PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Hoover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Erschov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoover comes to the ring accompanied by Godsmack - I Stand Alone. This should be fireworks!

Hoover
vs
Erschov

172 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
180 lbs
9 - 14 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dominic Hoover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Erschov!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoover looks to land a combination but Erschov avoids it well.
Erschov dives in for a single leg takedown but Hoover sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Erschov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hoover misses with a two punch combination.
Erschov wants to clinch.
Erschov throws a sloppy head kick and Hoover moves out of range easily.
Hoover scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Alexei Erschov has been cut.
Hoover throws a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Erschov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hoover stalks Erschov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Erschov's face. Erschov staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoover lands a two punch combo.
Hoover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Erschov.
Hoover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoover defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Erschov.
Hoover connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hoover throws a series of punches but Erschov moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erschov fails with a takedown attempt.
Dominic Hoover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexei Erschov.
Hoover lands a jab to Erschov's midsection.
Erschov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hoover finds it's way round the side to connect with Erschov's head.
Hoover fails to land with a series of punches.
Erschov dives in for a single leg takedown but Hoover sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Erschov moves in looking to clinch but Hoover pushes him off.
Hoover fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Erschov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Erschov looks winded!
Erschov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Erschov fails with the takedown.
Hoover is looking to counter punch.
Erschov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hoover to score with a decent uppercut.
Erschov takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erschov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hoover connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoover lands with a right and another and another! Erschov is in big trouble! Hoover lands again and this time it's lights out for Erschov! A quality knockout there for Hoover.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dominic Hoover!
After the fight, Dominic Hoover was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.