PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimroy Hoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper comes to the cage accompanied by s.mouse - slap my elbow. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Cooper
vs
Hoo

178 cm
34
190 lbs
25 - 20 - 0

190 cm
26
190 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Dead Orbit

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 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kimroy Hoo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoo misses the body punch
and Cooper makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hoo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
Hoo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hoo connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooper tries to clinch but Hoo is having none of it.
And Hoo responds with a good body kick, but Cooper manages to step out the way in time.
Hoo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Hoo keeps it at a distance.
Hoo tries to work over Cooper's front leg with a kick but Cooper checks it.
Hoo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cooper avoids a kick to the body.
Hoo throws a leg kick but Cooper sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hoo tries to land a body kick

and Cooper counters by moving into the clinch.
Hoo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hoo blocks the elbow strike.
Hoo blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper taking a breather.
Cooper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hoo up against the cage.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Kimroy Hoo has been cut.
I was talking to Cooper's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Hoo in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hoo throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Hoo.
Hoo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoo takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoo's defenses.

That has opened up Kimroy Hoo's cut even more.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hoo is working Cooper over against the cage.
Hoo blocks an elbow strike.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Hoo 's eye.
Hoo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Hoo 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hoo.
Hoo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cooper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hoo or not.
Hoo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Hoo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hoo dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cooper fails to land.
Hoo blocks a body shot from Cooper.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cooper.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Hoo in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Kimroy Hoo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Kimroy Hoo's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kimroy Hoo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Charles Cooper!
Charles Cooper was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.