PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Shepherd (ranked 6855 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Hooks (ranked 6168 p4p, 656 weight class). Andreas Shepherd has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Shepherd
vs
Hooks

204 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andreas Shepherd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Hooks!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hooks throws a leg kick that is checked

and Shepherd counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hooks!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shepherd sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hooks is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hooks defending against the ground and pound.
Shepherd tries to score with some ground and pound. Hooks controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hooks regains half guard, as Shepherd was trying to land strikes.
Hooks is trying is best to control the position here.
Shepherd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shepherd will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepherd not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Shepherd stalling away here and it's allowed Hooks to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Shepherd loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hooks is looking for a triangle but Shepherd pushes his legs off easily.
Shepherd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hooks works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shepherd lands a couple of elbows.
Shepherd works over Hooks with some ground and pound from guard.

Shepherd gets to his feet - Hooks follows without any prompting.
Tim Hooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hooks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Hooks.

It looks like Andreas Shepherd has been cut.
Hooks misses with a wild body shot.
Hooks throws a solid leg kick but Shepherd takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hooks.
Tim Hooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shepherd fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Shepherd or perhaps it was just good defense by Hooks, which made it look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd ducks right into an uppercut from Hooks.

Shepherd is rocked!
Shepherd circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Hooks. Shepherd falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Hooks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tim Hooks!