PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trang Troc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross comes to the cage accompanied by The American Dream Song. Troc has chosen Dr. Octagon - Real Raw as his entrance music. Trang Troc is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cross
vs
Troc

179 cm
32
168 lbs
30 - 10 - 2

175 cm
33
168 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Heat Rising Clothing, LLC
Legion of Pain Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Cross!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trang Troc!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross scores with a leg kick.
Troc swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Troc jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cross works the jab nicely.
Troc throws a leg kick
and Troc takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Troc throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Troc moves out of range as Cross strikes.
Troc throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Troc misses the shot to the body.
Cross buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cross keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cross lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Troc.
Troc doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Troc avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cross shoots for a takedown but Troc saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Troc walks into a jab.

Cross shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Troc manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Cross wants to control from the top but Troc keeps moving.
Cross slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross looks up at the clock and then as Troc takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cross smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cross is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Troc has escaped the position, nice work there.
Troc parries the strikes from Cross easily there. Cross is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Troc to escape.
Troc isn't going anywhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Cross works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cross has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cross is trying to ground and pound but Troc uses the momentary lack of control by Cross to regain half guard.
Troc regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Cross.
Cross wants to control from the top but Troc keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cross looking to pass the guard.
Cross stays in close to Troc's body and controls the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cross trying to control but Troc is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Cross dominated that round.
That's time! Cross's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cross looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Troc looks for the body kick but Cross saw that one coming.
Troc pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cross is out of range and Troc settles back down.
Troc misses with a low kick as Cross jumps back.
Cross with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Troc throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Troc throws a hook but Cross blocks it.
David Cross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troc swings for the body but Cross moves out of range.
Troc on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cross. That's going to slow Troc down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troc moves away from the strike by Cross.
Cross scores with a nice right hand.
Cross connects with a body shot.
Troc avoids a punch combination nicely.
Troc takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Troc throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cross counters with a nice low kick that buckles Troc's knee momentarily.
Cross scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cross ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cross lands with a hook. Troc tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Trang Troc is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross is trying hard to land a takedown here. Troc sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Troc.
Troc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cross manages to avoid it.

Cross drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cross throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Troc looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Troc utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Troc can't keep his opponent in guard - Cross advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Cross is looking for a kimura but Troc is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cross to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troc blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cross.
Troc trying to control here.
Troc keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cross misses with a head shot. Troc uses the momentum to regain guard.
Cross trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Troc manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cross had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Troc defends it easily.
Troc looking to sit in guard and control but Cross gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cross is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Cross dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Troc is looking to chop away at Cross's legs.
Cross scores with a hook to the body. Troc takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
An inside leg kick from Cross misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cross. Troc does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Cross, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cross throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cross.
Cross lands a right hook to the body.
Cross throws a jab when Troc was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cross throws a hook to the side of Troc's head but Troc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cross clobbers Troc with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cross. Troc does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cross with a jab.

Cross shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cross is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Troc can do to turn this around?
Cross thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
David Cross overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troc trying to control here.
Troc really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cross. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cross not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cross thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cross throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cross is looking to take a break and control but Troc is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cross lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross is looking to advance position but Troc won't allow it.
Cross missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cross throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cross thows a huge punch but Troc dodges it nicely.
Cross throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cross passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Troc!
Cross looking to ground and pound but Troc is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troc is looking to improve his position but Cross isn't that keen on the idea.
Cross scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Troc?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cross throws some wild stikes that Troc manages to avoid easily.
Cross looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Cross clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cross, as that shot connected.
An inside leg kick lands from Troc.
Cross scores with a crisp jab that stopped Troc in his tracks.
Cross tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Troc misses with a low kick.
Troc throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Troc misses with an attempted mid kick.
Troc lands with a right hand.
Cross lands a leg kick that knocks Troc off balance momentarily.
Troc wants to slow Cross down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut there from Troc.
Cross lands a jab to the head.
Troc slips a straight right by Cross.
Troc darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
David Cross is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice body punch from Cross.
Cross fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Troc.
Troc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cross manages to avoid it.
Troc takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cross connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cross throws a leg kick which misses Troc's front leg but catches the back leg as Troc tries to avoid it.
Troc misses with a wild body shot.
Troc misses with a looping right.
Cross lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Troc at a distance.
Cross scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cross, as that shot connected.
Cross clobbers Troc with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Troc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross moves into range and connects with a jab.
Troc throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cross sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cross ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cross lands with a straight right. Troc didn't see that one coming.
Cross throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Troc tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Troc misses
enabling Cross to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cross darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Troc takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Troc catches Cross right on the button with a cross.

Cross shoots in and gets a takedown into Troc's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cross throwing strikes from guard but Troc blocks nicely.
Cross trying to control but Troc is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cross is working Troc over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Cross had his way with Trang Troc in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Troc throws a right hand that misses
and Troc takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Troc takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Troc misses with a hook. Cross ducked under it nicely.
Cross misses with a wild body shot.
Troc misses the jab.
Troc takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cross connects with a body shot that sends Troc's belly button to the back.
Cross lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Troc has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Troc jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Troc throws an off balance right hand

and Cross counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troc is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cross scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cross sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Troc defending well though.
Nice strikes from Cross there.
Cross is pressing down on Troc's thigh, looking to free his foot. Troc is holding on for now.
Cross lands with a punch from half guard.

Troc is rocked!
Cross not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross wants to pass the guard but Troc is defending well.
Troc is trying to control but can't.
Trang Troc has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cross wants to lay and pray for a moment but Troc keeps working.
Troc wants to control but Cross is keeping busy.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Trang Troc hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Troc misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Troc on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Troc throws a looping overhand right but Cross ducks down to avoid it.
Troc misses with a leg kick
and Cross counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Troc pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David Cross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Troc throws a big shot that misses.
Cross connects with the punch.
Cross works the jab nicely.
Cross scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross needs to keep his hands up - Troc had a free shot at his head there.
Cross fails with the takedown.
Cross stalks Troc and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Troc's face. Troc staggers backwards, shaken.
Troc misses with a lunging right hand
and Cross counters with a stiff right hand.
Troc takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Troc throws a poor cross that misses
and Cross counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cross misses with a hook.
Troc misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Cross showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cross has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 50:45
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Cross!
David Cross retains his lightweight title!
David Cross really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Legion of Pain Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.