PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelito Barraquinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barraquinha comes to the cage accompanied by The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me. Hopkins comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barraquinha
vs
Hopkins

189 cm
30
200 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

180 cm
30
194 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelito Barraquinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barraquinha throws a head kick but Hopkins moves out of range.
Barraquinha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barraquinha throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hopkins throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barraquinha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hopkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hopkins misses with a head kick.

Barraquinha clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopkins.
Hopkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barraquinha lands a body shot.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barraquinha lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Tito Hopkins has been cut.
Barraquinha lands an elbow inside that Hopkins shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barraquinha struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Barraquinha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barraquinha lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins blocks the elbow strike.
Barraquinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopkins is defending well for now.
Hopkins lands a body punch.
Barraquinha blocks an elbow strike from Hopkins.
Barraquinha taking a breather.
Barraquinha misses with an elbow over the top.
Barraquinha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barraquinha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hopkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Barraquinha has double underhooks.
Barraquinha works on Hopkins's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Hopkins.
Barraquinha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hopkins wants to break free but Barraquinha has control.
Barraquinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Hopkins avoids the damage to the body.
Barraquinha lands a shoulder strike.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Barraquinha controls the action.
Barraquinha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hopkins's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.

Hopkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barraquinha misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barraquinha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barraquinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hopkins's defenses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopkins.
Barraquinha stalling against the cage.
Barraquinha blocks a body shot from Hopkins.
Barraquinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hopkins breaks from the clinch.
Angelito Barraquinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Hopkins is predictable there
and Barraquinha counters with a thumping low kick.

Hopkins gets tackled into the cage by Barraquinha. Barraquinha maintains the clinch.

Hopkins breaks the clinch.
Hopkins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hopkins.
Barraquinha throws a leg kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barraquinha throws a leg kick
and Hopkins counters with a nice body shot.
Hopkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barraquinha wants to land a leg kick but Hopkins is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha throws a head kick but Hopkins moves out of range.
Barraquinha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barraquinha avoids the body shot from Hopkins.
Barraquinha moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Barraquinha blocks a head kick by Hopkins.
Hopkins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Barraquinha tries to work over Hopkins's front leg with a kick but Hopkins checks it.
Hopkins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barraquinha is able to avoid easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hopkins.
Barraquinha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd cheers as Hopkins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barraquinha doesn't seem phased though.
An inside leg kick lands from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tito Hopkins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tito Hopkins's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hopkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopkins lands with a kick to the temple. Barraquinha shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Barraquinha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hopkins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barraquinha throws a leg kick
and Hopkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Barraquinha is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barraquinha misses with a leg kick
and Hopkins counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tito Hopkins!
Tito Hopkins gave a mention to Reaper Combatwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).