PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elias Al Haddad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor Troeng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Al Haddad
vs
Troeng

174 cm
24
163 lbs
10 - 8 - 1

170 cm
28
164 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Elias Al Haddad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tor Troeng!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troeng stuns Al Haddad with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Al Haddad misses with a double jab
and Al Haddad takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Al Haddad slips under a jab from Troeng.
Troeng throws an overhand right that lands on Al Haddad's shoulder, as Al Haddad tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Troeng throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Troeng takes a swing at Al Haddad's ribcage but misses.
Troeng looks to land a right hand but Al Haddad moved out of range.
Troeng lands with a straight right. Al Haddad didn't see that one coming.
Al Haddad scores with a one two! Troeng had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Al Haddad lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Haddad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Al Haddad. Those never looked like landing.
Troeng throws out a leg kick but Al Haddad moves out of range and Troeng only half commits.
Al Haddad tries to clinch there but Troeng circles away.
Troeng lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al Haddad circles away quickly and effectively.
Al Haddad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Troeng. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng takes one to the chin there.
Troeng uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Al Haddad has time to react.
Troeng connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Al Haddad momentarily.
Troeng misses with a left hand

and Al Haddad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Troeng goes for a takedown in the clinch but Al Haddad prevents it.
Troeng has Al Haddad pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Al Haddad manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Al Haddad lands a hook to the side of the head.

Troeng breaks from the clinch.
Al Haddad misses with a straight left.
Al Haddad looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Troeng closes the distance and clinches up with Al Haddad, looking for a takedown. Troeng pushes Al Haddad against the cage but Al Haddad circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Elias Al Haddad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tor Troeng.
Al Haddad throws a head kick that misses.
Troeng swats away the attempt to clinch by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Troeng misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troeng throws a lazy uppercut
and Al Haddad counters with a series of strikes. Troeng will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Haddad connects with a crisp jab.
Troeng misses with a jab, cross combination.
Al Haddad misses with a wild body shot.
Al Haddad takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circle momentarily. Al Haddad darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Al Haddad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Al Haddad throws a poor cross that misses
and Troeng counters with a nice uppercut.
Troeng looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Troeng.
Troeng has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Troeng misses with a body shot.
Troeng loads up on a big right hand but Al Haddad slips the punch.
Elias Al Haddad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Troeng scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Al Haddad.
Al Haddad takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Al Haddad throws a series of punches but Troeng moves out of range.
Al Haddad ducks under a wild hook from Troeng.
Troeng misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Al Haddad misses.
Al Haddad throws a jab but it's blocked by Troeng.
Al Haddad needs to keep his hands up - Troeng had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Troeng misses its intended target.
Troeng needs to keep his hands up - Al Haddad had a free shot at his head there.
Troeng misses with a hook.
Troeng misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Troeng looks to land a left hand but Al Haddad moved out of range nicely.
Al Haddad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Troeng throws out the jab.
Al Haddad is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Al Haddad pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Haddad misses with a hook.
Troeng takes a swing at Al Haddad's ribcage but misses.
Al Haddad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Troeng misses with an uppercut.
Troeng swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Troeng throws a lazy uppercut
and Al Haddad counters with a stiff right hand.
Troeng scores with a crisp jab that stopped Al Haddad in his tracks.
Al Haddad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Al Haddad takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Troeng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al Haddad throws a one two combo.
Troeng looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Al Haddad tries a head kick but it misses.
Al Haddad looks to land a combination but Troeng avoids it well.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Al Haddad works Troeng's body with a nice hook.
Troeng throws a hook to the side of Al Haddad's head but Al Haddad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Haddad misses with a two punch combination.
Al Haddad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Troeng is out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Troeng is defended easily by Al Haddad.
Troeng takes a swing at Al Haddad's ribcage but misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Troeng.
Al Haddad swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troeng shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Al Haddad throws a left and a right that both miss
and Troeng counters with a left to the body.
Al Haddad finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Troeng tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Haddad was well out of range. Poor timing from Troeng.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Troeng decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Al Haddad gets full guard.

