PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juarez Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonh Kurtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hook comes to the cage accompanied by Yerba Buena - Guajira. Kurtis has chosen Wrong Answer as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hook
vs
Kurtis

185 cm
22
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Blueprint Clothing

BioPharm Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juarez Hook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonh Kurtis!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurtis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hook scores with a head kick.
Kurtis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kurtis tries to clinch up.
Hook looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kurtis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hook.
Kurtis doesn't manage to clinch there - Hook circles away.
Kurtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurtis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kurtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.
Kurtis tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Hook misses.
Hook looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kurtis wants to clinch up but Hook keeps it at a distance.
Kurtis moves in looking to clinch but Hook pushes him off.
Kurtis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hook swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurtis is looking to clinch but Hook is avoiding it.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook moves out of range.
Kurtis wants to clinch up but Hook keeps it at a distance.
Kurtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurtis tries to clinch there but Hook circles away.
Hook throws a head kick but Kurtis moves out of range.
No joy there for Hook, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jonh Kurtis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kurtis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hook paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.

Kurtis clinches up against the cage.
Kurtis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hook avoids a wild elbow strike from Kurtis.
A short right from Hook.
Kurtis pushes off an throws an elbow but Hook leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kurtis misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kurtis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hook's brow.
Kurtis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurtis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A body shot lands from Hook.
Hook has Kurtis pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kurtis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hook displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kurtis doesn't manage to clinch there - Hook circles away.
Hook lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kurtis backs up against the cage.
Hook will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kurtis wants to clinch up but Hook keeps it at a distance.
Hook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurtis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hook scores with a nice right hand.
Kurtis wants to clinch up but Hook keeps it at a distance.
Kurtis is looking to clinch.
Kurtis looks gassed!
Kurtis moves in looking to clinch but Hook pushes him off.
Hook throws a left that rocks Kurtis and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Hook dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Kurtis regain composure!

Kurtis is rocked!
Hook just content to control the position.
Kurtis is still in real trouble! Can Hook finish him?
Kurtis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kurtis seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurtis gets back to full guard.
Hook slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kurtis wants to hit a switch here but Hook passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kurtis there!
Hook looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hook manages to capitalize on a mistake by Kurtis to take his back!
Kurtis tries to break free.

That's four 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kurtis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Hook is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Kurtis knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Kurtis for a finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hook slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Kurtis covers up after that shot from Hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kurtis defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Hook's arms.
Kurtis tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juarez Hook dominated that 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.

Hook lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hook.
Kurtis tries to clinch up but Hook circles away and keeps his distance.
Hook circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.
Hook cracks Kurtis with a good jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hook!
Kurtis tries to clinch up.
Kurtis wants to clinch.
Hook keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kurtis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kurtis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kurtis wants to clinch.
Juarez Hook is winning the standup battle so far.
Kurtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurtis is breathing heavily.
Hook connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oooh a lovely combination from Hook sends Kurtis down but not out. Hook dives into side control looking to finish.
Hook content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Hook tries to advance to mount but Kurtis denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hook is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kurtis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kurtis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hook wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kurtis is letting Hook control him for a moment.
Kurtis tries to improve position but can't.

Hook decides to stand back up. Hook steps back and let's Kurtis get back to his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurtis tries to clinch up but Hook circles away and keeps his distance.
Hook tests Kurtis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hook changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hook cracks the inside of Kurtis's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hook looks to land a combination. Kurtis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kurtis is looking to clinch.
Hook throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kurtis moves out of range of the body kick from Hook.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.
Kurtis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hook.
Hook misses with a wild combination.
Kurtis tries to clinch up but Hook circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Hook, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hook circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kurtis is looking to clinch.
Hook scores with a one two! Kurtis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kurtis wants to clinch.
Kurtis moves in looking to clinch but Hook pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hook dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hook scores with a one two! Kurtis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kurtis doesn't manage to clinch there - Hook circles away.
Kurtis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice combination there by Hook.
Hook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A right-left combo lands from Hook.
Hook scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kurtis doesn't seem bothered though.
Kurtis moves in looking to clinch but Hook pushes him off.
Hook throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kurtis fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hook looks to land a body kick but Kurtis moved away.
Kurtis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kurtis ducks right into an uppercut from Hook.
Kurtis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juarez Hook 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. This is the final round!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hook!
Hook scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kurtis doesn't seem bothered though.
Hook lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kurtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hook scores with a nice strike.
Kurtis wants to clinch.
Hook is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kurtis is looking to clinch.
Hook lands with a right hand.
Kurtis slips a jab and a cross from Hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.
Hook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurtis is looking to clinch.
Hook scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hook misses with the combination.
Kurtis fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook misses with a two punch combination.
Kurtis tries to clinch but Hook moves out of range.
Hook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurtis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kurtis tries to clinch up but Hook circles away and keeps his distance.
Hook lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hook throws a right hand that Kurtis ducks under and follows up with a left that Kurtis also avoids with ease.
Hook scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kurtis tries to clinch up but Hook circles away and keeps his distance.

Hook clinches up against the cage.
Hook scores with a shot to the side of Kurtis's head.
Hook scores with a knee to the head.
Hook lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kurtis.
Hook trying to stall but Kurtis improves his position.
Kurtis throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Hook.
Hook throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kurtis throws an elbow but misses.

Hook breaks from the clinch.
Kurtis darts in trying to clinch

and Hook counters by moving into the clinch.
Kurtis throws an elbow that misses.
Hook blocks an elbow strike.

Hook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hook looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hook bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kurtis wants to clinch
and Hook counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hook displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kurtis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hook counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hook lands a glancing blow to the side of Kurtis's head.

Hook has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hook breaks from the clinch.
Kurtis closes the distance but Hook moves to the side
and Hook makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hook throws a head kick that misses.
Hook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hook with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Juarez Hook is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kurtis tries to clinch up
and Hook counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kurtis slips a jab and a cross from Hook.
Kurtis looks to clinch
and Hook makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kurtis tries to clinch up
and Hook makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kurtis closes the distance but Hook moves to the side

and Hook moves into the clinch.

Hook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hook scores with a one two! Kurtis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hook lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kurtis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kurtis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hook lands a two punch combo.
Kurtis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kurtis wants to clinch but Hook slips to the side
and Hook counters with a straight right hand.
Hook lands with a nice combination. Kurtis backs away looking to recover.
Hook lands a jab-cross combination.
Hook changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hook moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hook lands a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Hook misses.
Kurtis looks to clinch
and Hook cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jonh Kurtis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hook darts in and clinches Kurtis up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juarez Hook showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hook has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juarez Hook!