PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Troyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Dredd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dredd's choice of entrance music: I Am The Law!. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Troyd
vs
Dredd

195 cm
23
223 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
214 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear

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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ted Troyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Dredd!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dredd throws a leg kick but Troyd sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dredd blocks a low kick nicely.
Dredd scores with a nice strike.
Troyd throws a head kick but Dredd moves out of range.
Dredd checks a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Troyd.
Dredd thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Troyd if he has to take too many more of those.

Troyd instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dredd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Troyd backwards.
Dredd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dredd has a couple of punches blocked by Troyd.
Troyd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Troyd tries to throw a body punch but Dredd avoids it by throwing Troyd back against the cage.
Dredd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dredd misses with some punches.
Troyd misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dredd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dredd lands a left hand.
Troyd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dredds head.
Dredd taking a breather.
Troyd tries a knee to the head but Dredd blocks it.
Dredd is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Troyd misses with a body punch.
Troyd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Troyd tries to land knees in the clinch but Dredd avoids the damage to the body.
Dredd looking to slow down the pace here.
Dredd stalling in the clinch.
Dredd swings wildly with an uppercut but Troyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Troyd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dredd avoids it.
Dredd content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Dredd fails to land.
Troyd blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dredd - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Troyd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Troyd misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dredd.
Troyd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dredd.
Troyd lands a shot to the body.
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!
Troyd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dredd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troyd's elbow.
Dredd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dredd prevents a body shot from Troyd.
Troyd has Dredd pushed against the cage.
Dredd tries to stall but Troyd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dredd seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dredd takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dredd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Troyd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troyd.
Dredd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Troyd looking to throw knees to the head but Dredd is blocking nicely.
A short body shot lands from Troyd as the two fighters clinch.
Troyd misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troyd lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Troyd.
Dredd scores with a shot to the side of Troyd's head.
Troyd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dredd.
A head punch on the inside from Dredd fails to land.
Dredd misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Dredd on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Troyd.
Troyd digs a right hand into Dredd's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dredd's gas tank.
A short left from Troyd.

Dredd is rocked!
Dredd takes a shot to the head.
Dredd is still on wobbly legs! Can Troyd finish him?
Dredd is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Troyd is keeping busy.
Troyd has Dredd pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dredd fails to land.
Dredd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dredd working aggressively here.
Troyd creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Dredd's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Dredd drops to his knees and Troyd pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Troyd!
After winning the bout, Ted Troyd thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.