PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trang Troc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troc comes into the arena with Dr. Octagon - Real Raw blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Troc
vs
Khan

175 cm
40
168 lbs
28 - 17 - 0

177 cm
30
166 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

GREEN!160

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 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trang Troc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Khan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troc moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Troc fails in his attempt to clinch.
Troc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Troc's head but Troc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Troc misses with the combination.
Troc ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
We've been informed that Khan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Troc swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Troc misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troc misses with a looping right.
A jab from Khan does it's job there.
Khan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Troc will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Troc slips the punch.
Khan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Troc seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Troc moves away and avoids it.
Khan scores with a jab. Troc acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
Troc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Troc is just out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Troc 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Troc gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Troc scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a low kick as Troc jumps back.
Troc takes a jab right on the kisser.
Troc lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Troc's head but Troc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Troc avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Troc is out of range.
No joy there for Khan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Troc takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Khan throws a body punch but Troc moves out of range.
Troc scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khan takes a swing at Troc's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Troc moves away.
Troc uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.

Khan has closed the distance and engaged Troc in a clinch.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Troc.
A head punch on the inside from Troc fails to land.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Troc.
Troc blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Troc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Troc backwards.
Khan misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Troc.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Troc creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Troc.

Khan is rocked!

It looks like Amir Khan has been cut.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan is still on wobbly legs! Can Troc finish him?
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan tries to work over Troc's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Troc working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Troc throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Troc misses with the head strike.
Troc unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clinched against the cage, Troc lands a big elbow that drops Khan! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Khan is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trang Troc!
Trang Troc made sure to mention his sponsor, Hellbent in his post fight interview.