PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy McLure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Sigurdsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McLure comes to the cage accompanied by The Simpsons Theme Song. Sigurdsson has chosen 2ne1 - Can't Nobody as his entrance music. Troy McLure had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

McLure
vs
Sigurdsson

225 cm
27
303 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

209 cm
39
275 lbs
26 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy McLure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Sigurdsson!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigurdsson keeps the fight on the outside.
McLure moves in looking to clinch but Sigurdsson pushes him off.

McLure darts in and clinches Sigurdsson up against the cage.
Sigurdsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sigurdsson blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McLure just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sigurdsson's brow.
Sigurdsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Sigurdsson manages to break the clinch.
McLure misses with a series of wild punches.
McLure tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sigurdsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

McLure instigates a clinch.
McLure tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sigurdsson avoids it.
McLure landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for McLure to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLure using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McLure with an attempt at a knee that misses.
I was talking to McLure's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sigurdsson tries to break the clinch but McLure is controlling the position.
McLure throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sigurdsson blocks it with crossed arms.
McLure connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sigurdsson's face.

It looks like Frank Sigurdsson has been cut.
Sigurdsson is trying to force a seperation but McLure has the dominant position.
McLure landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McLure misses with a knee strike.

McLure's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McLure darts in trying to clinch
and Sigurdsson counters with a series of strikes. McLure will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

McLure closes the distance and pushes Sigurdsson back into the cage.
McLure pushes off an throws an elbow but Sigurdsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McLure trying to land knees to the body.
Sigurdsson managing to block the knees to the body from McLure.
McLure throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McLure misses with an elbow over the top.
McLure taking a breather.
McLure lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sigurdsson backwards.
McLure lands a nice elbow.
McLure lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sigurdsson or not.

Sigurdsson breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson checks a low kick from McLure.
Sigurdsson keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for McLure, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McLure moves into range and connects with a jab.
McLure looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McLure throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McLure tries to clinch up but Sigurdsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Troy McLure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLure misses with a head kick.

Sigurdsson tries to keep at a distance but McLure has taken the fight into the clinch.

McLure escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McLure tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Sigurdsson counter with a right hand.

It looks like Troy McLure has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sigurdsson blocks a head kick by McLure.
McLure wants to clinch
and Sigurdsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McLure doesn't manage to clinch there - Sigurdsson circles away.

McLure clinches up with Sigurdsson and pushes him back against the cage.
McLure is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLure can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sigurdsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy McLure dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

McLure has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sigurdsson tries to break the clinch but McLure is controlling the position.
Sigurdsson managing to block the knees to the body from McLure.
Sigurdsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McLure landing some nice looking knees to the body.

McLure breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McLure is looking to clinch but Sigurdsson is avoiding it.
McLure tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McLure is looking to clinch but Sigurdsson is avoiding it.
McLure lands a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McLure lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sigurdsson is breathing heavily.

McLure gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McLure breaks the clinch.
McLure throws a head kick that Sigurdsson semi-blocks.
McLure scores with a spinning back kick!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McLure - that will leave a mark!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sigurdsson avoids the head kick by McLure.
McLure tries to clinch but Sigurdsson moves out of range.
McLure tries to clinch but Sigurdsson moves away
enabling Sigurdsson to counter with a crisp jab.

McLure forces Sigurdsson back against the cage and clinches.
Sigurdsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
McLure landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McLure lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sigurdsson tries to break free but McLure pushes him back against the cage.
Troy McLure has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLure prevents Sigurdsson from breaking the clinch.
Sigurdsson managing to block the knees to the body from McLure.
McLure tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McLure can't find room to land a body shot as Sigurdsson controls the action.
McLure is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sigurdsson can do to turn this around?
McLure landing knees to the body.
McLure misses with an elbow strike.
McLure prevents Sigurdsson from breaking the clinch.
McLure stalling.
Sigurdsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sigurdsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
McLure lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from McLure.

That has opened up Frank Sigurdsson's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson avoiding damage as McLure throws knees to the body.
McLure is stalling here.
McLure throws an elbow that misses.

McLure escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

McLure closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sigurdsson working hard to break the clinch.
Sigurdsson wants to break free but McLure has control.
Sigurdsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
McLure misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sigurdsson.
McLure slows down the pace here.
McLure lands an elbow just above Sigurdsson 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLure creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sigurdsson blocks an elbow strike.
McLure missing with knees to the body.
Sigurdsson is trying to break free.
McLure is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sigurdsson is defending well for now.
McLure misses with an elbow strike.
McLure lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLure throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sigurdsson blocks it with crossed arms.
McLure tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
McLure lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy McLure dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

McLure tries to clinch but Sigurdsson moves away
enabling Sigurdsson to counter with a crisp jab.
McLure tries to clinch but Sigurdsson moves away
and Sigurdsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Sigurdsson. Those never looked like landing.
McLure tries to close the distance and clinch but Sigurdsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McLure tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McLure tries to clinch but Sigurdsson moves away
enabling Sigurdsson to counter with a crisp jab.
McLure tries a head kick but it misses.
Sigurdsson swats away the attempt to clinch by McLure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

McLure gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sigurdsson wants to break free but McLure has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLure landing knees to the body.
Sigurdsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

McLure breaks the clinch.
McLure wants to clinch.
Sigurdsson finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under McLure's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Sigurdsson falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy McLure!
A pretty intense looking Troy McLure took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.