PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rami Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins comes to the cage accompanied by Blueprint 2 Mashup - Eminem, Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. Harris has chosen Jedi Theme Music as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hopkins
vs
Harris

180 cm
26
167 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

180 cm
27
175 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinny Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rami Harris!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris tries to move into range but Hopkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harris tries a low kick but Hopkins avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Hopkins.
Hopkins lands an overhand right.
Harris slips a jab from Hopkins.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Hopkins darts in and clinches Harris up against the cage.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris lands a left hand.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Hopkins.
Hopkins tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Hopkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris is looking to control Hopkins's arms but Hopkins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the cage.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopkins lands with a light punch inside.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Hopkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
Harris trying to stall but Hopkins improves his position.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hopkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
Hopkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.

Hopkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hopkins. That did some damage!
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Hopkins moves into the clinch.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Hopkins - that landed with a thud.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Hopkins working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins digs a right hand underneath Harris's ribcage. Harris let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hopkins presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harris misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.

Hopkins breaks from the clinch.
Rami Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab lands there for Harris.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hopkins.
It looked like Hopkins was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hopkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hopkins throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!

Hopkins closes the distance and clinches.
Hopkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Hopkins works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
Hopkins blocks an uppercut.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Hopkins tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Hopkins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Hopkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harris blocks a low kick nicely.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Hopkins's shoulder, as Hopkins tries to avoid the shot.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Vinny Hopkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hopkins blocks a jab.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've been told by Hopkins's head coaches at Canadian Elite Bruins Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopkins is just out of range.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris throws a body kick that misses.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hopkins.

Hopkins clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
Harris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hopkins is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Hopkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Hopkins.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hopkins blocks an uppercut.
Vinny Hopkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hopkins lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Hopkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hopkins misses with the head strike.
A short right from Hopkins on the inside.
Hopkins lands a shot to the body.
Harris has Hopkins pressed against the cage.
Hopkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopkins pushes Harris back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hopkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Hopkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Harris.
Hopkins scores with a hook to the body.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Hopkins improves position.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris is leaning against Hopkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hopkins tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Hopkins - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Hopkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hopkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hopkins takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hopkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopkins.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Hopkins dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Hopkins.

Harris tries to keep at a distance but Hopkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Hopkins blocks an uppercut.
Hopkins misses with some punches.
Harris misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harris.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hopkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hopkins misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Harris.
Harris tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Hopkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
Hopkins has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a nice uppercut.

Harris is rocked!
Hopkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Hopkins finish him?
Hopkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Hopkins digs a right hand into Harris's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harris's gas tank.
Hopkins creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Harris's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Harris drops to his knees and Hopkins pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Hopkins!
Vinny Hopkins made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I never got to show my full potential before. Welcome to my show..'.
Rami Harris was interviewed post fight and said 'May the force be with you!'.