PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roger Cantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hopkins's choice of entrance music: Coming home -Dirty money. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cantor
vs
Hopkins

175 cm
29
165 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

180 cm
35
154 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger Cantor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Darius Henderson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cantor lands a jab to the nose.

Cantor gets a double leg takedown into Hopkins's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hopkins throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cantor uses it to pass to side control.
Hopkins is not content to let Cantor control the position.
Cantor content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins is trying to get back to half guard.
Cantor working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins tries to buck Cantor off but Cantor is having none of it.
Cantor is putting a hurting on Hopkins here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hopkins is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cantor connects with a decent elbow.
Cantor in side control, throwing shots but Hopkins defends.
Hopkins gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cantor is trying to control. Hopkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cantor thows a huge punch but Hopkins dodges it nicely.
Cantor is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hopkins!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins working to try and regain half guard.
Cantor looking to finish Hopkins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hopkins!
Cantor lands with some strikes.
Cantor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cantor scoring with strikes but Hopkins is staying in there.
Cantor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cantor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cantor looking to control but Hopkins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantor pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cantor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Hopkins is rocked!
Cantor lands a big shot to the head and Hopkins winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Roger Cantor!
A relieved looking Roger Cantor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.