PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danilo Hooper (ranked 2704 p4p, 2589 weight class) and Lors Loria (ranked 396 p4p, 376 weight class). Danilo Hooper could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lors Loria's chin.

Hooper
vs
Loria

180 cm
19
179
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
170
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danilo Hooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lors Loria!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loria avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hooper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hooper throws a series of punches but Loria moves out of range.
Hooper takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hooper throws a right and a left that Loria avoids nicely.
Loria has a takedown stuffed.

Hooper rushes Loria and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Loria throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hoopers head.
Hooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hooper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Loria has Hooper pressed against the cage, preventing Hooper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hooper misses with an elbow strike.
Loria gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Loria swings wildly with an uppercut but Hooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Loria misses with some punches.
Our sources have told us that Hooper has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loria lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Loria lands an uppercut.
Hooper is trying to break the clinch but Loria is controlling him.
Hooper can't get the takedown.
Loria tries a knee to the head but Hooper blocks it.

Hooper breaks from the clinch.
Hooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Loria! But no joy.
Loria has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hooper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hooper throws a body shot but no joy.
Hooper throws a combination. Loria tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hooper wants to clinch.
Hooper ducks right into an uppercut from Loria.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hooper lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Loria has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Loria and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Danilo Hooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Loria moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loria avoiding damage as Hooper throws knees to the body.
Loria fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Loria.
Hooper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loria.
Loria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Loria throws an elbow but misses.
Hooper avoids the elbow strike from Loria, against the cage.
Loria throws a punch but it's blocked by Hooper.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Loria creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Hooper scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loria.
Hooper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Loria misses with a knee to the head.
Hooper dodges an elbow strike from Loria.
Hooper tries to pull guard but Loria forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Loria throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hoopers head.
A short right from Loria.

Hooper is rocked!
Loria unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Hooper! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Loria is unloading with more strikes now! Hooper drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lors Loria!
A victorious Lors Loria thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.