PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Surov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hektor Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Surov comes to the cage accompanied by Amphetamines. Alexei Surov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Surov
vs
Troy

177 cm
36
182 lbs
32 - 13 - 0

187 cm
29
195 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

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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 32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexei Surov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hektor Troy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Surov connects with a body shot.
Surov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Troy doesn't seem bothered though.
Good work by Surov as he checks the leg kick.
Surov connects with a body shot that sends Troy's belly button to the back.
Nice defenses there by Troy.

Troy moves into the clinch.
Surov works on Troy's body with a couple of short punches.
Troy lands with a light punch inside.
Surov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troy.
Troy misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Troy as the two fighters clinch.
Troy misses with a punch on the inside.
Surov prevents a body shot from Troy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Troy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy swings wildly with an uppercut but Surov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Surov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Troy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Surov tries to pull guard but Troy won't allow it.
Surov pushes Troy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troy.
Surov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Surov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Troy.
Troy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Troy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Troy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surov blocking some punches.
Surov lands a left hand.
Surov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Troy digs a right hand into Surov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Surov's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troy misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Troy fails to land.

Surov gets control of Troy's arms and successfully pulls guard. Surov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Surov has his foot on Troy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Troy works his way back into a safe position though.

Troy stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Surov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Troy counters with a series of strikes. Surov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Surov checks a leg kick nicely.
Surov catches Troy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Troy scores with a head kick. Surov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Alexei Surov has been cut.
Hektor Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Surov shoots in for a takedown but Troy shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexei Surov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troy defending well as Surov loads up on a big left hand.
Surov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hektor Troy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Surov misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Troy counter with a right hand.
Troy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Troy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Troy throws a head kick but Surov moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Surov.
Troy throws a chopping leg kick but Surov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Surov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Troy.
Troy misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy misses with a head kick.
Surov moves out of range as Troy strikes.
Troy throws a head kick that half lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Surov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Troy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Troy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Surov.
Troy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Troy slips under a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Troy. Surov shrugs it off though.
Surov blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Surov avoids a kick to the body.
Troy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Troy wants it to stay on the feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Troy as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hektor Troy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexei Surov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Troy misses with a looping left.

Alexei Surov's cut is getting worse.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Troy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Surov moves away.
Hektor Troy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Troy is looking to land body kicks.
Surov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Surov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Surov looks to score with a jab to the body but Troy is just out of range.
Troy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Surov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Surov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice uppercut there from Surov.
Troy looks to land a body kick but Surov moved away.
Troy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Surov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good leg kick by Troy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Surov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Surov blocks the leg kick.
Troy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Surov.
A combination from Troy does no damage.
Troy looks to clinch

and Surov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Surov throws a big right hand that misses.
Troy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Troy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Surov passes Troy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Surov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Troy's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surov prevents Troy from improving his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Surov is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Troy!
Surov prevents Troy from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Troy wants to control but Surov is having none of it.
Troy regains half guard.
Troy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Surov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Surov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Surov's back!
Surov turns into Troy and is now in his guard.
Troy looking for a sweep. Not yet Troy, not yet.
Troy controls Surov momentarily but Surov frees himself.
Troy controlling the position.
Surov cracks Troy with a solid left hand.
Surov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Troy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Surov advances position into side control!
Alexei Surov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Surov advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Surov landing strikes from the mount and Troy is in trouble!
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!
Surov landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Troy tries to get to full guard but Surov has control of the leg.

Surov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Troy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Surov postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Surov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Troy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Surov landing some decent shots from guard.
Troy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexei Surov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexei Surov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Surov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Troy dodges the ground and pound from Surov.
Troy is looking for a sweep.
Surov in side control, throwing shots but Troy defends.
Surov scoring with punches from side control.
Troy is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Surov off and has taken his back!
Troy is looking to control Surov but Surov is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Surov wants to control his opponent's hands but Troy gets his hands free.
Surov tries to roll but Troy sticks to his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Troy is not going to allow Surov to sit and survive in this position.
Troy is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Troy thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Surov tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Surov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Surov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Troy looking to control but Surov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Surov is squirming around, avoiding Troy's attempts to control the action.
Troy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Surov haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surov is working to get back to half guard.
Surov sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Surov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Troy.
Troy tries to stand but Surov is controlling from the bottom.
Surov is trying to control the position but Troy postures up.
Surov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Troy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Surov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Troy advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Troy is working away from the top position though.
Surov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Troy.
Troy tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Surov is pressing down on Troy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Surov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Troy is looking to work some ground and pound but Surov has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Surov keeping moving, preventing Troy from controlling successfully.

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 Alexei Surov.
I think Surov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexei Surov!
A victorious Alexei Surov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.