PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Breaking Bad - Goodbye. Francis Troy will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ryan
vs
Troy

189 cm
28
199 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Fightworld Formula and Laundry Service

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 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Troy!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Troy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Troy missing with a left hand there. Ryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Troy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Troy.
Troy leaves Ryan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Troy lands a nice looking body shot.
Troy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Troy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Troy.
Troy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Troy misses with a straight left.
Troy looks to land a combination but Ryan avoids it well.
Troy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ryan will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy scores with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Troy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Troy.
Troy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ryan is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Troy as Ryan shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Troy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Troy.
Ryan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Troy circles away.
Ryan blocks the body kick.
Ryan blocks a head kick by Troy.
Ryan slips a straight right by Troy.
Ryan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy scores with a sloppy right hand. Ryan should have avoided that one.
Francis Troy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Troy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ryan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ryan ducks right into an uppercut from Troy.
Troy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Troy just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ryan manages to avoid it.
Ryan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Troy.
Troy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Troy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Troy misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy throws an overhand right that lands on Ryan's shoulder, as Ryan tries to avoid the shot.
Troy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Troy.
Ryan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Troy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Troy throws out a loose jab but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Troy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Troy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ryan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ryan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Troy throws a body punch but Ryan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ryan shoots in but Troy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Troy fakes the leg kick and cracks Ryan in the body.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Troy.
A head kick misses from Troy.
Ryan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Troy throws a jab but it's blocked by Ryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Troy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ryan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Troy defends it nicely.
Ryan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Troy.
Ryan avoids the body shot from Troy.
Troy fakes the leg kick and cracks Ryan in the body.
Troy misses the shot to the body.
Ryan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Troy lands a nice hook to Ryan's body. Ryan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ryan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troy keeps Ryan at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good standup being displayed there by Troy as he connects with a hook.
Ryan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Troy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Troy misses with a looping left.
Troy misses with a few strikes there.
Troy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Ryan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Ryan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Troy lands with a right hand.
A solid body kick from Troy.
Troy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Troy with a nice cross.

Ryan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryan sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Troy keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Troy is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Troy is looking to improve his position.
Ryan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ryan not doing much here.
Troy controlling the position well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ryan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ryan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Troy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Francis Troy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ryan dodges the punch combination from Troy.
Ryan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Troy. Troy obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Troy lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryan checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Troy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Troy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ryan.
Troy lands a body shot.
Ryan fails with the takedown.
Troy throws a front kick that sends Ryan stumbling back into the cage.
Troy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Troy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ryan circles away quickly and effectively.
Troy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ryan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Francis Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ryan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Troy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Troy is trying to control Ryan's posture but Ryan avoids it.
Ryan happy to just control the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan wants to control but Troy is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryan controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Christopher Ryan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
No luck for Ryan with that takedown attempt.
Ryan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Troy connects with a jab.
Ryan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Troy.
Troy looks to land a right hand but Ryan moved out of range.
Troy lands a glancing blow to the side of Ryan's head.
Ryan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A left and a right from Troy both land. Nice combination.
Troy stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Troy.
Ryan defending well as Troy loads up on a big left hand.
Troy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Troy tries to land a front kick but Ryan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Troy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ryan manages to avoid it.
Ryan fails with the takedown
and Troy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ryan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Troy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Troy connects with a solid leg kick.
Ryan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Troy swivels and escapes.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown but Troy shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy scores with a one two! Ryan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Troy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ryan drops his hands momentarily and Troy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Troy thows a body shot but no joy.
Troy feints and then cracks Ryan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ryan down.
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!
Troy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Troy wants it to stay on the feet.
Troy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Troy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Troy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troy misses with a body shot.
Horrible takedown by Ryan or perhaps it was just good defense by Troy which made him look bad.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francis Troy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Troy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francis Troy!
After winning the bout, Francis Troy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.