PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Doc Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusty Trombone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trombone has chosen Back in Black by AC/DC as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holliday
vs
Trombone

175 cm
27
165 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

168 cm
30
169 lbs
23 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doc Holliday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rusty Trombone!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Holliday blocks the leg kick.
Trombone cracks Holliday with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Holliday lands with a right hand.
Trombone leaves Holliday with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Trombone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holliday's hands.
Holliday checks a leg kick.
Holliday ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trombone moves away.
Holliday moves out of range of the strikes.
Trombone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Holliday misses with a hook to the body
and Trombone counters with a left to the body.
Holliday lands a head shot.
Holliday turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trombone throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trombone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trombone walks into a stiff left hand from Holliday.
Trombone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holliday.
Trombone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Holliday dodges the punch combination from Trombone.
Trombone wants to clinch.
Trombone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Trombone is looking to slow Holliday down with leg kicks.
Trombone tries to clinch there but Holliday circles away.
Holliday lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Holliday lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Trombone has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Trombone and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Trombone wants to clinch up but Holliday keeps it at a distance.
Trombone misses with a straight left.
Holliday throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Holliday thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trombone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holliday was well out of range. Poor timing from Trombone.
Trombone looks to land a right hand but Holliday moved out of range.
A cross from Trombone lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trombone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Trombone throws a looping overhand right but Holliday ducks down to avoid it.
Trombone doesn't manage to clinch there - Holliday circles away.
Holliday lands with a shot to the body.
Trombone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday checks a leg kick.
Trombone misses with a looping right.
Trombone looks to score with a jab to the body but Holliday is just out of range.
Trombone avoids the head kick by Holliday.
Trombone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Trombone lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Holliday backs up against the cage.

Trombone shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Holliday's guard.

Holliday escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Trombone gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Trombone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trombone lands a couple of elbows.

Holliday throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday wants to sweep here but Trombone controlling him for the moment.
Holliday is looking to sweep but instead, Trombone has passed into half guard.
Holliday trying to control from the bottom.
Trombone throwing shots but Holliday is blocking nicely.
Trombone working Holliday over with strikes.
Holliday wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trombone working the head and body with strikes.

Holliday is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Trombone pulls his head out easily.
Holliday is trying to maintain the position but Trombone is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Trombone dominated that round.
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.

Holliday lands with an overhand left.
Holliday avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holliday throws out a loose jab but Trombone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holliday fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holliday cracks Trombone with an open hand slap.
Trombone ducks under a wild hook from Holliday.
Trombone is looking to clinch but Holliday is avoiding it.
Trombone misses with a few strikes there.
Rusty Trombone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trombone misses with a wild combination.
Trombone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holliday.
Holliday tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Trombone is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Holliday steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trombone.
Trombone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rusty Trombone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice cross by Holliday.
Trombone thuds a left hand into Holliday's body.
Trombone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trombone tries for a takedown but Holliday sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Trombone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Trombone throws a head kick but Holliday moves out of range.
Holliday thows a body shot but no joy.
Holliday avoids the body shot from Trombone.
Holliday keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Trombone.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holliday misses with a straight right.
Trombone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trombone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Nice sprawl there from Holliday as Trombone shoots in.

Holliday shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Holliday throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Holliday lands with a punch from half guard.

Trombone looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Holliday sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trombone defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trombone wants to control but Holliday is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Holliday is keen to just control but Trombone is a slippery customer.
Holliday not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Holliday thows a huge punch but Trombone dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holliday prevents Trombone from improving his position.
Trombone is not content to let Holliday control the position.
Holliday trying to pass the guard but Trombone defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trombone blocking the ground and pound attempt from Holliday.
Holliday with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Holliday landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Trombone has a hand on Holliday's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Holliday takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Doc Holliday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Holliday with shots to the head and body - Trombone looks very uncomfortable down there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holliday controlling the pace for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holliday misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doc Holliday dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Trombone misses with a straight left.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Trombone. Holliday shrugs it off though.
Trombone lands a really nice looking cross but Holliday seems unphased.
Holliday checks a low kick from Trombone.
Trombone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holliday lands with a shot to the body.
Holliday takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Holliday slips a jab from Trombone.
Holliday is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice defenses there by Trombone.
Holliday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trombone circles away quickly and effectively.
Trombone throws out a loose jab but Holliday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holliday missing with a left hand there. Trombone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trombone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holliday circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday thows a body shot but no joy.
Trombone misses with a head kick.
Trombone tries to clinch but Holliday moves out of range.
Trombone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trombone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Holliday defends it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Holliday blocks the leg kick.
Trombone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holliday works Trombone's body with a nice hook.
Trombone closes the distance but Holliday moves to the side
and Holliday counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trombone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Holliday misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Holliday throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trombone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Trombone fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Trombone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Trombone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holliday swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trombone looks to score with a jab to the body but Holliday is just out of range.
Trombone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Holliday scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holliday tries to work over Trombone's front leg with a kick but Trombone checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trombone misses with a double jab
and Holliday counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Holliday is defended easily by Trombone.
Trombone takes a swing at Holliday's ribcage but misses.
Holliday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holliday misses the shot to the body.
Trombone lands with a slapping head kick.
Holliday tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trombone was well out of range. Poor timing from Holliday.
Trombone tries to clinch up but Holliday circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trombone wants to clinch
and Holliday counters with a straight right hand.
Holliday keeps the fight on the outside.
Holliday listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Trombone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Holliday.
Holliday throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Some wild striking there from Trombone.

Trombone has managed to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Trombone has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Holliday clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holliday wants to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rusty Trombone.
I think Trombone has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty Trombone!
Rusty Trombone took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.