PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Quarto (ranked 3620 p4p, 4358 weight class) and Oreo Hopgood (ranked 403 p4p, 444 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quarto
vs
Hopgood

193 cm
27
209
3 - 2 - 0

184 cm
20
205
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedro Quarto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Oreo Hopgood!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quarto just misses with a punch to the body.
Hopgood looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hopgood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hopgood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quarto.
Quarto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Quarto sizes up Hopgood with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hopgood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quarto.
Hopgood tries to counter with a clinch but Quarto shakes him off and moves away.

Hopgood drives through with a takedown into guard.
Quarto is adopting a defensive guard.
Hopgood throwing strikes but missing.
Quarto trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopgood working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quarto's head.
Hopgood controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopgood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quarto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hopgood sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hopgood is looking to work some ground and pound but Quarto has wrist control.
Hopgood wants to control from the top but Quarto keeps moving.
Hopgood is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hopgood trying to control but Quarto is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hopgood stays in close to Quarto's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Hopgood bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hopgood tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Quarto managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hopgood.
Quarto tries to improve position but can't.
Quarto is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hopgood is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hopgood sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Quarto is squirming around, avoiding Hopgood's attempts to control the action.
Hopgood thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Quarto tries to hold on but Hopgood postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopgood looking to control but Quarto is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hopgood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Quarto hang on?
Hopgood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hopgood lands a nice shot to the head.
Hopgood lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A big strike lands for Hopgood! That's really hurt Quarto and he's turned his back - Hopgood keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Hopgood jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oreo Hopgood!