PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beaudell Beckham Jr (ranked 1611 p4p, 3663 weight class) and Tor Troeng (ranked 216 p4p, 461 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Beckham Jr
vs
Troeng

180 cm
33
200
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
34
205
21 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Beaudell Beckham Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tor Troeng!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ben Watson and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troeng lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Beaudell Beckham Jr has been cut.
Beckham Jr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Troeng fails in his attempt to clinch.
Troeng misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Troeng looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beckham Jr is looking to counter punch.
Beckham Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Tor Troeng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beckham Jr is looking to chop away at Troeng's legs.
Troeng misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckham Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Troeng ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckham Jr moves away.
Beckham Jr throwing a counter right hand but Troeng manages to avoid it.
Beckham Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Troeng tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckham Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckham Jr loads up on a big right hand but Troeng slips the punch.

Beckham Jr gets tackled into the cage by Troeng. Troeng maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Troeng.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beckham Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Troeng taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Beckham Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Troeng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beckham Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beckham Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troeng's coach down at Deep waters was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Troeng's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Troeng putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beckham Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Troeng can't find room to land a body shot as Beckham Jr controls the action.
Troeng lands a knee to the body.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troeng blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troeng lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Beckham Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beckham Jr.
Troeng using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckham Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Beckham Jr.
Beckham Jr lands an elbow just above Troeng 's eye.
Troeng tries to land knees in the clinch but Beckham Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Beckham Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Troeng is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beckham Jr is defending well for now.
Beckham Jr misses with the head strike.
Beckham Jr presses Troeng against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beckham Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Troeng.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Troeng scores with a shoulder strike.
Beckham Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.

Troeng escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckham Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Troeng.
Beckham Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Troeng tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Troeng moves in looking to clinch but Beckham Jr pushes him off.
Troeng scores with the left hand. Beckham Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Beckham Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Troeng off the cage and back into range.
Beckham Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Troeng moves in looking to clinch but Beckham Jr pushes him off.
Beckham Jr lands a nice looking body kick.
Beckham Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Troeng tries to clinch up but Beckham Jr circles away and keeps his distance.

Troeng clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troeng scores with a knee to the head.
Beckham Jr blocks an uppercut.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troeng takes an elbow to the temple.
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!
Troeng misses with a punch on the inside.
Beckham Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Troeng is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Beckham Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Troeng working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Troeng on the inside.
Troeng is stalling here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Beckham Jr.
Troeng lands a knee to the head.
Troeng blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tor Troeng will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Beaudell Beckham Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Troeng tries to clinch but Beckham Jr moves out of range.
Beckham Jr appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tor Troeng is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beckham Jr throws out a leg kick but Troeng moves out of range and Beckham Jr only half commits.

Beckham Jr gets tackled into the cage by Troeng. Troeng maintains the clinch.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Beckham Jr blocks it.
Beckham Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Troeng blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beckham Jr pushes off an throws an elbow but Troeng leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beckham Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Troeng stalling against the cage.
Good body shot from Beckham Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckham Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Beckham Jr.
Beckham Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Troeng.
Tor Troeng seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Troeng misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troeng.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beckham Jr backwards.
Beckham Jr misses with a body punch.
Troeng looking to stall.
Troeng using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckham Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beckham Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Troeng taking a breather.
Troeng holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Troeng - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Beckham Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Beckham Jr blocks with his arms.
Beckham Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beckham Jr avoiding damage as Troeng throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troeng misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beckham Jr.
Beckham Jr misses with some punches.
Troeng manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Troeng breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troeng tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beckham Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Beckham Jr misses
and Troeng counters with a series of strikes. Beckham Jr will be more careful next time no doubt.
Troeng wants to clinch.
Troeng throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troeng tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Troeng looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beckham Jr wants to land a leg kick but Troeng is out of range.

Troeng fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beckham Jr, pushing him back against the cage.
Beckham Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Troeng is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Beckham Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beckham Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Troeng missing with knees to the body.
Troeng throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beckham Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beckham Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckham Jr misses with the head strike.
Troeng trying to stall but Beckham Jr improves his position.
Troeng has a couple of punches blocked by Beckham Jr.
A head punch on the inside from Beckham Jr fails to land.
Troeng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Troeng just leaning against Beckham Jr, taking a breather.
Beckham Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Troeng backwards.
Troeng looking to throw knees to the head but Beckham Jr is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troeng with a knee to the head.

Beaudell Beckham Jr's cut is getting worse.
Beckham Jr avoiding damage as Troeng throws knees to the body.
Beckham Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Beckham Jr pushes Troeng back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Troeng lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beckham Jr backwards.
Beckham Jr tries a body shot but Troeng blocks it.
Troeng wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beckham Jr has him pressed against the cage.
Troeng blocking some punches.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beckham Jr avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tor Troeng will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Beaudell Beckham Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Troeng gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Troeng misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beckham Jr tries to throw a body punch but Troeng avoids it by throwing Beckham Jr back against the cage.
Troeng unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Troeng looking to slow down the pace here.
Beckham Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Troeng backwards.
Troeng misses with some punches.

Troeng breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troeng fails with an attempt to clinch.
Troeng wants to clinch but Beckham Jr slips to the side
and Beckham Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troeng moves out of range of the strikes.
Troeng unleashes a big counter combination but Beckham Jr bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Troeng has taken the fight to the clinch.
Beckham Jr misses with the head strike.
Troeng stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckham Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Troeng looking to throw knees to the head but Beckham Jr is blocking nicely.
Troeng with a knee to the head.
Beckham Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beckham Jr blocking some punches.
Troeng missing with knees to the body.
Beckham Jr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beckham Jr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beckham Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beckham Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troeng lands a knee to the head.
Troeng fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beckham Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Troeng backwards.
Troeng misses with a knee to the head.
Beckham Jr misses with the head strike.
Troeng is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckham Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Troeng backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troeng slows down the pace here.
Troeng is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Troeng is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Beckham Jr is keeping busy.
Troeng landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Troeng blocks an uppercut.
Beckham Jr pushes Troeng back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Beckham Jr blocks it.
Troeng takes a shot to the head.
Troeng misses with a knee strike.
Troeng tries a knee to the head but Beckham Jr blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troeng throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beckham Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Troeng is stalling here.
Troeng is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beckham Jr is defending well for now.
Troeng takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Troeng misses with an elbow strike.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Troeng.
Beaudell Beckham Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Troeng blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Beckham Jr fails to land.
Beckham Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beckham Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beckham Jr blocks an elbow strike.
Troeng comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Troeng misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beckham Jr lands an elbow inside that Troeng shrugs off.
Troeng misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckham Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Beckham Jr.
Beckham Jr scores with a shot to the side of Troeng's head.
Tor Troeng is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beckham Jr misses with the head strike.
Beckham Jr lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beckham Jr.
Troeng connects with a knee to the head.

Beaudell Beckham Jr's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Troeng throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beckham Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Beckham Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Beckham Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Troeng taking a breather.
Troeng tries to land a knee to the head but Beckham Jr blocks with his arms.
Beckham Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beckham Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tor Troeng.
I've got Troeng winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!