PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cisay Salace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy has chosen Two Steps from Hell - Norwegian Pirate as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Salace
vs
Troy

177 cm
26
199 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
29
200 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Golden Supplements

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Cisay Salace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Troy!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salace closes the distance but Troy moves to the side
and Troy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salace shoots in for a takedown but Troy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Salace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Troy.

Salace closes the distance and clinches.
Salace missing with knees to the body.
Salace trying to land knees to the body.
Salace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salace tries to stall but Troy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Troy breaks the clinch.
Salace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Troy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Troy.
Troy swats away the attempt to clinch by Salace.

Salace closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Salace slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Troy is trying to break the clinch but Salace is controlling him.
Salace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Troy's defenses.

It looks like Francis Troy has been cut.
Troy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Cisay Salace has been cut.
Salace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salace lands a good knee to the midsection. Troy won't want to take too many of those.
Troy looking to throw knees to the head but Salace is blocking nicely.
Troy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salace trying to land knees to the body.
Troy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troy lands a body shot in the clinch.

Salace wants the takedown. Troy is fighting it off but Salace persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Troy's guard against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salace trying to control the position from guard on top but Troy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Troy looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salace not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Salace avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Troy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Salace is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Troy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salace defends it easily.
Salace wants to pass the guard but Troy is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy wants to sweep but no luck.
Salace is looking to advance position but Troy has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Salace is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Troy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Salace is working to get back to half guard.
Salace is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Troy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salace is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Troy working Salace over with strikes here.
Troy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salace's face.

Salace is rocked!
Troy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh Salace is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Troy unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Salace wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Troy celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Troy!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Francis Troy waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER's logo in front of the cameras.