PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Knarles Grunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trang Troc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunt comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. Troc has chosen Dr. Octagon - Real Raw as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Trang Troc enters the cage!

Grunt
vs
Troc

178 cm
33
163 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

175 cm
36
168 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

KAISER
Elite Canadian Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Knarles Grunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trang Troc!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Grunt.
Troc ducks under a wild hook from Grunt.
A punch lands to the side of Grunt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Grunt misses with a body shot.

Troc pushes Grunt up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Troc.
Troc creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grunt blocks an elbow strike from Troc.
Grunt lands a right hand.
Troc lands a nice elbow.
Grunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Troc tries to land a knee to the head but Grunt blocks with his arms.
Grunt avoids a wild elbow strike from Troc.
Troc misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grunt.
Grunt avoiding damage as Troc throws knees to the body.
Grunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troc lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grunt struggles to land a body shot inside as Troc controls his hands.
Grunt slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troc misses with a knee strike.
Grunt blocks the elbow strike.
Troc misses with a knee to the head.
Grunt wants to get back to striking at distance but Troc won't allow it.
Troc lands a damaging elbow.
Troc lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grunt trying to stall but Troc improves his position.
Troc tries to land knees in the clinch but Grunt avoids the damage to the body.
Grunt scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troc.
Troc swings wildly with an uppercut but Grunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grunt tries to work over Troc's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Troc throws an elbow but it misses.
Grunt misses with some punches.
Troc tries a knee to the head but Grunt blocks it.
Troc struggles to land a body shot inside as Grunt controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troc throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Troc creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Troc has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Grunt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grunt avoiding damage as Troc throws knees to the body.
Troc has a couple of punches blocked by Grunt.
Grunt tries to pull guard but Troc holds him up against the cage and eventually Grunt drops back down to his feet.
Grunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Troc.
Grunt tries to break free but Troc pushes him back against the cage.
Grunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grunt lands a nice shot to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Troc just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grunt's brow.
Grunt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grunt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Grunt blocks an elbow strike from Troc.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grunt is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Troc gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Grunt can't find room to land a body shot as Troc controls the action.
Grunt avoiding damage as Troc throws knees to the body.
Grunt blocks an elbow strike from Troc.
Troc lands an elbow inside that Grunt shrugs off.
Grunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troc.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Troc just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grunt's brow.
Troc throws an elbow but it misses.
Grunt tries to throw a body punch but Troc avoids it by throwing Grunt back against the cage.
Grunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Troc tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grunt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troc trying to land knees to the body.
Troc looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grunt misses with a punch to the body.
Troc blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troc pushes Grunt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Troc misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grunt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grunt takes an elbow to the temple.
Troc missing with knees to the body.
Troc throws an elbow that misses.
Grunt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Troc lands an elbow just above Grunt 's eye.
Grunt scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Grunt fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grunt blocks the elbow strike.
Troc throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Troc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grunt lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trang Troc dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Troc tries to clinch but Grunt is having none of it.
Troc tries a head kick but it misses.
Grunt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Troc finds it's way round the side to connect with Grunt's head.
A solid body kick from Troc.
Grunt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An inside leg kick from Troc misses.
Grunt misses with a body shot
and Troc counters with a thumping low kick.
Grunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Troc was well out of range. Poor timing from Grunt.
Troc wants to clinch up but Grunt keeps it at a distance.
Troc slips a jab and a cross from Grunt.
Troc throws out a loose jab but Grunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Troc throws a low kick, looking for Grunt's leg but Grunt calmly moves out of range.
Grunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Troc is just out of range.
Troc throws a jab but it's blocked by Grunt.
Danga de danga de dang - Grunt scores with a four punch combination!
The fighters circling - Grunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grunt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Knarles Grunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troc scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troc connects with a solid leg kick.
Troc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grunt throws a series of punches but Troc moves out of range.
Grunt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Troc. Troc obviously looking to wear him down.
Troc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grunt with a hook.
Grunt shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Troc pinned against the cage. Troc gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Troc tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Troc lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Grunt cracks a nice hook into Troc's ribs.
Troc swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Grunt as he connects with a hook.
Troc jabs at Grunt's body.
Troc lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunt misses with a few strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grunt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grunt throws a body punch but Troc moves out of range.
Troc is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Troc pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grunt throws a hook to the side of Troc's head but Troc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Troc looks to score with a jab to the body but Grunt is just out of range.
Grunt scores with a hook.
Troc feints and then cracks Grunt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grunt down.
Troc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Troc tries to clinch there but Grunt circles away.
Troc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Troc.
Troc on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trang Troc is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Troc throws out a leg kick but Grunt moves out of range and Troc only half commits.
Troc scores with a nice head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troc misses the jab.
Grunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Troc is just out of range.
Troc moves away from the strike by Grunt.
Grunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Troc.
Grunt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grunt shoots in looking for a takedown. Troc tries to sprawl out of it but Grunt keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Troc manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knarles Grunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troc stuns Grunt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grunt scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice defenses there by Grunt.
Troc is looking to clinch but Grunt is avoiding it.
Troc tries to clinch but Grunt is having none of it.
Troc tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grunt checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grunt throws a nice looking combination but Troc bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grunt throws a right hand that Troc ducks under and follows up with a left that Troc also avoids with ease.
Grunt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donk. Troc catches Grunt right on the button with a cross.
Grunt shoots in for a double leg but Troc sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Troc misses with a wild body shot.
Troc lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Troc tries to clinch there but Grunt circles away.
Grunt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Troc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Troc misses with a series of wild punches.
Troc listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Troc tries to clinch but Grunt moves out of range.
Troc moves in looking to clinch but Grunt pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trang Troc showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Troc throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Troc misses with a leg kick.
Troc takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Troc throws a leg kick which misses Grunt's front leg but catches the back leg as Grunt tries to avoid it.
Grunt scores with a jab.
Grunt fails with a takedown attempt.
Grunt checks a low kick from Troc.
Troc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grunt.
Grunt circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Troc. That's going to slow Grunt down.
Troc tries to clinch there but Grunt circles away.
Troc moves in looking to clinch but Grunt pushes him off.
Grunt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Grunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Troc throws a right and a left that Grunt avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troc blocks a jab.
Troc feints and then cracks Grunt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grunt down.
Grunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Troc connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Grunt scrambles back to his feet.
Troc turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab by Grunt.
Grunt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A telegraphed right hand from Troc misses the target.
A slow jab from Grunt misses its intended target.

Grunt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Troc to the ground. Grunt is now in Troc's guard.
Grunt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Troc swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Troc trying to control the position.
Troc is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunt trying to control but Troc is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Trang Troc.
Grunt goes for a double leg but Troc avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Troc continues to drive forward.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grunt takes an elbow to the temple.
Troc pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grunt trying to control the position but instead, Troc has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grunt into the cage.
Grunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Grunt turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Grunt manages to end up in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grunt swings around for an armbar but Troc sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Grunt's guard.

Grunt is looking for a triangle but Troc pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grunt keeping moving, preventing Troc from controlling successfully.
Troc showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Knarles Grunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Troc trying to control but Grunt is working from the bottom.
Grunt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troc is pushing down on Grunt's leg trying to pass to half guard. Grunt is fighting to maintain full guard but Troc has managed to sneak the leg through.
Troc prevents Grunt from improving his position.
Troc has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Trang Troc is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Troc trying to control but Grunt is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Trang Troc.
I've got Troc 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trang Troc!
Trang Troc really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Elite Canadian Threads logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.