PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Hoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hoe's choice of entrance music: Ivanhoe theme. Joe Brown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brown
vs
Hoe

184 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
172 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Hoe!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hoe is out of range.
Hoe scores with a push kick.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Hoe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hoe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hoe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ivan Hoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brown checks it well.
Hoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown throws a head kick but Hoe moves out of range.
Hoe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Brown looks to land a body kick but Hoe moved away.
Hoe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hoe throws a head kick that misses.

Hoe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hoe is trying to control. Brown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hoe is thwarting Brown's attempts to control the position.
Hoe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hoe on the ground.
Brown won't allow Hoe to pass to mount.
Brown tries to roll over but Hoe keeps him under control.
Brown trying to hold on to Hoe's head to control him but Hoe postures up.
Ground and pound from Hoe.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hoe lands a nice short elbow.
Hoe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hoe lands a nice short elbow.
Hoe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hoe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hoe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hoe prevents Brown from improving his position.
Brown is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hoe scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoe works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoe working Brown over with strikes here.
Hoe punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hoe with the ground and pound from mount.
Hoe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Brown is rocked!
Hoe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brown working to try and regain half guard.
Brown on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brown tries to get out of the position.
Hoe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hoe postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Brown out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Hoe goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ivan Hoe!
Ivan Hoe made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Le victor!'.