PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Tronk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armstrong comes to the cage accompanied by "Bullet Soul" Switchfoot. Tronk has chosen "Go Getta" - Young Jeezy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Benny Tronk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Xavier Armstrong's chin.

Armstrong
vs
Tronk

191 cm
22
223 lbs
7 - 1 - 2

188 cm
24
205 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 7 - 1 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Xavier Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benny Tronk!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tronk tries to clinch

so Armstrong counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Armstrong avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Armstrong stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Armstrong throws a lazy head kick
and Tronk finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Tronk tries to clinch
and Armstrong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tronk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Armstrong makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Armstrong tries to work over Tronk's front leg with a kick but Tronk checks it.
Tronk blocks a low kick nicely.
Tronk looks to clinch
and Armstrong makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tronk tries to clinch
and Armstrong counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tronk can pounce on him.
Armstrong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tronk.
Tronk swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tronk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tronk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Armstrong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armstrong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tronk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Armstrong counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tronk throws a body kick that misses.
Benny Tronk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tronk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tronk wants to clinch but Armstrong slips to the side
enabling Armstrong to counter with a crisp jab.
Tronk lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tronk blocks a head kick by Armstrong.
Tronk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Armstrong counters with a nice uppercut.

Tronk darts in and clinches Armstrong up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong managing to block the knees to the body from Tronk.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Tronk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Tronk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Armstrong's face.
Tronk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Armstrong is breathing heavily.
Tronk trying to land knees to the body.
Tronk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
Tronk tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.
Armstrong taking a breather.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tronk landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tronk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Tronk throws knees to the body.
Tronk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tronk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Armstrong blocks it with crossed arms.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Tronk throws knees to the body.
Tronk tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.

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

Tronk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tronk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tronk has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong can't break the clinch.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
Tronk missing with knees to the body.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tronk is defending well for now.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Armstrong working hard to break the clinch.

Armstrong manages to break the clinch.

Tronk takes the fight into the clinch.
Tronk trying to land knees to the body.
Tronk tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armstrong working hard to break the clinch.
Tronk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Armstrong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tronk tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Armstrong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Armstrong lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tronk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Armstrong counters with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tronk closes the distance but Armstrong moves to the side
and Armstrong counters with a solid body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Armstrong.
Tronk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tronk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tronk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Armstrong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tronk closes the distance but Armstrong moves to the side
letting Armstrong counter with a right hand.
Armstrong throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Armstrong lands a high kick!
Armstrong circles away from the clinch attempt
and Armstrong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Armstrong throws a head kick that Tronk semi-blocks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Armstrong keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Armstrong dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tronk throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Armstrong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Armstrong takes a swing at Tronk's ribcage but misses.
Armstrong changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tronk tries to avoid it but Armstrong manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tronk to the ground. Tronk escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A head kick by Armstrong misses
and Tronk counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tronk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Armstrong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tronk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Armstrong.
Armstrong gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tronk counters with a head kick. That will keep Armstrong thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tronk lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tronk moves out of range of the leg kick from Armstrong.
Armstrong swats away the attempt to clinch by Tronk.
Tronk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Armstrong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Xavier Armstrong is winning the standup battle so far.
Tronk pushes Armstrong away with a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Armstrong circles away from the clinch attempt
and Armstrong counters with a stiff right hand.
Tronk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Armstrong swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Armstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Armstrong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tronk doesn't manage to clinch there - Armstrong circles away.
Tronk tries to clinch up.
Tronk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Tronk has Armstrong up against the cage in a clinch.
Armstrong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tronk trying to land knees to the body.
Tronk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Armstrong is defending well for now.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
Tronk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tronk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Armstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tronk landing knees to the head.
Armstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tronk landing knees to the body.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks with his arms.
Tronk tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Armstrong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tronk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Armstrong. Those never looked like landing.
Tronk is looking to clinch.
Tronk tries to clinch there but Armstrong circles away.
Armstrong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tronk throws a leg kick but Armstrong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tronk checks the leg kick.
Armstrong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tronk lands with a kick to the temple. Armstrong shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A thudding body kick lands there by Tronk!
Tronk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Armstrong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tronk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tronk tries to clinch up.
Armstrong circles away from the clinch attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tronk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tronk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tronk tries to clinch but Armstrong moves away
and Armstrong counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tronk is lucky that one didn't land flush.

