PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ken Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and aerial voyager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Troy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Troy
vs
voyager

185 cm
27
168 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
25
169 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ken Troy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, aerial voyager!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
voyager swats away the attempt to clinch by Troy.
voyager misses with a body shot.
Troy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Troy stuffs the takedown.
voyager closes the distance and clinches up with Troy, looking for a takedown. voyager pushes Troy against the cage but Troy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from voyager. Troy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Troy lands a body shot.
Troy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. voyager sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troy misses with a body shot.
Troy digs a good hook to voyager's body.
Troy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but voyager moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from voyager misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy throws out a loose jab but voyager uses good head movement to avoid it.
voyager fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Troy manages to avoid it.
Troy tries to clinch but voyager is having none of it.
Troy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Troy throws a jab when voyager was well out of range.
Troy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Troy scores with a hook to the body. voyager takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
voyager throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Troy counter with a right hand.
voyager fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ken Troy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of aerial voyager.
voyager throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Troy to counter with a crisp jab.
Troy looks to throw the jab but voyager is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
voyager keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Troy.
voyager looks for a takedown but Troy sprawls well.
A looping hook to the body misses from voyager. Troy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Troy throws a body punch but voyager moves out of range.
Troy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Troy throws out a loose jab but voyager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Troy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
voyager swings away with a body shot that misses
and Troy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
voyager throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
voyager avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
voyager doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
voyager misses the body punch
and Troy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Troy is looking to wear down voyager with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
voyager throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Troy looks to score with a jab to the body but voyager is just out of range.
Troy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of voyager's head.
voyager uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Troy.
voyager tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Troy swivels and escapes.
Troy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
voyager takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Troy swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
voyager throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Troy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Troy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Troy throws a hook but voyager avoids it easily.
voyager swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Troy counter with a right hand.
voyager ducks under a wild hook from Troy.
Troy lands a really nice looking cross but voyager seems unphased.
voyager misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Troy.
No joy there for Troy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
voyager shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Troy as he jumps to the side.
Troy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Troy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

voyager throws a sloppy body shot
and Troy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
voyager misses with a wild body shot.
voyager swings for the body but Troy moves out of range.
Troy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by voyager.
voyager doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Troy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ken Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
voyager throws a sloppy body shot
and Troy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
voyager misses with a wild body shot.
Troy misses with a body shot.
voyager shoots in for a takedown but Troy shows good takedown defense.
Troy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
voyager avoids the body shot from Troy.
Troy stuffs the takedown.
Troy slaps away a takedown attempt from voyager, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ken Troy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of aerial voyager.
voyager misses with a shot to the body
and Troy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Troy lands with a shot to the body.
voyager misses with a hook to the body
and Troy counters with a nice body shot.
Troy lands a head shot.
Ken Troy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Troy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between voyager's hands.
voyager misses with a jab to the body
and Troy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
voyager is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
voyager misses with a jab to the body
and Troy counters with a straight right hand.
Troy tries to clinch but voyager is having none of it.
voyager throws a big shot that misses.
Nice sprawl there from Troy as voyager shoots in.
voyager shoots in for a takedown but Troy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
voyager is breathing heavily.
Troy connects with the punch.
voyager is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Troy tries to close the distance and clinch up but voyager swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Troy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
voyager uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Troy.
A big left from Troy misses.
Troy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
voyager misses the body punch
and Troy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Troy stuffs the takedown.
Troy lands a jab to voyager's midsection.
Troy lands a jab to the head.
Troy lands with an uppercut that bounces voyager off the cage and back into rage.
voyager closes the distance and clinches up with Troy, looking for a takedown. voyager pushes Troy against the cage but Troy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
voyager misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Troy.
voyager fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Troy manages to avoid it.
voyager misses the shot to the body.
Troy lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
voyager dodges the punch combination from Troy.
voyager takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by voyager.
voyager is trying desperately to land a takedown but Troy is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for voyager.
Troy misses with a wild combination.
voyager ducks right into an uppercut from Troy.
voyager throws a predictable looking body shot
and Troy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Troy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A cross from Troy lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Troy dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Troy takes a swing at voyager's ribcage but misses.
Troy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
voyager misses with a wild body shot.
Troy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Troy lands a two punch combo.
Troy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Troy as he connects with a hook.
voyager ducks under a wild hook from Troy.
Sloppy strikes from Troy. Those never looked like landing.
voyager has his takedown stuffed
enabling Troy to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy misses with a wild body shot.
voyager changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Troy tries to avoid it but voyager manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Troy to the ground. Troy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Troy slaps away a takedown attempt from voyager, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ken Troy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of aerial voyager.
voyager misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Troy.
The fighters circling - Troy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Troy throws a body punch but voyager moves out of range.
Troy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Troy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
aerial voyager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A jab from Troy misses.
Horrible takedown by voyager or perhaps it was just good defense by Troy which made him look bad.
voyager on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
voyager doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Troy looks to throw the jab but voyager is out of range.
Troy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
voyager keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Troy cracks voyager with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Troy is looking to clinch but voyager is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy throws the left hand but voyager avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Troy. voyager does a little dance to reset his feet.
voyager avoids the body shot from Troy.
Troy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Troy is looking to clinch.

voyager drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Troy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Troy tries to get out of the position.
Troy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
voyager tries to free his leg and advance position but Troy is retaining full guard.
Troy has control of voyager's left arm, preventing voyager from doing any damage.
Ken Troy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
voyager trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Troy is pulling down on voyager's head. It's preventing any offense from voyager, at least for the moment.
Troy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for voyager on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ken Troy.
Troy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
voyager has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A shot to the body from voyager misses
and Troy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
voyager throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Troy loads up on a big right hand but voyager slips the punch.
voyager misses with a wild body shot.
Troy throws a body punch but voyager moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Troy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Troy, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Troy!