PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Anvil (ranked 4382 p4p, 417 weight class) and Maven Troers (ranked 4534 p4p, 426 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Anvil
vs
Troers

179 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
154 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Anvil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maven Troers!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Anvil clinches up with Troers and pushes him back against the cage.
Troers managing to block the knees to the body from Anvil.
Anvil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Troers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Anvil gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Anvil turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Anvil manages to end up in side control.
Anvil working away.
Troers controls the position for a moment.
Troers regains half guard.
Anvil throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Troers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Troers is trying to maintain the position but Anvil is very close to passing his half guard.
Anvil slips a nice elbow through Troers's hands, connecting with Troers's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anvil is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Troers wants to improve his position but Anvil is controlling well.
Troers trying to hold on to Anvil's head to control him but Anvil postures up.
Troers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Anvil is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Anvil is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Anvil is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anvil looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anvil is nestled in close to Troers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Troers wants to improve his position but Anvil is controlling well.
Troers is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anvil tries to pass the half guard into mount. Troers knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Anvil landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Troers is looking to improve his position.
Anvil working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Anvil thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anvil 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.
Troers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anvil.
Troers wants to improve his position but Anvil is controlling well.
Troers desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troers tries to roll over but Anvil keeps him under control.
Troers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Anvil is working away from the top position though.
Anvil is keen to just control but Troers is a slippery customer.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Anvil lands a nice short elbow.
Anvil wants to take a breather but Troers is having none of it.
Troers is trying to control but can't.
Troers moves into full guard.
Anvil pushing down on Troers's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Troers wants to improve his position but Anvil is controlling well.
Anvil scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troers is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Anvil's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Anvil's back!
Troers trying to control momentarily.
Anvil is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Anvil tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anvil is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Anvil wants to hold on but Troers pushes him away.
Anvil is working to get back to half guard.
Troers tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Anvil dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anvil darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Anvil is pressing down on Troers's thigh, looking to free his foot. Troers is holding on for now.
Troers taking some punishment here, with Anvil in his half guard.

Anvil wants to work for an arm triangle but Troers is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Anvil missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troers taking some punishment here, with Anvil in his half guard.
Anvil seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Anvil missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Anvil is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Troers is trying to maintain the position but Anvil is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anvil throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Troers trying to control from the bottom.
Anvil missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anvil thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Troers's head.
Anvil sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Troers defending well though.

Anvil is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Troers sees it coming and defends easily.
Troers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Anvil lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Troers wants to get back to full guard.

Troers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anvil working Troers over with strikes.
Anvil throwing shots but Troers is blocking nicely.
Troers wants to improve his position but Anvil is controlling well.
Troers is still trying to improve position.

Anvil is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Troers doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Anvil.
Troers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Anvil is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've been informed that Troers has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anvil wants to free his trapped foot but Troers is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Anvil is thwarting Troers's attempts to control the position.
Troers taking some punishment here, with Anvil in his half guard.
Troers wants to control but Anvil is keeping busy.
Troers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Anvil scores with a couple of nice shots.
Anvil lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Troers controlling the position for now.
Troers is looking to improve his position.
Troers wants to get back to full guard but Anvil has mounted him!
Anvil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Troers can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troers can't escape the position.
Anvil landing punches.
Anvil lands a nice shot to the head.
Anvil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Troers is looking to escape.
Anvil lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Troers hang on?
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!
Troers tries to hold on but Anvil postures up.
Troers can't escape the position.
Troers is bucking up trying to escape but Anvil cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Anvil is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Troers can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Anvil working the ground and pound effectively.

Troers is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Anvil dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Troers throws a right hand that Anvil ducks under and follows up with a left that Anvil also avoids with ease.
Troers throws a lazy right hand but Anvil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Anvil scores with a takedown into Troers's guard.
Martin Anvil overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anvil wants to pass the guard but Troers is keeping the position.
Anvil looking to sit in guard and control but Troers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Troers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anvil swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Troers wants to stand but Anvil is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anvil controls Troers momentarily but Troers frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troers stopping the sweep attempt from Anvil.
Anvil working a defensive guard here.
Troers wanted to stand there but Anvil had control of the position.
Anvil is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Troers wanted to stand there but Anvil had control of the position.
Troers wants to stand and escape but instead Anvil has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Anvil lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Troers wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anvil trying to control the position from guard on top but Troers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anvil postures up in Troers's guard and throws a big left but Troers blocks it.

Troers had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anvil defends it easily.
Troers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Troers managing to control the position.
Anvil trying to control but Troers is working from the bottom.

Anvil drops back looking for a leg! Troers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Troers manages to kick Anvil off! Anvil jumps back into Troers's guard.
Anvil looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anvil throwing strikes but missing.
Anvil pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Troers is keeping the position for now.
Anvil throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Troers working a defensive guard here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Anvil trying to control the position from guard on top but Troers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A shot to the liver by Troers. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Anvil gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anvil misses with a punch to the body.
Anvil misses with a punch to the body.
Troers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Troers prevents a body shot from Anvil.
Anvil prevents a takedown attempt there.
Troers has had enough of the clinch but Anvil keeps him there for the moment.

Anvil gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Anvil looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Maven Troers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anvil trying to pass the guard but Troers defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Anvil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anvil, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Anvil!