Al Haddad has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Troeng can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Troeng scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Troeng is fighting to break Al Haddad's control of his arms but Al Haddad is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Al Haddad looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Troeng must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Troeng is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Al Haddad keeping moving, preventing Troeng from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad trying to control the position here.
Al Haddad keeping full guard, as Troeng tries to pass.
Al Haddad is trying to control the position but Troeng postures up.
Al Haddad looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Troeng slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Troeng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Haddad.
Troeng avoids the body shot from Al Haddad.
Troeng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Haddad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troeng lands a right hook to the body.
Troeng takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Al Haddad stuns Troeng with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Al Haddad avoids a punch combination nicely.
Troeng lands the left hand.
Troeng sizes up Al Haddad with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Al Haddad misses with a head kick.

Al Haddad closes the distance and clinches.
Al Haddad misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Al Haddad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troeng jumps guard but Al Haddad turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Elias Al Haddad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tor Troeng.
Al Haddad trying to stall but Troeng improves his position.
Troeng goes for a takedown in the clinch but Al Haddad prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad misses with a punch to the body.
Troeng jumps guard but Al Haddad stands there with Troeng around his waist. Troeng gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Troeng fails to pull guard.
Al Haddad throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Haddad tries to throw a body punch but Troeng avoids it by throwing Al Haddad back against the cage.
Troeng is trying to pull guard but Al Haddad turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Troeng takes a shot to the head.
Troeng tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Troeng wants a takedown.
Al Haddad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Al Haddad prevents a takedown attempt there.
Al Haddad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troeng's elbow.
Al Haddad misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Al Haddad dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Troeng 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.

Troeng gets tackled into the cage by Al Haddad. Al Haddad maintains the clinch.
Troeng fails to pull guard.
Al Haddad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Al Haddad prevents a body shot from Troeng.

Al Haddad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troeng throws a poor cross that misses
and Al Haddad counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Al Haddad has Troeng up against the cage in a clinch.
Al Haddad tries to work over Troeng's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al Haddad lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Haddad avoiding damage.
Al Haddad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Al Haddad is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Troeng takes a shot to the head.

Troeng breaks the clinch.
Tor Troeng seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Haddad fails to land with a series of punches.
Troeng circles away from the clinch attempt.
Al Haddad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Troeng misses with an uppercut. Al Haddad saw that one coming.
Troeng throws out a loose jab but Al Haddad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Haddad throws a right hand that Troeng ducks under and follows up with a left that Troeng also avoids with ease.
Al Haddad scores with a shot to the body.
A big left from Al Haddad misses.
Troeng shoots in but no luck this time.
Elias Al Haddad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tor Troeng.
Al Haddad throws a shot from downtown. Troeng moves away and avoids it.
Al Haddad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Troeng moves away.
Troeng throws a hook to the side of Al Haddad's head but Al Haddad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Haddad lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Troeng at a distance.
Nice shot by Al Haddad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Troeng was well out of range. Poor timing from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad throws a hook but Troeng blocks it.
Troeng keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Al Haddad keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Al Haddad. Those never looked like landing.
Troeng slips a jab and a cross from Al Haddad.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Al Haddad.
A slow jab from Al Haddad misses its intended target.

Al Haddad rushes Troeng and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Al Haddad breaks the clinch.
Troeng misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Troeng takes one on the button.
Troeng ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troeng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Haddad pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Troeng back to the cage. Al Haddad follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Al Haddad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Troeng can do to turn this around?
Al Haddad misses with a series of wild punches.
Troeng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Troeng throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Troeng moves away from the strike by Al Haddad.
Al Haddad swings for the body but Troeng moves out of range.
Al Haddad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Al Haddad there as he acknowledges the shot.
Al Haddad throws a poor cross that misses
and Troeng counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Al Haddad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Al Haddad does no damage.
Al Haddad throws a series of punches but Troeng moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Haddad. Troeng does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troeng misses with a straight left.
Troeng misses with a hook.
Al Haddad throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Al Haddad takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Al Haddad throws a body punch but Troeng moves out of range.
Al Haddad swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Troeng connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left and a right from Al Haddad both land. Nice combination.
Troeng walks into a stiff left hand from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Troeng.
Troeng throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Al Haddad scores with a sloppy right hand. Troeng should have avoided that one.
Troeng tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Al Haddad is able to avoid easily.

Al Haddad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Al Haddad showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Al Haddad 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elias Al Haddad!
Elias Al Haddad really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.