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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Fanning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trang Troc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Troc's choice of entrance music: Like a Surgeon. Trang Troc has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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153 lbs
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Fanning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trang Troc!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fanning throws a lazy right hand but Troc sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Troc lands a nice shot that snaps Fanning's head back.
Troc avoids a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Troc.
Troc throws a right hand that Fanning ducks under and follows up with a left that Fanning also avoids with ease.
Troc closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fanning misses with a hook from the clinch.
Troc stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Troc landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Troc misses with an elbow strike.
Troc has Fanning pressed against the cage, preventing Fanning from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Troc misses with a knee to the head.
Troc is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fanning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fanning takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Troc misses with a knee to the head.
Fanning effectively controlling the action here.
Troc misses with an elbow over the top.
Troc throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Troc landing knees to the head.
Fanning taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Troc's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Troc lands with a light punch inside.
Troc can't find room to land a body shot as Fanning controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fanning avoiding damage as Troc throws knees to the body.
Troc has Fanning pushed against the cage.
Fanning avoids a wild elbow strike from Troc.
Troc blocking some punches.
Troc throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fanning blocks it with crossed arms.
Fanning throws a punch but it's blocked by Troc.
Troc throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fanning blocks it with crossed arms.
Troc scores with a shoulder strike.
Troc lands a right hand.
Troc tries a knee to the head but Fanning blocks it.
Troc is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Troc tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Troc.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troc looking to throw knees to the head but Fanning is blocking nicely.
Troc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Troc on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fanning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Troc moves away.
Fanning fakes the leg kick and cracks Troc in the body.
Troc tries to land a leg kick but Fanning saw it coming and moves away.
Fanning scores with a decent looking hook.
Fanning tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Troc swivels and escapes.
Fanning fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Troc has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Troc throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Fanning does it's job there.
Fanning feints and then cracks Troc's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Troc down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fanning lands a body shot.
Troc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fanning was well out of range. Poor timing from Troc.
A clash of legs there as Troc blocks the low kick.
The crowd cheers as Fanning lands an impressive looking overhand right. Troc doesn't seem phased though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Troc misses with a looping right.
Fanning darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fanning misses with a low kick.
Troc walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trang Troc is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fanning slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troc swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fanning misses with a body shot
and Troc counters with a leg kick.
Fanning fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Trang Troc will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fanning throws the left hand but Troc avoids the punch easily.
Fanning fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Troc with a nice cross.
Mike Fanning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fanning cracks a nice hook into Troc's ribs.
Troc pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Troc blocks the low kick.
Fanning shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fanning showed some decent athleticism there.
Troc avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fanning.
Fanning missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fanning thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Troc blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fanning.
Fanning missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fanning thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Troc's head.
Fanning sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fanning missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fanning passes the guard and advances to mount!
Troc is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fanning avoids the attempt from Troc to control.
Fanning tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fanning unloads with some shots from mount but Troc bucks and avoids them well.
Fanning thowing shots but they're missing.
Fanning lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning throwing strikes here but Troc is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Fanning has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fanning breaks from Troc's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Troc wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fanning.
Troc is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fanning lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poor strikes thrown by Fanning there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fanning misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Troc taking shots to the head.
Mike Fanning overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A nice elbow there by Fanning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fanning sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fanning thowing shots but they're missing.
Troc wants to control but Fanning is having none of it.
Troc is breathing heavily.
Fanning trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Troc wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fanning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troc wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fanning.
Fanning throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Troc because Fanning loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Fanning dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Fanning shoots in and drives through. Troc sprawls well.
Fanning has a takedown stuffed.
Troc lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Troc checks a leg kick.
Troc swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fanning scoring well with a low kick there.
Fanning scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Troc throws an overhand right that lands on Fanning's shoulder, as Fanning tries to avoid the shot.
Fanning rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Troc counters with a right hand to the body.
Fanning rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Troc counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Some bone on bone action there as Troc checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troc scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Troc missing with a left hand there. Fanning was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fanning tried to score with a low kick but Troc checks it.
Troc closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fanning connects with the punch.
Troc 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.
Fanning connects with an inside leg kick.
Fanning shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fanning checks a low kick from Troc.
Troc uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troc takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Troc misses with a straight left.
Fanning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fanning lets loose with a powerful body kick. Troc will feel that in the morning.
Troc takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fanning feints and then cracks Troc's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Troc down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fanning throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Troc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fanning will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Fanning. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troc looks to land a combination but Fanning avoids it well.
Fanning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fanning throws a leg kick but Troc sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning scores with a sloppy right hand. Troc should have avoided that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Troc lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fanning has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fanning and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Troc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Troc throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Troc throws the left hand but Fanning avoids the punch easily.
Fanning gets the takedown into side control.
Fanning creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Troc sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Troc avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fanning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fanning is looking to take a break and control but Troc is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fanning lands a few punches from side control.
Fanning laying and praying for a moment but Troc takes advantage and regains half guard.
Fanning looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Troc with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Troc wants to control but Fanning is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troc is refusing to be controlled, as Fanning sits in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Fanning showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fanning has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Fanning!
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hype
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