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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Hopkins (ranked 226 p4p, 282 weight class) and Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 36 p4p, 42 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 32 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Giuseppe Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Baruto Tonissaar!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonissaar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tonissaar connects with a crisp jab.
Hopkins misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tonissaar 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 Hopkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hopkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hopkins tries to work over Tonissaar's front leg with a kick but Tonissaar checks it.
Tonissaar appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Hopkins misses.
Decent striking displayed by Hopkins there.
Hopkins lands a jab to Tonissaar's midsection.
Tonissaar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hopkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopkins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Baruto Tonissaar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hopkins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tonissaar is out of range and Hopkins settles back down.
Hopkins throws a low kick but Tonissaar moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hopkins.
A slow jab from Tonissaar misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopkins throws a jab but it's blocked by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar is looking to slow Hopkins down with leg kicks.
Hopkins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A solid leg kick lands there for Hopkins.
Tonissaar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins motions for Tonissaar to come forward. Hopkins throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tonissaar counters with a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Hopkins.
Hopkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Tonissaar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hopkins is looking to chop away at Tonissaar's legs.
Tonissaar slips under a jab from Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Tonissaar ducks down to avoid it.
Tonissaar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tonissaar throws a head kick but Hopkins moves out of range.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hopkins.
Hopkins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tonissaar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tonissaar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hopkins. That did some damage!
Tonissaar slips a jab from Hopkins.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tonissaar! But no joy.
Hopkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hopkins.
And Hopkins counters with a quick kick to the body but Tonissaar blocks it.
Hopkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tonissaar. Tonissaar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tonissaar checks a low kick from Hopkins.
Tonissaar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tonissaar misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Tonissaar as he checks the leg kick.
Tonissaar misses with a leg kick
letting Hopkins counter with a right hand.
Hopkins throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hopkins throws a low kick but Tonissaar avoids it.
Tonissaar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tonissaar misses with a hook
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tonissaar looks to land a right hand but Hopkins moved out of range.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
Hopkins checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tonissaar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tonissaar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hopkins scores with a hook to the body. Tonissaar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hopkins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hopkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tonissaar cracks Hopkins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tonissaar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hopkins misses the target.
Tonissaar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tonissaar throws the left hand but Hopkins avoids the punch easily.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Hopkins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tonissaar tries to work over Hopkins's front leg with a kick but Hopkins checks it.
Hopkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Hopkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tonissaar.
Hopkins throws out a leg kick but Tonissaar moves out of range and Hopkins only half commits.
Hopkins throws a low kick, looking for Tonissaar's leg but Tonissaar calmly moves out of range.
Hopkins blocks a leg kick.
Tonissaar looks to throw the jab but Hopkins is out of range.
Hopkins throwing a counter right hand but Tonissaar manages to avoid it.
Tonissaar throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hopkins's head.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Tonissaar misses.
Hopkins tries to move into range but Tonissaar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Hopkins sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tonissaar misses with a hook. Hopkins ducked under it nicely.
Hopkins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hopkins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tonissaar staying out of range there.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hopkins.
Tonissaar moves out of range as Hopkins strikes.
Tonissaar throws a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins misses with a body kick.
Tonissaar is looking for the big counter here.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hopkins scoring well with a low kick there.
Tonissaar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonissaar.
Hopkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tonissaar's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopkins checks a low kick from Tonissaar.
Hopkins ducks under a wild hook from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar ducks right into an uppercut from Hopkins.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tonissaar 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 Hopkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hopkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Giuseppe Hopkins will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tonissaar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tonissaar checks a leg kick nicely.
A little jabbing left from Tonissaar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hopkins moves out of range as Tonissaar strikes.
Giuseppe Hopkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tonissaar throws a looping overhand right but Hopkins ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hopkins finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tonissaar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopkins manages to avoid it.
Tonissaar moves out of range of the leg kick from Hopkins.
The fighters circling - Tonissaar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Hopkins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tonissaar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tonissaar. That did some damage!
Tonissaar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tonissaar misses with a kick to the body.
Hopkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tonissaar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tonissaar sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tonissaar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a leg kick
and Tonissaar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hopkins throws a push kick but Tonissaar slaps the foot to one side.
A nice side step and Tonissaar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hopkins walks into a left hand.
Hopkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hopkins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hopkins tries to clinch up but Tonissaar circles away and keeps his distance.
Hopkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tonissaar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hopkins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tonissaar connects with the punch.
Tonissaar missing with a left hand there. Hopkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hopkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hopkins throws a low kick but Tonissaar moves out of range easily.
Hopkins takes one to the chin there.
Jab, jab by Tonissaar - just one landing.
Hopkins blocks the body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Tonissaar.
Hopkins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tonissaar - that will leave a mark!
Tonissaar throws out a powerful jab.
