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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tor Troeng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vapun Aukio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Aukio's choice of entrance music: 2CELLOS (Sulic & Hauser) - Smooth Criminal. 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.
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170 cm
31
167 lbs
16 - 5 - 0 |
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165 cm
27
162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tor Troeng! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vapun Aukio! The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Aukio fails to land with a series of punches.
Troeng has been working on his boxing with his coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight. Troeng takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Troeng scores with the left hand. Aukio knows he should have avoided that one. Aukio throws a predictable looking body shot
and Troeng counters with a right hand to the body. Aukio fails with the takedown and Troeng counters with a nice body shot. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Aukio has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Aukio swings widly with a right hand
and Troeng counters with a nice uppercut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Aukio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Troeng counters with a one-two to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Aukio swings widly with a right hand
and Troeng counters with a straight right hand. Troeng misses with a two punch combination.
Aukio throws a counter combo.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng lands a left and a right that send Aukio crashing to the mat, dazed. Troeng thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
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Aukio is rocked! Aukio misses with a right hand and Troeng scores with a counter punch that sends Aukio to the canvas! Troeng smells blood - he's punishing Aukio with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Aukio has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tor Troeng! Tor Troeng decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
85% |
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