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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Hopes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Walker has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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220 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Hopes!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Chris Dean and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker moves into range and clinches up with Hopes.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Walker is trying to drag Hopes to the mat but Hopes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Walker with a knee to the head.
Walker can't get the takedown.
Walker is trying to drag Hopes to the mat but Hopes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker lands a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker has Hopes pressed against the cage.
Hopes tries to break the clinch but Walker is controlling the position.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hopes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walker jumps guard and drags Hopes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Walker tries to strike from the bottom.
Hopes drops back looking for a leg! Walker is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Walker manages to kick Hopes off! Hopes jumps back into Walker's guard.
Walker looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hopes decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walker closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Walker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Walker is trying to get an arm triangle but Hopes is defending well.
Hopes can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopes prevents Walker from improving position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Walker stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Walker gets caught flat footed, as Hopes shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Hopes from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hopes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hopes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Walker trying to control from the bottom.
Walker is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to get back to full guard but Hopes takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Hopes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hopes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopes punching from mount but Walker doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Walker wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hopes.
Walker is trying to escape the mount.
Hopes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jimmy Walker will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hopes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hopes has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Walker is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A head kick misses from Hopes.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hopes drops Walker with a beautiful combination! Walker stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hopes is looking for the KO!
Walker is rocked!
It looks like Jimmy Walker has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker avoids the head kick by Hopes.
Oh Walker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hopes lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Walker head around and knocks him out cold! Hopes hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Hopes!
Johnny Hopes thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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