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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Troy Hooper (ranked 1353 p4p, 159 weight class) and Oliver Queen (ranked 2445 p4p, 271 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
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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
26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Troy Hooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Oliver Queen!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Hooper does no damage.
Queen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hooper looks to throw the jab but Queen is out of range.
Queen misses with a leg kick.
Queen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hooper shoots in for a takedown but Queen shows good takedown defense.
Queen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hooper.
Queen walks into a stiff left hand from Hooper.
Hooper shoots for a takedown but Queen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Queen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick from Queen misses.
Hooper instigates a clinch.
Hooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Queen working aggressively here.
Hooper has Queen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Queen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Hooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hooper working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hooper blocks the elbow strike.
Queen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Queen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hooper.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Queen.
Queen takes a shot to the head.
Hooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hooper tries to throw a body punch but Queen avoids it by throwing Hooper back against the cage.
Hooper managing to block the knees to the body from Queen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hooper.
A head punch on the inside from Hooper fails to land.
Queen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hooper misses with a punch to the body.
Hooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Queen.
Hooper swings wildly with an uppercut but Queen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hooper lands a hook that snaps the head of Queen backwards.
Hooper is trying to break the clinch but Queen is controlling him.
Hooper working aggressively here.
Hooper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hooper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Queen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper digs a right hand underneath Queen's ribcage. Queen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hooper cracks Queen with a nice body shot.
Hooper is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hooper has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Queen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hooper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hooper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Queen or not.
Hooper blocks the elbow strike.
Hooper misses with some punches.
Hooper tries to work over Queen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hooper wants to get back to striking at distance but Queen won't allow it.
Hooper wants to take the fight to the mat but Queen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hooper working aggressively here.
Queen blocks a body shot from Hooper.
A head punch on the inside from Hooper fails to land.
Hooper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Queen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hooper misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Queen.
Hooper is trying to drag Queen to the mat but Queen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Queen blocking some punches.
Hooper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Queen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hooper.
Hooper turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hooper manages to end up in side control.
Queen stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Hooper working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Queen defending against the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hooper postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hooper creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Queen sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooper working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hooper wants to control but Queen is keeping him busy.
Hooper scoring with punches and elbows.
Hooper throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hooper working the ground and pound but Queen is defending the strikes.
Queen dodges the ground and pound from Hooper.
Queen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hooper connects with a decent elbow.
Hooper in side control, throwing shots but Queen defends.
Hooper cracks Queen with a big right hand but Queen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hooper in side control, throwing shots but Queen defends.
Hooper working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Hooper dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hooper checks a leg kick nicely.
Hooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Queen can do to turn this around?
Queen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Queen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Queen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hooper is able to avoid easily.
Hooper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hooper looks to land a left hand but Queen moved out of range nicely.
Hooper misses with a hook
and Queen counters with a thumping low kick.
Queen misses with a low kick.
Hooper thumps Queen with a low kick.
Hooper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Queen avoids the body shot from Hooper.
Queen misses with a head kick.
It looked like Hooper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Troy Hooper is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooper throws a head kick that misses.
Queen ducks under a wild hook from Hooper.
Hooper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Queen tries to move into range but Hooper moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Queen walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper scores with a jab.
Queen throws a hook but Hooper blocks it.
Oliver Queen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hooper shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Queen defends it nicely.
Hooper scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hooper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Despite the aggression on Queen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hooper clobbers Queen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hooper throws out a loose jab but Queen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hooper throws a good cross that connects.
Queen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Queen throws a push kick but Hooper slaps the foot to one side.
Hooper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper misses with a hook.
Hooper scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hooper smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hooper lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Hooper does it's job there.
Hooper throws a predictable looking body shot
and Queen counters with an inside leg kick.
Queen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Queen misses with an uppercut. Hooper saw that one coming.
Hooper swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Queen.
Queen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hooper.
Hooper tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Queen prevents Hooper from improving position.
Hooper tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Queen is avoiding damage well.
Troy Hooper overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hooper working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hooper sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Queen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hooper grinds an elbow into Queen's temple.
Hooper tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Queen is not content to let Hooper control the position.
Queen taking a bit of punishment here - Hooper scoring with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooper working the ground and pound.
Hooper throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Queen works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Hooper missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Queen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hooper is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Queen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Queen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Queen gets back to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hooper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Hooper dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Queen needs to keep his hands up - Hooper had a free shot at his head there.
Hooper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Queen.
Hooper moves away from the strike by Queen.
Queen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hooper.
Nice jab there from Hooper.
Hooper throws out a loose jab but Queen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Hooper. Those never looked like landing.
Hooper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hooper misses with an uppercut. Queen saw that one coming.
Queen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hooper throws a looping overhand right but Queen ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Queen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooper misses with a hook.
Queen throws a fast counter high kick but Hooper manages to duck under it in time.
Queen throws a jab when Hooper was well out of range.
Hooper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hooper fails with the takedown.
Queen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hooper throws a lazy right hand but Queen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen lands the left hand.
Queen just misses with a punch to the body.
Queen slips a straight right by Hooper.
Queen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Queen throws a head kick but Hooper moves out of range.
Hooper fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Queen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Queen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hooper.
Hooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hooper moves away from the strike by Queen.
Hooper lands with a hook. Queen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Queen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hooper looks to throw the jab but Queen is out of range.
Queen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hooper shoots in for a takedown but Queen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hooper doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen tries to land a front kick but Hooper steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hooper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Queen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hooper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hooper is looking to clinch but Queen is avoiding it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hooper.
A swing and a miss from Hooper.
Hooper ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hooper on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Queen. Queen obviously looking to wear him down.
Queen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hooper's head.
Some wild striking there from Queen.
Hooper dives in and grabs Queen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Queen pushes down on Hooper's head and hops out.
Queen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Hooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hooper looks to throw the jab but Queen is out of range.
Hooper manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Queen on his heels. He'll look to pass Queen's guard now, I'm sure.
Hooper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Queen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper postures up in Queen's guard and throws a big left but Queen blocks it.
Queen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hooper.
Queen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hooper looking to sit in guard and control but Queen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Queen wants to pass the guard but Hooper is keeping the position.
Queen content to stall in guard here.
Queen trying to control but Hooper is working from the bottom.
Hooper looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooper is working hard here to advance position.
Hooper is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hooper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Queen is one step ahead there.
Queen looking to pass the guard.
Queen is still trying to improve position.
Oliver Queen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Queen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Troy Hooper.
Well Hooper 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Hooper!
Troy Hooper decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Oliver Queen was interviewed post fight and said 'Good fight Artie, lets go have a beer and toast one up to Eric.'.
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