PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olivier De Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Maradona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Troyer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jay Z - Run This Town. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

De Troyer
vs
Maradona

175 cm
32
274 lbs
24 - 19 - 0

196 cm
25
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Revolution Fatigues

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olivier De Troyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Maradona!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maradona takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Diego Maradona has been cut.
Maradona pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Troyer slips under a jab.
De Troyer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Troyer digs a good hook to Maradona's body.
Maradona looks gassed!
De Troyer's corner calls for a 1-2. De Troyer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Troyer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
De Troyer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

De Troyer shoots in and gets a takedown into Maradona's guard.
De Troyer works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Troyer is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Maradona is staying active underneath De Troyer, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer passes the guard and advances to mount!
De Troyer working Maradona over with strikes here.

That has opened up Diego Maradona's cut even more.
De Troyer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

The cut above Diego Maradona's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Troyer lands a heavy elbow.

Diego Maradona's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Diego Maradona's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Olivier De Troyer!
After the fight, Olivier De Troyer was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.