PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Kazarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Hoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoe has chosen Ivanhoe theme as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Kazarian
vs
Hoe

200 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
185 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best 160
Bad Man Clothing

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trevor Kazarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Hoe!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazarian chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hoe shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kazarian but Kazarian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hoe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hoe misses with a body kick.
Kazarian stuffs the takedown.

Hoe decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hoe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kazarian defending well though.
Hoe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kazarian keeps working.

Hoe seems to be looking for submissions.
Kazarian avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hoe.
Hoe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kazarian's head.
Kazarian is looking to improve his position.
Hoe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hoe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kazarian knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kazarian wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoe is controlling the pace.
Hoe wants to take a breather but Kazarian is having none of it.
Hoe looks to land a strike but Kazarian avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoe won't allow Kazarian to sweep him here.
Hoe with a nice head shot there.
Hoe trying to control but Kazarian is working from the bottom.
Hoe with a nice head shot there.
Hoe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hoe not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kazarian controlling Hoe's posture.
Hoe looking to sit in guard and control but Kazarian gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoe trying to control the position.

Hoe escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kazarian gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kazarian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hoe is keeping the position for now.
Hoe wants to sweep here but Kazarian controlling him for the moment.

Hoe working for submissions but it's allowed Kazarian to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian is trying to control. Hoe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hoe tries to get to full guard but Kazarian has control of the leg.
Hoe is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hoe keeps trying to improve his position.
Hoe trying to hold on to Kazarian's head to control him but Kazarian postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoe is pressing down on Kazarian's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hoe controls Kazarian momentarily but Kazarian frees himself.
Kazarian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hoe on the ground.
Kazarian stays in close to Hoe's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Hoe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kazarian scores with a nice right hand.
Kazarian throws a hook but Hoe avoids it easily.
Hoe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kazarian defends well and Hoe ends up having to push Kazarian into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kazarian has Hoe pushed against the cage.
Kazarian really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kazarian has a couple of punches blocked by Hoe.
Hoe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Hoe breaks the clinch.
Hoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hoe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kazarian circles away.
Kazarian throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kazarian avoids the head kick by Hoe.
Kazarian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hoe.
Kazarian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Trevor Kazarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Hoe.
Hoe throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kazarian.
Trevor Kazarian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hoe misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hoe is breathing heavily.
Kazarian cracks Hoe with a good jab.
A low kick from Hoe misses
and Kazarian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kazarian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kazarian smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kazarian throws a chopping leg kick but Hoe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kazarian throws a hook to the side of Hoe's head but Hoe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hoe tries to clinch but Kazarian moves out of range.
Kazarian throws a chopping leg kick but Hoe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kazarian thumps Hoe with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kazarian digs a good hook to Hoe's body.
Kazarian scores with a nice strike.
Hoe moves out of range as Kazarian strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kazarian crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hoe - the referee stops the clock and Kazarian gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hoe. Kazarian manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hoe wants to clinch up but Kazarian keeps it at a distance.
Hoe slips a jab and a cross from Kazarian.
Kazarian cracks Hoe with a good jab.
Kazarian misses with a straight right.
Hoe misses with a leg kick.

Hoe shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hoe being controlled here momentarily.
Hoe trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazarian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hoe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoe throws a big elbow that misses.
Hoe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hoe with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoe throws an elbow that misses. Kazarian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hoe's guard. Nice move by Kazarian!
Hoe manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hoe punching from mount but Kazarian doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kazarian in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hoe with shots to the head and body - Kazarian looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hoe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kazarian really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoe can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kazarian is looking to escape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoe lands a big shot there that rocks Kazarian but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kazarian is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kazarian manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Kazarian, under a barage of strikes from Hoe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ivan Hoe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kazarian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kazarian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kazarian tries to bum rush Hoe with a series of wild strikes but Hoe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hoe connects with a right hand. Kazarian shakes it off.

Hoe drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Hoe tries for a kimura but Kazarian is defending well.
Kazarian dodges the ground and pound from Hoe.
Hoe postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Kazarian gets back to half guard.
Hoe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoe thows a huge punch but Kazarian dodges it nicely.
Kazarian tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Hoe manages to move to mount!
Hoe trying to control but Kazarian is having none of it.
Hoe looking to ground and pound but Kazarian is blocking nicely.
Trevor Kazarian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hoe looking to finish with strikes here!
Hoe trying to control but Kazarian is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoe thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kazarian working to try and regain half guard.
Hoe trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hoe misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kazarian is squirming around, avoiding Hoe's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kazarian moves into full guard.
Hoe trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazarian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hoe is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hoe looking to pass the guard.
Hoe controlling from the top position.
Kazarian keeping moving, preventing Hoe from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ivan Hoe.
Hoe throws a head kick that misses.
Hoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kazarian connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hoe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kazarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kazarian is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kazarian throws a big shot that misses.
Kazarian lands with a straight right. Hoe didn't see that one coming.
Ivan Hoe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoe avoids the body shot from Kazarian.
Kazarian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kazarian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Hoe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hoe winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Hoe!
Post fight, Ivan Hoe took to the microphone: 'This is what Hoes do, finish the guys.'.