PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trang Troc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troc has chosen Dr. Octagon - Real Raw as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hopkins
vs
Troc

180 cm
30
165 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

175 cm
42
168 lbs
31 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Hellbent

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 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Hopkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trang Troc!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins connects with a crisp jab.
Hopkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Troc looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopkins is just out of range.
Troc has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Troc takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Troc closes the distance and pushes Hopkins back into the cage.
Troc misses with a body punch.
Troc throws an elbow that misses.
Troc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Troc is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Troc throws a head punch that misses.
Troc blocks a body shot from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
Troc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Troc scores with a shot to the side of Hopkins's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
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!
Hopkins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hopkins prevents a body shot from Troc.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troc's elbow.
A short right from Troc on the inside.
Hopkins blocks the elbow strike.
Troc is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopkins is defending well for now.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Troc.
Troc lands a shoulder strike.
Troc lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Ryan Hopkins has been cut.
Troc being controlled against the cage.
Troc lands a shot to the body.
Troc tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Troc.
Hopkins lands a right hand.
Troc tries to land knees in the clinch but Hopkins avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Troc.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troc misses with a body punch.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins stalling in the clinch.
Troc throws an elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Hopkins.
Hopkins blocks an elbow strike from Troc.
Hopkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Troc misses with some punches.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.

Hopkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Troc throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hopkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Troc on the side of the head.
Trang Troc seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hopkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Troc flicks out a counter leg kick but Hopkins steps away.
Hopkins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Troc can pounce on him.
Hopkins on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Troc. Troc obviously looking to wear him down.
Troc connects with a leg kick. Hopkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hopkins feints a jab promting Troc to slip. Hopkins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Troc slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Troc blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Troc's sensitive parts.
Hopkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hopkins misses with a hook.
Troc throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Troc moves in looking to clinch but Hopkins pushes him off.
Hopkins wants to slow Troc down by chopping away at his legs.
Troc scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Troc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Troc is looking to clinch.
Hopkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Troc clinches.
Troc misses with a hook to the ribs.
Troc lands a knee to the body.
Troc lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Hopkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Troc.
Hopkins is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hopkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troc is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Hopkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troc lands a nice elbow.
Troc throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopkinss head.
Troc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopkins is trying to stall.
Troc has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Troc lands an uppercut.
Troc pushes off an throws an elbow but Hopkins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hopkins wants to take the fight to the mat but Troc manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Troc lands a hook to the side of the head.
Troc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
A nice left hand lands by Troc.
A left hand lands to the body for Troc.
Troc scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trang Troc dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Hopkins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hopkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Troc tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hopkins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hopkins looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Troc lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Troc blocks the body kick.
Troc has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hopkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Troc scores with a nice body kick.
Hopkins tries a low kick but Troc avoids it.
Hopkins lands a jab to the nose.
Hopkins wants to slow Troc down by chopping away at his legs.
Troc fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Troc pushes Hopkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Troc lands with a right to the head.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Troc avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
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!
Hopkins blocks a body shot from Troc.
Troc crunches a lovely knee into Hopkins's ribcage.
Troc throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Troc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Hopkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Troc lands a big head kick that sends Hopkins tumbling to the mat! Troc takes a step backwards and waves Hopkins back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Hopkins is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Troc.
Oh Hopkins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Troc tries to land a leg kick but Hopkins saw it coming and moves away.
Troc fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hopkins seems to have got his legs back now.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hopkins crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Troc - the referee stops the clock and Hopkins gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Troc. Hopkins manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Troc connects with an inside leg kick.
Hopkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Troc's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins throws a body punch but Troc moves out of range.
Troc is looking to clinch.
Hopkins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Troc clinches with his opponent.
Troc throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Troc lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Troc blocks a body shot from Hopkins.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hopkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troc with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trang Troc seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Troc misses with a knee to the head.
Troc lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Troc fails to land.
Troc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Troc or not.
Hopkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hopkins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Troc gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Troc looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Troc tries to throw a body punch but Hopkins avoids it by throwing Troc back against the cage.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Troc.
Troc throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troc throws an elbow that misses.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Troc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Troc avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troc.
Troc throws a head punch that misses.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Troc doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troc's elbow.
Troc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins blocks an elbow strike from Troc.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins misses with the head strike.
Troc connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hopkins's face.

Ryan Hopkins's cut is getting worse.
Hopkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Troc tries to work over Hopkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Troc is leaning against Hopkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troc misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Troc.
Hopkins lands with a right to the head.
Troc throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopkinss head.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Troc blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Troc controls his hands.
Hopkins blocks a body shot from Troc.
Knees to the body from Troc.
Troc lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Troc.
Troc misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins takes a shot to the head.
Troc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Hopkins.

Hopkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hopkins's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hopkins duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Troc lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trang Troc showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Hopkins's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Troc throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Troc lands with a hook. Hopkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hopkins fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Troc is out of range.
Troc throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hopkins.

Troc lands a big head kick that sends Hopkins tumbling to the mat! Troc takes a step backwards and waves Hopkins back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Troc drops Hopkins with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Hopkins! Troc dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trang Troc!
Trang Troc is the new lightweight champion!
After the big win, Trang Troc made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Museum of Monsters & Madmen and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.