PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Crown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimroy Hoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Crown
vs
Hoo

180 cm
21
188 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Crown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kimroy Hoo!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoo throws a head kick but Crown moves out of range.
Hoo swats away the attempt to clinch by Crown.
Hoo throws a leg kick

and Crown counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Crown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hoo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crown postures up in Hoo's guard and throws a big left but Hoo blocks it.
Crown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hoo is keeping the position for now.
Crown controlling from the top position.
Hoo keeping moving, preventing Crown from controlling successfully.
Crown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hoo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hoo working a defensive guard here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Crown scores with a takedown into Hoo's guard.
Hoo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crown trying to control but Hoo is working from the bottom.
Crown postures up in Hoo's guard and throws a big left but Hoo blocks it.
Crown postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hoo is adopting a defensive guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kimroy Hoo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crown tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Hoo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoo avoids it.
Crown taking a breather.
Crown managing to block the knees to the body from Hoo.
Crown wants to stall.
Crown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crown looking to throw knees to the head but Hoo is blocking nicely.
Hoo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crown tries a knee to the head but Hoo blocks it.
Crown blocks an elbow strike.
Crown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crowns head.
Hoo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hoo is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Hoo.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crown avoids it.
Crown trying to land knees to the body.
Hoo stalling in the clinch.
Hoo managing to block the knees to the body from Crown.
Crown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Hoo.
Crown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Crown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoo stalling in the clinch.
Hoo lands a shot to the body.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hoo obliges.
Crown is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hoo.
Hoo lands a nice uppercut.
Crown tries for a takedown but Hoo manages to get underhooks.

Hoo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hoo gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Hoo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hoo.
Crown takes a shot to the head.
Hoo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hoo.
Hoo crunches a lovely knee into Crown's ribcage.
Hoo digs a right hand underneath Crown's ribcage. Crown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hoo is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hoo gets through Crown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crown blocks a body shot from Hoo.
Hoo scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimroy Hoo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crown fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hoo avoids it really well and circles away.
Crown throws a head kick but Hoo moves out of range.
Crown shoots and misses
and Hoo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An inside leg kick from Crown misses.
Crown misses with a head kick.
Hoo with a nice cross.
Hoo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crown tries to clinch up but Hoo circles away and keeps his distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hoo.
Crown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crown looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crown takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Crown is rocked!
A head kick by Crown misses
and Hoo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Crown's knee momentarily.
Kimroy Hoo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoo blocks a head kick by Crown.
The fighters circle, before Hoo throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Crown's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Hoo lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Kimroy Hoo!
Kimroy Hoo managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry, into his post fight interview.