PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Terjot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor Troeng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Terjot
vs
Troeng

168 cm
25
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Terjot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tor Troeng!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troeng misses with a wild combination.
Terjot leaves Troeng with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Terjot closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Troeng's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Terjot stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Terjot lands a knee to the head.
Troeng takes a knee to the side of the body.
Terjot has Troeng pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Troeng manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Terjot working Troeng over with knees to the body.
Terjot scores with a knee to the head.
Troeng takes a knee right on the jaw!
Terjot working Troeng over with knees to the body.
Troeng is trying to push Terjot away but Terjot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Troeng wants to break the clinch but can't.
Terjot looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terjot keeps control of Troeng as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Terjot pulls guard successfully.
Terjot has a closed guard, preventing Troeng from standing up.

Terjot has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Troeng off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Troeng dives in for a single leg takedown but Terjot sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Troeng lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Terjot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Troeng's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Troeng wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terjot tries to pull guard but Troeng won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Terjot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terjot keeps control of Troeng as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Terjot is looking for a takedown.
Terjot has Troeng pressed against the cage, preventing Troeng from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Troeng tries to break free but Terjot pushes him back against the cage.
Terjot is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Troeng gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Terjot tries to pull guard but Troeng won't allow it.
Terjot drops down looking for an ankle pick but Troeng pulls his leg out and moves away.
Terjot is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troeng connects with the punch.
Terjot throws a head kick that Troeng semi-blocks.
Troeng fails to land with a series of punches.
Troeng swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Troeng.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terjot moves away from the strike by Troeng.
Some wild striking there from Troeng.

Terjot gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Troeng is trying to push Terjot away but Terjot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Troeng goes for a takedown attempt but Terjot pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Troeng tries to bum rush Terjot with a series of wild strikes but Terjot uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Troeng misses with a wild combination.
Troeng throws a right and a left that Terjot avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troeng works over Terjot's head and body with a nice combination.
Troeng misses with a jab, cross combination.
Troeng shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Terjot as he jumps to the side.
Tor Troeng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troeng throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mark Terjot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Troeng. Those never looked like landing.
Terjot dodges the punch combination from Troeng.
Terjot takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Terjot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Troeng misses with a two punch combination.
Terjot tries to clinch but Troeng moves out of range.
Troeng misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tor Troeng will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Troeng fails to land with a series of punches.
Troeng throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Troeng misses with a jab, cross combination.
Terjot is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Troeng.
Troeng throws a one two combo.
Terjot tries to clinch but Troeng is having none of it.
Terjot has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No joy there for Troeng, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice straight punches there by Troeng. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Troeng.
Troeng misses with an uppercut. Terjot saw that one coming.
Terjot wants to clinch up but Troeng keeps it at a distance.
Terjot scores with a push kick.
Terjot tries to clinch up.
Troeng swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Troeng.
Troeng looks to land a combination but Terjot avoids it well.
Troeng is breathing heavily.
Terjot fails with an attempt to clinch.

Terjot closes the distance and clinches.
Troeng wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Terjot has him pressed against the cage.
Troeng takes a knee right on the jaw!
Terjot has Troeng pressed against the cage, preventing Troeng from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Terjot has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Troeng is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Terjot connects with a nasty looking knee right to Troeng's face.
Terjot drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Terjot scores a nice knee to the body.
Terjot is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Terjot. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terjot lands a knee to the head.
Terjot is trying to drag Troeng to the mat but Troeng just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Terjot prevents Troeng from breaking the clinch.
Troeng is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Terjot prevents Troeng from breaking the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Troeng is trying to push Terjot away but Terjot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Troeng has Terjot pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Terjot manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Troeng wants to get back to striking at distance but Terjot won't allow it.
Terjot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Terjot jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Troeng walks away with a smile on his face. Terjot gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Troeng with a hook.
Troeng lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Troeng or perhaps it was just good defense by Terjot which made him look bad.
Troeng misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Troeng throws a series of punches but Terjot avoids them all with ease.
Troeng swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Terjot takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big right from Troeng misses.
Troeng throws a right and a left that both miss.
Terjot dodges the punch combination from Troeng.
Troeng changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Terjot tries to avoid it but Troeng manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Terjot to the ground. Terjot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troeng throws a right hand that Terjot ducks under and follows up with a left that Terjot also avoids with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Troeng.
Troeng shoots in looking for a takedown. Terjot tries to sprawl out of it but Troeng keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Terjot manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Terjot fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Troeng, pushing him back against the cage.
Terjot lands a knee to the head.
Troeng has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Terjot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Terjot controlling the action here for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troeng takes a knee right on the jaw!
Terjot has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Troeng after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Troeng showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Troeng lands a slapping body shot.
Terjot ducks right into an uppercut from Troeng.
Tor Troeng seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Troeng misses with a few strikes there.
Troeng bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Terjot's head backwards.
Terjot slips a jab and a cross from Troeng.
Troeng misses with a few strikes there.
Troeng misses with a body shot.
Troeng might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Troeng takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tor Troeng is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Troeng pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Troeng takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Terjot wants to clinch.
Troeng misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terjot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Troeng.

Terjot has Troeng up against the cage in a clinch.
Terjot tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Troeng just stands there and leans against the cage.
Terjot lands a knee to the head.
Troeng takes a knee to the side of the body.
Troeng prevents the takedown attempt.
Terjot stalling in the clinch but Troeng improves position.
Terjot working Troeng over with knees to the body.
Mark Terjot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Terjot has Troeng pressed against the cage, preventing Troeng from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Troeng is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Terjot looking to stall.
Terjot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troeng has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Terjot tries to pull guard but Troeng won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Terjot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terjot content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Terjot has Troeng pressed against the cage, preventing Troeng from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Terjot looking for a takedown.
Troeng can't break the clinch.
Terjot fails to pull guard.
Terjot tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Troeng smiles and moves away.
Troeng throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terjot.
Troeng shoots in for a takedown but Terjot shows good takedown defense.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Terjot moves into range and clinches up with Troeng.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terjot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Troeng is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Troeng can't get the takedown.
Terjot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troeng tries to circle away but Terjot has him pinned against the cage.
Terjot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Troeng.
Terjot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Troeng's efforts to push away.
Troeng working hard to break the clinch.
Terjot scores with a knee to the head.
Terjot prevents a body shot from Troeng.
Troeng is trying to break the clinch but Terjot is controlling him.
Troeng can't break the clinch.
Terjot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Troeng's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troeng wants to get back to striking at distance but Terjot won't allow it.
Troeng prevents a takedown attempt there.
Troeng tries to break free but Terjot pushes him back against the cage.
Terjot prevents a body shot from Troeng.
Troeng looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Troeng has had enough of the clinch but Terjot keeps him there for the moment.
Troeng struggles to land a body shot inside as Terjot controls his hands.
Troeng tries to break free but Terjot pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terjot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Troeng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Troeng working hard to break the clinch.
Terjot is trying to pull guard but Troeng turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tor Troeng comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Troeng 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight for Tor Troeng!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Tor Troeng!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Tor Troeng!

Tor Troeng wins by unanimous decision!