PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Epik Fail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Hoosto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoosto has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fail
vs
Hoosto

187 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

187 cm
19
225 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Epik Fail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernesto Hoosto!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fail throws a combination that misses
and Hoosto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoosto dodges the punch combination from Fail.
Fail misses with a right hand
and Hoosto counters with a straight right hand.
Hoosto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fail swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hoosto counters with a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fail on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fail is breathing heavily.
Hoosto looks to land a combination but Fail avoids it well.
Hoosto tests Fail's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Epik Fail has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fail takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hoosto thows a body shot but no joy.
Fail throws a right hand that misses
and Hoosto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fail will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoosto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoosto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fail slips a jab and a cross from Hoosto.
Hoosto scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoosto. Fail does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoosto. Fail does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fail dodges the punch combination from Hoosto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoosto looks to land a combination but Fail avoids it well.
Fail falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hoosto counters with a straight right hand.
Fail throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hoosto counters with a nice body shot.
A combination from Fail does no damage.
Fail pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hoosto back to the ropes. Fail follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fail will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fail falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hoosto counters with a three punch combo that has Fail backing up. Fail nods at Hoosto to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fail connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hoosto. Hoosto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hoosto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fail.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fail rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoosto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hoosto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fail was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoosto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Hoosto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Epik Fail's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fail loads up on a big right hand but Hoosto slips the punch.
Fail connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fail swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hoosto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fail throws a combination that misses
and Hoosto counters with a left to the body.
Hoosto throws a hook to the side of Fail's head but Fail sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hoosto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fail manages to avoid it.
Fail misses with an uppercut
and Hoosto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fail dodges the punch combination from Hoosto.
Hoosto swinging wildly here.
Fail throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hoosto counters with a straight right hand.
Fail keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Fail might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Fail takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoosto fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoosto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fail.
Epik Fail seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fail misses with a wild combination.
Fail throws a combination that misses
enabling Hoosto to counter with a crisp jab.

Epik Fail's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoosto lands with a shot to the body.

Hoosto drops Fail with a beautiful combination! Fail stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hoosto is looking for the KO!
Fail throws a combination that misses
and Hoosto counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ernesto Hoosto seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fail showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoosto.
Hoosto jabs at Fail's body.
Sloppy strikes from Hoosto. Those never looked like landing.
Fail walks into a stiff left hand from Hoosto.

Epik Fail's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoosto. Fail does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoosto feints with a jab and clips Fail right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Fail is sent crashing into the canvas and Hoosto leaps in for the kill! Fail tries to get to his feet but Hoosto is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Fail is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ernesto Hoosto!