PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hopkins
vs
Bear

180 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Bear!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bear tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hopkins, as that shot connected.
Bear misses with a right hand
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Bear misses with an uppercut. Hopkins saw that one coming.
Hopkins lands with a right hand.
Bear should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bear misses with a left hand
and Hopkins counters with a good low kick that Bear was not able to check.
Bear throws a right hand that misses
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hopkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bear. Bear circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bear throws a poor cross that misses
and Hopkins counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bear throws a right hand that misses
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bear takes one on the button.
Hopkins is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hopkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hopkins lands a right hook to the body.
Bear throws a poor cross that misses
and Hopkins counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hopkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins counters with a low kick, right behind Bear 's knee.
Bear is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bear misses with an uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Bear has eaten all the pies!
Hopkins connects with a high kick.
Bear misses with a left hand
and Hopkins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bear misses with an uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bear is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bear misses with a hook
and Hopkins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hopkins connects with a single shot there.
Hopkins is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hopkins!
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hopkins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bear misses with a left hand
and Hopkins counters with a low kick, right behind Bear 's knee.
Bear drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bear misses with a left hand
and Hopkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A right-left combo lands from Hopkins.
Bear drops his hands momentarily and Hopkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Hopkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hopkins!
Nice jab there from Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a series of strikes that have Bear backpedaling.
Bear misses with an uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bear takes one on the button.
Bear has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bear's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good standup being displayed there by Hopkins as he connects with a hook.
Hopkins lunges at Bear with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bear's hand.
Hopkins lands an overhand right.
Bear misses with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bear misses with a straight right.
Hopkins pushes Bear away with a front kick.
Hopkins jabs Bear to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bear misses with a lunging right hand
and Hopkins counters with a nice leg kick.
Bear throws a right hand that misses
and Hopkins counters with a good, hard body kick but Bear shrugs it off.
Hopkins dips to his left and cracks Bear with an uppercut!
Hopkins connects with a body shot that sends Bear's belly button to the back.
Hopkins is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hopkins lands with a nice body punch.
Hopkins connects with a body shot.
Bear on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hopkins stuns Bear with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hopkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bear rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hopkins counters with a good low kick that Bear was not able to check.
Bear misses with a left hand
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ted Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins scores with the left hand. Bear knows he should have avoided that one.
Bear throws a right hand that misses

and Hopkins counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hopkins landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hopkins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hopkins looking to pass the guard.
Bear seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hopkins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hopkins throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear controls Hopkins momentarily but Hopkins frees himself.

Ted Bear has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hopkins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bear rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hopkins counters with a left to the body.
Hopkins scores with a kick to the body.
Hopkins lunges at Bear with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bear's hand.
Bear takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bear is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hopkins lands a really nice looking cross but Bear seems unphased.
Bear swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hopkins lands with an uppercut that bounces Bear off the cage and back into range.
A jab from Bear misses.
Bear misses with a left hand
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Hopkins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hopkins connects with the punch.
Bear throws a right hand that misses
and Hopkins counters with a body kick.
Hopkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bear throws an off balance right hand
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Hopkins feints and then cracks Bear's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bear down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hopkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hopkins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Bear.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ryan Hopkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopkins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hopkins.
Hopkins cracks a nice hook into Bear's ribs.
Hopkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hopkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bear throws a hook but Hopkins avoids it easily.
Bear throws a poor cross that misses
and Hopkins counters with a good, hard body kick but Bear shrugs it off.
Hopkins catches Bear with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bear has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hopkins.
Hopkins connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bear misses with a left hand
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hopkins thuds a left hand into Bear's body.
Hopkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Bear throws an off balance right hand
and Hopkins counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bear ducks right into an uppercut from Hopkins.
Bear misses with a hook
and Hopkins counters with an inside leg kick.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bear is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear misses with a lunging right hand
and Hopkins counters with an outside leg kick.
Bear rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hopkins counters with a one-two to the body.
Hopkins lands with a kick to the temple. Bear shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bear misses with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bear thinking.
Bear throws a poor cross that misses
and Hopkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hopkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bear can do to turn this around?
Bear throws a right hand that misses
and Hopkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hopkins connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bear ducks right into an uppercut from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bear throws an off balance right hand
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins works the jab nicely.
Hopkins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bear at a distance.
Bear has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hopkins.
Bear misses with a left hand
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Hopkins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Hopkins there.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Bear has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hopkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a nice looking body kick.
Hopkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bear throws a right hand that misses
and Hopkins finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hopkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bear throws an off balance right hand
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Bear doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bear tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hopkins scores with a sloppy right hand. Bear should have avoided that one.
Bear takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice uppercut lands for Hopkins. That snapped Bear's head back.
Hopkins throws a series of strikes that have Bear backpedaling.

Hopkins drives through with a takedown into Bear's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bear can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hopkins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hopkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Bear is rocked!
Hopkins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bear is still in real trouble! Can Hopkins finish him?
Hopkins controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hopkins works over Bear with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bear wants to stand and escape but Hopkins is having none of it.
Hopkins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bear seems to have recovered his senses.
Hopkins trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.
Hopkins controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bear is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hopkins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Ryan Hopkins just wasn't active enough.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bear swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a thumping low kick.
Hopkins connects with a body shot.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Bear walks into a left hand.
Bear takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopkins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bear.
Bear on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice uppercut there from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a front kick.
Bear takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bear throws an off balance right hand
and Hopkins counters with a straight right hand.
Hopkins lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bear on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hopkins. Hopkins obviously looking to wear him down.
Hopkins scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bear takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice body kick from Hopkins.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hopkins dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bear misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bear misses with an uppercut.
Hopkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bear misses with a left hand
letting Hopkins counter with a right hand.
Bear misses with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a good low kick that Bear was not able to check.
Hopkins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hopkins throws a shot to the body.
Hopkins is looking to slow Bear down with leg kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hopkins, as that shot connected.
Bear rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hopkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice body kick from Hopkins.
Bear stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hopkins.
Bear takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hopkins cracks the inside of Bear's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopkins lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hopkins stuns Bear with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bear misses with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bear's knee momentarily.
Hopkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hopkins. That's going to slow Bear down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins scores with a jab. Bear acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hopkins scores with a head kick.
Bear misses with a hook
and Hopkins counters with an outside leg kick.
Hopkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bear with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hopkins to score with a decent uppercut.
Good shot there by Hopkins.
Hopkins thumps Bear with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Hopkins.
Hopkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bear. Bear circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Hopkins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bear doesn't seem phased though.
Bear swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Hopkins.
Bear misses with a lunging right hand
and Hopkins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bear's knee momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hopkins scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bear swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bear is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bear misses with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with an inside leg kick.
Ted Bear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bear has time to react.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bear really felt that one!
Hopkins connects with a body shot that sends Bear's belly button to the back.
Bear misses with an uppercut
and Hopkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bear really felt that one!
Bear tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a thumping low kick.
Bear swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hopkins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hopkins sizes up Bear with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a nice body kick.
Hopkins lands a jab-cross combination.
Hopkins connects with a body shot.
Bear on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hopkins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hopkins works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bear takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hopkins digs a good body shot into Bear's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hopkins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Hopkins. Beautiful body shot.

Hopkins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bear!
Bear really wants to buck Hopkins off and get back to his feet.
Hopkins breaks from Bear's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hopkins controlling the pace for now.
Bear can't escape the position.
Bear in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hopkins lands a big shot there that rocks Bear but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Hopkins! Bear is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ryan Hopkins!