PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Turner Hooch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evgeny Sotin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Turner Hooch has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hooch
vs
Sotin

179 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

176 cm
20
161 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Turner Hooch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Evgeny Sotin!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Hooch as he connects with a hook.
Sotin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hooch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sotin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hooch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sotin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sotin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hooch works Sotin's body with a nice hook.
Hooch misses with a body kick.
Sotin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Sotin clinches up with Hooch and pushes him back against the cage.
Hooch avoiding damage as Sotin throws knees to the body.

Hooch manages to break the clinch.
Hooch throws a sloppy head kick and Sotin moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hooch instigates a clinch.
Sotin is stalling here.
Hooch wants to get back to striking at distance but Sotin won't allow it.
Sotin misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooch blocks an uppercut.
Sotin misses with an elbow strike.
Our sources have told us that Hooch has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Sotin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hooch's efforts to push away.
Sotin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hooch can't break the clinch.
Sotin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooch avoids it.

Hooch breaks the clinch.
Sotin throws a leg kick which misses Hooch's front leg but catches the back leg as Hooch tries to avoid it.
Hooch sizes up Sotin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sotin throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hooch has closed the distance and engaged Sotin in a clinch.
Hooch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sotin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Turner Hooch has been cut.
Sotin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hooch blocks it with crossed arms.
Sotin lands a good knee to the midsection. Hooch won't want to take too many of those.
Sotin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hooch's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sotin throws an elbow but misses.
Sotin prevents Hooch from breaking the clinch.
Hooch avoiding damage as Sotin throws knees to the body.
Sotin connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hooch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hooch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotin throws a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sotin.
Turner Hooch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hooch throws a head kick but Sotin moves out of range.

Hooch gets a clinch.
Sotin landing knees to the head.
Sotin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sotin landing knees to the body.
Sotin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sotin stalling in the clinch.
Sotin continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Sotin has Hooch pushed against the cage.
Sotin tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooch avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooch has had enough of the clinch but Sotin keeps him there for the moment.
Hooch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sotin has Hooch pressed against the cage, preventing Hooch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sotin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sotin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sotin has Hooch pressed against the cage, preventing Hooch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hooch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sotin stalling against the cage.
Sotin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sotin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hooch blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evgeny Sotin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Turner Hooch's cut.
That's time! Hooch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sotin lands with an uppercut that bounces Hooch off the cage and back into range.
Sotin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sotin. That's going to slow Hooch down.

Hooch clinches.
Sotin has Hooch pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Hooch is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Sotin - that's hurt Hooch badly! Oh, another knee lands and Hooch is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Hooch doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Evgeny Sotin!
Evgeny Sotin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.