PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mellow Mood (ranked 1510 p4p, 190 weight class) and Henry Trowning (ranked 1624 p4p, 199 weight class). Trowning comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shotgun - backyard brawl kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Mood
vs
Trowning

216 cm
41
278 lbs
38 - 15 - 0

206 cm
26
263 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Mellow Mood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Trowning!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Trowning dodges the punch combination from Mood.
Trowning looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Trowning's head.
Mood throws a looping overhand right but Trowning ducks down to avoid it.
Trowning pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mood lunges at Trowning with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trowning's hand.
Trowning lands a body shot.
Mood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trowning bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mood swings widly with a right hand
and Trowning counters with a one-two to the body.
Mood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mood misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mood throws a jab when Trowning was well out of range.

Trowning closes the distance and clinches.
Mood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trowning misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mood lands a good knee to the midsection. Trowning won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trowning lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trowning lands an uppercut.
Mood tries to land knees in the clinch but Trowning avoids the damage to the body.
Trowning struggles to land a body shot inside as Mood controls his hands.

Trowning breaks the clinch.
Mood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trowning misses with a straight left.
Mood moves out of range as Trowning strikes.
Mood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mood cracks Trowning with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Trowning takes a step back to recover.
Trowning fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mood misses with a low kick.
Mood looks to land a body kick but Trowning moved away.
Mood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Trowning fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mood manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mood lands a jab to Trowning's midsection.
Trowning steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mood.
A countering left hand to the body from Trowning misses.
Mood misses the shot to the body.
Mood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trowning on the side of the head.
Trowning avoids the body shot from Mood.
Trowning digs a good hook to Mood's body.
Mood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trowning checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trowning sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trowning on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trowning takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trowning slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trowning. Mood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mood misses with a kick to the body.
Trowning missing with a left hand there. Mood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trowning fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trowning fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mood misses with a head kick.
Trowning connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mood. Mood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Trowning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trowning.
Mood digs a good hook to Trowning's body.
Trowning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trowning is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Mood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Trowning throws a jab when Mood was well out of range.
Mood is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Trowning.
Trowning lands with a shot to the body.
Mood takes one to the chin there.
Trowning digs a good hook to Mood's body.
Mood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trowning's calf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trowning punishes Mood's body with a nice straight punch.
Mood misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trowning throws out a loose jab but Mood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mood moves away from the strike by Trowning.
Trowning is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mood rather than just go for the knockout.
Trowning catches Mood with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good standup being displayed there by Trowning as he connects with a hook.
Mood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trowning moves away.
Mood just misses with a punch to the body.
Mood feints and then cracks Trowning's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trowning down.
Mood slips a straight right by Trowning.
Trowning avoids the body shot from Mood.
Trowning throws a hook but Mood avoids it easily.
Trowning throws a body punch but Mood moves out of range.
Mood throws a head kick but Trowning moves out of range.
Trowning let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trowning closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mood throws a hook but Trowning blocks it.
Trowning connects with a body shot that sends Mood's belly button to the back.
Trowning lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Henry Trowning will probably get the nod.
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.

