PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Turbo Epicity (ranked 1135 p4p, 130 weight class) and Alonzo Trotter (ranked 1191 p4p, 140 weight class). Epicity comes to the cage accompanied by Semi Charmed Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Epicity
vs
Trotter

185 cm
31
177 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
180 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Turbo Epicity!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alonzo Trotter!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Epicity swings widly with a right hand
and Trotter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alonzo Trotter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Epicity motions for Trotter to come forward. Epicity throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Epicity throws a shot from downtown. Trotter moves away and avoids it.
Epicity throws a shot from downtown. Trotter moves away and avoids it.

Trotter clinches up with Epicity and pushes him back against the cage.

Trotter successfully pulls guard.
Epicity seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Epicity wants to control from the top but Trotter keeps moving.
Epicity has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trotter tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Epicity looking to sit in guard and control but Trotter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Trotter stopping the sweep attempt from Epicity.
Epicity looking to control.
Trotter trying to control but Epicity is working from the bottom.
Epicity looking to control.
Trotter landing some decent shots from guard.
Epicity looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Trotter landing with the ground and pound.
Trotter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trotter stays in close to Epicity's body and controls the position.
Trotter trying to control the position from guard on top but Epicity is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trotter preventing the sweep.
Trotter scoring with some ground and pound.
Trotter connects with a couple of short punches.
Trotter trying to control the position from guard on top but Epicity is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Epicity is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trotter works over Epicity with some ground and pound from guard.

Trotter is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Epicity working a defensive guard here.
My spies in Midnight MMA inform me that Trotter has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Trotter postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Trotter is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trotter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Epicity wants to sweep but no luck.
Epicity avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Trotter has gone for a leg lock! Epicity slips out almost immediately though and dives into Trotter's guard.

Trotter throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Epicity preventing the sweep.
Epicity wants to get up but he can't break Trotter's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Epicity trying to control the position from guard on top but Trotter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Trotter tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonzo Trotter dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Trotter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Epicity pushes Trotter off and scrambles back to his feet.
Epicity stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trotter.
Trotter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trotter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Epicity as he avoids it easily.
Epicity's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trotter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Epicity scrambles back to his feet.
Epicity closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity scores with a hook.
Trotter is looking to slow Epicity down with leg kicks.
Epicity displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Trotter.
Epicity appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Epicity misses with a leg kick.
Trotter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trotter shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Epicity is trying to defend but Trotter finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Epicity is not content to let Trotter control the position.
Trotter winds up and cracks Epicity with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Epicity on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Epicity has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Trotter is on him like a limpet, forcing Epicity back against the cage.

Epicity pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trotter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Epicity counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Turbo Epicity has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alonzo Trotter.
Trotter walks into a straight right hand from Epicity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Epicity misses with a hook
and Trotter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A cross from Trotter lands.

Trotter drives through with a takedown into guard.
Trotter scoring with punches to the head and body.
Trotter postures up.
Epicity keeping moving, preventing Trotter from controlling successfully.
Trotter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Trotter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Trotter content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alonzo Trotter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trotter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Epicity keeping full guard, as Trotter tries to pass.
Trotter trying to control but Epicity is working from the bottom.
Trotter preventing the sweep.
Trotter stands up over Epicity, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Epicity looking to control.
Trotter throws a strike but Epicity rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trotter tries to strike from the bottom.
Trotter seems keen to control Epicity's posture.
Trotter wants to control but Epicity passes easily into half guard.
Epicity is trying to control. Trotter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Trotter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Trotter wants to sweep here but Epicity controlling him for the moment.
Trotter trying to control the position.
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 Turbo Epicity will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Epicity misses with a body shot.
Trotter throws a shot to the body.
Trotter wants to clinch
and Epicity connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trotter fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Epicity avoids it really well and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Epicity misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left and a right from Trotter both land. Nice combination.
Trotter connects with a jab.
Trotter cracks Epicity with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Epicity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trotter.
Trotter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trotter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Epicity circles away quickly and effectively.

Trotter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Epicity doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Epicity doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trotter stalling the fight.

Trotter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Epicity looks to land a left hand but Trotter moved out of range nicely.
Epicity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trotter's sensitive parts.
A slow jab from Trotter misses its intended target.
Trotter throws a body shot but no joy.
Epicity scores with a head kick.
Trotter misses with a hook
and Epicity counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trotter misses with a body shot
and Epicity counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trotter scores with a body shot.

Trotter takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Epicity is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trotter prevents a body shot from Epicity.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Epicity creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Epicity breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Epicity throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Turbo Epicity is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Epicity getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Trotter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Epicity cracks Trotter with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Trotter pushes Epicity up against the cage in a clinch.
Epicity digs a right hand into Trotter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trotter's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trotter.