It looks like Benny Tronk has been cut.

Tronk instigates a clinch.
Armstrong working hard to break the clinch.
Armstrong tries to break free but Tronk pushes him back against the cage.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tronk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tronk obliges.
Tronk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.
Tronk misses with a knee strike.
Tronk keeps control of Armstrong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tronk trying to land knees to the body.
Tronk crunches a lovely knee into Armstrong's ribcage.
Tronk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Armstrong's face.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Tronk throws knees to the body.
Tronk landing knees to the head.
Tronk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tronk.
Armstrong avoiding damage as Tronk throws knees to the body.
Tronk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tronk trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Armstrong takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tronk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Armstrong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Armstrong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong is trying to break free.
Tronk with a knee to the head.
Armstrong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Armstrong managing to block the knees to the body from Tronk.
Tronk misses with a knee to the head.

Armstrong breaks from the clinch.
Tronk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tronk takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tronk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tronk closes the distance and clinches.
Tronk misses with a knee strike.
Tronk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Tronk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Benny Tronk's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Armstrong throws a head kick but Tronk moves out of range.
Armstrong throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tronk counters with a head kick. That will keep Armstrong thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tronk throws a wild body kick that Armstrong sees coming a mile off.
Tronk throws a sloppy head kick
and Armstrong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tronk tries to clinch
and Armstrong counters with a good low kick that Tronk was not able to check.
Xavier Armstrong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Armstrong checks a leg kick.
Tronk throws a body kick the misses
and Armstrong counters with a series of strikes. Tronk will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tronk scores with a kick to the body.
Armstrong fails with a takedown attempt.

Tronk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tronk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tronk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Armstrong.
Tronk working Armstrong over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tronk obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armstrong is trying to break free.
Tronk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Armstrong is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tronk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Tronk.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Armstrong avoids it.

Armstrong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tronk wants to clinch.
Armstrong throws a looping overhand right but Tronk ducks down to avoid it.
Armstrong throws a lazy head kick
and Tronk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tronk scores with a kick to the body.
Armstrong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tronk tries to clinch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong circles away from the clinch attempt

and Armstrong counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Armstrong trying to control from Tronk's half guard. Tronk has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Armstrong wants to stand but Tronk is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tronk is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Armstrong is aware though and is defending well.
Armstrong tries to stand but Tronk is controlling from the bottom.
Armstrong wants to control from the top but Tronk keeps moving.
Tronk controls Armstrong momentarily but Armstrong frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tronk keeping moving, preventing Armstrong from controlling successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Armstrong controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Xavier Armstrong wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tronk tries to clinch up but Armstrong circles away and keeps his distance.
Tronk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tronk wants to clinch up but Armstrong keeps it at a distance.
Armstrong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tronk's head.
Tronk wants to clinch but Armstrong slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Armstrong keeps the fight on the outside.
Tronk delivers a nice body kick.
Tronk avoids the body shot from Armstrong.
Tronk connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tronk.
Both fighters circling a little - Tronk finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tronk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Armstrong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tronk tries to clinch but Armstrong is having none of it.
Tronk misses with a head kick.
Tronk tries to clinch up.
Good standup being displayed there by Armstrong as he connects with a hook.
Tronk avoids the head kick by Armstrong.
Armstrong throws a head kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tronk.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tronk.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that Tronk avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Armstrong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Armstrong misses with a wild combination.
Tronk is looking to clinch but Armstrong is avoiding it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Benny Tronk.
I think Tronk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Tronk!