PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Esposito (ranked 1148 p4p, 1805 weight class) and Honza Hohol (ranked 137 p4p, 205 weight class). Honza Hohol acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Esposito
vs
Hohol

185 cm
28
190
13 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
192
15 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonardo Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Honza Hohol!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hohol connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Esposito's hands.
Esposito fails with an attempt to clinch.
Esposito works over Hohol's head and body with a nice combination.

Esposito gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Esposito takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hohol.
Hohol throws a head punch that misses.
Hohol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito lands a body shot in the clinch.
Esposito trying to stall but Hohol improves his position.
Hohol swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hohol letting Esposito take a breather here.
Esposito controlling the action here for a moment.
Esposito gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Esposito.
Hohol has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hohol misses with the head strike.
Hohol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito stalls.
Esposito pushes Hohol back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hohol misses with a punch to the body.
Hohol has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Esposito seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hohol can turn it around.
Hohol can't find room to land a body shot as Esposito controls the action.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Esposito works on Hohol's body with a couple of short punches.
Esposito lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hohol.
Esposito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Esposito misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Esposito throws a punch but it's blocked by Hohol.
Hohol misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hohol doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hohol's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Hohol fails to land.
Hohol avoiding damage as Esposito throws knees to the body.
Hohol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hohol blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Esposito.
Hohol tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Esposito.
Esposito working aggressively here.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Hohol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hohol throws a head punch that misses.
Hohol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito stalling in the clinch.
Hohol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Esposito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hohol throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito digs a right hand underneath Hohol's ribcage. Hohol let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hohol prevents a body shot from Esposito.
Esposito lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hohol misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of Hohol backwards.
Esposito blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohol has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Esposito misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Hohol.
Hohol misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito is leaning against Hohol and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hohol looks winded!
Esposito scores with a shoulder strike.
Esposito content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Esposito.
Esposito stalls.
A body shot lands from Esposito.
Esposito gets through Hohol's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Esposito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
A short right from Esposito on the inside.
A short right from Esposito on the inside.
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!
Esposito lands an uppercut.
Hohol's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Hohol is rocked!
Esposito throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Esposito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hohol is still on wobbly legs! Can Esposito finish him?
A left hand lands to the body for Esposito.
Esposito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hohol backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito lands a big right hand that drops Hohol! The killer instinct kicks in and Esposito finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Esposito!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonardo Esposito!
Leonardo Esposito seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.