PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olivier De Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlo Mouzone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Troyer comes to the cage accompanied by Jay Z - Run This Town. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

De Troyer
vs
Mouzone

175 cm
33
288 lbs
30 - 30 - 0

190 cm
32
291 lbs
15 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Revolution Fatigues

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olivier De Troyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlo Mouzone!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mouzone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Troyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Troyer throws out a powerful jab.
De Troyer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mouzone. De Troyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marlo Mouzone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Troyer slaps away a takedown attempt from Mouzone, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Troyer scoring well with a low kick there.

Mouzone gets caught flat footed, as De Troyer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
De Troyer passes Mouzone's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
De Troyer trying to control from half guard but Mouzone is working away.
De Troyer passes the guard and advances to mount!
De Troyer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
De Troyer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mouzone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Mouzone is controlling an arm, preventing De Troyer from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

De Troyer moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Mouzone has worked his arm free - good work by Mouzone!
Mouzone struggling a bit here.
Mouzone managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Troyer.
Mouzone is working to avoid the ground and pound but De Troyer connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mouzone is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but De Troyer has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Mouzone gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Mouzone is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of De Troyer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take De Troyer's back!
De Troyer tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Troyer blocking the ground and pound.
Mouzone avoids the attempt from De Troyer to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer controls the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Troyer bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mouzone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mouzone working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Troyer doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Troyer manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Troyer wants to control from the top but Mouzone keeps moving.
De Troyer showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mouzone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olivier De Troyer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Crunch! De Troyer slams his shin into Mouzone's torso.
De Troyer tries to score with a low kick but Mouzone moves his leg out of the way.
De Troyer throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Troyer throws a leg kick which misses Mouzone's front leg but catches the back leg as Mouzone tries to avoid it.
Mouzone lands a slapping body shot.
De Troyer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
De Troyer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mouzone in his tracks.
De Troyer misses with a series of wild punches.
De Troyer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mouzone circles away.
De Troyer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mouzone's head.
Mouzone doesn't manage to clinch there - De Troyer circles away.
Mouzone lands a lovely overhand right.
De Troyer misses with a straight left.
Mouzone is breathing heavily.
Mouzone slips a straight right by De Troyer.
De Troyer lands a nice shot that snaps Mouzone's head back.
Mouzone walks into a jab.

It looks like Marlo Mouzone has been cut.
Mouzone misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouzone swings for the body but De Troyer moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by De Troyer!
Mouzone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mouzone avoids the head kick by De Troyer.
De Troyer scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mouzone gets caught napping as De Troyer dives in and scores a takedown. Mouzone manages to retain guard.
De Troyer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mouzone's guard.
De Troyer is looking to advance position but Mouzone won't allow it.

De Troyer seems to be looking for submissions.
De Troyer looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Olivier De Troyer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouzone wants to improve his position but De Troyer is controlling well.
De Troyer is looking to take a break and control but Mouzone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Troyer prevents Mouzone from improving his position.

De Troyer is working for a submission of some sort.
De Troyer is trying to control. Mouzone wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mouzone wants to improve his position but De Troyer is controlling well.

De Troyer seems to be working for a kimura but Mouzone defends the submission attempt.
De Troyer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mouzone keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer working Mouzone over with strikes.
De Troyer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mouzone does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mouzone tries to roll over but De Troyer keeps him under control.
Mouzone works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mouzone keeping moving, preventing De Troyer from controlling successfully.
Mouzone wants to sweep here but De Troyer controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mouzone manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olivier De Troyer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marlo Mouzone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A good leg kick by De Troyer.
Nice takedown defense from De Troyer. No joy for Mouzone on that attempt.
Mouzone throws a wild body kick that De Troyer sees coming a mile off.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mouzone.
De Troyer defending against the ground and pound.
De Troyer keeping his opponent close.
De Troyer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mouzone off and has taken his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer lands strikes to the head.

De Troyer is looking for a rear naked choke here but Mouzone reverses the position brilliantly into De Troyer's guard!
De Troyer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
De Troyer wants to sweep here but Mouzone controlling him for the moment.
Marlo Mouzone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouzone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Troyer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Troyer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Troyer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mouzone.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Olivier De Troyer just wasn't active enough.
De Troyer scores with a jab to the body.
Mouzone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Troyer misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by De Troyer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Troyer.
De Troyer lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mouzone looks to throw the jab but De Troyer is out of range.
De Troyer lands with a nice body punch.
De Troyer lands with a shot to the body.
De Troyer moves out of range of the strikes.
De Troyer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Troyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mouzone misses with a hook
and De Troyer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Troyer misses with a straight right.
De Troyer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mouzone tries to clinch but De Troyer is having none of it.
De Troyer catches Mouzone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mouzone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but De Troyer avoids it really well and circles away.
De Troyer lands a head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olivier De Troyer!
During a confident post fight interview, Olivier De Troyer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.