PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Danny Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Hoop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moretti comes to the ring accompanied by Heroes---David Bowie. Danny Moretti had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!

Moretti
vs
Hoop

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Brawler
Cuts easily

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Moretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Hoop!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoop lands with a good body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hoop is looking to clinch but Moretti is avoiding it.
Hoop lands a jab-cross combination.
Moretti throws a right and a left that Hoop avoids nicely.
Hoop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hoop avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moretti throws a leg kick but Hoop sees it coming and moves out of range.
Moretti misses with a series of wild punches.
Moretti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hoop explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hoop moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Danny Moretti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moretti misses with a double jab.
Hoop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moretti.
Hoop misses with the combination.
Moretti tries to bum rush Hoop with a series of wild strikes but Hoop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Moretti darts in and clinches Hoop up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoop prevents a body shot from Moretti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti lands a right hand.
Hoop blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Moretti on the inside.

Hoop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moretti throws a right hand that Hoop ducks under and follows up with a left that Hoop also avoids with ease.
Hoop fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moretti misses with a few strikes there.
Hoop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moretti gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Moretti looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoop is just out of range.
Moretti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moretti throws a low kick but Hoop moves out of range easily.
Hoop misses with a two punch combination.
Hoop avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moretti is breathing heavily.
Moretti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hoop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hoop scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hoop ducks under a wild hook from Moretti.
Moretti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoop scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hoop throws a right and a left that both miss.

Moretti tries to keep at a distance but Hoop has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hoop.
Hoop is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Moretti is keeping busy.
Moretti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hoop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hoop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes.
Hoop blocks a body shot from Moretti.
Moretti has Hoop pressed against the ropes, preventing Hoop from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoop blocks an uppercut.
Moretti working aggressively here.
Moretti has a couple of punches blocked by Hoop.
Moretti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hoop lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hoop backwards.
Moretti has a couple of punches blocked by Hoop.
Moretti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoop's elbow.
Moretti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moretti is trying to break the clinch but Hoop is controlling him.
Moretti misses with some punches.
Hoop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes.
Hoop looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hoop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes.
Hoop working hard to break the clinch.
Moretti lands a shoulder strike.
Moretti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moretti wants to break free but Hoop has control.
A nice left hand lands by Moretti.
Hoop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes.
Moretti keeps control of Hoop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moretti as Hoop tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoop wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moretti misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moretti can't find room to land a body shot as Hoop controls the action.
Hoop has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hoop tries to stall but Moretti uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Moretti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hoop wants to break free but Moretti has control.
A head punch on the inside from Moretti fails to land.
Hoop has had enough of the clinch but Moretti keeps him there for the moment.
Hoop has had enough of the clinch but Moretti keeps him there for the moment.

Hoop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moretti keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoop lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Moretti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch combination from Hoop misses.
Moretti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoop.
Moretti misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hoop darts in and clinches Moretti up against the ropes.
Moretti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoop's efforts to push away.
Moretti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moretti throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoop.
Moretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danny Moretti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hoop is trying to force a seperation but Moretti has the dominant position.
Moretti is trying to stall.
Moretti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoop avoids it.
Hoop is trying to push Moretti away but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hoop tries to break free but Moretti pushes him back against the ropes.
Moretti prevents Hoop from breaking the clinch.
Hoop tries to break the clinch but Moretti is controlling the position.
Hoop tries to break free but Moretti pushes him back against the ropes.
Hoop looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hoop tries to circle away but Moretti has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoop wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moretti misses with a knee to the head.
Hoop wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes.
Hoop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Moretti scores with a shot to the side of Hoop's head.
Hoop wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moretti is looking to break free of the clinch but Hoop has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Moretti fails to land.
Hoop tries to circle away but Moretti has him pinned against the ropes.
Hoop wants to get back to striking at distance but Moretti won't allow it.
Moretti trying to control the position but instead, Hoop has worked for underhooks and has pushed Moretti into the ropes.
Hoop looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moretti has a couple of punches blocked by Hoop.
Hoop blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti keeps control of Hoop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moretti has had enough of the clinch but Hoop keeps him there for the moment.
Moretti is trying to maintain a safe position but Hoop gets an underhook and turns Moretti into the ropes.
Moretti keeps control of Hoop as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hoop can't break the clinch.
Hoop wants to get back to striking at distance but Moretti won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Moretti throws an elbow but misses.
Hoop is trying to break the clinch but Moretti is controlling him.
Hoop is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Moretti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoop is trying to break the clinch but Moretti has him pressed against the ropes.
Moretti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoop wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moretti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hoop wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Moretti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoop's efforts to push away.

Hoop breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John Hoop seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Moretti drives through and clinches with Hoop against the ropes.
Moretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Moretti has had enough of the clinch but Hoop keeps him there for the moment.

Hoop breaks the clinch.

Hoop closes the distance and clinches.
Hoop lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Moretti or not.
Moretti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hoop.
Moretti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moretti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoop's efforts to push away.
Hoop working hard to break the clinch.
Hoop tries to break the clinch but Moretti is controlling the position.
Hoop has had enough of the clinch but Moretti keeps him there for the moment.
Moretti looking to slow down the pace here.
Moretti throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moretti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moretti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hoop.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moretti throws a series of punches but Hoop avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoop swinging wildly here.
Hoop swinging wildly here.
Moretti throws a series of punches but Hoop moves out of range.
Moretti throws a lazy right hand but Hoop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hoop lands with a nice combination. Moretti backs away looking to recover.
Hoop tries to clinch there but Moretti circles away.
Moretti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moretti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moretti misses with a two punch combination.
Hoop tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Moretti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hoop fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick from Hoop lands but Moretti takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Hoop will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hoop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Hoop, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moretti misses with a double jab
and Hoop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoop scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Moretti throws a leg kick that misses.
Moretti is looking to clinch but Hoop is avoiding it.
Hoop tries to clinch there but Moretti circles away.
Moretti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hoop misses with a series of wild punches.
Moretti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hoop.
Moretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Moretti does no damage.
Moretti works over Hoop's head and body with a nice combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moretti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoop misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Moretti misses its intended target.
Moretti takes a head kick and keeps coming.
John Hoop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hoop punishes Moretti's body with a nice straight punch.
Hoop scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Moretti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Moretti is rocked!
Hoop staggers Moretti with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Moretti looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Hoop is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Hoop!
John Hoop gave a mention to Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).