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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Troy Hooper (ranked 1238 p4p, 158 weight class) and TJ Kaczmarek (ranked 863 p4p, 105 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as TJ Kaczmarek enters the cage!
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175 lbs
27 - 14 - 1 |
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176 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
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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
27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Troy Hooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, TJ Kaczmarek!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooper drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hooper stopping the sweep attempt from Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hooper is stalling in the full guard.
Hooper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hooper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hooper connects with a couple of short punches.
Kaczmarek keeping moving, preventing Hooper from controlling successfully.
Hooper throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaczmarek looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hooper is one step ahead there.
Hooper wants to control from the top but Kaczmarek keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczmarek looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hooper is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hooper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hooper postures up.
Hooper won't allow Kaczmarek to sweep him here.
Hooper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kaczmarek's head.
Hooper content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hooper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kaczmarek's head.
Hooper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hooper throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hooper cracks Kaczmarek with a solid left hand.
Hooper trying to control the position from guard on top but Kaczmarek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hooper trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hooper working some strikes from top position.
Kaczmarek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hooper landing some decent shots from guard.
Kaczmarek looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hooper is one step ahead there.
Hooper passes into half guard.
Hooper is nestled in close to Kaczmarek, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper slips a nice elbow through Kaczmarek's hands, connecting with Kaczmarek's forehead.
Hooper working over Kaczmarek with some ground and pound. Kaczmarek looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kaczmarek wants to control but Hooper is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hooper connects with a nice short shot to Kaczmarek's temple.
Hooper is nestled in close to Kaczmarek, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hooper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kaczmarek's head.
Hooper lands with a punch from half guard.
Hooper is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kaczmarek trying to control but Hooper postures up.
Ground and pound from Hooper.
Hooper working Kaczmarek over with strikes.
Hooper scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooper trying to control the action but Kaczmarek is working from the bottom.
Hooper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kaczmarek has hold of Hooper's hands but Hooper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kaczmarek has hold of Hooper's hands but Hooper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hooper scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kaczmarek felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hooper is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kaczmarek tries to get to full guard but Hooper has control of the leg.
Hooper trying to control from Kaczmarek's half guard. Kaczmarek has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hooper is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hooper trying to control the position from guard on top but Kaczmarek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hooper working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Hooper dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hooper scores with a nice right hand.
Troy Hooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hooper scores with a body shot.
Hooper shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kaczmarek's guard.
Hooper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kaczmarek works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hooper sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kaczmarek's guard.
Hooper seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Troy Hooper overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kaczmarek is refusing to be controlled, as Hooper sits in half guard.
Hooper working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hooper wants to control but Kaczmarek is keeping him busy.
Hooper lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hooper throwing shots but Kaczmarek is blocking nicely.
Hooper landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper drops an elbow to the side of Kaczmarek's head.
Hooper working Kaczmarek over with strikes.
Kaczmarek tries to get to full guard but Hooper has control of the leg.
Hooper working Kaczmarek over with strikes.
Hooper lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hooper takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hooper working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hooper slips a nice elbow through Kaczmarek's hands, connecting with Kaczmarek's forehead.
Kaczmarek taking some punishment here, with Hooper in his half guard.
Hooper trying to pass the guard but Kaczmarek defending well.
Hooper slips a nice elbow through Kaczmarek's hands, connecting with Kaczmarek's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kaczmarek is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hooper's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hooper's back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hooper wants to escape the position.
Kaczmarek wants to stand back up.
Hooper tries to escape the position.
Hooper trying to control but not successfully.
Kaczmarek wants to stand up but Hooper is stuck to his back.
Hooper has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Hooper rolls, trying to escape but Kaczmarek keeps control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper is working hard here to advance position.
Kaczmarek wants to stand up but Hooper is stuck to his back.
Hooper can't escape the position.
Kaczmarek seems like he's trying to stand.
Kaczmarek gets back to his feet - a bit of a stange decision given the position he was in.
Hooper walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaczmarek looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A right-left combo lands from Hooper.
Hooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kaczmarek can do to turn this around?
Hooper misses with a straight left.
Hooper staying out of range there.
Hooper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hooper jabs at Kaczmarek's body.
Hooper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaczmarek.
Hooper just misses with a punch to the body.
Kaczmarek throws out a counter right but Hooper avoids it with no problem.
Kaczmarek misses with a kick to the body.
Kaczmarek misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaczmarek's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hooper connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kaczmarek scrambles back to his feet.
Kaczmarek throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hooper.
Kaczmarek throws a right hand that Hooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Hooper also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Hooper misses the target.
Hooper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hooper works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Hooper dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hooper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaczmarek throws out the jab.
Kaczmarek throws the kick towards the body but Hooper avoids it.
A jab lands there for Hooper.
Hooper connects with a body shot that sends Kaczmarek's belly button to the back.
Kaczmarek throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hooper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hooper misses with the combination.
Hooper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Kaczmarek. No joy for Hooper on that attempt.
Kaczmarek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hooper throws a jab when Kaczmarek was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaczmarek throws a looping overhand right but Hooper ducks down to avoid it.
Hooper scores with a spinning back kick!
Hooper throws a nice head kick!
Kaczmarek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaczmarek walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooper moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hooper scores with a hook to the body. Kaczmarek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hooper feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hooper postures up and lands a big shot to Kaczmarek's brow.
Kaczmarek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kaczmarek is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hooper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hooper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hooper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hooper stands up over Kaczmarek, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kaczmarek has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hooper has passed into side control.
Hooper working the ground and pound.
Kaczmarek taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaczmarek is trying to get back to half guard.
Hooper lands some shots froms side control.
Kaczmarek takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hooper creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hooper landing a few strikes.
Kaczmarek takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hooper working the body and head with strikes.
Hooper working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hooper lands a nice forearm strike.
Hooper scoring with punches from side control.
Kaczmarek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hooper lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper cracks Kaczmarek with a big elbow.
Hooper working the ground and pound.
Hooper scores with punches from side control.
Hooper lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kaczmarek down.
Kaczmarek is rocked!
Hooper working the ground and pound.
Kaczmarek is still in real trouble! Can Hooper finish him?
Hooper is working Kaczmarek over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hooper in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Kaczmarek looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Hooper turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Hooper!
Troy Hooper bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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