PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Worish (ranked 3281 p4p, 5707 weight class) and Troy Hoffman (ranked 416 p4p, 615 weight class). Hoffman has chosen Fireproof as his entrance music. 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?

Worish
vs
Hoffman

175 cm
26
195
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
185
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

MKFC

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dean Worish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Troy Hoffman!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffman throws a head kick that misses

and Worish counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hoffman!
A lull in the action here as Worish stalls from top position.
Worish definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Worish moves into full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Worish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hoffman?
Worish sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hoffman can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Hoffman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Worish sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Worish is landing with some decent strikes but Hoffman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Worish controlling from the full mount.
Worish with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worish controlling from the full mount.
Worish has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hoffman's face.
Worish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hoffman?
Worish has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hoffman's face.
Worish controlling from mount.
Worish putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Worish cracks Hoffman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Worish controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worish connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Hoffman is rocked!
Worish postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Hoffman badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Worish around the waist but Worish pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Worish is the winner by TKO! Worish jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Worish!
Troy Hoffman spoke after the fight, saying 'Man this is getting ridiculous'.