troeng dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Jones's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Troeng.
Jones tries to clinch but Troeng moves out of range.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Troeng is controlling the position.
Jones wants to break free but Troeng has control.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Troeng throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Troeng is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Troeng tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Troeng looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Troeng lands with a light punch inside.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Troeng into the ropes.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Troeng.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Troeng gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Troeng looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Jones manages to break the clinch.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Troeng has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Troeng working Jones over with knees to the body.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Troeng lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Troeng keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Tor Troeng is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Troeng misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones wants to clinch.
It looked like Troeng was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.

Troeng closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Troeng has him pressed against the ropes.
Joshua Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Troeng keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tor Troeng showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Troeng, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.