PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonah Falcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Troyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hector Troyan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Falcon
vs
Troyan

178 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
203 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonah Falcon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Troyan!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcon defending well as Troyan loads up on a big left hand.
Falcon slaps away a takedown attempt from Troyan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Troyan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Falcon shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Falcon there.
Troyan wants to control but Falcon is keeping busy.
Troyan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Troyan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Falcon.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Troyan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Falcon throwing shots but Troyan is blocking nicely.
Troyan taking some punishment here, with Falcon in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Falcon lands a nice short elbow.
Falcon is trying to control the action in half guard but Troyan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Troyan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Falcon.
Falcon throws and elbow that misses. Troyan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Falcon's guard. Nice move by Troyan!
Falcon 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.
Troyan wants to control from the top but Falcon keeps moving.
Troyan stands and throws Falcon's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyan landing strikes.
Falcon is trying to work for a sweep but Troyan has mounted him!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
BOOM! Troyan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Troyan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Troyan lands a nice shot to the head.
Falcon is wriggling around trying to escape.
Troyan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Troyan with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Troyan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Falcon's face.
Troyan content just to control the position here.
Troyan landing strikes from the mount and Falcon is in trouble!

Troyan working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Falcon looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Troyan! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Hector Troyan!