PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Hoost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoost has chosen All I Do Is Win as his entrance music. Ernesto Hoost has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bob Parker's chin.

Parker
vs
Hoost

215 cm
23
270 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

200 cm
27
285 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernesto Hoost!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Parker is looking to take a break and control but Hoost is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Parker misses with the ground and pound.
Hoost parries the strikes from Parker easily there. Parker is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hoost to escape.
Parker throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hoost regains half guard, as Parker was trying to land strikes.
Hoost regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Parker.
Parker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parker throwing strikes from guard but Hoost blocks nicely.
Parker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Parker 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.
Parker throws and elbow that misses. Hoost uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Parker's guard. Nice move by Hoost!

Parker pushes Hoost off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Parker throws a hook but Hoost blocks it.
Ernesto Hoost is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Parker keeps the fight on the outside.
Parker throws the left hand but Hoost avoids the punch easily.
Parker throws a shot to the body.
Hoost is looking to clinch but Parker is avoiding it.

Hoost clinches with his opponent.
Parker wants to stall.
Parker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hoost walks away with a smile on his face. Parker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Parker fails with the takedown.
Hoost tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoost avoids the body shot from Parker.
Parker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoost.
Good standup being displayed there by Parker as he connects with a hook.
Hoost slips a jab and a cross from Parker.
Parker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hoost keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoost throws a series of punches but Parker moves out of range.
Hoost moves out of range of the strikes.
Hoost tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hoost has closed the distance and engaged Parker in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Parker fails to land.
Parker wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hoost walks away with a smile on his face. Parker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hoost wants to clinch.
Ernesto Hoost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoost tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hoost slaps away a takedown attempt from Parker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Parker wants to clinch up but Hoost keeps it at a distance.
Parker is looking to clinch.

Hoost closes the distance and pushes Parker back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker misses with some punches.

Parker gets control of Hoost's arms and successfully pulls guard. Parker will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Parker wants to sweep but no luck.
Parker is trying to control the position but Hoost postures up.
Parker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Parker controlling Hoost's posture.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hoost preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bob Parker.
Hoost displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Parker.
Hoost tries to clinch but Parker moves out of range.
Parker scores with a sloppy right hand. Hoost should have avoided that one.
Hoost wants to clinch
and Parker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hoost looks gassed!
Hoost misses with the combination.
Parker doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoost circles away.
Parker misses with a looping left.
Parker cracks Hoost with a good jab.

It looks like Ernesto Hoost has been cut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Parker fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Parker blocks it.
Hoost misses with an elbow over the top.
Parker wants a takedown but no success here.
Parker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parker scores with a shot to the side of Hoost's head.
Hoost prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Parker.

Parker gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Parker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Hoost's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hoost tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parker misses with a wild combination.

Hoost forces Parker back against the cage and clinches.
Hoost connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parker's face.

It looks like Bob Parker has been cut.
Hoost scores a nice knee to the body.
Parker jumps guard but Hoost stands there with Parker around his waist. Parker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Parker blocks with his arms.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hoost.
Parker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hoost walks away with a smile on his face. Parker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Good work by Parker as he checks the leg kick.
Parker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hoost tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Parker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hoost at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parker doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoost circles away.
Good exchange - Parker coming out on top.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice takedown defense from Hoost. No joy for Parker on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Parker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hoost tries to clinch but Parker moves away
and Parker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoost tries to clinch but Parker moves out of range.
Parker tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Parker or perhaps it was just good defense by Hoost which made him look bad.
Parker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Parker looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Hoost clinches.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Parker blocks it.
Parker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hoost pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hoost moves in looking to clinch but Parker pushes him off.

Hoost darts in and clinches Parker up against the cage.
Parker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hoost prevents it.
Hoost lands a knee to the head.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoost uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parker is trying to stall.
Parker is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoost connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parker's face.
Hoost is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hoost landing knees to the body.
Parker managing to block the knees to the body from Hoost.
Hoost misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Parker.
Parker fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Hoost is fighting off a takedown attempt but Parker is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hoost to the mat. Hoost regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Hoost pulls Parker in close to his closed guard and prevents Parker from doing any damage or advancing position.
Parker is pushing down on Hoost's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hoost is fighting to maintain full guard but Parker has managed to sneak the leg through.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hoost keeps working.
Parker working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hoost blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker throwing shots but Hoost is blocking nicely.
Hoost on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hoost blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parker.

Parker is working for a submission of some sort.
Hoost trying to hold on to Parker's head to control him but Parker postures up.

Parker is trying to work for a kimura but Hoost is defending well.
Parker scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoost wants to control but Parker is keeping busy.
Parker trying to control from Hoost's half guard. Hoost has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hoost keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Parker dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A left lands for Parker.
Parker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoost moves out of range of the strikes.
Hoost displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Parker.
Hoost darts in trying to clinch
letting Parker counter with a right hand.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Parker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hoost displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parker throws out the jab.
Hoost displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parker throws out the jab.
Parker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hoost avoids it really well and circles away.
Ernesto Hoost is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoost avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Parker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hoost darts in and clinches Parker up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hoost avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoost uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parker has Hoost pressed against the cage.
Parker lands a right hand.
Parker drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hoost gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Parker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Parker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hoost with a knee to the head.
Parker lands an uppercut.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Parker drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Parker can't get the takedown.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Parker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Parker pulls Hoost into guard.
Parker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hoost manages to get himself to full guard.
Hoost preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ernesto Hoost has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Parker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parker postures up and lands a big shot to Hoost's brow.
Hoost avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hoost utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Parker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parker throwing strikes from guard but Hoost blocks nicely.
Hoost working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker chips away with some ground and pound.
Parker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Parker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bob Parker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Parker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Parker trying to control but Hoost is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bob Parker.
Parker lands with an overhand left.
Parker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hoost tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Hoost takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hoost walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Parker connects with a single shot there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Parker.
Hoost is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parker. Hoost does a little dance to reset his feet.

Parker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Parker not landing any meaningful shots this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Parker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Parker!