PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Jamison (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, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jamison
vs
Hopkins

175 cm
34
145 lbs
36 - 28 - 2

180 cm
30
157 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 36 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinny Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hopkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jamison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A left lands for Hopkins.
Jamison looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jamison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jamison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hopkins thumps Jamison with a low kick.

Hopkins clinches up against the cage.
Hopkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jamison backwards.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jamison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hopkins's elbow.
Jamison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Jamison.
Jamison has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Jamison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jamison is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hopkins gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hopkins.
Jamison blocks a body shot from Hopkins.
Jamison lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a left hand.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins takes a shot to the head.
Jamison misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Jamison blocks it.
Jamison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jamison lands a shot to the body.
Jamison tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jamison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hopkins or not.
Jamison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
A right hand to the body from Hopkins.
Jamison drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jamison.
Jamison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jamison.
Jamison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jamison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Jamison blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jamison blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Jamison avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Jamison.
Jamison scores with a hook to the body.
Jamison tries for a takedown. No joy.
Come on Hopkins - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Jamison avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Jamison controls his hands.

Jamison gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Hopkins regains guard.
Hopkins keeping full guard, as Jamison tries to pass.
Jamison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hopkins's head.
Jamison prevents Hopkins from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jamison is looking to work some ground and pound but Hopkins has wrist control.
Jamison stands up over Hopkins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jamison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hopkins controlling the position.
Jamison connects with a couple of short punches.
Jamison with a nice head shot there.
Jamison landing with the ground and pound.
Jamison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hopkins's head.
Hopkins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Hopkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jamison is aware though and is defending well.
Jamison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison works over Hopkins with some ground and pound from guard.
Jamison preventing the sweep.
Jamison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jamison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hopkins is keeping the position for now.
Hopkins has his hands on Jamison's head, controlling the position.
Jamison has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jamison passes Hopkins's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jamison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jamison passes to full mount!
Hopkins is looking to improve his position but Jamison isn't that keen on the idea.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jamison landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins is trying desperately to improve position.
Jamison lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jamison has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hopkins's face.
Jamison lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jamison scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hopkins?
Jamison working Hopkins over with strikes here.
Jamison postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hopkins looks a forlorn figure.
Hopkins is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jamison lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hopkins hang on?
Hopkins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hopkins has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Jamison is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hopkins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jamison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jamison lands with some strikes.
Jamison scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hopkins is desperately trying to improve his position but Jamison has a good base and remains in mount.
Jamison with a couple of short strikes.
Jamison lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jamison unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Jamison.
Hopkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jamison working the ground and pound effectively.
Jamison with the ground and pound from mount.
Jamison trying to control but Hopkins is having none of it.
Jamison punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jamison landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns Hopkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hopkins tries to reverse the position but Jamison maintains control.

Jamison is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hopkins is surviving well by controlling Jamison's body position as best he can.
Jamison with a couple of short strikes.
Jamison punishing his opponent with strikes.

Hopkins is rocked!
Jamison with good strikes from the mount here!
Hopkins is still in real trouble! Can Jamison finish him?
Jamison raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jamison lands a heavy elbow.
Hopkins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hopkins seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jamison scoring with strikes but Hopkins is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jamison landing strikes from the mount and Hopkins is in trouble!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jamison lands a couple of good shots and Hopkins has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Jamison lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Jamison is looking to control Hopkins but Hopkins is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Hopkins tries to escape the position.

Jamison working for a choke but Hopkins is defending well.
Hopkins wants to get back to his feet.

Jamison looking for the RNC.
Jamison scores with strikes from the back.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Jamison has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Hopkins has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Jamison is landing with strikes. Hopkins can't take much more of this.
Jamison trying to control.
Jamison lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Hopkins covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Hopkins's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Jamison.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jamison lands shots from the back.
Hopkins trying to control the hands but Jamison won't let him.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Jamison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jamison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 10:9
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 10:9
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Jamison!
John Jamison spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Vinny Hopkins was interviewed post fight and said '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.'.