PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Troyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyborg Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyborg Santos is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Troyd
vs
Santos

195 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
21
191 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ted Troyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cyborg Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to work over Troyd's front leg with a kick but Troyd checks it.
Troyd dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santos. That did some damage!
Troyd misses the jab.
Troyd swings away with a body shot that misses
and Santos counters with an inside leg kick.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos lands a nice hook to Troyd's body. Troyd takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Troyd works over Santos's head and body with a nice combination.
Santos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Troyd finds it's way round the side to connect with Santos's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troyd throws a body kick that misses
and Santos counters with a good low kick that Troyd was not able to check.
Troyd throws a right hand that misses
and Santos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Santos throws a front kick aimed at Troyd's knee but Troyd avoids it well.
Troyd throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Troyd misses with a double jab
and Santos counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a chopping leg kick but Troyd manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Santos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santos slips a straight right by Troyd.
Troyd throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Santos is looking to score with low kicks.

Santos gets tackled into the cage by Troyd. Troyd maintains the clinch.
A hook to the body from Troyd.
Troyd lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos avoids the elbow strike from Troyd, against the cage.
Santos tries a body shot but Troyd blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyd.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Troyd blocks an uppercut.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troyd's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Troyd or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos tries to work over Troyd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Troyd scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Troyd.
Troyd scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Troyd.
Troyd has Santos pushed against the cage.
Santos lands an uppercut.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Troyd misses with a body punch.
Troyd misses with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Troyd prevents a body shot from Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Troyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Troyd lands with a light punch inside.
Troyd misses with a punch to the body.

Troyd breaks from the clinch.
Santos misses with a low kick.
Troyd stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Troyd fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos throws a front kick aimed at Troyd's knee but Troyd avoids it well.
A slow jab from Troyd misses its intended target.
Santos scores with a leg kick.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyd tries a head kick but it misses.
Troyd misses with a wild body shot.
Santos misses with a low kick.
Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santos checks a leg kick.
Troyd thows a body shot but no joy.
Troyd pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos is looking to score with low kicks.
Troyd connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Santos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Troyd dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Troyd misses with a head kick.
Troyd misses the body punch
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Troyd has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Troyd throws out the jab.
Santos cracks the inside of Troyd's front leg.
Santos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some bone on bone action there as Troyd checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Troyd shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Troyd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Troyd blocks the low kick.
Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Troyd checks it well.
A head kick misses from Troyd.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Troyd moves into the clinch.
Troyd effectively controlling the action here.
Troyd blocks a body shot from Santos.
Troyd tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Troyd.
Santos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Troyd backwards.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Troyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos is leaning against Troyd and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Troyd scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Troyd.
Santos letting Troyd take a breather here.
Still in the clinch, Troyd scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyd scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Troyd prevents a body shot from Santos.
Troyd lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santos dodges an elbow strike from Troyd.
Troyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Troyd cracks Santos with a nice body shot.
Troyd lands a body punch in the clinch.
Troyd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Troyd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Troyd struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Troyd scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Troyd lands an uppercut.
Troyd lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyd throws a knee to the head but misses.

Troyd manages to break the clinch.
Troyd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Troyd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Troyd misses.
Troyd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Troyd looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Troyd checks a leg kick.
Troyd looks for the body kick but Santos saw that one coming.
Troyd throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santos counters with a low kick, right behind Troyd 's knee.

Troyd forces Santos back against the cage and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Troyd.
Troyd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Troyd controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Troyd.
Troyd takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Troyd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Troyd.
A hook to the body from Santos.
A hook to the body from Troyd.
Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Troyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Troyd lands a jab.
Troyd shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Troyd dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Troyd throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Troyd is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Troyd takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Troyd closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Troyd cracks Santos with a nice body shot.

Troyd breaks from the clinch.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Troyd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Troyd walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Santos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A bone on bone clash there as Troyd blocks the leg kick.
Troyd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos slips a straight right by Troyd.
Santos avoids the head kick by Troyd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyd avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Troyd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos throws a lazy head kick
and Troyd counters with a leg kick.
Troyd connects with a body shot that sends Santos's belly button to the back.
Troyd lands a nice shot to the body.
Ted Troyd is winning the standup battle so far.
Troyd moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from Troyd.
Troyd misses with a shot to the body
and Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Troyd.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Troyd.
Troyd closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyd with a jab.
Troyd misses the shot to the body.
Troyd does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Troyd wants to land a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
Santos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Troyd takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troyd throws a solid leg kick but Santos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Troyd.
Santos avoids the body shot from Troyd.
Troyd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Troyd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyd throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Santos misses.
Jab from Troyd.
Danga de danga de dang - Troyd scores with a four punch combination!
Troyd throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ted Troyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troyd throws a leg kick
and Santos counters with a nice body kick.
Santos lands with a slapping head kick.

Troyd closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Troyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troyd misses with the head strike.
Troyd dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Troyd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Troyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Troyd misses with an uppercut
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santos.
Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some bone on bone action there as Troyd checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Troyd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santos's sensitive parts.
Cyborg Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ted Troyd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That kick from Troyd tenderised Santos's leg. Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Troyd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Troyd has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Troyd!