PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knut Beissner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy has chosen Two Steps From Hell - To Glory as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Knut Beissner has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Beissner
vs
Troy

198 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Knut Beissner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Troy!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Troy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Troy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beissner blocks it with crossed arms.
Beissner connects with a knee to the head.
Troy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beissner.
Beissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troy.
Troy avoiding damage as Beissner throws knees to the body.
Beissner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Beissner is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troy scores a nice knee to the body.
Troy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beissner's face.

It looks like Knut Beissner has been cut.
Troy crunches a lovely knee into Beissner's ribcage.
Troy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Troy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Troy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Troy trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beissner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Troy lands a good knee to the midsection. Beissner won't want to take too many of those.
Troy misses with a knee to the head.
Troy lands a nice elbow.
Troy lands an elbow that stopped Beissner in his tracks for a moment.
Troy digs a right hand underneath Beissner's ribcage. Beissner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Troy landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Troy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Troy lands a hook that snaps the head of Beissner backwards.
Troy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Troy.
Troy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Knut Beissner's cut is getting worse.
Troy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice left hand lands by Troy.
Beissner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Troy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy crunches a lovely knee into Beissner's ribcage.

Troy jumps into guard, dragging Beissner to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beissner is fighting to break Troy's control of his arms but Troy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Troy's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Francis Troy.
Beissner swats away the attempt to clinch by Troy.
Troy fails to land with a series of punches.
Beissner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Troy can pounce on him.
Francis Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Troy.
Beissner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Troy.
Beissner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beissner on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Troy scores with a nice body kick.
Beissner takes a kick to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Troy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troy throws a head kick but Beissner moves out of range.

Troy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Troy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Troy lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troy.
Troy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beissner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Troy scores a nice knee to the body.
Beissner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Troy works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Troy lands a couple of digs.
Troy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Beissner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Troy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Knut Beissner's cut.
That's time! Beissner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Troy pushes Beissner away with a front kick.
Troy lands with a thumping leg kick.

Troy closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Troy.
Troy is working Beissner over against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left hand lands to the body for Troy.
Troy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Troy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Troy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Troy.
Troy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beissner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Troy lands a knee to the body.
Troy scores a nice knee to the body.
Troy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Troy lands an elbow just above Beissner 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Troy scores with a shoulder strike.
Troy scores a nice knee to the body.
Troy lands a good knee to the midsection. Beissner won't want to take too many of those.
Troy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beissner blocks it with crossed arms.
Beissner tries to land knees in the clinch but Troy avoids the damage to the body.
Troy lands an elbow inside.

Knut Beissner's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Troy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beissner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Troy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Troy pulls guard successfully.
Troy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Beissner's guard.
Troy is in close to Beissner's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beissner trying to control the position.
Troy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Troy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Troy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beissner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Troy throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Troy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Troy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Troy works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Troy lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Troy seems to be working for a kimura but Beissner defends the submission attempt.
Troy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Troy works his way into side control.
Beissner on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Troy working the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Troy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Beissner taking punishment in the form of punches.

Troy tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troy cracks Beissner with a big elbow.

Jeez, Knut Beissner's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Francis Troy!