PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between FrankFurt Livingstone (ranked 24972 p4p, 5327 weight class) and Dominic Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Livingstone
vs
Trujillo

170 cm
26
170
5 - 22 - 0

175 cm
50
174
38 - 20 - 2

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 5 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, FrankFurt Livingstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trujillo with a nice cross.
Livingstone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trujillo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Livingstone wants to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Livingstone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good standup being displayed there by Trujillo as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Trujillo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Livingstone doesn't seem phased though.
Livingstone tries to clinch
and Trujillo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Livingstone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Livingstone throws a jab but it's blocked by Trujillo.
Trujillo catches Livingstone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Trujillo lands a jab to Livingstone's midsection.
Trujillo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Livingstone has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Livingstone there as he acknowledges the shot.
Livingstone throws a lazy uppercut
and Trujillo counters with a straight right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Trujillo as he connects with a hook.
Livingstone is looking to clinch.
A big left from Livingstone misses.
Trujillo jabs Livingstone right on the nose. Livingstone blinks but takes it well.
Trujillo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Livingstone at a distance.
Livingstone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trujillo circles away quickly and effectively.
Livingstone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trujillo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Livingstone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trujillo lands a right hook to the body.
A left lands for Trujillo.
Livingstone tries to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
FrankFurt Livingstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trujillo.
Livingstone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trujillo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Livingstone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trujillo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Trujillo digs a good body shot into Livingstone's ribs.
Trujillo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Trujillo scores with a shot to the body.
Livingstone has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Livingstone there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trujillo jabs Livingstone to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice jab there from Trujillo.
Livingstone darts in trying to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a straight right hand.
Livingstone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trujillo counters with a nice body shot.
A jab from Livingstone misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Livingstone.
Livingstone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trujillo 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.
Livingstone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trujillo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Trujillo lands the left hand.
Trujillo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Livingstone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A combination from Livingstone does no damage.
Trujillo scores with a shot to the body.
Livingstone misses with a combination
and Trujillo counters with a nice body shot.
Livingstone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trujillo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Livingstone is breathing heavily.
Livingstone swings widly with a right hand
and Trujillo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body punch from Trujillo.
Livingstone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trujillo connects with a body shot.
Trujillo scores with a shot to the body.
Livingstone closes the distance but Trujillo moves to the side
and Trujillo counters with a right hand to the body.
Trujillo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Livingstone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo scores with a jab. Livingstone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Livingstone walks into a left hand.
Trujillo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Livingstone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trujillo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trujillo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Livingstone throws a lazy uppercut
and Trujillo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Trujillo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Trujillo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Livingstone tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Livingstone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Trujillo on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trujillo has Livingstone flattened out and is raining down punches.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Trujillo.
Livingstone is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Trujillo cracks Livingstone with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Livingstone from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Trujillo controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Livingstone is looking for a way out.
Trujillo gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Trujillo scores with punches and elbows.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Trujillo is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Trujillo gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Trujillo gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Trujillo apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Trujillo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Livingstone misses with a right hand
and Trujillo counters with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Trujillo.
Trujillo with a hook.
Trujillo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Livingstone stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Livingstone tries to clinch but Trujillo is having none of it.
Livingstone misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Trujillo dominated that round.
That's time! Livingstone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Livingstone misses with a double jab
and Trujillo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Livingstone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trujillo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Trujillo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Trujillo.
Livingstone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Livingstone wants to clinch but Trujillo slips to the side
and Trujillo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Livingstone's knee momentarily.
Trujillo lands a nice shot that snaps Livingstone's head back.
Trujillo connects with the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Trujillo as he connects with a hook.
Trujillo lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trujillo lands with a good body shot.
Livingstone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Trujillo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Trujillo jabs Livingstone right on the nose. Livingstone blinks but takes it well.

Trujillo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Trujillo showed some decent athleticism there.
Livingstone wants to stand back up but Trujillo manages to pass into side control.
Livingstone taking a bit of punishment here - Trujillo scoring with strikes.
Trujillo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Trujillo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Livingstone down.
Trujillo taking a breather here.
Trujillo is working Livingstone over with some ground and pound from side control.
Trujillo landing a few strikes.
Trujillo working the body and head with strikes.
Trujillo landing strikes.
Trujillo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Dominic Trujillo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trujillo is putting a hurting on Livingstone here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo landing a few strikes.
Trujillo takes a little break here. Livingstone wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Livingstone on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Trujillo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Livingstone tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Trujillo. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo cracks Livingstone with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Livingstone from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Trujillo biding his time, controlling Livingstone.
Trujillo loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Livingstone hold on?
Livingstone takes a big shot to the side of the head.

Trujillo is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Livingstone has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Trujillo scores with punches from the back.
Trujillo has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Livingstone's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Livingstone. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Livingstone is trying to remain composed but Trujillo is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trujillo scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trujillo lands shots from the back.
Trujillo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Livingstone is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Trujillo is punishing Livingstone with some ground and pound.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Trujillo. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Livingstone is trying to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Trujillo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Livingstone is looking to clinch.
Trujillo lands a nice shot to the body.
Livingstone tries to clinch but Trujillo is having none of it.
Livingstone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Trujillo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Livingstone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Livingstone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trujillo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Livingstone misses with a right hand
and Trujillo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trujillo tests Livingstone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Livingstone throws a shot from downtown. Trujillo moves away and avoids it.
Trujillo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Livingstone's head backwards.
Livingstone fails to land with a series of punches.
Trujillo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trujillo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Livingstone throws a poor cross that misses
and Trujillo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Trujillo's corner calls for a 1-2. Trujillo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Trujillo scores with a jab to the head.
Trujillo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Trujillo counters with a straight right hand.
Trujillo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Livingstone has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Livingstone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Trujillo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Trujillo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Livingstone is looking to get back to his feet here but Trujillo is keeping cool and he's managed to take Livingstone's back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trujillo biding his time, looking for the opening.

Trujillo has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Livingstone is in real trouble here. Trujillo gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Livingstone is tapping out! Trujillo wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dominic Trujillo!
In his post fight interview, Dominic Trujillo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.