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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Troy Hooper (ranked 1722 p4p, 1878 weight class) and Bruno Tepes (ranked 255 p4p, 274 weight class). Bruno Tepes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 35 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy Hooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Tepes!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tepes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hooper.
Tepes lands a nice hook to Hooper's body. Hooper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hooper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hooper tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hooper throws a right hand that Tepes ducks under and follows up with a left that Tepes also avoids with ease.
Tepes scores with a hook.
A big left from Tepes misses.
Tepes connects with a jab.
Hooper blocks a head kick by Tepes.
Troy Hooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tepes throws a series of punches but Hooper moves out of range.
As Tepes backs away, Hooper returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hooper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tepes.
Hooper takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tepes tests Hooper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tepes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tepes throws out a counter right but Hooper avoids it with no problem.
Tepes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tepes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tepes is looking to land body kicks.
Hooper connects with a solid leg kick.
A combination from Hooper does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tepes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hooper moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've been told by Hooper's head coaches at Fairtex MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hooper takes a swing at Tepes's ribcage but misses.
Hooper blocks a jab.
Hooper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tepes.
Tepes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hooper at a distance.
Hooper attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hooper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tepes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tepes lands a right hook to the body.
Hooper cracks a nice hook into Tepes's ribs.
Tepes lands an overhand right.
Tepes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hooper can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tepes moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruno Tepes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hooper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice shot by Tepes.
Hooper misses with a wild body shot.
Hooper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tepes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes slips a jab from Hooper.
Tepes misses with a straight right.
It looked like Hooper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A swing and a miss from Tepes.
Hooper ducks under a wild hook from Tepes.
Hooper lands a nice shot to the body.
Tepes takes one to the chin there.
Decent striking displayed by Tepes there.
Nice straight punches there by Tepes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tepes.
Tepes throws a lazy uppercut
and Hooper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hooper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hooper fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hooper blocks a jab.
Hooper throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tepes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hooper swings for the body but Tepes moves out of range.
Hooper dodges the punch combination from Tepes.
Hooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper can't find room to land a body shot as Tepes controls the action.
Tepes throws a head punch that misses.
Hooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Tepes controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Hooper.
Hooper gets through Tepes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tepes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hooper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tepes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hooper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tepes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Hooper.
Hooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Tepes.
Hooper blocking some punches.
Tepes tries to throw a body punch but Hooper avoids it by throwing Tepes back against the cage.
Hooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hooper misses with a body punch.
Tepes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hooper fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes wants to get back to striking at distance but Hooper won't allow it.
Hooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tepes gets through Hooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hooper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Hooper.
Tepes gets underhooks to prevent Hooper's takedown attempt.
Tepes blocks an uppercut.
Hooper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hooper misses with a punch to the body.
Hooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tepes misses with a punch on the inside.
Hooper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hooper lands a hook that snaps the head of Tepes backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hooper blocks a body shot from Tepes.
Tepes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tepes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hooper takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hooper rushes Tepes and presses him up against the cage.
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 Troy Hooper will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hooper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tepes lands with an uppercut that bounces Hooper off the cage and back into range.
Hooper throws a jab when Tepes was well out of range.
Hooper clobbers Tepes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hooper misses with an uppercut.
Hooper shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Tepes is positioning himself well to prevent Hooper advancing to mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tepes trying to control but Hooper postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooper misses with a head shot. Tepes uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tepes seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hooper with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hooper with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hooper landing some decent shots from guard.
Tepes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hooper throws a big elbow that misses.
Tepes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hooper is looking to work some ground and pound but Tepes has wrist control.
Hooper trying to control but Tepes is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tepes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hooper.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tepes has control of Hooper's left arm, preventing Hooper from doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A cross from Hooper lands.
Hooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tepes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hooper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tepes was well out of range. Poor timing from Hooper.
Hooper just misses with a punch to the body.
Hooper shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tepes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hooper throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Tepes counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes looks to land a body kick but Hooper moved away.
Tepes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hooper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tepes.
Tepes staying out of range there.
Hooper cracks Tepes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tepes misses with a looping left.
A big right from Tepes misses.
Hooper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hooper moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bruno Tepes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hooper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tepes.
Tepes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hooper slips a jab and a cross from Tepes.
Hooper slips under a jab.
A big left from Hooper misses.
Hooper slips a jab and a cross from Tepes.
Hooper takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tepes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hooper to score with a decent uppercut.
Hooper throws an off balance right hand
and Hooper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tepes lands a right hook to the body.
Jab by Tepes.
Hooper lands an overhand right.
A leg kick checked by Tepes.
Tepes looks to land a combination. Hooper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hooper swings for the body but Tepes moves out of range.
Tepes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tepes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hooper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tepes. That did some damage!
Tepes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hooper.
Hooper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hooper lands the left hand.
Tepes moves out of range of the strikes.
Tepes unleashes a big counter combination but Hooper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tepes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hooper shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tepes as he jumps to the side.
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 interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Tepes scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Hooper. That snapped Tepes's head back.
Tepes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hooper staying out of range there.
Hooper slips under a jab from Tepes.
Hooper misses with a looping right.
Hooper instigates a clinch.
Hooper swings wildly with an uppercut but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tepes misses with some punches.
Hooper is leaning against Tepes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tepes.
Troy Hooper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hooper gets through Tepes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hooper misses with some punches.
Hooper tries to throw a body punch but Tepes avoids it by throwing Hooper back against the cage.
Tepes is leaning against Hooper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hooper misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Hooper.
Hooper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hooper.
Tepes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tepes presses Hooper against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tepes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hooper has a couple of punches blocked by Tepes.
Tepes blocks an uppercut.
Hooper lands with a light punch inside.
Hooper has hold of one of Tepes's legs. Tepes is fighting the takedown attempt but Hooper gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Tepes pushes Hooper off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tepes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hooper darts in looking for a takedown but Tepes gets double underhooks and turns Hooper into the cage.
Tepes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruno Tepes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Tepes is predictable there
and Hooper cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hooper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tepes.
Tepes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tepes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tepes checks a leg kick.
Hooper paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hooper throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range.
Hooper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tepes manages to avoid it.
Tepes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tepes walks into a stiff left hand from Hooper.
A telegraphed right hand from Tepes misses the target.
Nice shot by Hooper.
Tepes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hooper scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hooper fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tepes on the side of the head.
Tepes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hooper cracks Tepes with a good jab.
Tepes with the inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hooper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hooper moves away from the strike by Tepes.
Hooper has a takedown stuffed.
Hooper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tepes.
Hooper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tepes throws out the jab.
Hooper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tepes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tepes lands a head kick!
Tepes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hooper misses with a lunging right hand
and Tepes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hooper blocks a leg kick.
Tepes throws a big shot that misses.
Hooper walks into a left hand.
Tepes jabs Hooper right on the nose. Hooper blinks but takes it well.
Hooper changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hooper throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range.
Tepes avoids the body shot from Hooper.
Hooper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tepes.
A shot to the liver by Hooper. Beautiful body shot.
Tepes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Decent striking displayed by Hooper there.
Tepes cracks Hooper with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hooper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tepes moves away.
Tepes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hooper checks a leg kick.
Tepes moves out of range as Hooper strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hooper lands a jab.
A combination from Tepes does no damage.
Hooper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hooper slips a straight right by Tepes.
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 I reckon that's a shut out for Hooper, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Troy Hooper!
A less than humble Troy Hooper misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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