PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hassan Msuva (ranked 3872 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leslie Hooker (ranked 2498 p4p, 0 weight class). Msuva has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Hassan Msuva looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Msuva
vs
Hooker

182 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
177 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hassan Msuva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leslie Hooker!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooker looks for a takedown but Msuva sprawls well.
Msuva is breathing heavily.
Msuva slaps away a takedown attempt from Hooker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
An attempted straight right counter from Msuva misses the target.
Msuva throws a combination. Hooker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hooker looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hassan Msuva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leslie Hooker.
Msuva stuffs the takedown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hooker.
Msuva throws a head kick that misses.
Msuva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hooker circles away quickly and effectively.
Hooker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Hooker drives through with a takedown into Msuva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Msuva is looking to stand up but Hooker isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Hooker drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hooker jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hooker drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Hooker seems to have locked his on tight now - Msuva screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Hooker, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Leslie Hooker!