PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pete Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty comes to the cage accompanied by Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. Troyer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Yankee Rose. Angus Troyer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doherty
vs
Troyer

177 cm
39
127 lbs
36 - 12 - 1

159 cm
32
137 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pete Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Angus Troyer!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troyer is looking to land body kicks.
Doherty throws a hook but Troyer avoids it easily.
Troyer tries to land a front kick but Doherty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Doherty tries to clinch but Troyer moves away
and Troyer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Troyer moves away from the strike by Doherty.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Doherty scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Troyer.
Doherty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Doherty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyer.
Troyer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Doherty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Doherty lands an uppercut.
Doherty avoids a wild elbow strike from Troyer.
Troyer tries to score a body lock takedown but Doherty shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Doherty definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Good body shot from Doherty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doherty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Troyer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Doherty's face.
Doherty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Doherty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Doherty is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Troyer prevents a body shot from Doherty.
Doherty is looking to control Troyer's arms but Troyer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Doherty has his back to the cage.
Troyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Doherty backwards.
Doherty really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Doherty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyer.
Doherty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Doherty.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyer.
Troyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Doherty has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Troyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troyer stalls.
Doherty taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Troyer backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doherty lands a right hand.
Doherty tries to land knees in the clinch but Troyer avoids the damage to the body.
Doherty misses with a short punch on the inside.

Troyer breaks the clinch.
Troyer moves out of range as Doherty throws a body kick.
Doherty moves to clinch but Troyer breaks away
and Troyer counters with a stiff right hand.
Troyer misses with a two punch combination.
Doherty doesn't manage to clinch there - Troyer circles away.
Troyer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Doherty stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Doherty throws a wild body kick that Troyer sees coming a mile off.

Doherty takes the fight into the clinch.
Doherty misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Troyer missing with knees to the body.
Doherty scores with a shot to the side of Troyer's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troyer prevents a body shot from Doherty.
Doherty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Troyer or not.
Doherty works on Troyer's body with a couple of short punches.
Troyer tries to throw a body punch but Doherty avoids it by throwing Troyer back against the cage.
Troyer blocking some punches.
Doherty misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Doherty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Troyer trying to stall but Doherty improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on Doherty's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Doherty blocks an elbow strike.
Doherty misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Doherty.
Doherty lands with a short shot to the head.
Troyer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Doherty misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Troyer is looking to control Doherty's arms but Doherty gets an underhook and turns him. Now Troyer has his back to the cage.
Doherty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Troyer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Doherty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyer blocks an elbow strike from Doherty.
Doherty tries to throw a body punch but Troyer avoids it by throwing Doherty back against the cage.
Troyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doherty throws a punch but it's blocked by Troyer.
Doherty lands with a light punch inside.
Doherty tries to stall but Troyer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Doherty tries to throw a body punch but Troyer avoids it by throwing Doherty back against the cage.
Doherty can't find room to land a body shot as Troyer controls the action.
Doherty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Troyer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Doherty throws a head punch that misses.
Doherty has a couple of punches blocked by Troyer.
Doherty digs a right hand into Troyer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Troyer's gas tank.
Troyer misses with the head strike.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doherty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Doherty swings wildly with an uppercut but Troyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Troyer lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Doherty just misses with a elbow thrown towards Troyer's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Doherty dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Doherty tries to clinch up but Troyer circles away and keeps his distance.

Troyer shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Doherty wants to control but Troyer is keeping busy.
Doherty slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Troyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Doherty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Doherty here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Doherty is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Troyer is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Doherty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Doherty is looking to stand up but Troyer isn't so interested in that idea.
Troyer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Doherty lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Troyer!
Doherty fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Doherty has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Troyer's face.
Doherty 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.
Doherty throwing strikes here but Troyer is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty 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.
Doherty scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Troyer?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doherty throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Doherty throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Troyer because Doherty loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doherty is landing with some decent strikes but Troyer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Troyer blocking the ground and pound.
Doherty throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Doherty throwing strikes but Troyer bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Troyer connects with a couple of short punches.
Troyer landing with the ground and pound.
Doherty will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Doherty is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Troyer defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer pushes down on Doherty's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Troyer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Doherty defending well though.
Doherty looks like he's trying to stand up.
Troyer prevents Doherty from improving his position.
Doherty is trying to stand back up but Troyer is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Troyer lands a nice short elbow.
Troyer is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Doherty trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty gets back to full guard.

Doherty working for a triangle but Troyer defends it easily.
Doherty is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Doherty throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Doherty dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Doherty on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Angus Troyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doherty has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Troyer keeps the fight on the outside.
Troyer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Troyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Doherty.
Troyer keeps the fight on the outside.
Troyer swinging wildly here.
Doherty is looking to clinch but Troyer is avoiding it.
Troyer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Doherty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doherty is looking to clinch but Troyer is avoiding it.
Doherty is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doherty blocks a head kick by Troyer.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Doherty misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyer avoids a wild elbow strike from Doherty.
Doherty throws a head punch that misses.
Troyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Doherty lands with a light punch inside.
Troyer lands a nice elbow.
Doherty can't find room to land a body shot as Troyer controls the action.
Pete Doherty has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Troyer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doherty.
Doherty misses with some punches.
Troyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troyer is looking to control Doherty's arms but Doherty gets an underhook and turns him. Now Troyer has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyer.
Troyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Doherty.
Doherty misses with a punch to the body.
Doherty has a couple of punches blocked by Troyer.
Doherty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doherty stops a takedown attempt from Troyer.
Doherty tries a body shot but Troyer blocks it.
Angus Troyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty tries to work over Troyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Troyer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Doherty throws a head punch that misses.
Doherty is pressed up against the cage. Troyer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Doherty down to the mat. Doherty avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Troyer scores with a leg kick.
Doherty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Troyer can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doherty misses with a two punch combination.
Doherty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pete Doherty is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Troyer connects with an inside leg kick.
Troyer connects with a high kick.

Troyer gets tackled into the cage by Doherty. Doherty maintains the clinch.
Doherty is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Troyer lands an elbow inside.
Doherty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doherty misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty misses with the head strike.
Troyer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Troyer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Doherty tries to land knees in the clinch but Troyer avoids the damage to the body.
Doherty throws an elbow but it misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Doherty misses with a body punch.
Doherty pushes Troyer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Troyer blocking some punches.
Troyer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doherty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Troyer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Doherty tries a body shot but Troyer blocks it.
Troyer trying to control the position but instead, Doherty has worked for underhooks and has pushed Troyer into the cage.
Nice body punch from Doherty - that landed with a thud.
Troyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Troyer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty lands a right hand that snaps the head of Troyer backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doherty pushes Troyer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Doherty misses with an elbow strike.
Doherty struggles to land a body shot inside as Troyer controls his hands.
Doherty misses with a punch to the body.
Doherty cracks Troyer with a nice body shot.
Doherty lands with a light punch inside.
Troyer trying to stall but Doherty improves his position.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Doherty misses with some punches.
Troyer blocking some punches.
Troyer tries to land knees in the clinch but Doherty avoids the damage to the body.
Doherty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Troyers head.
Troyer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troyer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doherty.
Doherty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Troyer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Doherty lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pete Doherty.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Doherty, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Doherty!
Pete Doherty thanked the fans post fight for their support.