PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ernst Nass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nass
vs
Hope

161 cm
25
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernst Nass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Hope!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nass takes a swing at Hope's ribcage but misses.
Hope looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nass swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nass ducks under a wild hook from Hope.
Hope throws a body punch but Nass moves out of range.
Nass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nass connects with a solid leg kick.
Hope waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nass.
Hope throws a head kick but Nass moves out of range.
Nass throws a body shot but no joy.
Nass swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hope digs a good body shot into Nass's ribs.
Hope lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hope throws a lazy body kick
and Nass counters with a straight right hand.
Nass slips a jab and a cross from Hope.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nass feints and then cracks Hope's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hope down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope lands a nice hook to Nass's body. Nass takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nass throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hope.
Hope throws a jab but it's blocked by Nass.
Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nass moves away.
Nass swings for the body but Hope moves out of range.
Nass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hope circles away quickly and effectively.
Hope lands with an overhand left.
Nice defenses there by Nass.
Nass seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hope moves away.

Hope darts in and clinches Nass up against the cage.
Nass takes a shot to the head.
Hope lands a right hand.
Hope makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nass landing knees to the head.
Nass fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nass misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Nass pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hope trying to land knees to the body.
Nass tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nass.
Nass can't find room to land a body shot as Hope controls the action.
Hope lands with a short shot to the head.
Nass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nass throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopes head.
Hope lands with a left to the head.
Hope scores with a shoulder strike.
Hope blocks an elbow strike.
Hope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hope is working Nass over against the cage.
Nass throws an elbow that misses.
Nass takes a shot to the head.
Hope lands a right hand.
Hope lands a right hand.
Hope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Hope on the inside.
Hope scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Nass is rocked!
Hope lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Nass is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hope lands a right hand.
Nass lands a damaging elbow.
Nass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Hope.
Nass is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nass seems to have got his legs back now.
Nass working aggressively here.
Hope lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nass backwards.
Hope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hope lands with a right to the head.
Nass tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hope avoids it.
Nass tries to throw a body punch but Hope avoids it by throwing Nass back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hope lands with a light punch inside.
Nass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hope lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hope lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hope lands with a right to the head.
Hope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hope blocks a body shot from Nass.
Nass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hope is leaning against Nass and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nass is breathing heavily.
Hope scores with a shoulder strike.
Hope lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hope stalling.
Hope stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Hope.
Hope scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nass struggles to land a body shot inside as Hope controls his hands.
Hope lands with a short shot to the head.
Hope lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nass blocks an elbow strike.
Hope scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hope avoids the elbow strike from Nass, against the cage.
Hope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nass misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Hope dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hope scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nass in his tracks.
Hope looks for the body kick but Nass saw that one coming.
Nass seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Hope gets tackled into the cage by Nass. Nass maintains the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hope.
Nass with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hope lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nass is defending well for now.
Hope scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nass using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hope takes a knee right on the jaw!
A hook to the body from Hope.
Hope lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hope misses with an elbow over the top.
Nass misses with a knee strike.
Hope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nass misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hope avoids the elbow strike from Nass, against the cage.
Hope lands with a right to the head.
Hope lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hope scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nass avoiding damage as Hope throws knees to the body.
Hope avoids the elbow strike from Nass, against the cage.
Hope lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nass.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hope.
Hope lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Hope.
Hope creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Nass's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Nass drops to his knees and Hope pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Hope!