PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Care Less (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. 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.

Less
vs
Hoost

192 cm
27
273 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

200 cm
28
285 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Care Less!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernesto Hoost!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hoost closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost lands a good knee to the midsection. Less won't want to take too many of those.
Less is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Less wants a takedown but no success here.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Hoost.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Less blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Hoost connects with a knee to the head.
Hoost connects with a nasty looking knee right to Less's face.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hoost has him pressed against the cage.
Hoost throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Less managing to block the knees to the body from Hoost.
Less has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoost putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Less in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Less blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoost keeps control of Less as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hoost misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Less.
A frustrated look appears on Less's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Less has had enough of the clinch but Hoost keeps him there for the moment.
Hoost lands a knee to the head.
Less has had enough of the clinch but Hoost keeps him there for the moment.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Less blocks it with crossed arms.
Less wants to break free but Hoost has control.
Less is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Less blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost has Less pressed against the cage, preventing Less from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Less wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost keeps control of Less as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A frustrated look appears on Less's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hoost has Less pressed against the cage, preventing Less from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hoost has him pressed against the cage.
Less wants to break the clinch but can't.
Less is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Less has a couple of punches blocked by Hoost.
Less wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Less tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Less blocks it.
Less is trying to force a seperation but Hoost has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Less's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hoost looking to throw knees to the head but Less is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Less's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Less is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Less wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Less manages to break the clinch.
Less comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ernesto Hoost is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Less swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Less lands with an uppercut that bounces Hoost off the cage and back into rage.
Some wild striking there from Less.
Less sizes up Hoost with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Less scores with a one two! Hoost had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ernesto Hoost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Less darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Less throws a hook but Hoost blocks it.
Less throws a nice looking combination but Hoost bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Hoost misses
and Less counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Less misses with the combination.
Less lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoost fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Less checks it well.
Nice shot by Less.
Less throws a hook but Hoost blocks it.
Hoost blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Hoost.
Hoost misses with the combination.
Less lands a lovely overhand right.
Less checks a low kick from Hoost.
Less lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Less.
Hoost is looking to clinch but Less is avoiding it.
Hoost has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Less finds it's way round the side to connect with Hoost's head.
Hoost showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Less.
Less lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donk. Less catches Hoost right on the button with a cross.
Hoost misses with a double jab
and Hoost takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Less tries to bum rush Hoost with a series of wild strikes but Hoost uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hoost misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Care Less will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hoost tries to move into range but Less moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Hoost darts in and clinches Less up against the cage.
Hoost connects with a knee to the head.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Less has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Less's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Less misses with a series of wild punches.
Less with a hook.
Less dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Less's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Less duly obliges.
Hoost on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Less misses with a two punch combination.
Less throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoost.
Hoost throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Care Less is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoost slips a jab and a cross from Less.
Hoost is breathing heavily.

Hoost moves into the clinch successfully.
Hoost throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Less breaks from the clinch.
Less looks to land a combination but Hoost avoids it well.
Hoost swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Less counters with a stiff right hand.
Care Less is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less connects with a jab.
Less throws a combination. Hoost tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Less tests Hoost's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Less sizes up Hoost with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hoost on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Less lands a jab to the nose.
Less misses with a looping left.
Less lands with a straight right. Hoost didn't see that one coming.
Hoost dodges the punch combination from Less.
Less is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hoost throws a series of punches but Less moves out of range.
Less misses with the combination.
Less stalks Hoost and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hoost's face. Hoost staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Less lands a really nice looking cross but Hoost seems unphased.
Less pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hoost back to the cage. Less follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hoost takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Less moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hoost ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left and a right from Less both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less connects with a right hand. Hoost shakes it off.
Less dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Less misses.
Hoost takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Less lands with a hook. Hoost tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Less lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Less's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Less duly obliges.

Hoost gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Less gets to his feet. Hoost looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nice jab there from Less.
A telegraphed right hand from Less misses the target.
Less swats away the attempt to clinch by Hoost.
Less avoids the body shot from Hoost.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoost throws a head kick but Less moves out of range.
Less scores with a jab to the jaw.
Less looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hoost throws a right and a left that both miss.
Less moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hoost gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Less lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoost circles away quickly and effectively.
Hoost does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoost fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Less misses.
A big left from Less misses.

Hoost darts in and clinches Less up against the cage.
Hoost lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hoost lands a knee to the body.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less is trying to break free.
Less has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hoost scores with a knee to the head.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Less blocks it.
Hoost keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Less's efforts to push away.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Less blocks it with crossed arms.
Less is trying to force a seperation but Hoost has the dominant position.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Less tries to circle away but Hoost has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Less is trying to break free.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Less on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Care Less dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Less connects with a looping right hand.
Hoost moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hoost throws a head kick that misses.
Hoost tries to clinch but Less moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Hoost.
Less scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hoost has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hoost swings widly with a right hand
and Less counters with a left and a right that stings Hoost.
Less lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoost circles away quickly and effectively.
Less misses the jab.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Less lands a body shot.
Less misses with a double jab.
Less scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Less lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A low kick from Hoost is predictable there
and Less counters with a straight right hand.
Less throws a sloppy head kick and Hoost moves out of range easily.
Less scores with a hook.
Hoost throws a right hand that Less ducks under and follows up with a left that Less also avoids with ease.
Less just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Less checks a leg kick nicely.
Hoost goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Less misses.
Hoost throws a left and a right that both miss
and Less counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Less lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hoost backs up against the cage.
Hoost dodges the punch combination from Less.
Hoost with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Less dives in and grabs Hoost's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hoost pushes down on Less's head and hops out.
Hoost fails in his attempt to clinch.
Less scores with a nice head shot.

Hoost forces Less back against the cage and clinches.
Ernesto Hoost seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Less can't break the clinch.
Less wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but Less blocks it.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost prevents Less from breaking the clinch.
Less is trying to break the clinch but Hoost has him pressed against the cage.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Ernesto Hoost has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less is trying to push Hoost away but Hoost has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hoost tries to land knees in the clinch but Less avoids the damage to the body.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Less tries to circle away but Hoost has him pinned against the cage.
Less is trying to push Hoost away but Hoost has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hoost tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Less is trying to break the clinch but Hoost is controlling him.
Less blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Less wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hoost has him pressed against the cage.
Less has had enough of the clinch but Hoost keeps him there for the moment.
Hoost with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Less on the inside.
Less managing to block the knees to the body from Hoost.
Less tries to break the clinch but Hoost is controlling the position.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Less blocks it with crossed arms.
Less is trying to break the clinch but Hoost is controlling him.
Less wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoost won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoost misses with a knee to the head.
Less wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hoost has him pressed against the cage.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Less is trying to break the clinch but Hoost is controlling him.
Less wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Less working aggressively here.
Less wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoost won't allow it.
Hoost landing knees to the head.
Less has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Less wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hoost connects with a knee to the head.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Less has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Less wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four 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 an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Less wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Care Less is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hoost with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Less has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoost throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Less blocks it with crossed arms.
Less wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Less wants to break free but Hoost has control.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the head but Less blocks with his arms.
Hoost throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoost has Less pressed against the cage, preventing Less from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoost with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Less wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Less looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hoost tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Less avoids it.
Less on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Care Less showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Less, 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Care Less!