PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francis Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Novak Milankovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy comes to the cage accompanied by Breaking Bad - Goodbye. Milankovic has chosen Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses as his entrance music. Francis Troy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Troy
vs
Milankovic

180 cm
27
200 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Amsterdam in London 95% Laundry

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Troy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Novak Milankovic!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milankovic tries to clinch up but Troy circles away and keeps his distance.
Milankovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Troy thumps Milankovic with a low kick.

Milankovic rushes Troy and presses him up against the cage.
Troy lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Milankovic misses with a knee strike.
Milankovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Milankovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Troy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Milankovic trying to control the position but instead, Troy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Milankovic into the cage.
Troy lands a body shot.
Troy misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troy letting Milankovic take a breather here.
Milankovic missing with knees to the body.
Troy misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Troy as Milankovic tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Milankovic.
Troy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Troy has a couple of punches blocked by Milankovic.
Milankovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Troy avoids it.
Milankovic stalls.
Troy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Troy - that landed with a thud.
Troy managing to block the knees to the body from Milankovic.
Milankovic avoiding damage as Troy throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Milankovic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Milankovic tries a body shot but Troy blocks it.
Troy lands a hook that snaps the head of Milankovic backwards.
Milankovic has Troy pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Milankovic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Troy up against the cage.

Troy has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Milankovic uses from the top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Troy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Milankovic is one step ahead there.
Troy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Milankovic puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Troy manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Troy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Milankovic!
The referee warns Milankovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milankovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Troy cracks Milankovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Milankovic blocking the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Milankovic tries to hold on but Troy postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Troy! Milankovic is hurt baaadly! Troy is firing away with more strikes - Milankovic is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Troy!
Francis Troy managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KAISER, into his post fight interview.