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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Hopson (ranked 1098 p4p, 2052 weight class) and Rob Thornton (ranked 152 p4p, 266 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Hopson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopson slips a straight right by Thornton.
Thornton misses with a straight left.
Thornton throws a right and a left that Hopson avoids nicely.
Thornton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hopson tries to land a body kick
and Thornton counters with a nice body shot.
Hopson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thornton is out of range.
Hopson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thornton misses with a lunging right hand
and Hopson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hopson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thornton will feel that in the morning.
Thornton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thornton misses the jab.
Hopson lands with a nice body kick.
Hopson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice jab there from Thornton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thornton doesn't seem bothered though.
Hopson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hopson lands with a nice body kick.
Hopson pushes Thornton away with a front kick.
Hopson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thornton. Thornton circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slow jab from Thornton misses its intended target.
Hopson lands a jab to Thornton's midsection.
Thornton misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopson lands a leg kick that knocks Thornton off balance momentarily.
Jacob Hopson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thornton misses with a wild combination.
Thornton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hopson.
Thornton missing with a left hand there. Hopson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hopson misses with a body kick.
Hopson delivers a nice body kick.
Hopson with the inside leg kick.
Thornton misses with a series of wild punches.
Hopson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hopson misses the shot to the body.
Thornton throws a looping overhand right but Hopson ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Hopson.
Hopson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hopson. Thornton shrugs it off though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hopson.
Hopson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thornton throws out the jab.
Hopson is looking to wear down Thornton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Thornton misses.
Thornton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hopson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hopson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hopson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thornton tries to clinch but Hopson moves away
and Hopson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thornton thinking.
Hopson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thornton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hopson misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Thornton misses.
Hopson misses the shot to the body.
Hopson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot by Hopson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hopson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thornton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopson slips a jab and a cross from Thornton.
Hopson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thornton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hopson lands a right hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Thornton.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hopson.
Hopson lands a body shot.
Hopson tries to land a front kick but Thornton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thornton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hopson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Thornton throws a body shot but no joy.
Hopson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hopson scores with a nice body kick.
Hopson delivers a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thornton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hopson counters with a nice body kick.
Hopson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thornton takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thornton misses with a combination
and Hopson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thornton is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopson throws a push kick but Thornton slaps the foot to one side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hopson, as that shot connected.
Thornton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thornton has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hopson.
Hopson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thornton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hopson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hopson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Hopson scores with a spinning back kick!
Thornton wants to clinch up but Hopson keeps it at a distance.
Hopson lands a slapping body shot.
Hopson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Thornton's head.
Hopson moves out of range as Thornton strikes.
Hopson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Hopson looks to land a body kick but Thornton moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thornton lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Thornton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopson manages to avoid it.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hopson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hopson cracks a nice hook into Thornton's ribs.
Thornton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hopson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Hopson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hopson tries to land a body kick
and Thornton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A body shot lands from Thornton.
Thornton throws a head punch that misses.
Thornton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Hopson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thornton can do to turn this around?
Hopson gets through Thornton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hopson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thornton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thornton.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopson.
Thornton struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopson controls his hands.
Good body shot from Hopson.
Thornton swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thornton working aggressively here.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Thornton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hopson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Thornton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hopson fails to land.
Hopson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thornton backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Thornton.
Thornton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Hopson.
Hopson lands a body shot.
Hopson lands an uppercut.
Thornton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hopson or not.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thornton backwards.
Hopson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thornton tries to work over Hopson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thornton working aggressively here.
Thornton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thornton misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thornton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thornton can't find room to land a body shot as Hopson controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopson.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hopson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thornton misses with a punch to the body.
Hopson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thornton misses with a punch to the body.
Thornton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thornton tries a body shot but Hopson blocks it.
Hopson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thornton or not.
Thornton is breathing heavily.
Hopson lands a nice uppercut.
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Hopson.
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thornton's elbow.
Hopson lands a left hand.
Hopson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thornton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Thornton.
Thornton throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopson blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopson misses with the head strike.
Thornton has a couple of punches blocked by Hopson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thornton.
Hopson cracks Thornton with a nice body shot.
Hopson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hopson lands a right hand.
Hopson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopson swings wildly with an uppercut but Thornton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Hopson.
Hopson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Hopson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hopson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Hopson.
Hopson scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Thornton.
Still in the clinch, Hopson scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thornton.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Thornton.
A body shot lands from Hopson.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopson misses with some punches.
Thornton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Thornton throws a head punch that misses.
Thornton blocks a body shot from Hopson.
Hopson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jacob Hopson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thornton's elbow.
Thornton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Hopson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thornton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hopson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hopson thumps Thornton with a low kick.
Hopson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hopson misses with the body kick
and Thornton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Hopson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopson scores with a nice body kick.
Hopson with a nice calf kick.
Hopson tries a head kick but it misses.
Thornton misses with a combination
and Hopson counters with a head kick.
Thornton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thornton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopson was well out of range. Poor timing from Thornton.
Hopson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Thornton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopson was well out of range. Poor timing from Thornton.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hopson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hopson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thornton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hopson thows a body kick. Thornton tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jacob Hopson is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thornton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thornton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hopson.
Thornton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thornton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thornton tries to clinch up but Hopson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hopson throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopson scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thornton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hopson - the referee stops the clock and Thornton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hopson. Thornton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A solid body kick from Hopson.
Thornton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hopson lands a front kick.
Hopson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thornton misses with the combination.
Thornton throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
Hopson fakes the leg kick and cracks Thornton in the body.
Hopson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice body kick from Hopson.
Hopson misses with a wild body shot.
Hopson scores with a body shot.
Thornton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopson manages to avoid it.
Hopson throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hopson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hopson lands a nice hook to Thornton's body. Thornton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jacob Hopson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hopson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hopson lands with a slapping head kick.
Hopson scores with a head kick. Thornton tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hopson pushes Thornton away with a front kick.
Thornton tries to clinch but Hopson is having none of it.
Thornton misses with a wild combination.
Thornton doesn't manage to clinch there - Hopson circles away.
Hopson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Thornton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thornton tries to clinch there but Hopson circles away.
Hopson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thornton's head backwards.
Thornton misses with a hook
and Hopson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thornton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Hopson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thornton throws the left hand but Hopson avoids the punch easily.
Thornton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hopson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Thornton takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Thornton throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
Thornton catches Hopson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hopson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thornton if he has to take too many more of those.
Thornton throws a right and a left that Hopson avoids nicely.
Hopson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Thornton avoids it.
Thornton tries to clinch there but Hopson circles away.
Thornton throws a nice looking combination but Hopson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hopson lands with a shot to the body.
Thornton scores with a shot to the body.
Hopson misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Thornton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hopson throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Hopson.
Hopson misses with a body kick.
Thornton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hopson throws a body shot but no joy.
Hopson staying out of range there.
Thornton closes the distance and clinches.
Hopson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Thornton.
Hopson lands a shot to the body.
Rob Thornton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hopson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopson blocks an uppercut.
Thornton blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopson blocks an uppercut.
Hopson blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Hopson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hopson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Hopson!
A relieved looking Jacob Hopson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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