PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beau Abner (ranked 200 p4p, 142 weight class) and Clarence Hoost (ranked 30 p4p, 22 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Abner
vs
Hoost

194 cm
28
265
19 - 5 - 0

202 cm
29
279
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beau Abner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clarence Hoost!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoost takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Abner tries to score with a low kick but Hoost moves his leg out of the way.
A slapping leg kick lands for Abner.
Hoost avoids the body shot from Abner.
Hoost looks for the body kick but Abner saw that one coming.
Hoost swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hoost blocks a head kick by Abner.
Hoost slips a jab from Abner.
A countering left hand to the body from Hoost misses.
Abner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoost.
Abner has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Hoost keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoost now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Abner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hoost.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick from Abner, right into the meat of the thigh.
Abner connects with the punch.
Hoost has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Abner finds it's way round the side to connect with Hoost's head.
Abner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoost manages to avoid it.
Abner thuds his right hand into Hoost's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner throws a leg kick but Hoost sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hoost uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abner.
Beau Abner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abner. Hoost does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoost throws a fast counter high kick but Abner manages to duck under it in time.
Abner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hoost has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hoost throws a lazy uppercut
and Abner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abner with a nice calf kick.
Hoost connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Beau Abner has been cut.
Abner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Clarence Hoost has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Abner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hoost has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hoost and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hoost doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Abner connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hoost throws a head kick but Abner moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hoost.
Hoost tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Abner is able to avoid easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abner misses with a hook. Hoost ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Hoost releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hoost walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hoost slips under a jab from Abner.
Good leg kick by Abner.
Hoost displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abner throws out the jab.
Abner digs a good body shot into Hoost's ribs.
Abner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hoost is out of range and Abner settles back down.
Abner scores with a leg kick.
Abner scores with a jab to the body.
Abner cracks Hoost with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Abner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoost's sensitive parts.
Hoost checks a leg kick.
Hoost uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abner.
Abner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Abner jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoost takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hoost misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Abner misses its target.
Abner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Abner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Abner throws an overhand right that lands on Hoost's shoulder, as Hoost tries to avoid the shot.

Hoost moves into the clinch successfully.

Abner breaks from the clinch.
Abner moves out of range as Hoost throws a body kick.
Abner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hoost.
Hoost lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abner throws a body punch but Hoost moves out of range.
Hoost is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Abner with a body shot.
Hoost will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abner is looking to counter punch.
Abner throws a hook but Hoost blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoost's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoost misses with a straight right.
Abner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoost.
Abner misses the jab.
Abner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hoost ducks under a wild hook from Abner.
Abner misses with a looping right.
Abner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hoost takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Abner lands a body shot.
Hoost moves out of range as Abner strikes.
Hoost takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Good leg kick by Hoost.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hoost. That's going to slow Abner down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good leg kick by Hoost.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Beau Abner dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hoost cracks a nice hook into Abner's ribs.
Abner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hoost.
A leg kick checked by Hoost.
Hoost is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hoost takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Abner throws a leg kick but Hoost checks it.
Hoost replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Abner blocks it well.
Hoost takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That has opened up Clarence Hoost's cut even more.
Abner fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hoost is out of range.
Hoost swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoost. Abner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abner swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Abner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abner has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hoost.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoost pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Abner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beau Abner is winning the standup battle so far.
Abner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoost keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abner.
Hoost ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abner moves away.
Abner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hoost finds it's way round the side to connect with Abner's head.
Hoost uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abner.
Abner throws a low kick but Hoost moves out of range easily.
Abner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Abner throws a shot from downtown. Hoost moves away and avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Abner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Abner misses with a shot to the body
and Hoost counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoost uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abner.
Abner throws a big shot that misses.
Hoost's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hoost slips a jab from Abner.
Abner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoost was well out of range. Poor timing from Abner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoost is looking to slow Abner down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Abner.
Abner throws a shot from downtown. Hoost moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abner misses the jab.
Abner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jab from Abner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoost. Abner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoost stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Abner.
Hoost turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Abner.
Hoost throws a body punch but Abner moves out of range.
As Hoost backs away, Abner returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Abner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abner needs to keep his hands up - Hoost had a free shot at his head there.
A leg kick checked by Hoost.
Hoost looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoost cracks Abner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hoost tests Abner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Abner scores with a jab to the body.
Hoost blocks a low kick nicely.
Hoost has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A shot to the body from Abner misses
and Hoost makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Abner really felt that one!
Nice uppercut lands for Abner. That snapped Hoost's head back.
Hoost misses with a body shot.
Hoost staying out of range there.
A nice side step and Hoost releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big left from Abner misses.
Abner slips a straight right by Hoost.
Abner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hoost walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Abner's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoost scores with a head kick.
Hoost cracks Abner with a good jab.
Hoost throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Abner blocks the leg kick.
Hoost throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoost takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Abner cracks Hoost with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Abner's corner calls for a 1-2. Abner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hoost digs a good body shot into Abner's ribs.
Hoost takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Abner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoost manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Beau Abner will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Abner misses with an uppercut. Hoost saw that one coming.
Hoost lands a big head kick that sends Abner to the canvas! Hoost follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clarence Hoost!
Clarence Hoost was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.