PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentijn Sammens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hektor Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammens's entrance music is PRIDE FC - Opening. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sammens
vs
Troy

188 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

187 cm
19
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valentijn Sammens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hektor Troy!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troy tries to land a front kick but Sammens steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A thudding body kick lands there by Troy!
Sammens wants to land a leg kick but Troy is out of range.
Sammens on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sammens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Troy scoring well with a low kick there.
Sammens blocks the body kick.
Troy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Troy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sammens if he has to take too many more of those.
Troy throws a leg kick but Sammens moved away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Troy.
Valentijn Sammens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Troy lands a big head kick that sends Sammens tumbling to the mat! Troy takes a step backwards and waves Sammens back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Valentijn Sammens has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troy slaps away a takedown attempt from Sammens, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sammens moves out of range as Troy throws a body kick.
Sammens cracks Troy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Troy scores with a push kick.
Sammens is looking to land body kicks.
Troy defending well as Sammens loads up on a big left hand.
Troy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A jab from Sammens misses.
Troy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hektor Troy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Troy. Sammens shrugs it off though.
Troy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sammens.
Troy misses with a body kick.
Troy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sammens is breathing heavily.
Sammens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Troy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Sammens is rocked!
Sammens misses with a two punch combination.
Oh Sammens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sammens moves out of range of the body kick from Troy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sammens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Troy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sammens checks it well.
Sammens misses with a few strikes there.
Sammens seems to have got his legs back now.
Troy is looking to land body kicks.
Sammens will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Troy checks a leg kick nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Troy misses with a kick to the body.
Troy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Troy walks into a left hand.
Troy throws a push kick but Sammens slaps the foot to one side.
Troy scores with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Troy.
Troy tries to work over Sammens's front leg with a kick but Sammens checks it.
Troy throws a low kick but Sammens avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sammens checks a leg kick.
Sammens connects with a high kick.
Troy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sammens throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sammens throws a lazy right hand but Troy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sammens takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sammens checks the leg kick.
A head kick by Troy misses
and Sammens counters with a left and a right that stings Troy.
Troy moves away from the strike by Sammens.
Troy throws a push kick but Sammens slaps the foot to one side.
Troy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sammens looks to clinch
and Troy counters with a body kick that stops Sammens in his tracks momentarily.
Sammens tries to land a front kick but Troy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sammens avoids a kick to the body.
Troy throws a sloppy head kick and Sammens moves out of range easily.
Troy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Troy throws a sloppy head kick and Sammens moves out of range easily.
Sammens on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Troy. Troy obviously looking to wear him down.
Sammens looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sammens pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Troy is looking to chop away at Sammens's legs.
Sammens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Troy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sammens throws a head kick that misses.
Troy throws a sloppy head kick and Sammens moves out of range easily.
Troy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Sammens.
Troy scores with a kick to the body.
Troy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Troy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sammens misses with a body kick.
Sammens fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good exchange - Sammens coming out on top.
Troy scores with a push kick.
Sammens throws a head kick but Troy moves out of range.
Sammens has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Troy.
Sammens misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy tries a low kick but Sammens avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Sammens checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Troy misses with a kick to the body.
Troy misses with a leg kick.
Sammens lands with a straight right. Troy didn't see that one coming.
Troy thuds his shin into the meat of Sammens's side.
Sammens wants to clinch up but Troy keeps it at a distance.
Sammens fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Troy throws a chopping leg kick but Sammens manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sammens throws a lazy head kick
and Troy counters with a body kick that stops Sammens in his tracks momentarily.
Sammens is looking to clinch.
Troy defending well as Sammens loads up on a big left hand.
Sammens misses with a body kick.
Troy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Sammens scores with a takedown into Troy's guard.
Troy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hektor Troy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Valentijn Sammens's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

