PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kosti Lom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Hex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lom comes to the ring accompanied by Bahh Tee. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hex's choice of entrance music: Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage .. Kosti Lom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lom
vs
Hex

190 cm
26
265 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

194 cm
29
257 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
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 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kosti Lom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonah Hex!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hex bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hex tries to clinch up but Lom circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hex.
Hex moves in looking to clinch but Lom pushes him off.
Lom misses with an uppercut. Hex saw that one coming.
Hex doesn't manage to clinch there - Lom circles away.
Lom defending well as Hex loads up on a big left hand.
Hex tries to clinch up but Lom circles away and keeps his distance.
Lom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hex tries to clinch but Lom moves away
and Lom counters with a stiff right hand.
Hex moves out of range of the strikes.
Lom keeps the fight on the outside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hex stuns Lom with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hex wants to clinch.
Hex dips to his left and cracks Lom with an uppercut!

It looks like Kosti Lom has been cut.
Hex is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lom works Hex's body with a nice hook.
Lom ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hex misses with an uppercut.
Hex is looking to clinch.
Lom takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hex moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hex tries to clinch but Lom is having none of it.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lom fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hex looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Lom misses the target.
Hex is looking to clinch but Lom is avoiding it.
Lom throws a hook to the side of Hex's head but Hex sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hex fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lom on the side of the head.
Hex staying out of range there.
Hex moves out of range of the strikes.
Hex avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Lom lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hex doesn't seem phased though.
Lom throws a big shot that misses.
Hex moves away from the strike by Lom.
Hex moves in looking to clinch but Lom pushes him off.
Lom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lom misses the jab.
Kosti Lom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hex bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jonah Hex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lom throws a big shot that misses.
Hex blocks a low kick nicely.

Hex gets a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hex tries to break the clinch but Lom is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hex obliges.
Lom is breathing heavily.

Lom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hex tries to clinch up but Lom circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hex takes the fight into the clinch.

Hex has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lom uses from the top position.
Lom stops Hex from standing up.
Hex keeping moving, preventing Lom from controlling successfully.
Hex can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lom controls the pace.

Kosti Lom has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hex tries to clinch
and Lom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hex moves away.
Hex moves in looking to clinch but Lom pushes him off.
Hex moves in looking to clinch but Lom pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch but Lom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lom looks to land a combination but Hex avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lom takes a swing at Hex's ribcage but misses.
Lom avoids the body shot from Hex.
Lom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hex scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hex misses with a straight left.
Lom misses the jab.

Hex moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hex tries to break free but Lom pushes him back against the ropes.
Hex is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Hex breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jonah Hex will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kosti Lom's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Lom fakes the leg kick and cracks Hex in the body.
Hex tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hex lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lom throws a looping overhand right but Hex ducks down to avoid it.
Hex tries to clinch up.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch but Lom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lom keeps the fight on the outside.
Lom looks to land a left hand but Hex moved out of range nicely.
Hex wants to clinch but Lom slips to the side
and Lom counters with a three punch combo that has Hex backing up. Hex nods at Lom to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
Hex wants to clinch up but Lom keeps it at a distance.
Lom misses with a hook.
Hex wants to clinch up but Lom keeps it at a distance.
Lom looks to land a body kick but Hex moved away.
Lom swats away the attempt to clinch by Hex.
Lom moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lom lunges at Hex with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hex's hand.
Lom throws a shot from downtown. Hex moves away and avoids it.
Hex tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lom connects with a nice looking jab.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch but Lom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lom stuffs the takedown attempt from Hex. Hex gets slowly back to his feet.
Hex wants to clinch.
Hex fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Lom does no damage.
Lom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hex.

Hex darts in and clinches Lom up against the ropes.
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!
Lom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Lom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lom misses with a left hand
and Hex counters with a left to the body.
Hex staying out of range there.
Lom throws a big shot that misses.

Hex clinches with his opponent.
Hex trying to stall but Lom improves his position.
Hex landing knees to the body.
Lom misses with an elbow strike.
Lom lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

Lom manages to break the clinch.
Hex tries to clinch but Lom is having none of it.
Lom scores with a one two! Hex had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lom smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hex fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hex darts in and clinches Lom up against the ropes.
Hex blocks an elbow strike.
Hex is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lom stalling in the clinch but Hex improves position.
Lom blocks an elbow strike from Hex.
Lom is looking to control Hex's arms but Hex gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lom has his back to the ropes.
Lom working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Lom.
Lom crunches a lovely knee into Hex's ribcage.
Hex is breathing heavily.
Hex tries to break the clinch but Lom is controlling the position.
Lom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hex.
Lom throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hex as Lom tries to tie him up.
Lom throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lom throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hex avoids a wild elbow strike from Lom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
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!
Hex tries to stall but Lom uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hex looking to throw knees to the head but Lom is blocking nicely.
Lom comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jonah Hex has been cut.

Lom manages to break the clinch.
Lom takes a swing at Hex's ribcage but misses.
Hex tries to clinch but Lom is having none of it.
Hex connects with a body shot that sends Lom's belly button to the back.
Lom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hex takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hex scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hex wants to clinch.

Hex instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kosti Lom dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hex tries to clinch up
and Lom counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hex thinking.
A leg kick checked by Hex.
Lom scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hex.
Hex wants to clinch.
Lom swats away the attempt to clinch by Hex.
Lom scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lom throws a hook but Hex blocks it.
Lom misses with a wild body shot.

Lom drops Hex with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hex looks back up at him and smiles so Lom waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Hex is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hex ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hex is still on wobbly legs! Can Lom finish him?
Hex is looking to clinch.
Hex moves in looking to clinch but Lom pushes him off.
Hex seems to have recovered his senses.
Hex tries to clinch up but Lom circles away and keeps his distance.
Lom cracks Hex with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the ropes! Hex falls to his knees and Lom doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kosti Lom!