PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy has chosen Epic Score - Siren's Call as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Liddown
vs
Troy

185 cm
27
219 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
200 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chuck Liddown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Troy!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Liddown loads up on a big right hand but Troy slips the punch.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Troy is looking to slow Liddown down with leg kicks.
Troy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Liddown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Troy lands with a kick to the temple. Liddown shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Troy scores with a nice body kick.
Liddown blocks the body kick.
Troy moves away from the strike by Liddown.
Troy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Troy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Troy throws a leg kick which misses Liddown's front leg but catches the back leg as Liddown tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troy throws a lazy right hand but Liddown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Troy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Liddown takes a step back to recover.
Liddown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Liddown throws a nice looking combination but Troy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Troy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Liddown is breathing heavily.
Liddown thows a body shot but no joy.

Troy clinches up against the cage.
Troy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Troy lands an elbow that stopped Liddown in his tracks for a moment.
Troy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Troy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Liddown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troy crunches a lovely knee into Liddown's ribcage.
Troy trying to land knees to the body.
Troy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Troy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liddown will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Troy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy missing with knees to the body.
Troy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Troy manages to break the clinch.
Nice jab there from Troy.
Jab by Troy.
Troy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Troy scores with a head kick.
Troy lands a front kick.
Francis Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troy throws a front kick that sends Liddown stumbling back into the cage.
Troy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Liddown takes a step back to recover.
Troy thuds his right hand into Liddown's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Troy throws a head kick that half lands.
Troy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liddown's head.
Troy scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Troy rushes Liddown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Troy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Liddown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Troy.
Liddown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Troy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddown avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Troy.
Troy trying to land knees to the body.
Liddown is trying to break the clinch but Troy is controlling him.

Troy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Troy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Liddown is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Troy - that will leave a mark!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Liddown looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Troy keeps Liddown at a distance using the push kick.

Troy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Liddown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Troy obliges.
Knees to the body from Troy.
Stalling in the clinch from Troy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Troy.
Liddown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Troy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Troy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Troy lands an elbow that stopped Liddown in his tracks for a moment.
Oh Liddown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Troy working Liddown over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troy.

Troy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Troy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Troy lands a big elbow - Liddown is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Liddown is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Francis Troy!
Francis Troy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.