An inside leg kick from Sammens misses.
Troy is looking to land body kicks.
A solid body kick from Troy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Troy checks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sammens. That's going to slow Troy down.
Troy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Troy misses with a low kick.
Sammens moves out of range of the body kick.
Sammens connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sammens throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sammens throws a lazy head kick
and Troy counters with a nice leg kick.
Sammens misses with a few strikes there.
Sammens takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troy throws a head kick but Sammens moves out of range.
Troy moves out of range as Sammens strikes.
Troy dodges the punch combination from Sammens.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Troy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sammens throws a jab when Troy was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jab by Sammens.
Sammens with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A chopping leg kick lands by Troy.
Troy throws a leg kick but Sammens moved away.
Sammens takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sammens cracks Troy with an open hand slap.
Troy keeps Sammens at a distance using the push kick.
Sammens throws a hook to the side of Troy's head but Troy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Troy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sammens.
Troy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Troy 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 Sammens has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sammens and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Troy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sammens throws a head kick that Troy semi-blocks.
Sammens goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Troy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sammens avoids the head kick by Troy.
Sammens scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sammens lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sammens clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Troy manages to break the clinch.
Sammens blocks a low kick nicely.
Sammens scores with a spinning back kick!
Sammens throws a jab but it's blocked by Troy.
Sammens fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Troy avoids it really well and circles away.
Sammens scores with a shot to the body.
Troy is looking to score with low kicks.
Troy throws a sloppy head kick and Sammens moves out of range easily.
Troy wants to slow Sammens down by chopping away at his legs.
Troy throws a body kick that misses.
Troy 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.
Sammens blocks a leg kick.
Troy moves out of range of the strikes.
Sammens throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sammens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hektor Troy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy throws a wild body kick that Sammens sees coming a mile off.
A big right from Sammens misses.
Troy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sammens.
Sammens has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Troy.
Sammens is looking to slow Troy down with leg kicks.
Troy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sammens has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Troy avoids the head kick by Sammens.
Troy cracks the inside of Sammens's front leg.
Sammens with a hook.
Sammens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Troy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A leg kick checked by Sammens.
Nice body kick from Troy.
Troy throws a jab when Sammens was well out of range.
Troy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sammens avoids a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sammens misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Troy misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Troy.
Troy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sammens is able to avoid easily.
Troy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sammens connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Troy's hands.
A jab from Sammens misses.
Troy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Troy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sammens moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sammens throws a hook but Troy avoids it easily.
Troy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good work by Sammens as he checks the leg kick.
Sammens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Troy was well out of range. Poor timing from Sammens.
Troy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sammens if he has to take too many more of those.
Troy throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troy throws a head kick that misses.
Sammens throws a looping overhand right but Troy ducks down to avoid it.
Troy lands with a kick to the temple. Sammens shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Troy throws the kick towards the body but Sammens avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hektor Troy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Valentijn Sammens's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Troy throws the kick towards the body but Sammens avoids it.
Sammens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Troy scores with a push kick.
Sammens looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Troy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Troy throws a head kick that half lands.
Sammens checks a low kick from Troy.
Sammens checks a low kick from Troy.
Troy throws an overhand right that lands on Sammens's shoulder, as Sammens tries to avoid the shot.
Sammens wants to clinch up but Troy keeps it at a distance.
Troy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sammens.
Sammens misses with a low kick.
Troy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sammens.
Troy delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sammens shoots in but no luck this time.
Troy throws out a leg kick but Sammens moves out of range and Troy only half commits.
Troy delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sammens tries a head kick but it misses.
Troy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sammens is able to avoid easily.
Troy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Troy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sammens is looking to clinch but Troy is avoiding it.
Troy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Troy misses with a low kick.
Sammens walks forward, straight into a front kick from Troy.
Sammens moves out of range of the body kick from Troy.
Sammens feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Troys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Troy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sammens's head.
Troy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Troy throws out a leg kick but Sammens moves out of range and Troy only half commits.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Troy.
Sammens is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Troy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Troy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sammens.
Sammens throws out a leg kick but Troy moves out of range and Sammens only half commits.
A chopping leg kick lands by Troy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammens wants to clinch.
Troy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sammens is out of range and Troy settles back down.
Troy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Troy 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.
Sammens dives in and grabs Troy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Troy pushes down on Sammens's head and hops out.
Troy throws a head kick that misses.
Troy throws a low kick but Sammens moves out of range easily.
Sammens throws a right hand that Troy ducks under and follows up with a left that Troy also avoids with ease.
Sammens throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sammens avoids a kick to the body.
Troy blocks a low kick nicely.
Troy throws a body kick that misses.
Sammens checks the leg kick.
Troy throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sammens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Troy blocks a head kick by Sammens.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammens throws a lazy right hand but Troy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sammens looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sammens goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sammens 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.
Sammens lands with a nice body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Troy.
Valentijn Sammens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Troy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Troy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Troy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sammens. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Troy.
Sammens takes one on the button.
Troy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sammens.
Sammens throws a body punch but Troy moves out of range.
Troy throws the left hand but Sammens avoids the punch easily.
Troy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sammens throws a half hearted mid kick.
Troy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Troy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy fakes the leg kick and cracks Sammens in the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sammens. Troy does a little dance to reset his feet.
A clash of legs there as Sammens blocks the low kick.
Sammens throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Troy.
Sammens has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Troy.
Sammens attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Troy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Troy - that will leave a mark!
Sammens moves out of range of the body kick from Troy.
A big right from Sammens misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Troy!
Troy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Troy thumps Sammens with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sammens scores a takedown into full mount!
Sammens thowing shots but they're missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hektor Troy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Troy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hektor Troy!
Hektor Troy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.