PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lee Young-Ho (ranked 2814 p4p, 3379 weight class) and Jarrah Hooper (ranked 329 p4p, 373 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Young-Ho
vs
Hooper

172 cm
20
170
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
176
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sakura Style
BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Young-Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarrah Hooper!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooper slips a straight right by Young-Ho.
Young-Ho misses with a straight left.
Hooper scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hooper digs a good hook to Young-Ho's body.
Hooper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hooper scores with a nice right hand.

Hooper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hooper must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Young-Ho is pulling down on Hooper's head. It's preventing any offense from Hooper, at least for the moment.
Hooper with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young-Ho is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Young-Ho pulls Hooper in close to prevent any damage.
Hooper throws a big right hand that misses.
Hooper throwing strikes but missing.
Hooper being controlled here momentarily.
Hooper wants to control from the top but Young-Ho keeps moving.

Young-Ho is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Young-Ho is pulling down on Hooper's head. It's preventing any offense from Hooper, at least for the moment.
Hooper not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Young-Ho wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hooper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hooper throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Young-Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hooper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young-Ho manages to avoid it.
Young-Ho throwing a counter right hand but Hooper manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jarrah Hooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young-Ho looks to score with a jab to the body but Hooper is just out of range.
Hooper throws out a counter right but Young-Ho avoids it with no problem.
Young-Ho connects with a solid leg kick.
Young-Ho definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hooper misses with a hook.
Hooper connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hooper swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Young-Ho to counter with a crisp jab.
Hooper lands with a nice body punch.
Decent striking displayed by Young-Ho there.
Hooper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young-Ho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hooper throws a hook but Young-Ho avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Young-Ho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Hooper moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Young-Ho is trying to stall.
Hooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hooper is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Young-Ho is defending well.
A right hook to the body lands for Hooper.
Hooper has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Young-Ho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hooper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young-Ho trying to control the position but instead, Hooper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Young-Ho into the cage.
Hooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Young-Ho.
Hooper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hooper has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Young-Ho after a bit of a struggle.
Young-Ho lands a right hand.
Young-Ho will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hooper up against the cage.
Hooper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrah Hooper dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Young-Ho lands a lovely overhand right.
Hooper misses with a leg kick
and Young-Ho counters with a good, hard body kick but Hooper shrugs it off.
Hooper gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Young-Ho gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Hooper is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Young-Ho!
A very excited looking Lee Young-Ho made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.