Tonissaar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hopkins loads up on a big right hand but Tonissaar slips the punch.
Hopkins avoids the body shot from Tonissaar.
Hopkins went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tonissaar tries to keep at a distance but Hopkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Tonissaar avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Tonissaar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tonissaar stalling in the clinch.
Tonissaar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hopkins is keeping busy.
Tonissaar breaks the clinch.
Tonissaar slips under a jab from Hopkins.
Tonissaar dips to his left and cracks Hopkins with an uppercut!
Tonissaar throws a hook but Hopkins avoids it easily.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hopkins checks a low kick from Tonissaar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That kick from Tonissaar tenderised Hopkins's leg. Hopkins is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hopkins lands with a hook. Tonissaar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hopkins is looking to score with low kicks.
Tonissaar doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A lazy left from Tonissaar finds it's target.
Tonissaar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hopkins is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tonissaar.
A jab from Hopkins misses.
Good shot there by Tonissaar.
Hopkins throws a solid leg kick but Tonissaar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hopkins.
Tonissaar keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopkins checks a leg kick nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tonissaar, as that shot connected.
Tonissaar throws a hook but Hopkins blocks it.
Hopkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hopkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonissaar lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws the left hand but Hopkins avoids the punch easily.
Hopkins is looking to chop away at Tonissaar's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonissaar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hopkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tonissaar ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
Tonissaar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hopkins with a body shot.
Tonissaar scores with a nice head shot.
Hopkins staying out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Tonissaar blocks the low kick.
Tonissaar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tonissaar throws out a counter right but Hopkins avoids it with no problem.
Tonissaar throws a hook to the side of Hopkins's head but Hopkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tonissaar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tonissaar.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
Tonissaar throws out a leg kick but Hopkins moves out of range and Tonissaar only half commits.
Hopkins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tonissaar.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Baruto Tonissaar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hopkins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tonissaar can pounce on him.
Hopkins throws a leg kick but Tonissaar moved away.
Tonissaar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hopkins takes one to the side of the head.
Tonissaar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hopkins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hopkins scoring well with a low kick there.
Hopkins moves forwards but Tonissaar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tonissaar catches Hopkins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hopkins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tonissaar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonissaar.
Hopkins ducks under a wild hook from Tonissaar.
Hopkins appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tonissaar blocks a leg kick.
Tonissaar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hopkins doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tonissaar scores with a jab. Hopkins acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A low kick lands for Hopkins.
Tonissaar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopkins manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tonissaar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopkins.
Tonissaar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hopkins moves out of range of the leg kick from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a chopping leg kick but Tonissaar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hopkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tonissaar missing with a left hand there. Hopkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hopkins misses the jab.
Tonissaar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tonissaar connects with an inside leg kick.
Tonissaar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick.
Hopkins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tonissaar misses with a hook. Hopkins ducked under it nicely.
Hopkins misses with a body punch
and Tonissaar counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar checks a low kick from Hopkins.
Tonissaar throws out a counter right but Hopkins avoids it with no problem.
Hopkins walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tonissaar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hopkins fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tonissaar is out of range.
Tonissaar cracks Hopkins with a right hand to the side of the head.
A low kick lands for Tonissaar.
A big right from Tonissaar misses.
Tonissaar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopkins circles away quickly and effectively.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Hopkins checks it.
Tonissaar scores with a punch to the head.
Hopkins is looking to clinch but Tonissaar is avoiding it.
Tonissaar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hopkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tonissaar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tonissaar is able to avoid easily.
Tonissaar blocks the body kick.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonissaar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar looks to land a right hand but Hopkins moved out of range.
Hopkins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hopkins scores with a jab.
Hopkins digs a good hook to Tonissaar's body.
Tonissaar scores with a sloppy right hand. Hopkins should have avoided that one.
Tonissaar lands a body shot.
Tonissaar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hopkins's hands.
That kick from Tonissaar tenderised Hopkins's leg. Hopkins is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hopkins gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hopkins misses the shot to the body.
Hopkins throws a leg kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar misses with a head kick.
Tonissaar throws a hook but Hopkins avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tonissaar misses with a looping left.
Tonissaar has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Hopkins tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tonissaar manages to circle out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a leg kick.
Tonissaar with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Hopkins.
Tonissaar throws a head kick but Hopkins moves out of range.
Tonissaar misses with a lunging right hand
and Hopkins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A clash of legs there as Hopkins blocks the low kick.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Hopkins blocks a head kick by Tonissaar.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tonissaar!
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hopkins stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopkins staying out of range there.
Tonissaar blocks the body kick.
A nice side step and Tonissaar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hopkins tries to move into range but Tonissaar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baruto Tonissaar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tonissaar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baruto Tonissaar!
A victorious Baruto Tonissaar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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