PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Venom Killer (ranked 1935 p4p, 255 weight class) and Giuseppe Hopkins (ranked 855 p4p, 115 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Killer might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Body to the Head!. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Killer
vs
Hopkins

194 cm
27
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

190 cm
20
207 lbs
5 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Groove Gear

Groove Gear

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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Venom Killer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Giuseppe Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Killer drives through and clinches with Hopkins against the cage.
Killer misses with a body punch.
Hopkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins blocks a body shot from Killer.
Killer can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Killer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hopkins lands with a left to the head.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Killer.
Killer misses with a punch to the body.
Killer struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Killer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Killer misses with a body punch.
A short left from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Killer managing to block the knees to the body from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the side of Killer's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Killer.
A left hand lands to the body for Killer.
Hopkins blocks a body shot from Killer.
Killer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hopkins's elbow.
Hopkins lands an uppercut.
Killer can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Killer tries to work over Hopkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hopkins lands a right hand.
Hopkins scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Killer backwards.
Killer tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Killer tries to throw a body punch but Hopkins avoids it by throwing Killer back against the cage.
Killer blocking some punches.
Killer misses with a body punch.
Hopkins lands a good knee to the midsection. Killer won't want to take too many of those.
Killer is breathing heavily.
Hopkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hopkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Hopkins lands a nice knee to the body.
Killer has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hopkins with a knee to the head.

It looks like Venom Killer has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Hopkins.
Hopkins pushes Killer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Killer is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins landing knees to the body.
Oh Killer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hopkins creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Killer's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Killer drops to his knees and Hopkins pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giuseppe Hopkins! Giuseppe Hopkins retains his light heavyweight title!
Giuseppe Hopkins was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Venom Killer spoke after the fight, saying 'He hits like a venom'.