PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between WRESTLER SPARRING (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Hooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hooke has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. TJ Hooke will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

SPARRING
vs
Hooke

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
28
211 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, WRESTLER SPARRING!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, TJ Hooke!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
SPARRING ducks under a wild hook from Hooke.
Hooke throws a series of punches but SPARRING moves out of range.
Hooke loads up on a big right hand but SPARRING slips the punch.

SPARRING looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hooke!
Hooke really wants to buck SPARRING off and get back to his feet.
Hooke is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
SPARRING scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hooke?
SPARRING working the ground and pound effectively.
SPARRING 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.
Hooke looks gassed!
SPARRING putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hooke is in a horrible position here. SPARRING smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hooke really doesn't want to stay on the ground with SPARRING. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
SPARRING with good strikes from the mount here!

Hooke is rocked!
SPARRING working Hooke over with strikes here.
Hooke is still in real trouble! Can SPARRING finish him?
SPARRING landing strikes, looking to finish!
SPARRING raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
SPARRING is landing with some decent strikes but Hooke is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
SPARRING working away from the top, dropping strikes.
SPARRING loads up with a big shot that hurts Hooke! He's pulled SPARRING in close but SPARRING has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Hooke survive? More strikes from SPARRING and Hooke is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). WRESTLER SPARRING!