PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orton comes to the cage accompanied by Voices. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Orton
vs
Hopkins

225 cm
18
295 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
299 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

MMA's Best Nutrition

Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Orton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benjamin Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orton fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Orton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orton fails to land with a series of punches.
Orton throws a right hand that Hopkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Hopkins also avoids with ease.
Hopkins tries to clinch there but Orton circles away.
Some wild striking there from Orton.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Orton breaks the clinch.
Orton misses with a double jab.
Orton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopkins moves away.
Hopkins tries to clinch there but Orton circles away.
Hopkins moves in looking to clinch but Orton pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Orton.
Orton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Hopkins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Orton!
Hopkins with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hopkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Orton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Orton is breathing heavily.
Hopkins looking to ground and pound but Orton is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins with a couple of short strikes.
Hopkins punching from mount but Orton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hopkins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hopkins is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Orton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hopkins is landing with some decent strikes but Orton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hopkins misses with a head shot.
Hopkins misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hopkins throws some wild stikes that Orton manages to avoid easily.
Orton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hopkins on the ground.
Hopkins thowing shots but they're missing.
Orton blocking the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins throws some wild stikes that Orton manages to avoid easily.
Orton tries to hold on but Hopkins postures up.
Hopkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orton holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hopkins tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hopkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hopkins throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Orton because Hopkins loaded up on that one.
Hopkins throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hopkins thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hopkins throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hopkins lands a big shot there that rocks Orton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hopkins throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Orton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hopkins.
Hopkins throwing strikes here but Orton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hopkins landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hopkins throwing strikes here but Orton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hopkins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hopkins lands a heavy elbow.
Hopkins throwing strikes here but Orton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hopkins throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Orton taking shots to the head.
Orton avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hopkins.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopkins thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hopkins punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Hopkins dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hopkins drives through and clinches with Orton against the cage.

Orton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orton.
Hopkins dodges the punch combination from Orton.
A combination from Orton does no damage.
Orton misses with a hook. Hopkins ducked under it nicely.
Orton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Orton takes one to the chin there.
Hopkins tries to clinch but Orton moves out of range.

Hopkins clinches.
Hopkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hopkins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Orton.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hopkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Orton gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Orton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orton takes one to the side of the head.
Hopkins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Orton tries to bum rush Hopkins with a series of wild strikes but Hopkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jason Orton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hopkins moves into the clinch.
Hopkins lands a shoulder strike.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the side of Orton's head.
Hopkins scores with a shoulder strike.
Hopkins lands an uppercut.
Hopkins gets through Orton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hopkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hopkins takes the fight into the clinch.
Hopkins keeps control of Orton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hopkins has clasped his hands together around Orton's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Hopkins decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Donk. Hopkins catches Orton right on the button with a cross.
Hopkins wants to clinch up but Orton keeps it at a distance.
Orton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hopkins missing with a left hand there. Orton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Hopkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hopkins misses with some punches.
Orton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Hopkins.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hopkins lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hopkins.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orton.

Hopkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hopkins with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Hopkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hopkins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Orton dances in with a quick combination. Hopkins is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Orton snaps Hopkins's head back. Hopkins stumbles backwards against the cage. Orton steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Hopkins's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Hopkins just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jason Orton!
Jason Orton retains his super heavyweight title!