Mood throws the left hand but Trowning avoids the punch easily.
Mood throws a body punch but Trowning moves out of range.
Trowning throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Trowning tests Mood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mood dips to his left and cracks Trowning with an uppercut!
Mood just misses with a punch to the body.
Trowning connects with a body shot that sends Mood's belly button to the back.
A big right from Trowning misses.
Trowning bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trowning listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trowning lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Trowning cracks Mood with an open hand slap.
Mood lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mood scores with a sloppy right hand. Trowning should have avoided that one.
Mood thuds his right hand into Trowning's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Trowning misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Trowning throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mood takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Trowning's head backwards.
Trowning digs a good hook to Mood's body.
Trowning looks to score with a jab to the body but Mood is just out of range.
Mood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trowning.
A little jabbing left from Trowning on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mood throws a right hand that Trowning ducks under and follows up with a left that Trowning also avoids with ease.
Henry Trowning seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trowning blocks the body kick.
Trowning misses with a hook. Mood ducked under it nicely.
Mood takes a swing at Trowning's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Mood misses
enabling Trowning to counter with a crisp jab.
Trowning loads up on a big right hand but Mood slips the punch.
Trowning uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mood.
Trowning let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A punch lands to the side of Mood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mood blocks a jab.
Mood fires out a quick counter leg kick but Trowning just manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trowning moves away.
Mood throws a sloppy head kick and Trowning moves out of range easily.
Mood connects with a leg kick. Trowning looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mood swats away the attempt to clinch by Trowning.
Trowning misses the jab.
Mood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Trowning to score with a decent uppercut.
Trowning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mood was well out of range. Poor timing from Trowning.
A little feinted left hand from Mood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mood looks to score with a jab to the body but Trowning is just out of range.
Trowning moves away from the strike by Mood.
Trowning throws an overhand right that lands on Mood's shoulder, as Mood tries to avoid the shot.
Mood drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mellow Mood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trowning getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mood throws a head kick that misses.
Trowning appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Trowning swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Trowning does no damage.
Trowning takes a swing at Mood's ribcage but misses.
Mood throws a body shot but no joy.
Trowning takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Trowning lands with a hook. Mood tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mood throws a solid leg kick but Trowning takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mood.
Trowning looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mood moves out of range as Trowning strikes.
Mood looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mood dodges the punch combination from Trowning.
Mood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trowning cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trowning lands with a shot to the body.
Mood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trowning connects with a body shot that sends Mood's belly button to the back.
Nice body punch from Mood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mood throws a leg kick but Trowning sees it coming and moves out of range.
Trowning slips a jab and a cross from Mood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trowning's sensitive parts.
Trowning gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mood.
Mood throws an off balance right hand
letting Trowning counter with a right hand.
Trowning lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trowning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mood moves away.
Mood defending well as Trowning loads up on a big left hand.
Trowning connects with a body shot that sends Mood's belly button to the back.
Trowning lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mood at a distance.
Trowning lands with a good body shot.
Mood ducks under a wild hook from Trowning.
Trowning misses with an uppercut. Mood saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trowning misses the shot to the body.
Mood is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Trowning takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jab by Mood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Trowning showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Trowning throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Trowning throws the left hand but Mood avoids the punch easily.
Trowning takes one on the button.
A good leg kick by Mood.
Trowning on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Trowning throws a shot to the body.
Mood looks to throw a body kick
and Trowning counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trowning throws an overhand right that lands on Mood's shoulder, as Mood tries to avoid the shot.
Mood throws a hook to the side of Trowning's head but Trowning sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Trowning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mood seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Trowning blocks a low kick nicely.
Trowning throws out a counter right but Mood avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trowning uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mood.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mood has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Trowning finds it's way round the side to connect with Mood's head.
Mood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trowning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mood moves out of range as Trowning strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mood tried to score with a low kick but Trowning checks it.
Mood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mood scores with a hook to the body. Trowning takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mood takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A jab from Trowning finds it's way through Mood's defenses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trowning checks a leg kick.
Trowning pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trowning swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Trowning has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trowning softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trowning lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mood backwards.
Trowning lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trowning tries a body shot but Mood blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trowning digs a right hand underneath Mood's ribcage. Mood let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trowning lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trowning breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mood lands with a nice body punch.
Trowning moves away from the strike by Mood.
Trowning has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trowning lands with a nice body punch.
Nice uppercut there from Trowning.
Trowning scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mood pivots, looking for a leg kick but Trowning is out of range and Mood settles back down.
Mellow Mood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mood thows a body kick. Trowning tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Trowning lands with an overhand left.
Mood walks into a straight right hand from Trowning.
Trowning lands a nice hook to Mood's body. Mood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Trowning connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Trowning takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mood works Trowning's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trowning moves away.
Mood connects with a single shot there.
Trowning lands a slapping body shot.
Trowning scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mood in his tracks.
Mood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trowning.
Mood closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trowning ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trowning swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Mood misses the target.
Trowning cracks a nice hook into Mood's ribs.
Trowning looks to throw the jab but Mood is out of range.
Trowning checks a low kick from Mood.
Trowning lands a lovely overhand right.
Trowning misses with a looping left.
Trowning connects with a body shot that sends Mood's belly button to the back.
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!
Trowning slips a straight right by Mood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mood wants to land a leg kick but Trowning is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trowning! But no joy.
Nice cross by Mood.
Trowning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mood moves away.
Mood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trowning connects with a body shot.
Mood misses with a wild body shot.
Trowning moves away from the strike by Mood.
Trowning appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trowning.
A jab from Mood misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Trowning.
A telegraphed right hand from Mood misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trowning.

Mood drops Trowning with a beautiful combination! Trowning stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Mood is looking for the KO!

Trowning is rocked!
Mood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Despite the aggression on Trowning's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Trowning comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Trowning has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Trowning!
An out of breath Henry Trowning thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.