PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bear
vs
Hopkins

184 cm
24
177 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

182 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bear has Hopkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Hopkins working aggressively here.

Bear breaks the clinch.
Hopkins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hopkins tries to clinch

and Bear counters by moving into the clinch.
Bear lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bear.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Hopkins avoids the damage to the body.
Bear lands an elbow just above Hopkins 's eye.
Bear lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopkins.
Hopkins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hopkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bear.

Hopkins is rocked!
Hopkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hopkins is still on wobbly legs! Can Bear finish him?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bear.
Bear pushes Hopkins against the cage. Bear is working some dirty boxing. Bear pushes off with a quick right hook! Hopkins goes down! Hopkins tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Bear moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Bear!