PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Runar Runarsson (ranked 3578 p4p, 428 weight class) and Cyrill Troy (ranked 3507 p4p, 421 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Runarsson
vs
Troy

185 cm
25
177 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Urban Fighter
Fanatic Inc.

Arcticus University: London
RAGS of a RONIN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Runar Runarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyrill Troy!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Runarsson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Runarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Runarsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Troy blocking some punches.
Runarsson prevents a body shot from Troy.
Runarsson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Runarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Runarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Runarsson.
Runarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Runarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Troy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Runarsson.
Runarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troy.
Runarsson tries a body shot but Troy blocks it.
Runarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Troy.
A right hand to the body from Runarsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Runarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Troy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Runarsson scores with a hook to the body.
Runarsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Runarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Troy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Runarsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Troy misses with some punches.
Troy throws a punch but it's blocked by Runarsson.
Troy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Troy blocking some punches.
Runarsson working aggressively here.
Runarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Runarsson tries to work over Troy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Runarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Troy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troy working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troy.
Runarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Troy controls his hands.
Runarsson works on Troy's body with a couple of short punches.
Troy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Runarsson has him pressed against the cage.
Runarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troy's elbow.
Runarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Troy blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Runarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Runarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troy.
Troy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Troy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Runarsson.
Runar Runarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Runarsson moves into the clinch successfully.
Runarsson blocks an uppercut.

Troy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Runarsson gets a clinch.
Runarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Troy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Runarsson's elbow.
Runarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Troy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troy.
Troy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Runarsson tries to work over Troy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Troy misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Runarsson.
Troy misses with a punch to the body.
Troy misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Runarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Troy controls the action.
We've been informed that Troy has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Runarsson tries a body shot but Troy blocks it.
Troy blocks a body shot from Runarsson.
Nice body punch from Troy.
Runarsson cracks Troy with a nice body shot.
Runarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Troy.
Runarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Runarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Troy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Runarsson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Runarsson.
Troy blocks a body shot from Runarsson.
Troy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Runarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Troy misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Runar Runarsson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Troy swings for the body but Runarsson moves out of range.

Runarsson clinches with his opponent.
Runarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Runarsson working aggressively here.
Runarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Runarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Troy backwards.
Runarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Troy backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troy.
Troy lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Runarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Troy.

Troy manages to break the clinch.

Runarsson moves into the clinch successfully.
Troy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Runarsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Runarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Runarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Runarsson misses with a body punch.
Runarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Runar Runarsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Runarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troy.
Runarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Runarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Runarsson gets through Troy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Runarsson lands an uppercut.
Runarsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Troy can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from Troy.
Runarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Troy blocking some punches.
Runarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Runarsson misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy tries to throw a body punch but Runarsson avoids it by throwing Troy back against the cage.
Runarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Troy struggles to land a body shot inside as Runarsson controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Troy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troy.
Runarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Runarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Troy.
Runarsson tries to work over Troy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Troy cracks Runarsson with a nice body shot.
Troy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Troy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Runarsson misses with some punches.
Runarsson prevents a body shot from Troy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Runarsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Troy backwards.
Troy has a couple of punches blocked by Runarsson.
Troy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troy pushes Runarsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Troy takes a shot to the head.

Troy is rocked!
Runarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Troy is still on wobbly legs! Can Runarsson finish him?
Troy takes a shot to the head.
Runarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Troy.
Runarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Runarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Runarsson dips a shoulder and cracks Troy with a mighty uppercut! Troy falls back against the cage and Runarsson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Troy is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Runarsson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Runar Runarsson!
After winning the bout, Runar Runarsson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.