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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaimie Hopson (ranked 831 p4p, 1364 weight class) and Ngozi Chai (ranked 121 p4p, 186 weight class). Ngozi Chai has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jaimie Hopson's chin.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaimie Hopson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ngozi Chai!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chai instigates a clinch.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
Hopson tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Hopson misses with some punches.
Chai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
A nice left hand lands by Chai.
A nice left hand lands by Chai.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopson.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Chai misses with a punch on the inside.
Chai throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopson.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Chai throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hopson fails to land.
Chai tries a knee to the head but Hopson blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Chai wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hopson has him pressed against the cage.
Hopson misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chai working hard to break the clinch.
Chai trying to land knees to the body.
Chai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
Chai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.
Chai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hopson misses with a right hand
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Chai has Hopson up against the cage in a clinch.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chai lands a nice looking body shot.
Hopson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Hopson.
A countering left hand to the body from Chai misses.
Hopson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chai has time to react.
Hopson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hopson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chai ducks right into an uppercut from Hopson.
Hopson throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
Chai rushes Hopson and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Chai works on Hopson's body with a couple of short punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chai.
Hopson is breathing heavily.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai scores a nice knee to the body.
Chai lands with a short shot to the head.
Chai scores a nice knee to the body.
Chai tries a body shot but Hopson blocks it.
Chai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hopson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chai scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chai lands a hook that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
Hopson misses with a body punch.
Hopson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chai scores with a shot to the side of Hopson's head.
Chai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopson lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai blocks a body shot from Hopson.
Chai digs a right hand underneath Hopson's ribcage. Hopson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hopson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chai lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Chai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hopson misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Chai.
Hopson struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Chai.
Hopson blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chai trying to land knees to the body.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Chai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ngozi Chai dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hopson swings widly with a right hand
and Chai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hopson throws a jab when Chai was well out of range.
Chai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chai misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hopson misses with a two punch combination.
Chai steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hopson drops his hands momentarily and Chai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Chai moves into range and clinches up with Hopson.
Chai blocking some punches.
Chai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopson is defending well for now.
Chai tries to break free but Hopson pushes him back against the cage.
Chai tries to break the clinch but Hopson is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai blocking some punches.
Hopson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai tries to land a knee to the head but Hopson blocks with his arms.
Chai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hopson fails to land.
Chai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai working the clinch nicely. Hopson is working for position but Chai cracks him with a big knee to the head! Hopson crumples up against the cage and Chai lands two more shots before the ref can save Hopson! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Ngozi Chai!
Ngozi Chai is the new middleweight champion!
An out of breath Ngozi Chai thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Jaimie Hopson spoke after the fight, saying 'Another loss to another grappler... Where is that fucking Romero at ? I wanna stand and fight, none of this cuddle bullshit.'.
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