PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Nieddds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Nieddds has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nieddds
vs
Hopkins

168 cm
34
150 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

180 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Nieddds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieddds moves out of range as Hopkins throws a body kick.
Nieddds misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hopkins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nieddds clobbers Hopkins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ryan Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nieddds stuffs the takedown.
Nieddds swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nieddds works Hopkins's body with a nice hook.
Nieddds misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hopkins thuds a left hand into Nieddds's body.
Nieddds is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopkins moves in looking to clinch but Nieddds pushes him off.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Nieddds counters with a nice body shot.
Hopkins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hopkins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Nieddds ducks down to avoid it.
Hopkins throws a low kick but Nieddds moves out of range easily.
Nieddds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopkins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hopkins tried to score with a low kick but Nieddds checks it.
Hopkins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hopkins connects with a solid leg kick.
Hopkins tries to land a leg kick but Nieddds saw it coming and moves away.
Nieddds slips under a jab from Hopkins.

Nieddds gets tackled into the cage by Hopkins. Hopkins maintains the clinch.
Hopkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nieddds backwards.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins misses with some punches.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopkins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nieddds gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hopkins misses with the head strike.
Nieddds blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hopkins misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Nieddds.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nieddds blocks a body shot from Hopkins.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nieddds's elbow.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Nieddds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nieddds blocks an uppercut.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Nieddds.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hopkins scores with a hook to the body.
Nieddds's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nieddds trying to control the position but instead, Hopkins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nieddds into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bobby Nieddds.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Nieddds counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hopkins dominated that 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.

Good leg kick by Nieddds there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick from Hopkins misses.
Nieddds stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hopkins connects with a nice looking jab.
Hopkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nieddds counters with a straight right hand.
Hopkins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hopkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hopkins tries a low kick but Nieddds avoids it.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nieddds.
Hopkins connects with an inside leg kick.
Nieddds misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopkins tries to land a leg kick but Nieddds saw it coming and moves away.
Hopkins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nieddds has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bobby Nieddds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieddds misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Hopkins.
Nieddds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
Nieddds checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nieddds looks to land a combination. Hopkins sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hopkins tries to work over Nieddds's front leg with a kick but Nieddds checks it.
Hopkins throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nieddds counters with a stiff right hand.
Hopkins swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a low kick as Nieddds jumps back.
Hopkins slips under a jab.
Nieddds misses the jab.
Nieddds misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hopkins throws a low kick, looking for Nieddds's leg but Nieddds calmly moves out of range.
Nieddds looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hopkins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nieddds connects with a right hand. Hopkins shakes it off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hopkins. That's going to slow Nieddds down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick misses from Hopkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hopkins is looking to chop away at Nieddds's legs.
Nieddds works Hopkins's body with a nice hook.
Hopkins shoots in but no luck this time.
Nieddds throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hopkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nieddds misses the shot to the body.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Nieddds.
Nieddds taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins wants a takedown but no success here.
Nieddds stalling the fight.
Nieddds is trying to push Hopkins away but Hopkins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hopkins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nieddds fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bobby Nieddds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Hopkins.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins missing with a left hand there. Nieddds was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nieddds misses with a combination
and Hopkins counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Hopkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hopkins misses with a leg kick
and Nieddds counters with a nice uppercut.
Hopkins tries to clinch up.
Nieddds blocks a leg kick.
Hopkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nieddds's sensitive parts.
Hopkins throws a leg kick
and Nieddds counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hopkins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hopkins throws a low kick but Nieddds avoids it.
Hopkins misses with a head kick.
Jab, jab by Hopkins - just one landing.
Hopkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Nieddds checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nieddds darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hopkins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A low kick from Hopkins misses
and Nieddds counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nieddds catches Hopkins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hopkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hopkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hopkins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nieddds is out of range and Hopkins settles back down.
Nieddds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopkins moves away.
Hopkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hopkins throws a leg kick which misses Nieddds's front leg but catches the back leg as Nieddds tries to avoid it.
Nieddds is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a lazy right hand but Nieddds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hopkins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nieddds checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nieddds on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hopkins. Hopkins obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Nieddds ducks down to avoid it.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nieddds with a jab.
Nieddds bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hopkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hopkins goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nieddds misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hopkins throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nieddds counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds checks a low kick from Hopkins.
Hopkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nieddds.
Hopkins tries a low kick but Nieddds avoids it.
Bobby Nieddds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hopkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hopkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hopkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins tries a low kick but Nieddds avoids it.
A low kick from Hopkins misses
and Nieddds counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hopkins thinking.
Hopkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nieddds thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hopkins on the side of the head.
Hopkins swings widly with a right hand
and Nieddds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hopkins, right into the meat.
Nieddds scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopkins wants to slow Nieddds down by chopping away at his legs.
Bobby Nieddds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hopkins on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hopkins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nieddds's calf.
Nieddds connects with a body shot that sends Hopkins's belly button to the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nieddds takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A slow jab from Nieddds misses its intended target.
Nieddds pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bobby Nieddds.
Well Hopkins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Hopkins!