PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hektor Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Vronsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Troy
vs
Vronsky

187 cm
27
195 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

181 cm
33
200 lbs
29 - 18 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hektor Troy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Vronsky!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Troy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vronsky manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vronsky connects with a crisp jab.
Vronsky scores with a jab to the head.
Hektor Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Troy.
Vronsky closes this distance looking for a takedown but Troy circles away.
Vronsky swinging wildly here.
Troy misses with a body kick.
Troy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A good leg kick by Troy.
Vronsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Troy throws a looping overhand right but Vronsky ducks down to avoid it.
Vronsky paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Troy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Troy slaps away a takedown attempt from Vronsky, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vronsky changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Troy tries to avoid it but Vronsky manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Troy to the ground. Troy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hektor Troy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Vronsky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy misses with a head kick.
Troy thuds a left hand into Vronsky's body.
We've been told by Troy's head coaches at Monsterous MMA - PIT Inc. that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Troy tries to work over Vronsky's front leg with a kick but Vronsky checks it.
Troy tries to clinch there but Vronsky circles away.
Vronsky's corner calls for a 1-2. Vronsky obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Troy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vronsky on the side of the head.
Vronsky avoids a kick to the body.
Troy misses with a hook

and Vronsky counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Troy's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Troy holds on and takes a little breather.
Troy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Troy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Troy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vronsky pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Troy is keeping the position for now.
Troy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hektor Troy has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Vronsky throws a shot to the body.
Vronsky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Troy manages to avoid it.
Troy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Troy fakes the leg kick and cracks Vronsky in the body.
Vronsky lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Troy.
Vronsky on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Troy throws a solid leg kick but Vronsky takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Troy.
Troy lands a nice looking body kick.
Vronsky cracks Troy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vronsky takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vronsky shoots in looking for a takedown but Troy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vronsky's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Troy lands with a kick to the temple. Vronsky shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Troy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vronsky scores with a nice right hand.
Troy throws a lazy right hand but Vronsky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vronsky shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vronsky showed some decent athleticism there.
Vronsky wants to pass to mount but Troy is defending the position.
Troy gets full guard.
Vronsky postures up.
Vronsky being controlled here momentarily.
Vronsky postures up and lands a big shot to Troy's brow.
Vronsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Troy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Troy is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hektor Troy.
Troy thumps Vronsky with a low kick.
Troy throws a leg kick but Vronsky checks it.
Troy avoids the body shot from Vronsky.
Vronsky lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Troy misses with a head kick.
Vronsky misses with a looping right.
Troy scores with a head kick.
Troy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vronsky throws a right and a left that Troy avoids nicely.
Troy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vronsky to score with a decent uppercut.
Troy lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Troy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vronsky gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vronsky stuns Troy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hektor Troy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Troy cracks the inside of Vronsky's front leg.
Troy misses the jab.
Troy tries to clinch there but Vronsky circles away.
Troy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vronsky looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vronsky fails to land the takedown.
Troy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Troy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Troy tries to move into range but Vronsky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Troy throws a head kick that misses.
Vronsky connects with a right hand. Troy shakes it off.
That kick from Troy tenderised Vronsky's leg. Vronsky is trying to keep his angry face on.
Troy tries to clinch but Vronsky is having none of it.
Troy scores with a jab.
Vronsky changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troy lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy throws a body punch but Vronsky moves out of range.
Vronsky moves into range and connects with a jab.
Troy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vronsky has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Troy misses with a jab to the body

and Vronsky counters with a single leg into guard. Troy didn't expect that.
Troy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vronsky throwing strikes from guard but Troy blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Troy is on top in guard.
Vronsky pulls Troy in close to prevent any damage.
Troy trying to control but Vronsky is working from the bottom.
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!
Vronsky trying to keep a closed guard but Troy is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vronsky tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vronsky keeps trying to improve his position.
Vronsky has a closed guard, preventing Troy from standing up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hektor Troy just wasn't active enough.
Vronsky throws a lazy right hand but Troy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vronsky chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Troy can pounce on him.
Troy throws a front kick that sends Vronsky stumbling back into the cage.
Troy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Troy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vronsky throws a hook but Troy blocks it.
A big right from Troy misses.
Troy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vronsky is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy misses with a leg kick.
Troy misses the shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Troy.
Troy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Troy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Troy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vronsky lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vronsky 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.
Troy tries to clinch up but Vronsky circles away and keeps his distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Troy.
Vronsky is breathing heavily.
Troy wants to clinch up but Vronsky keeps it at a distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vronsky.
Vronsky stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Troy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troy scores with a spinning back kick!
Vronsky blocks the body kick.
Vronsky jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Troy.
Troy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vronsky's sensitive parts.
Vronsky takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Troy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Troy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Troy closes the distance and clinches.
Troy misses with the head strike.
Vronsky blocks an uppercut.
Vronsky has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Troy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troy.
Troy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Troy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Troy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Troy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vronsky's efforts to push away.
Troy misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hektor Troy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Troy throws the left hand but Vronsky avoids the punch easily.
Troy lands a nice hook to Vronsky's body. Vronsky takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Troy there.
Troy misses with a left hand

and Vronsky counters with a takedown into side control.
Troy can't do much from the bottom here.
Vronsky wants to lay and pray for a moment but Troy keeps working.
Troy is trying to improve his position.
Vronsky wants to control but Troy is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troy is trying to improve his position.
Troy is not content to let Vronsky control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vronsky connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Troy some visible discomfort.
Troy is looking to reverse the position.
Michael Vronsky has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vronsky working away.
Vronsky trying to control the action but Troy is working from the bottom.
Troy is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Vronsky is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Vronsky dominating with strikes here.
Vronsky trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vronsky cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Troy is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vronsky postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Troy looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Troy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vronsky sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vronsky landing shots from mount.
Vronsky trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vronsky postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Troy bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Vronsky and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Vronsky!
Michael Vronsky seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.