PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Short
vs
Hopkins

188 cm
22
156 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Great elbows
Granite chin

Happy Pills

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Short!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Hopkins closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hopkins lands in his opponent's guard.
Hopkins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Short keeping moving, preventing Hopkins from controlling successfully.
Short trying to control the position.
Hopkins wants to control from the top but Short keeps moving.
Hopkins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hopkins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anthony Hopkins has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Hopkins drives through with a takedown into Short's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Short really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hopkins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hopkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Short can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hopkins controls the pace.
Short keeping full guard, as Hopkins tries to pass.
Hopkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins taking a breather here.
Hopkins cracks Short with a big elbow.
Short taking a bit of punishment here - Hopkins scoring with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins taking a breather here.

Hopkins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hopkins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Short is being controlled here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Short can't do much from the bottom here.
Short is letting Hopkins control him for a moment.
Hopkins throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hopkins happy to just control the position for now.
Short tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Short takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hopkins working the body and head with strikes.
Hopkins is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Hopkins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Short is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big shot lands for Hopkins! That's hurt Short! Will he recover? Hopkins fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Hopkins!