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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Basten Sodergren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Hopeless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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192 lbs
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200 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Basten Sodergren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Hopeless!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopeless checks the leg kick nicely there.
A big right from Hopeless misses.
Sodergren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sodergren slips a jab from Hopeless.
Sodergren cracks Hopeless with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hopeless swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopeless misses with an uppercut. Sodergren saw that one coming.
Sodergren loads up on a big right hand but Hopeless slips the punch.
Sodergren misses with a body kick.
Hopeless misses with a looping right.
A jab from Sodergren misses.
Hopeless doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sodergren swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hopeless throws out a counter right but Sodergren avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodergren loads up on a big right hand but Hopeless slips the punch.
Sodergren ducks under a wild hook from Hopeless.
Sodergren uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hopeless.
A bone on bone clash there as Hopeless blocks the leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sodergren.
Sodergren feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hopeless's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopeless throws a hook but Sodergren avoids it easily.
Sodergren lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sodergren lands a right hook to the body.
Hopeless ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sodergren moves away.
Hopeless sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sodergren.
Sodergren avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sodergren misses with a body kick.
Hopeless looks to score with a jab to the body but Sodergren is just out of range.
Hopeless has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sodergren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopeless manages to avoid it.
Hopeless misses with an uppercut
and Sodergren counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jon Hopeless has been cut.
Hopeless avoids the body shot from Sodergren.
Hopeless listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sodergren wants to slow Hopeless down by chopping away at his legs.
Jon Hopeless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sodergren misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sodergren slips a straight right by Hopeless.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sodergren.
Hopeless moves out of range of the body kick from Sodergren.
Hopeless connects with a single shot there.
Hopeless swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hopeless throws a hook but Sodergren blocks it.
Sodergren throws a leg kick which misses Hopeless's front leg but catches the back leg as Hopeless tries to avoid it.
Sodergren takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sodergren scores with the left hand. Hopeless knows he should have avoided that one.
Sodergren just misses with a punch to the body.
Sodergren lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hopeless scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sodergren doesn't seem bothered though.
Hopeless takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hopeless darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sodergren explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hopeless misses with a hook. Sodergren ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopeless ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sodergren moves away.
Sodergren takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sodergren pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hopeless is out of range and Sodergren settles back down.
Hopeless lunges at Sodergren with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sodergren's hand.
Sodergren pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sodergren throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hopeless swings for the body but Sodergren moves out of range.
Sodergren thinks about countering with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hopeless misses the target.
Hopeless takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hopeless checks a low kick from Sodergren.
Hopeless swings for the body but Sodergren moves out of range.
Hopeless fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sodergren manages to avoid it.
Hopeless on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Sodergren finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hopeless throws a big shot that misses.
Hopeless misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sodergren pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hopeless is out of range and Sodergren settles back down.
Sodergren moves away from the strike by Hopeless.
Sodergren needs to keep his hands up - Hopeless had a free shot at his head there.
Hopeless misses with a hook
and Sodergren counters with a nice leg kick.
Hopeless takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hopeless gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sodergren.
Hopeless throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sodergren.
Sodergren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopeless.
Sodergren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hopeless.
Nice straight punches there by Sodergren. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sodergren.
Hopeless tries to move into range but Sodergren moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sodergren looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hopeless throws a sloppy body shot
and Sodergren counters with a good, hard body kick but Hopeless shrugs it off.
Hopeless misses with a hook to the body
and Sodergren counters with a head kick.
Sodergren fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hopeless checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Basten Sodergren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Hopeless's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hopeless missing with a left hand there. Sodergren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sodergren connects with an inside leg kick.
Hopeless loads up on a big right hand but Sodergren slips the punch.
Hopeless takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hopeless misses with a jab to the body
and Sodergren counters with a nice body shot.
Sodergren throws a body punch but Hopeless moves out of range.
Hopeless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sodergren was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopeless.
Sodergren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice side step and Hopeless releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A shot to the body from Sodergren misses
and Hopeless counters with a nice uppercut.
Sodergren lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sodergren throws a body shot but no joy.
Hopeless's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodergren misses with a kick to the body.
Hopeless connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sodergren's hands.
Sodergren throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sodergren looks for the body kick but Hopeless saw that one coming.
Good shot there by Sodergren.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sodergren.
Sodergren walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sodergren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sodergren lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sodergren throws a leg kick which misses Hopeless's front leg but catches the back leg as Hopeless tries to avoid it.
Hopeless checks a low kick from Sodergren.
Sodergren is looking to land body kicks.
Hopeless now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hopeless throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sodergren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Sodergren on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hopeless has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sodergren.
Sodergren pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hopeless is out of range and Sodergren settles back down.
Sodergren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Sodergren misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sodergren.
Sodergren takes a jab right on the kisser.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hopeless might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sodergren has got the better of the exchanges.
Sodergren throws an overhand right that lands on Hopeless's shoulder, as Hopeless tries to avoid the shot.
Hopeless has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sodergren.
Hopeless misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sodergren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Sodergren lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hopeless doesn't seem phased though.
Hopeless misses with a hook
letting Sodergren counter with a right hand.
Sodergren throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hopeless jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hopeless lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Hopeless. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hopeless.
Basten Sodergren is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopeless scores with a jab to the body.
