PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Malfacine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malfacine comes to the cage accompanied by His Own Fight Video. Troyer has chosen Yankee Rose as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Malfacine
vs
Troyer

165 cm
24
148 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

159 cm
24
137 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Steel Penn's Laundry

Milwaukee's Best 159's - $49
Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Malfacine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Angus Troyer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troyer throws a low kick but Malfacine avoids it.
Malfacine throws a big shot that misses.
Malfacine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Malfacine fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Troyer throws a sloppy head kick and Malfacine moves out of range easily.
Malfacine lands a jab to the nose.
Troyer misses with a head kick.

Troyer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Troyer missing with knees to the body.
Malfacine tries to circle away but Troyer has him pinned against the cage.
Troyer is struggling to control the position.
Malfacine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyer misses with an elbow over the top.
Troyer misses with an elbow over the top.
Troyer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Troyer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malfacine.
Malfacine tries to circle away but Troyer has him pinned against the cage.
Troyer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Malfacine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Troyer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Troyer scores with a knee to the head.
Troyer cracks Malfacine with a nice body shot.
Troyer pushes off an throws an elbow but Malfacine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Troyer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malfacine's brow.
Malfacine avoids a wild elbow strike from Troyer.
Troyer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Troyer misses with a knee strike.
Malfacine blocks an elbow strike.
Malfacine managing to block the knees to the body from Troyer.
Troyer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malfacine is defending well for now.

Malfacine breaks from the clinch.
Malfacine lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troyer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bruno Malfacine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Malfacine. That snapped Troyer's head back.
Malfacine with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer moves forwards but Malfacine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Malfacine lands an overhand right.

Malfacine drives through with a takedown into guard.
Malfacine is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Malfacine throwing strikes from guard but Troyer blocks nicely.
Malfacine is looking to work some ground and pound but Troyer has wrist control.
Malfacine is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Troyer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine trying to control but Troyer is working from the bottom.
Malfacine landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malfacine accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Troyer wants to stand up but Malfacine is controlling him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malfacine trying to control the position from guard on top but Troyer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malfacine lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Malfacine dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Malfacine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Troyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malfacine misses with a takedown attempt - Troyer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Troyer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Troyer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Malfacine tries to keep at a distance but Troyer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Malfacine blocks an elbow strike.
Troyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malfacine backwards.
Troyer keeps control of Malfacine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troyer throws an elbow but it misses.
Troyer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malfacine.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malfacine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Troyer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malfacine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Troyer counters with a good, hard body kick but Malfacine shrugs it off.
Troyer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Troyer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Troyer throws an elbow that misses.
Troyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Malfacine working hard to break the clinch.
Malfacine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Malfacine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine dodges an elbow strike from Troyer.
A frustrated look appears on Malfacine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Malfacine is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Troyer is keeping busy.
Troyer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Malfacine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Malfacine tries for a takedown but Troyer manages to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Troyer lands an elbow just above Malfacine 's eye.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but Malfacine blocks it.
Malfacine dodges an elbow strike from Troyer.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but Malfacine blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer throws an elbow but it misses.
Malfacine managing to block the knees to the body from Troyer.
Troyer pushes off an throws an elbow but Malfacine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Angus Troyer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Troyer throws an elbow but misses.
Troyer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Come on Troyer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Troyer.

Malfacine is rocked!

It looks like Bruno Malfacine has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Troyer throws an elbow but misses.
Troyer pushes off an throws an elbow but Malfacine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Troyer misses with a knee strike.
Troyer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malfacine avoids the elbow strike from Troyer, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Troyer throws an elbow that misses.
Troyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Malfacine.
A frustrated look appears on Malfacine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Troyer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Malfacine's efforts to push away.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but Malfacine blocks it.
Malfacine blocks an elbow strike.
Malfacine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troyer misses with an elbow over the top.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Troyer throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Troyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruno Malfacine's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Troyer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sloppy strikes from Malfacine. Those never looked like landing.
Troyer slips a jab from Malfacine.
A big left from Malfacine misses.
Malfacine lands a jab to the nose.
Malfacine swings widly with a right hand
and Troyer counters with a thumping low kick.
Troyer throws the kick towards the body but Malfacine avoids it.
Troyer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Malfacine misses with a looping left.
Troyer slips a jab from Malfacine.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Troyer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Malfacine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Troyer lands a good knee to the midsection. Malfacine won't want to take too many of those.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but Malfacine blocks it.

Malfacine breaks from the clinch.
Malfacine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malfacine throws a lazy uppercut
and Troyer counters with a big head kick but Malfacine shrugs it off.
Oh Malfacine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Troyer slips a straight right by Malfacine.
Malfacine throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Troyer moves into the clinch.
Malfacine is pressed against the cage. Troyer pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Malfacine! Two more big strikes from Troyer and Malfacine crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Angus Troyer!
Angus Troyer is the new bantamweight champion!