PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Hopkins (ranked 18 p4p, 61 weight class) and Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 4 p4p, 10 weight class). Stalinovich is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hell March. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hopkins
vs
Stalinovich

190 cm
32
207
27 - 5 - 2

192 cm
29
210
17 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Giuseppe Hopkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Stalinovich counter with a right hand.
Hopkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stalinovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stalinovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stalinovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hopkins.
Stalinovich lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hopkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stalinovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Stalinovich has knocked Hopkins down with a huge combo! Stalinovich steps away and waves a wobbly Hopkins back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Giuseppe Hopkins has been cut.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Stalinovich's shoulder, as Stalinovich tries to avoid the shot.
Hopkins gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Stalinovich gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Hopkins is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Stalinovich!
Joseph Stalinovich is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Joseph Stalinovich thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.