PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Honza Hohol (ranked 1530 p4p, 2044 weight class) and Knuckle Sandwhich (ranked 229 p4p, 285 weight class). Knuckle Sandwhich will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hohol
vs
Sandwhich

184 cm
19
192
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
190
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Honza Hohol!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Knuckle Sandwhich!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandwhich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sandwhich tries to clinch up but Hohol circles away and keeps his distance.
Sandwhich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hohol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hohol avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hohol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honza Hohol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hohol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hohol shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sandwhich as he jumps to the side.
Sandwhich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hohol tries to counter with a takedown but Sandwhich is quick to defend against it.
Hohol swats away the attempt to clinch by Sandwhich.

Sandwhich has Hohol up against the cage in a clinch.
Sandwhich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hohol backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hohol is looking for a takedown.
Hohol avoids the elbow strike from Sandwhich, against the cage.
Hohol wants to take the fight to the mat but Sandwhich manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Honza Hohol. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sandwhich is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hohol is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sandwhich to the mat. Sandwhich regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've been hearing that Hohol has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hohol looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohol content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hohol missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hohol scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sandwhich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hohol advances to half guard.
Hohol throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sandwhich has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hohol is working away from the top position though.
Sandwhich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hohol.
Hohol keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hohol not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hohol thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sandwhich's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hohol performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hohol thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sandwhich's head.
Sandwhich felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandwhich has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hohol is working away from the top position though.
Hohol seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sandwhich does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hohol throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hohol wants to take a breather but Sandwhich is having none of it.
Hohol sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sandwhich defending well though.
Ground and pound from Hohol.
Sandwhich keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hohol sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sandwhich defending well though.
Hohol looks to land a strike but Sandwhich avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohol postures up in Sandwhich's guard and throws a big left but Sandwhich blocks it.
Sandwhich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hohol.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hohol accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hohol tries to free his leg and advance position but Sandwhich is retaining full guard.
Hohol throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hohol looking to sit in guard and control but Sandwhich gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hohol wants to sweep but no luck.
Hohol is working hard here to advance position.
Hohol has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hohol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sandwhich's guard.

Hohol 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.
Hohol loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandwhich managing to control the position.
Hohol working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hohol in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hohol with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sandwhich lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Hohol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hohol on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hohol tries to get out of the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hohol is on top in guard.

Hohol throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Honza Hohol dominated that round.
That's time! Hohol's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hohol closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sandwhich quickly recovers to half guard.
Sandwhich wants to improve his position but Hohol is controlling well.
Hohol is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sandwhich!
Hohol looking to finish Sandwhich with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sandwhich!
Sandwhich taking shots to the head.
Hohol with good strikes from the mount here!
Hohol lands a big shot there that rocks Sandwhich but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hohol misses with a head shot.
Sandwhich is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Honza Hohol overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hohol cracks Sandwhich with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hohol throws some wild stikes that Sandwhich manages to avoid easily.
Sandwhich wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hohol.
Hohol sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Hohol there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sandwhich holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hohol tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hohol in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hohol with good strikes from the mount here!
Hohol looking to finish Sandwhich with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sandwhich!
Hohol throws a wild left hand from mount and Sandwhich manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Sandwhich keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hohol missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hohol trying to mount his opponent but Sandwhich defends it.
Hohol takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hohol not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hohol is keen to just control but Sandwhich is a slippery customer.
Hohol is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sandwhich can do to turn this around?
Hohol sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sandwhich defending well though.
Ground and pound from Hohol.
Hohol not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hohol throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hohol lands strikes from half guard.
Hohol not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hohol lands with a punch from half guard.

Sandwhich is rocked!
Sandwhich is not content to let Hohol control the position.
Sandwhich is still in real trouble! Can Hohol finish him?
Sandwhich trying to control from the bottom.
Sandwhich is breathing heavily.
Hohol looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sandwhich with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hohol is looking to advance position but Sandwhich won't allow it.
Hohol scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hohol missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hohol lands a big elbow - Sandwhich is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Hohol!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Honza Hohol!
Honza Hohol is the new middleweight champion!