PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Underestimated Dillashaw Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins has chosen Manny Pacquiao - Lalaban Ako as his entrance music. Underestimated Dillashaw Junior is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Dillashaw Junior
vs
Hopkins

169 cm
29
152 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

180 cm
29
157 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Voodoo Nutrition

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Underestimated Dillashaw Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinny Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillashaw Junior fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dillashaw Junior swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dillashaw Junior 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.

Hopkins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dillashaw Junior blocks an uppercut.
Dillashaw Junior struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Dillashaw Junior controls the action.
A short left from Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior lands a body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dillashaw Junior as Hopkins tries to tie him up.
A right hook to the body lands for Hopkins.
Dillashaw Junior pushes Hopkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Hopkins tries to work over Dillashaw Junior's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dillashaw Junior throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopkins.

Hopkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dillashaw Junior moves into range and clinches up with Hopkins.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins tries to work over Dillashaw Junior's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dillashaw Junior landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopkins is defending well for now.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the side of Dillashaw Junior's head.
Dillashaw Junior throws a head punch that misses.
Dillashaw Junior misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopkins.
Dillashaw Junior scores with a shoulder strike.
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior pushes Hopkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins managing to block the knees to the body from Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dillashaw Junior backwards.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dillashaw Junior tries to circle away but Hopkins has him pinned against the cage.
Dillashaw Junior keeps control of Hopkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dillashaw Junior missing with knees to the body.
Dillashaw Junior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dillashaw Junior misses with some punches.
Dillashaw Junior misses with the head strike.
Dillashaw Junior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior tries to throw a body punch but Hopkins avoids it by throwing Dillashaw Junior back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hopkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dillashaw Junior is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dillashaw Junior can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Dillashaw Junior blocking some punches.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Dillashaw Junior controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dillashaw Junior's elbow.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Dillashaw Junior blocks it.
Hopkins tries to stall but Dillashaw Junior uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dillashaw Junior swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.

Dillashaw Junior breaks the clinch.
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dillashaw Junior will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hopkins motions for Dillashaw Junior to come forward. Hopkins throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dillashaw Junior looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dillashaw Junior misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Dillashaw Junior misses.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a low kick as Hopkins jumps back.
Dillashaw Junior fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hopkins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dillashaw Junior bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Dillashaw Junior misses.
Dillashaw Junior looks to throw a body kick
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Dillashaw Junior throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hopkins avoids the body shot from Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a looping right.
Hopkins appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dillashaw Junior lands a leg kick that knocks Hopkins off balance momentarily.
Dillashaw Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopkins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hopkins lands a jab to the head.
Hopkins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dillashaw Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopkins is looking to clinch but Dillashaw Junior is avoiding it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dillashaw Junior.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins tries to clinch there but Dillashaw Junior circles away.
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 misses with a straight right.
Hopkins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins tries to clinch but Dillashaw Junior is having none of it.
Dillashaw Junior looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dillashaw Junior lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hopkins blocks the body kick.
Hopkins throws a hook but Dillashaw Junior blocks it.
Hopkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Hopkins blocks the leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior blocks a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Hopkins blocks the leg kick.
Hopkins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dillashaw Junior lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hopkins throws a lazy right hand but Dillashaw Junior sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hopkins checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hopkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hopkins checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Dillashaw Junior.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins cracks Dillashaw Junior with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hopkins loads up on a big right hand but Dillashaw Junior slips the punch.

Hopkins closes the distance and pushes Dillashaw Junior back into the cage.
Dillashaw Junior swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
A short left from Hopkins.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dillashaw Junior lands a knee to the body.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Dillashaw Junior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins stalling the fight.
Dillashaw Junior has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Dillashaw Junior scores with a shot to the side of Hopkins's head.
Dillashaw Junior lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dillashaw Junior works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dillashaw Junior.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins pushes Dillashaw Junior back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins tries to work over Dillashaw Junior's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hopkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Dillashaw Junior avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins managing to block the knees to the body from Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins blocks a body shot from Dillashaw Junior.
Hopkins lands a body punch.
Dillashaw Junior lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dillashaw Junior fails to land.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dillashaw Junior lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hopkins avoids it.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Dillashaw Junior controls his hands.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior blocks an uppercut.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Hopkins.
Dillashaw Junior misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
Dillashaw Junior is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Dillashaw Junior.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hopkins.
The referee calls for Hopkins to work.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Dillashaw Junior.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
Hopkins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hopkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dillashaw Junior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hopkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dillashaw Junior landing knees to the body.
Dillashaw Junior lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Dillashaw Junior avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Dillashaw Junior is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Dillashaw Junior on the inside.
Dillashaw Junior tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hopkins's elbow.
Dillashaw Junior blocks a body shot from Hopkins.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dillashaw Junior landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dillashaw Junior struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Hopkins lands with a left to the head.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a hook from the clinch.

Hopkins manages to break the clinch.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a nice body kick.
Hopkins moves out of range as Dillashaw Junior strikes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jab from Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior walks into a jab.
A big left from Hopkins misses.
Dillashaw Junior throws a quick counter head kick but Hopkins was just out of range.
Dillashaw Junior clobbers Hopkins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hopkins moves out of range as Dillashaw Junior throws a body kick.

Hopkins moves into the clinch.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Dillashaw Junior controls his hands.
Hopkins misses with some punches.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
Hopkins lands with a right to the head.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Dillashaw Junior controls the action.
Dillashaw Junior blocks an uppercut.
Hopkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Dillashaw Junior breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Dillashaw Junior.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Hopkins misses the target.
Dillashaw Junior on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dillashaw Junior has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 10:9
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Underestimated Dillashaw Junior!
Our winner, Underestimated Dillashaw Junior, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Vinny Hopkins spoke after the fight, saying 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. Don't worry I'll be back.'.