PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tear Drop Drake (ranked 3256 p4p, 2773 weight class) and Jacob Hopson (ranked 385 p4p, 334 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drake
vs
Hopson

185 cm
20
198
3 - 3 - 1

190 cm
20
185
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Fast

Un-Kaged Nutrition
Fantasy Threads

Shadow Realm Apparel

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 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Tear Drop Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Hopson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake blocks a low kick nicely.
Hopson works Drake's body with a nice hook.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Hopson.
Drake throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
Hopson throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it.
Hopson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hopson. Hopson obviously looking to wear him down.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopson.
Hopson misses with a low kick as Drake jumps back.
Drake takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Drake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hopson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake blocks a body shot from Hopson.
Drake definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Hopson throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson throws a head punch that misses.
The referee calls for Drake to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopson takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jacob Hopson has been cut.
Drake misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake crunches a lovely knee into Hopson's ribcage.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hopson struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Drake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
Hopson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drake lands a knee to the head.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Hopson scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Drake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
Drake makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopson avoiding damage as Drake throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drake pressing his opponent against the cage.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hopson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocking some punches.
Hopson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drake.
Drake misses with some punches.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drake taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hopson tries to throw a body punch but Drake avoids it by throwing Hopson back against the cage.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hopson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Hopson digs a right hand into Drake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Drake's gas tank.
Drake using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hopson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drake is defending well for now.
Hopson can't find room to land a body shot as Drake controls the action.
Hopson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Hopson blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drake.
Hopson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drake blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Hopson tries to throw a body punch but Drake avoids it by throwing Hopson back against the cage.
Drake just leaning against Hopson, taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Hopson.
Drake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopson.
Hopson misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Nice body punch from Hopson.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Drake leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hopson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Hopson is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hopson fails to land.
Hopson misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopson lands a body punch.
Hopson cracks Drake with a nice body shot.
Hopson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Hopson is blocking nicely.
Hopson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopson lands with a right to the head.
Hopson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drake is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hopson misses with some punches.
Hopson scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hopson lands a left hand.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Hopson blocks it.
A short left from Hopson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Hopson letting Drake take a breather here.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Hopson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Hopson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hopson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Drake scores with a sloppy right hand. Hopson should have avoided that one.
Drake throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
The crowd cheers as Hopson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drake doesn't seem phased though.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopson connects with an inside leg kick.
Hopson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopson manages to avoid it.
Hopson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hopson throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Hopson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big left from Drake misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake wants to clinch.
Drake checks a low kick from Hopson.
Drake throws a combination that misses
and Hopson counters with a series of strikes. Drake will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drake rushes Hopson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hopson lands a shoulder strike.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hopson lands a good knee to the midsection. Drake won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hopson landing knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Hopson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hopson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hopson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Hopson lands a body shot.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Drake.
Hopson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopson lands a knee to the body.
Hopson lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hopson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hopson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hopson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hopson working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Hopson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Hopson.
Hopson works on Drake's body with a couple of short punches.
Hopson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hopson fails to land.
Good body shot from Hopson.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but Hopson blocks with his arms.
Hopson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hopson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.
Hopson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Drake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Hopson scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Hopson misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Hopson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hopson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hopson lands a body punch.
Hopson throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hopson fails to land.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drake blocking some punches.
Hopson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hopson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drake throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson misses with some punches.
Drake blocking some punches.
Drake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopson.
A left hand lands to the body for Hopson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hopson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.
Drake is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hopson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Drake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drake.
Still in the clinch, Hopson scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopson misses with a body punch.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
Hopson misses with some punches.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Hopson.
Hopson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hopson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jacob Hopson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Hopson.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake managing to block the knees to the body from Hopson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hopson.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Hopson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jacob Hopson's cut.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Hopson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drake. That did some damage!
Hopson throws a nice head kick!
Drake is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hopson.
Jacob Hopson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hopson with a nice calf kick.
Drake gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hopson scores with a leg kick.

Hopson tries to keep at a distance but Drake has taken the fight into the clinch.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Hopson lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Hopson.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hopson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hopson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Drake.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopson lands with a short shot to the head.
Drake tries to land knees in the clinch but Hopson avoids the damage to the body.
Hopson scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
Hopson swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopson throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Drake blocking some punches.
Drake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hopson misses with a body punch.
Drake stalling.
Hopson misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopson scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tear Drop Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jacob Hopson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hopson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopson swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as Hopson controls the action.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Hopson is blocking nicely.
Drake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopson managing to block the knees to the body from Drake.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hopson blocks it with crossed arms.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake tries to stall but Hopson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Drake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hopson lands a right hand.
Hopson blocking some punches.
Drake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hopson avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Drake obliges.
Drake missing with knees to the body.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Hopson is blocking nicely.
Drake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Hopson blocks it.
Hopson lands with a short shot to the head.
Drake crunches a lovely knee into Hopson's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Hopson as the two fighters clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jacob Hopson.
Well Hopson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Hopson!
Jacob Hopson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.