PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hosnia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rollins has chosen Future World Music - Dream Catchers as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hosnia
vs
Rollins

200 cm
31
168 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

173 cm
28
167 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Hosnia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunter Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins misses the jab.
Hosnia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hosnia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rollins.
Rollins misses with a right hand
and Hosnia makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rollins really felt that one!
Hosnia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hosnia cracks Rollins with a good jab.
Hunter Rollins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rollins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hosnia doesn't seem bothered though.
Hosnia scores with a nice body kick.
Rollins throws a hook but Hosnia avoids it easily.
Hosnia looks to land a right hand but Rollins moved out of range.
Rollins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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!
Rollins blocks the body kick.
Hosnia is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins stuns Hosnia with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rollins misses with a looping left.
Hosnia throws out a leg kick but Rollins moves out of range and Hosnia only half commits.
Hosnia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hosnia lands a leg kick that knocks Rollins off balance momentarily.
Rollins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hosnia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hosnia throws a leg kick that misses.
Rollins throws the left hand but Hosnia avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hosnia.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hosnia.
Hosnia tries to score with a low kick but Rollins moves his leg out of the way.
Hosnia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hosnia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rollins.
Hosnia misses with a low kick.
Hosnia leaves Rollins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rollins is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rollins throws a one two combo.

It looks like Richard Hosnia has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hosnia 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.
Hosnia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rollins.
Hosnia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rollins.
Rollins throws a nice looking combination but Hosnia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hosnia misses with a leg kick
and Rollins counters with a nice uppercut.
Rollins blocks the body kick.
Rollins moves out of range of the leg kick from Hosnia.
A slow jab from Rollins misses its intended target.
Rollins blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rollins slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hosnia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rollins looks to land a combination but Hosnia avoids it well.
Hosnia throws a push kick but Rollins slaps the foot to one side.
Hosnia 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.
Rollins throws a series of punches but Hosnia avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hosnia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hosnia throws a solid leg kick but Rollins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hosnia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Hosnia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Hosnia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hosnia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rollins looks to throw the jab but Hosnia is out of range.
Rollins might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rollins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hosnia at a distance.
Rollins throws a jab when Hosnia was well out of range.
Hosnia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hosnia misses with a body kick.
Hosnia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rollins takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hosnia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hosnia connects with a leg kick. Rollins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosnia lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hosnia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rollins's sensitive parts.
Hosnia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hosnia throws a nice head kick!
Hosnia misses with a leg kick.
Rollins throws a right hand that Hosnia ducks under and follows up with a left that Hosnia also avoids with ease.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hosnia.
Rollins missing with a left hand there. Hosnia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A good leg kick by Hosnia.
Hosnia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hosnia throws a front kick that sends Rollins stumbling back into the cage.
A bone on bone clash there as Rollins blocks the leg kick.
Richard Hosnia is winning the standup battle so far.
Hosnia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rollins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hosnia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rollins looks to land a left hand but Hosnia moved out of range nicely.
Rollins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hunter Rollins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hosnia lands a head kick!
Rollins throws a hook to the side of Hosnia's head but Hosnia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rollins sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rollins on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rollins throws a right hand that misses
and Hosnia counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rollins crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hosnia - the referee stops the clock and Rollins gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hosnia. Rollins manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hosnia slips under a jab.
Rollins misses with a hook.
Rollins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hosnia is looking to slow Rollins down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia misses with a body kick.
Rollins connects with a crisp jab.
Hosnia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hosnia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but Rollins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hosnia throws a sloppy head kick and Rollins moves out of range easily.
Hosnia checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rollins scores with a jab.
Hosnia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Hosnia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richard Hosnia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hosnia misses with a low kick.
Hosnia throws a solid leg kick but Rollins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hosnia.
Rollins misses with an uppercut. Hosnia saw that one coming.
Rollins with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Rollins.
Rollins has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hosnia.
Hosnia tries a head kick but it misses.
Rollins looks to land a left hand but Hosnia moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Rollins misses.
Hosnia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rollins's sensitive parts.
Rollins on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hosnia. Hosnia obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins lands with a shot to the body.
Hosnia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hosnia ducks under a wild hook from Rollins.
Hosnia connects with a solid leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Rollins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rollins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hosnia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rollins.
Rollins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rollins misses with a looping left.
Hunter Rollins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hosnia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rollins.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but Rollins moved away.
Rollins scores with a jab to the head.
Hosnia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but Rollins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hosnia lands with a slapping head kick.
Rollins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hosnia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Hosnia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rollins fails to land with a series of punches.
Hosnia dodges the punch combination from Rollins.
Rollins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rollins jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hosnia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hosnia lands a really nice looking cross but Rollins seems unphased.
Hosnia misses with a leg kick
and Rollins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice body kick from Hosnia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rollins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hosnia's calf.
Rollins fails to land with a series of punches.
Hosnia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hosnia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Richard Hosnia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rollins misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but Rollins sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Richard Hosnia.
Well Hosnia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Hosnia!
Richard Hosnia decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.