PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Troyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Drwal's choice of entrance music: Nightwish Crimson Tide . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Troyd
vs
Drwal

195 cm
22
201 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

190 cm
29
187 lbs
14 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ted Troyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Drwal!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Troyd darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Drwal closes the distance and pushes Troyd back into the cage.
Troyd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.
Drwal tries to circle away but Troyd has him pinned against the cage.
Troyd tries to land a knee to the head but Drwal blocks with his arms.
Troyd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Drwal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Drwal is trying to break the clinch but Troyd has him pressed against the cage.
Troyd lands a right hand.
Drwal tries to land knees in the clinch but Troyd avoids the damage to the body.
Troyd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drwal blocks it with crossed arms.

Drwal breaks the clinch.
Troyd checks the leg kick nicely there.
Troyd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drwal manages to avoid it.
Drwal moves into range and connects with a jab.
Troyd misses with a straight left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Troyd punishes Drwal's body with a nice straight punch.
Drwal blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyd throws a leg kick which misses Drwal's front leg but catches the back leg as Drwal tries to avoid it.
Troyd misses with a head kick.
Drwal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Drwal scores with a nice head shot.

Drwal forces Troyd back against the cage and clinches.
Troyd has Drwal pressed against the cage, preventing Drwal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drwal trying to control the position but instead, Troyd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drwal into the cage.
Drwal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troyd lands with a right to the head.
Drwal is looking to control Troyd's arms but Troyd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Drwal has his back to the cage.
Nice body punch from Drwal.
Troyd taking a breather.
Troyd with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tomasz Drwal has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drwal looking to slow down the pace here.
Drwal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Troyd is defending well for now.
Troyd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Drwal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Drwal.

Drwal rushes Troyd and presses him up against the cage.
Troyd looking to throw knees to the head but Drwal is blocking nicely.
Troyd prevents Drwal from breaking the clinch.
Troyd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Troyd.
Troyd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drwal's efforts to push away.
Drwal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Troyd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drwal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drwal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Troyd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Troyd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.
Drwal is trying to break the clinch but Troyd is controlling him.
Troyd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Troyd lands a nice uppercut.
Drwal wants to get back to striking at distance but Troyd won't allow it.
Drwal slows down the pace here.
Troyd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drwal backwards.
Drwal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Troyd utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Drwal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drwal can't find room to land a body shot as Troyd controls the action.
Troyd is working Drwal over against the cage.
Troyd working Drwal over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troyd tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
Troyd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drwal stalling in the clinch but Troyd improves position.
Troyd landing knees to the head.
Troyd lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Drwal is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Troyd as the two fighters clinch.
Drwal looks winded!
Drwal is trying to break the clinch but Troyd is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drwal.
Troyd throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troyd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drwal is still on wobbly legs! Can Troyd finish him?
Drwal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drwal seems to have recovered his senses.
Drwal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drwal avoiding damage as Troyd throws knees to the body.
Drwal is trying to force a seperation but Troyd has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Troyd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Drwal's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Troyd lands with a shot to the body.
Troyd jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Troyd falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drwal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Troyd is looking to land body kicks.
Troyd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Troyd throws a sloppy head kick and Drwal moves out of range easily.
Troyd misses with a body punch
and Drwal counters with a head kick.
Troyd wants to land a leg kick but Drwal is out of range.
Troyd throws a sloppy head kick and Drwal moves out of range easily.
Drwal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Troyd manages to avoid it.

Drwal has Troyd up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troyd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Drwal managing to block the knees to the body from Troyd.
Drwal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Troyd trying to land knees to the body.
Drwal has Troyd pushed against the cage.

Drwal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Drwal has Troyd up against the cage in a clinch.
Troyd prevents Drwal from breaking the clinch.
Ted Troyd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drwal is trying to break the clinch but Troyd has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Drwal takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Troyd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Drwal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Troyd.
Troyd is looking to wear down Drwal with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Drwal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Troyd circles away quickly and effectively.
Drwal throws a lazy head kick

and Troyd counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Drwal prevents a body shot from Troyd.
Troyd misses with a knee to the head.
Drwal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Troyd blocks a body shot from Drwal.
Troyd throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drwal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drwal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drwal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Troyd misses with a knee strike.
Troyd works on Drwal's body with a couple of short punches.
Troyd tries to land knees in the clinch but Drwal avoids the damage to the body.
Drwal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Troyd avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal tries to break the clinch but Troyd is controlling the position.
Drwal is trying to break the clinch but Troyd is controlling him.
Troyd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Troyd blocks an elbow strike.
Drwal tries to throw a body punch but Troyd avoids it by throwing Drwal back against the cage.
Troyd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drwal blocks it with crossed arms.
Troyd connects with a knee to the head.
Drwal missing with knees to the body.
Troyd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Troyd scores with a knee to the head.
Troyd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drwal's face.
Troyd looking to throw knees to the head but Drwal is blocking nicely.

Drwal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Drwal moves into the clinch.
Drwal takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drwal is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Troyd is keeping busy.

Drwal breaks the clinch.
Troyd scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Troyd takes a swing at Drwal's ribcage but misses.

Drwal instigates a clinch.
Drwal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Troyd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Troyd.
Troyd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troyd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drwal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troyd misses with a body punch.
Troyd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Troyd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Troyd dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Drwal's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Drwal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Troyd misses with a wild combination.
Drwal is looking to slow Troyd down with leg kicks.

Drwal rushes Troyd and presses him up against the cage.

Drwal breaks the clinch.

Drwal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Troyd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
Drwal is trying to break the clinch but Troyd is controlling him.
Drwal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Troyd looking to stall.

Drwal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Troyd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drwal manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drwal moves into the clinch successfully.
Drwal takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Troyd.
Troyd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drwal's efforts to push away.
Drwal working hard to break the clinch.
Troyd blocks an elbow strike.
Troyd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drwal is defending well for now.
Troyd lands a nice uppercut.
Troyd slows down the pace here.
Drwal trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drwal wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Troyd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Troyd.
Troyd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Troyd lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troyd's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Drwal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Troyd walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Drwal drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Troyd swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Drwal's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Troyd!
A very excited looking Ted Troyd made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.