PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Hoost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoost comes to the cage accompanied by All I Do Is Win. Filipovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wild Boys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hoost
vs
Filipovic

200 cm
26
285 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

188 cm
26
248 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernesto Hoost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoost swats away the attempt to clinch by Filipovic.
Hoost swats away the attempt to clinch by Filipovic.

Hoost gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic working Hoost over with knees to the body.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoost is breathing heavily.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ernesto Hoost has been cut.
Hoost takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Hoost blocks it.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoost takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Filipovic.
Filipovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but Hoost blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic avoiding damage as Hoost throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Hoost in his tracks for a moment.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoost's defenses.
Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoost has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoost lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Hoost.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoost blocks an elbow strike.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Filipovic looking to throw knees to the head but Hoost is blocking nicely.
Hoost lands an elbow inside that Filipovic shrugs off.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Hoost landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost misses with an elbow strike.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost pushes off an throws an elbow but Filipovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Filipovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks with his arms.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Hoost missing with knees to the body.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic avoiding damage as Hoost throws knees to the body.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hoost with a knee to the head.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost lands a nice knee to the body.
Hoost avoids the elbow strike from Filipovic, against the cage.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filipovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hoost missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Filipovic throws an elbow but misses.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost blocks an elbow strike.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoost avoids it.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Filipovic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hoost with a knee to the head.
Filipovic avoiding damage as Hoost throws knees to the body.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mirko Filipovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Hoost's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Filipovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hoost. That's going to slow Filipovic down.

Hoost tries to keep at a distance but Filipovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hoost in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoost leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hoost with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoost with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Hoost blocks it.
Hoost scores a nice knee to the body.
Hoost throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks with his arms.
Hoost avoids a wild elbow strike from Filipovic.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost tries to land knees in the clinch but Filipovic avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Hoost working Filipovic over with knees to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Hoost misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Filipovic.
Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hoost blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks with his arms.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Hoost blocks an elbow strike.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoost lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Filipovic takes a knee right on the jaw!

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.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Filipovic.
Hoost dodges an elbow strike from Filipovic.
Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hoost blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Hoost.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoost avoids it.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filipovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost with a knee to the head.
Hoost landing knees to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Filipovic avoids it.
Nice elbow from Filipovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic looking to throw knees to the head but Hoost is blocking nicely.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filipovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hoost.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoost has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost lands a good knee to the midsection. Filipovic won't want to take too many of those.
Filipovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoost avoids it.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but Hoost blocks with his arms.
Hoost trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost tries to land knees in the clinch but Filipovic avoids the damage to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow just above Hoost 's eye.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic managing to block the knees to the body from Hoost.

That's four 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.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost lands a knee to the body.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost lands a damaging elbow.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost landing knees to the body.
Hoost landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic blocks an elbow strike.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Hoost blocks it.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost with a knee to the head.
Hoost working Filipovic over with knees to the body.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost blocks the elbow strike.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ernesto Hoost will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Hoost's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hoost looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Filipovic is looking to clinch but Hoost is avoiding it.
Hoost avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hoost has closed the distance and engaged Filipovic in a clinch.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filipovic throws an elbow that misses.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoost avoids it.
Hoost throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Hoost in his tracks for a moment.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Filipovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoost working Filipovic over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Filipovic misses with a knee strike.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Filipovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hoost lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoost's defenses.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks with his arms.
Filipovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks with his arms.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic blocks an elbow strike.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Filipovic.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Filipovic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoost's brow.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hoost in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Hoost stalling in the clinch but Filipovic improves position.
Filipovic managing to block the knees to the body from Hoost.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost with a knee to the head.

That's two 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.
Filipovic working Hoost over with knees to the body.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost misses with an elbow strike.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost connects with a knee to the head.
Hoost landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Filipovic is defending well for now.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hoost in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Filipovic avoids it.
Filipovic misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost misses with an elbow strike.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoost avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hoost in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoost lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Filipovic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Filipovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks with his arms.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.

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.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Hoost.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filipovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoost is defending well for now.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filipovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Filipovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoost.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Filipovic is blocking nicely.
Filipovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filipovic misses with a knee strike.
Hoost managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Filipovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
Hoost on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost crunches a lovely knee into Filipovic's ribcage.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Filipovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoost.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Filipovic blocks it.
Hoost avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filipovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Hoost showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hoost 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ernesto Hoost!