PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neik Hammerlik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Rosholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hammerlik
vs
Rosholt

194 cm
32
245 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

195 cm
27
280 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Neik Hammerlik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Rosholt!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hammerlik tries to sprawl but Rosholt drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Hammerlik manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Hammerlik moves out of range of the strikes.
Hammerlik takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rosholt misses with a hook. Hammerlik ducked under it nicely.
Rosholt checks a leg kick nicely.
Rosholt misses with a body shot.
Rosholt misses with an uppercut. Hammerlik saw that one coming.
Rosholt looks to land a left hand but Hammerlik moved out of range nicely.
Rosholt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hammerlik tries to score with a low kick but Rosholt moves his leg out of the way.
Rosholt dips to his left and cracks Hammerlik with an uppercut!

It looks like Neik Hammerlik has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerlik wants to land a leg kick but Rosholt is out of range.
Hammerlik wants to clinch up but Rosholt keeps it at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Rosholt blocks the leg kick.
Rosholt looks to score with a jab to the body but Hammerlik is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosholt. Hammerlik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hammerlik staying out of range there.
Rosholt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hammerlik.
Rosholt throws a poor cross that misses
and Hammerlik counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hammerlik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosholt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hammerlik staying out of range there.
Rosholt swats away the attempt to clinch by Hammerlik.
Hammerlik lands with a right hand.
Hammerlik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosholt.
Tony Rosholt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosholt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rosholt scores with a jab. Hammerlik acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Hammerlik clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Rosholt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammerlik working aggressively here.
Rosholt takes an elbow to the temple.
Hammerlik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hammerlik looking to stall.
Hammerlik gets through Rosholt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Hammerlik.

It looks like Tony Rosholt has been cut.
Hammerlik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosholt blocks a body shot from Hammerlik.
Rosholt can't find room to land a body shot as Hammerlik controls the action.
Hammerlik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rosholt backwards.
Hammerlik lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rosholt tries to throw a body punch but Hammerlik avoids it by throwing Rosholt back against the cage.
Hammerlik struggles to land a body shot inside as Rosholt controls his hands.
Hammerlik lands a nice uppercut.
Rosholt wants to get back to striking at distance but Hammerlik won't allow it.
Hammerlik scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hammerlik leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hammerlik.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosholt.
Hammerlik lands a nice uppercut.
Hammerlik's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hammerlik working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rosholt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hammerlik stalling.
Rosholt struggles to land a body shot inside as Hammerlik controls his hands.
Hammerlik stalling in the clinch but Rosholt improves position.
Rosholt has Hammerlik pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hammerlik manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rosholt has a couple of punches blocked by Hammerlik.
Hammerlik is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rosholt has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hammerlik after a bit of a struggle.
Neik Hammerlik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Rosholt.
Hammerlik lands a right hand.
Rosholt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rosholt fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hammerlik fails to land.
Hammerlik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rosholts head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerlik blocks a body shot from Rosholt.
Hammerlik has a couple of punches blocked by Rosholt.
Hammerlik tries a body shot but Rosholt blocks it.
Hammerlik scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rosholt misses with a punch to the body.
Rosholt has a couple of punches blocked by Hammerlik.
Good body shot from Hammerlik.
Rosholt looks gassed!
Hammerlik lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rosholt or not.
Rosholt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Hammerlik.
A body shot lands from Hammerlik.
Nice body punch from Hammerlik.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerlik lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rosholt or not.
Hammerlik stalling in the clinch but Rosholt improves position.
Hammerlik can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A short uppercut from Hammerlik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neik Hammerlik dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hammerlik throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rosholt.
Hammerlik avoids the body shot from Rosholt.
Rosholt scores with a punch to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hammerlik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Hammerlik.
Hammerlik lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That has opened up Tony Rosholt's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammerlik lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosholt. Hammerlik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hammerlik fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rosholt.
Hammerlik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosholt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rosholt misses with a lunging right hand
and Hammerlik counters with a leg kick.
Neik Hammerlik is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Hammerlik misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerlik misses with a hook.
A shot to the body from Rosholt misses
and Hammerlik counters with a nice body kick.
Rosholt is breathing heavily.
Rosholt thows a body shot but no joy.
Hammerlik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hammerlik moves out of range as Rosholt strikes.
Rosholt just misses with a punch to the body.
Rosholt throws a hook but Hammerlik avoids it easily.
Rosholt swats away the attempt to clinch by Hammerlik.
Rosholt swings for the body but Hammerlik moves out of range.
Hammerlik tries to clinch
and Rosholt counters with a stiff right hand.
Rosholt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hammerlik manages to avoid it.
Rosholt misses with a left hand
and Hammerlik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rosholt swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammerlik ducks under a wild hook from Rosholt.
Nice uppercut lands for Hammerlik. That snapped Rosholt's head back.

The cut above Tony Rosholt's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rosholt takes one to the side of the head.
Rosholt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hammerlik on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hammerlik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hammerlik wants to clinch.
Hammerlik doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosholt circles away.
Hammerlik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rosholt.
Hammerlik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hammerlik tries to clinch but Rosholt moves out of range.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hammerlik here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hammerlik throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosholt. Hammerlik does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hammerlik.
Hammerlik misses with an uppercut. Rosholt saw that one coming.
Hammerlik pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Rosholt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Rosholt tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hammerlik is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rosholt off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt tries to roll but Hammerlik sticks to his back.
Hammerlik is looking to control Rosholt but Rosholt is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Hammerlik really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Rosholt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerlik's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neik Hammerlik dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hammerlik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hammerlik wants to clinch up but Rosholt keeps it at a distance.
Rosholt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rosholt keeps the fight on the outside.

Hammerlik clinches.
Neik Hammerlik has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hammerlik throws a head punch that misses.
Rosholt takes a shot to the head.
Hammerlik lands a left hand.
Hammerlik swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosholt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosholt misses with the head strike.
Hammerlik manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hammerlik tries to work over Rosholt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Rosholt.
Hammerlik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rosholt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hammerlik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hammerlik tries to work over Rosholt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hammerlik is struggling to control the position.
Rosholt tries to break the clinch but Hammerlik is controlling the position.
Hammerlik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rosholt is trying to break free.
Rosholt tries to throw a body punch but Hammerlik avoids it by throwing Rosholt back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hammerlik.
Hammerlik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Tony Rosholt's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rosholt is looking to break free of the clinch but Hammerlik has double underhooks.
Hammerlik struggles to land a body shot inside as Rosholt controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerlik lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerlik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosholt is trying to push Hammerlik away but Hammerlik has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hammerlik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hammerlik is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right handed body shot lands from Hammerlik.
Rosholt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rosholt misses with some punches.
Rosholt prevents a body shot from Hammerlik.
Hammerlik digs a right hand into Rosholt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rosholt's gas tank.
Hammerlik looking to stall.
Hammerlik tries a body shot but Rosholt blocks it.
Good body shot from Hammerlik.
Nice body punch from Hammerlik.
A right handed body shot lands from Hammerlik.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosholt.
Hammerlik lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hammerlik struggles to land a body shot inside as Rosholt controls his hands.
Tony Rosholt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tony Rosholt's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Neik Hammerlik!