PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lennart Hohenthal (ranked 160 p4p, 310 weight class) and Jan Sokol (ranked 10 p4p, 23 weight class). Jan Sokol acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hohenthal
vs
Sokol

161 cm
32
142
21 - 12 - 0

182 cm
30
135
19 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

NARCOS
Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lennart Hohenthal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sokol!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokol doesn't manage to clinch there - Hohenthal circles away.
Sokol's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hohenthal under the eye.
Nice body kick there by Sokol.
Sokol stuns Hohenthal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sokol misses with a looping right.
Hohenthal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sokol counters with a left to the body.
Sokol cracks Hohenthal with an open hand slap.
Sokol is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hohenthal throws a hook to the side of Sokol's head but Sokol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hohenthal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sokol misses with a wild body shot.
Hohenthal moves away from the strike by Sokol.
Hohenthal tries to move into range but Sokol moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sokol has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice defenses there by Sokol.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokol throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hohenthal counters with a nice uppercut.
Sokol lands a jab to the head.
Sokol lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sokol looks to land a left hand but Hohenthal moved out of range nicely.
Sokol misses with a body shot
and Hohenthal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Sokol is rocked!
Hohenthal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sokol is still on wobbly legs! Can Hohenthal finish him?
Sokol moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sokol misses with the body kick
and Hohenthal counters with a big right hand! Oh Sokol is in trouble here! Hohenthal follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lennart Hohenthal!
Lennart Hohenthal retains his bantamweight title!
Lennart Hohenthal decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.