PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steffan Stove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stove comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fire kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mikey Hopkins could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Steffan Stove's chin.

Hopkins
vs
Stove

174 cm
20
140 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

165 cm
23
145 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steffan Stove!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stove takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice shot lands for Hopkins.
Hopkins misses with a hook
and Stove counters with a nice uppercut.
Hopkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stove manages to avoid it.
Hopkins lands with an overhand left.
Hopkins scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Steffan Stove has been cut.
Hopkins throws a hook to the side of Stove's head but Stove sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hopkins missing with a left hand there. Stove was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Hopkins misses.
Hopkins lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Stove slips under a jab from Hopkins.
Stove takes one to the chin there.
Hopkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stove.
Stove misses with a wild combination.
Hopkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Stove counters with a stiff right hand.
Stove ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
Hopkins has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Hopkins.
Hopkins connects with a nice looking jab.
Hopkins misses with a looping right.
Hopkins misses with a few strikes there.
Hopkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hopkins takes a swing at Stove's ribcage but misses.
Stove wants to land a leg kick but Hopkins is out of range.
Hopkins checks a low kick from Stove.
Hopkins misses with a looping right.
Hopkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stove.
Hopkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hopkins jabs Stove to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stove on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Hopkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hopkins misses with a hook. Stove ducked under it nicely.
Hopkins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stove takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stove throws a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins looks to land a left hand but Stove moved out of range nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hopkins.

Stove is rocked!
Stove 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.
Stove is still on wobbly legs! Can Hopkins finish him?
Stove uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hopkins.
Stove seems to have recovered his senses.
Hopkins connects with a looping right hand.
Stove looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopkins is just out of range.
Hopkins drops Stove with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Stove! Hopkins dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikey Hopkins!
Mikey Hopkins was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.