Sodergren scores with a leg kick.
Hopeless throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sodergren counters with a nice body shot.
Hopeless pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
You can see that Hopeless has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hopeless misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sodergren.
Nice jab there from Sodergren.
Hopeless ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sodergren moves away.
Hopeless keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopeless takes a swing at Sodergren's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hopeless.
Sodergren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopeless.
Hopeless misses with an uppercut. Sodergren saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopeless. Sodergren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hopeless throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sodergren is looking to counter with a body kick.
Hopeless misses with an uppercut. Sodergren saw that one coming.
Sodergren throws a body kick that misses.
Sodergren throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hopeless misses with a body shot.
Hopeless takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A good leg kick by Sodergren.
Sodergren misses the shot to the body.
Sodergren slips a jab from Hopeless.
Sodergren moves out of range as Hopeless strikes.
Sodergren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopeless was well out of range. Poor timing from Sodergren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Hopeless blocks the low kick.
Hopeless lands with a cross.
Hopeless takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hopeless scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sodergren, right into the meat.
Hopeless throws a jab when Sodergren was well out of range.
Sodergren feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hopeless's calf.
Sodergren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopeless.
It looked like Sodergren was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hopeless.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sodergren. Hopeless does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sodergren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hopeless.
Sodergren moves away from the strike by Hopeless.
Hopeless works the jab nicely.
Hopeless ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hopeless stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hopeless throws out a loose jab but Sodergren uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Basten Sodergren dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Hopeless's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sodergren throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice side step and Hopeless releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hopeless scores with a body shot.
Hopeless misses with a straight left.
Sodergren throws a body punch but Hopeless moves out of range.
Sodergren scoring well with a low kick there.
Sodergren moves away from the strike by Hopeless.
Crunch! Sodergren slams his shin into Hopeless's torso.
Hopeless scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sodergren in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Hopeless.
Hopeless throws a shot from downtown. Sodergren moves away and avoids it.
Hopeless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sodergren was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopeless.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodergren fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hopeless.
Sodergren finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sodergren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hopeless can do to turn this around?
Sodergren pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hopeless has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sodergren.
Hopeless moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice side step and Hopeless releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopeless swings widly with a right hand
and Sodergren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hopeless scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hopeless loads up on a big right hand but Sodergren slips the punch.
Sodergren throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little jabbing left from Hopeless on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sodergren ducks under a wild hook from Hopeless.
Sodergren moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hopeless slips a straight right by Sodergren.
A nice side step and Hopeless releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hopeless misses with a straight left.
Sodergren throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hopeless takes one to the side of the head.
Sodergren is looking to score with low kicks.
Hopeless checks a low kick from Sodergren.
Hopeless throws an overhand right that lands on Sodergren's shoulder, as Sodergren tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Hopeless. That snapped Sodergren's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hopeless crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sodergren - the referee stops the clock and Hopeless gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sodergren. Hopeless manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sodergren throws a leg kick that misses.
Hopeless slips under a jab.
Sodergren moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hopeless misses with a straight right.
Hopeless throws a body shot but no joy.
Sodergren lands a really nice looking cross but Hopeless seems unphased.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sodergren.
That has opened up Jon Hopeless's cut even more.
Sodergren moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sodergren throws a leg kick but Hopeless moved away.
Hopeless uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sodergren.
A telegraphed right hand from Sodergren misses the target.
That kick from Sodergren tenderised Hopeless's leg. Hopeless is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hopeless tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sodergren was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopeless.
Hopeless takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopeless misses the shot to the body.
Sodergren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hopeless.
Hopeless uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sodergren.
Hopeless misses the jab.
Sodergren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopeless takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sodergren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopeless manages to avoid it.
Sodergren cracks Hopeless with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sodergren attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hopeless thuds a left hand into Sodergren's body.
Hopeless lands a nice hook to Sodergren's body. Sodergren takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hopeless takes a swing at Sodergren's ribcage but misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sodergren, right into the meat.
Hopeless looks to land a left hand but Sodergren moved out of range nicely.
Hopeless throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopeless misses with a double jab
letting Sodergren counter with a right hand.
Sodergren avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hopeless misses with an uppercut
and Sodergren counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Sodergren misses.
Sodergren misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hopeless throws a right hand that Sodergren ducks under and follows up with a left that Sodergren also avoids with ease.
Hopeless misses with a straight left.
Good shot there by Sodergren.
Hopeless throws a poor cross that misses
and Sodergren counters with a nice body kick.
Hopeless takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hopeless throws a body shot but no joy.
Sodergren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sodergren avoids the body shot from Hopeless.
Sodergren is looking to counter punch.
Hopeless avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Basten Sodergren clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Hopeless's cut.
That's time! Sodergren's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sodergren swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hopeless.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sodergren. That's going to slow Hopeless down.
Hopeless looks to throw the jab but Sodergren is out of range.
Hopeless checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sodergren moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick from Sodergren.
Sodergren tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sodergren lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hopeless looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopeless swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hopeless takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sodergren bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hopeless's head.
Hopeless is rocked!
Hopeless misses with a right hand
and Sodergren counters with a crisp right that sends Hopeless to the canvas! Sodergren follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Basten Sodergren!
Basten Sodergren retains his middleweight title!
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