PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kimroy Hoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wooden Pencil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pencil has chosen Full Retard as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hoo
vs
Pencil

190 cm
28
190 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

185 cm
33
193 lbs
29 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
Bos Energy MMA159.4

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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kimroy Hoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wooden Pencil!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pencil throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hoo.

It looks like Kimroy Hoo has been cut.

Pencil has closed the distance and engaged Hoo in a clinch.
Hoo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pencil.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hoo throws an elbow but misses.
We've been informed that Pencil has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pencil pushes Hoo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hoo scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hoo.
Hoo keeps control of Pencil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hoo digs a right hand into Pencil's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pencil's gas tank.
Hoo tries to throw a body punch but Pencil avoids it by throwing Hoo back against the cage.
Hoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pencil avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pencil.
Hoo lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoo tries a body shot but Pencil blocks it.
I was talking to Hoo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hoo trying to land knees to the body.
Hoo throws a punch but it's blocked by Pencil.
A head punch on the inside from Pencil fails to land.
Hoo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pencil misses with the head strike.
Hoo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pencil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pencil looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pencil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pencil blocks an elbow strike from Hoo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hoo.

Pencil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hoo looks to land a body kick but Pencil moved away.
Hoo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pencil works over Hoo's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Pencil fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoo, pushing him back against the cage.
Pencil misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hoo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hoo struggles to land a body shot inside as Pencil controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pencil.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pencil creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pencil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pencil prevents a body shot from Hoo.
Pencil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoo misses with some punches.
Hoo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pencil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hoo tries a body shot but Pencil blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hoo.

Pencil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hoo just misses with a punch to the body.
Pencil tries to clinch up but Hoo circles away and keeps his distance.
Pencil turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooden Pencil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoo misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Pencil on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pencil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hoo.
A leg kick checked by Pencil.
Hoo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hoo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Hoo clinches.
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!
Hoo tries to land knees in the clinch but Pencil avoids the damage to the body.
Hoo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pencil backwards.
Pencil pushes Hoo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kimroy Hoo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kimroy Hoo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hoo lunges at Pencil with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pencil's hand.

Pencil has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hoo.
Hoo trying to land knees to the body.
Pencil swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pencil avoids it.
Pencil managing to block the knees to the body from Hoo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hoo.
Hoo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pencil is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Pencil.

Pencil breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pencil tries to clinch up.
An attempted straight right counter from Hoo misses the target.
Hoo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pencil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hoo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hoo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hoo counters with a low kick, right behind Pencil 's knee.
Pencil is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pencil looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hoo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pencil doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoo circles away.
Pencil keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hoo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pencil is able to avoid easily.

Pencil clinches up against the cage.
Hoo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pencil's elbow.
Hoo has a couple of punches blocked by Pencil.
Pencil dodges an elbow strike from Hoo.
Hoo misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hoo throws an elbow but misses.
Hoo lands a shoulder strike.
Pencil blocks a body shot from Hoo.
Hoo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoo tries a body shot but Pencil blocks it.
Hoo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pencil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kimroy Hoo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hoo lands an elbow inside.
Hoo trying to land knees to the body.
Hoo throws a punch but it's blocked by Pencil.
A head punch on the inside from Pencil fails to land.
Hoo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pencil is defending well for now.
Pencil misses with a punch on the inside.
Hoo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hoo throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pencil tries a body shot but Hoo blocks it.
Hoo lands a left hand.
Hoo swings wildly with an uppercut but Pencil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pencil tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pencil swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoo trying to land knees to the body.
Pencil pushes Hoo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pencil tries a knee to the head but Hoo blocks it.
Pencil prevents a body shot from Hoo.
Hoo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimroy Hoo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kimroy Hoo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A leg kick checked by Hoo.
Hoo connects with a leg kick. Pencil looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hoo loads up on a big right hand but Pencil slips the punch.
Pencil now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pencil drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pencil fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Pencil backs away, Hoo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Wooden Pencil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Pencil.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hoo, as that shot connected.
Hoo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pencil tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pencil throws a lazy head kick
and Hoo counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pencil gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pencil managing to block the knees to the body from Hoo.
Hoo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoo has a couple of punches blocked by Pencil.
Hoo misses with a punch to the body.
Pencil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hoo lands with a right to the head.
Hoo misses with an elbow strike.
Hoo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hoo misses with some punches.
Pencil throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoo.

Pencil breaks from the clinch.
Pencil tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hoo counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoo throws a wild body kick that Pencil sees coming a mile off.
Hoo takes one to the side of the head.
Hoo lands with a cross.
Pencil tries a head kick but it misses.

Pencil rushes Hoo and presses him up against the cage.
Wooden Pencil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pencil managing to block the knees to the body from Hoo.
A head punch on the inside from Hoo fails to land.

Pencil breaks the clinch.
Pencil tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoo avoids the head kick by Pencil.
Pencil misses with an attempted mid kick.

Pencil closes the distance and clinches.
Pencil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Pencil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hoo lands a body shot.
Pencil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hoo dips to his left and cracks Pencil with an uppercut!
Pencil is looking to clinch.
Pencil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hoo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pencil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hoo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pencil clinches.
Pencil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hoo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hoo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pencil in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees 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!
Hoo misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Hoo fails to land.
Hoo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pencil can do to turn this around?
Hoo misses with the head strike.
Hoo trying to land knees to the body.
Hoo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hoo lands with a left to the head.
Hoo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kimroy Hoo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hoo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimroy Hoo!
Kimroy Hoo took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Dead Orbit for their support in the buildup to the fight.