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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Hopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laurent Tesser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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156 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
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155 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nelson Hopper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Laurent Tesser!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Tesser, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tesser fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tesser fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hopper gets a double leg takedown into Tesser's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tesser wants to stand and escape but Hopper is having none of it.
Hopper trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hopper postures up and lands a big shot to Tesser's brow.
Hopper trying to control the position from guard on top but Tesser is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hopper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hopper sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tesser's guard.
Tesser is looking to escape.
Hopper has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Tesser defend it? Hopper steps over the head and cranks it - Tesser is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hopper!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nelson Hopper!
Nelson Hopper decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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