PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Shelby (ranked 682 p4p, 84 weight class) and Hans Hermann Hoppe (ranked 799 p4p, 102 weight class). Hoppe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wind of Change kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Shelby
vs
Hermann Hoppe

176 cm
28
155 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

173 cm
26
161 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Shelby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Hermann Hoppe!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoppe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shelby.
Hoppe with the counter takedown but Shelby avoids it easily.
Hoppe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the liver by Shelby. Beautiful body shot.
Shelby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoppe moves away.
Shelby waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoppe.
Shelby throws a predictable looking body shot

and Hoppe counters by moving into the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hoppe has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Hoppe missing with knees to the body.
Shelby pushes Hoppe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Hoppe has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Shelby clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Hoppe throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shelby is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Hoppe trying to control momentarily.
Shelby is trying to stand back up.
Shelby covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Hoppe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelby is trying to stand back up.
Hoppe punishes Shelby with strikes from the back mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shelby trying to get back to his feet but Hoppe is in full control for now.
Hoppe throwing sloppy strikes.
Hoppe thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Shelby avoids the strikes from Hoppe.
Hoppe struggling to land strikes to the head as Shelby covers up.
Hoppe is landing with strikes from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe misses with a punch to the head.
Shelby covering up well and avoiding damage.
Shelby is keeping busy.
Shelby trying to get back to his feet but Hoppe is in full control for now.
Hoppe is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Shelby up.
Shelby prevents Hoppe from getting a body triangle.
Hoppe somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Shelby is trying to stand back up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe trying to control.
Shelby wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Hoppe's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Hoppe throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Shelby!
Shelby is trying to get back to his feet but Hoppe has full control of the position and if anything, Shelby has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Hoppe misses with a punch to the head.
Shelby is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Hoppe landing with strikes.
Shelby is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, with Hoppe on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Shelby is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Hoppe is looking to control Shelby but Shelby is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Shelby is trying to stand back up.
Hoppe lands with a hammerfist to the side of Shelby's head.
Hoppe looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Hoppe is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Shelby. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Hoppe punishes Shelby with strikes from the back mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hoppe.
Hoppe is landing with strikes. Shelby can't take much more of this.
Shelby is covering up but some of the strikes from Hoppe are getting through and doing damage.

Shelby is rocked!
Shelby looking very determined here, making life difficult for Hoppe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Hermann Hoppe 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.

Shelby throws an overhand right that lands on Hoppe's shoulder, as Hoppe tries to avoid the shot.
Hoppe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jab from Shelby.
Shelby scores with the left hand. Hoppe knows he should have avoided that one.
Shelby fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hoppe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch lands to the side of Hoppe 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've been told by Shelby's head coaches at Grind Time Elite {$900} that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hoppe is defended easily by Shelby.

Hoppe clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Shelby - that landed with a thud.
Hoppe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shelby prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tommy Shelby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hans Hermann Hoppe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelby gets through Hoppe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hoppe turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hoppe manages to end up in side control.
Shelby wants to get back to his feet.
Hoppe scoring with punches and elbows.
Hoppe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Hoppe tries for a kimura but Shelby is defending well.
Hoppe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The strikes coming from Hoppe are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Shelby is not content to let Hoppe control the position.
Shelby is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hoppe asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe just content to control the position.
Hoppe scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shelby to see if he's OK.
Hoppe connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Shelby some visible discomfort.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shelby is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hoppe is controlling him well.
Hoppe throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Shelby takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Shelby is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hoppe asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Shelby managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hoppe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shelby bucks up and tries to throw Hoppe off but instead Hoppe has got his back!
Hoppe is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Shelby up.
Shelby is trying to get back to his feet but Hoppe has full control of the position and if anything, Shelby has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Hoppe scores with punches and elbows.
Shelby trying to get back to his feet but Hoppe is in full control for now.
Hoppe lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hoppe.
Oh Shelby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shelby takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Shelby wants to get back to his feet.
Hoppe connects with a couple of big shots that have Shelby covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Shelby! Hoppe fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Hermann Hoppe!
Hans Hermann Hoppe bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.