Epicity pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Epicity scoring well with a low kick there.
Trotter has his takedown stuffed
and Epicity counters with a big head kick but Trotter shrugs it off.

Trotter moves into range and clinches up with Epicity.

Trotter jumps guard and drags Epicity to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Epicity not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Trotter is working an open guard so Epicity takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity slips a straight right by Trotter.
Epicity bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Trotter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Epicity throws out the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trotter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Trotter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Trotter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Trotter misses.
A little feinted left hand from Epicity on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A low kick from Trotter is predictable there
and Epicity counters with a stiff right hand.
Trotter avoids the head kick by Epicity.

Trotter has managed to clinch.

Epicity breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Epicity lands a glancing blow to the side of Trotter's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Turbo Epicity clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Trotter misses with a hook. Epicity ducked under it nicely.
Trotter throws the left hand but Epicity avoids the punch easily.
Trotter fails with the takedown.
Trotter tries to score a power double leg takedown but Epicity sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Trotter somewhat.
Trotter dives in and grabs Epicity's left leg, looking for a takedown. Epicity pushes down on Trotter's head and hops out.
An attempted straight right counter from Epicity misses the target.
Turbo Epicity has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alonzo Trotter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity misses the shot to the body.
Epicity avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Epicity jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Epicity lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trotter moves out of range of the body kick.
Epicity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trotter.
Trotter misses with an uppercut. Epicity saw that one coming.
Epicity throws a low kick, looking for Trotter's leg but Trotter calmly moves out of range.
Trotter swings for the body but Epicity moves out of range.

Trotter has taken the fight to the clinch.

Trotter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trotter scores with a leg kick.
Epicity cracks Trotter with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Trotter misses with a wild body shot.
Epicity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trotter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trotter.
Trotter lands with a right hand.
Epicity moves out of range of the strikes.
Epicity checks the leg kick.
Epicity looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Trotter walks into a left hand.
A jab lands there for Epicity.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity misses the shot to the body.
Epicity misses with a wild body shot.
Trotter is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Trotter misses with a wild combination.
Epicity swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Trotter digs a good body shot into Epicity's ribs.
Epicity rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trotter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trotter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Trotter tries to score with a low kick but Epicity moves his leg out of the way.

Trotter darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Epicity is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trotter looks to land a strike but Epicity avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity looking to hit a scissor sweep but Trotter is one step ahead there.
Trotter postures up.

Trotter is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trotter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Epicity wants to sweep but no luck.
Trotter with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Turbo Epicity will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Trotter looking to score a takedown here. Epicity is defending well but Trotter drives through and ends up in Epicity's guard.

Epicity scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Epicity ducks right into an uppercut from Trotter.
The fighters circling - Epicity throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Trotter rushes Epicity and presses him up against the cage.
Trotter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Epicity has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Epicity manages to break the clinch.
Epicity ducks under a wild hook from Trotter.
Trotter tries to clinch but Epicity is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Epicity throws the kick towards the body but Trotter avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trotter! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity throws an overhand right that lands on Trotter's shoulder, as Trotter tries to avoid the shot.
Trotter steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Epicity.
A jab from Trotter misses.
Epicity ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trotter lands a jab to the head.
Trotter takes one on the button.
Trotter sizes up Epicity with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Trotter cracks a nice hook into Epicity's ribs.
Epicity thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trotter wants to clinch.
Epicity swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trotter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Epicity moves away.
Trotter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Epicity's calf.
Trotter scores with a jab to the head.
Trotter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trotter was well out of range. Poor timing from Epicity.
Turbo Epicity is winning the standup battle so far.
Trotter is looking to clinch but Epicity is avoiding it.
Trotter throws a big shot that misses.
Trotter misses with a takedown attempt - Epicity sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trotter throws a poor cross that misses
and Epicity counters with a nice uppercut.
Trotter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Epicity half committed to a counter leg kick.
Trotter scores with a one two! Epicity had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Alonzo Trotter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Epicity circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trotter tests Epicity's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Trotter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Epicity. Epicity obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses the shot to the body.
Trotter moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Epicity connects with an inside leg kick.
Trotter misses with a takedown attempt
and Epicity cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Epicity avoids the body shot from Trotter.
A big left from Epicity misses.
Epicity throws a nice outside leg kick.
Trotter misses with a hook.
Epicity throws a shot from downtown. Trotter moves away and avoids it.
Trotter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Epicity feints and then cracks Trotter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trotter down.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alonzo Trotter.
I think Epicity 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 48:47
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 48:47
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 48:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Turbo Epicity!
Turbo Epicity retains his welterweight title!
As Turbo Epicity got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I'm not surprised by the swirls'.
The defeated Alonzo Trotter had this to say: 'Sorry dudes'.