PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liquid Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins comes to the cage accompanied by Manny Pacquiao - Lalaban Ako . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hopkins
vs
Gold

180 cm
32
157 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

179 cm
29
158 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinny Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Liquid Gold!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins misses the shot to the body.
Gold throws a lazy right hand but Hopkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Hopkins misses its intended target.
Gold appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hopkins ducks under a wild hook from Gold.

Hopkins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gold looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Hopkins stands up and beckons Gold to his feet.
Gold jabs at Hopkins's body.
Hopkins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hopkins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gold steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hopkins.

Hopkins pushes Gold up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Hopkins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hopkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
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 lands a right hand.
Gold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins digs a right hand into Gold's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gold's gas tank.
Gold blocking some punches.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Gold.
Hopkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gold misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Hopkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Gold blocks it.
Hopkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold has Hopkins pushed against the cage.
Hopkins lands an uppercut.
Gold's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short body shot lands from Hopkins as the two fighters clinch.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Hopkins.
Hopkins pushes Gold back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Gold controls the action.
Hopkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gold.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
Gold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Gold.
A short body shot lands from Hopkins as the two fighters clinch.
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins lands a left hand.
Gold lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gold prevents a body shot from Hopkins.

Hopkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the head.
Hopkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gold.
Hopkins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hopkins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hopkins tries to clinch there but Gold circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gold is fending him off so far but Hopkins persists. Nope, Gold circles away and we're back to standing.

Hopkins clinches up against the cage.
Hopkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golds head.
A hook to the body from Hopkins.
Gold misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Hopkins works on Gold's body with a couple of short punches.
Gold blocking some punches.
Hopkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hopkins misses with the head strike.
Gold is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gold blocking some punches.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins is working Gold over against the cage.
Gold works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gold stalling in the clinch but Hopkins improves position.
Hopkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gold trying to control the position but instead, Hopkins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gold into the cage.
Hopkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins scores with a hook to the body.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Hopkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hopkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hopkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golds head.
Gold tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Hopkins dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Gold swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gold throws a head kick that misses.
Hopkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hopkins tries to clinch up but Gold circles away and keeps his distance.
Gold appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gold throws a jab but it's blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins throws out a loose jab but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Gold misses.
A jab from Gold misses.
Hopkins seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Hopkins scores with a nice strike.
Hopkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gold lands a jab to the nose.
Hopkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gold can do to turn this around?
Gold lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hopkins lands a lovely overhand right.
Hopkins swings for the body but Gold moves out of range.
Gold slips a jab and a cross from Hopkins.
Gold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hopkins throws a hook but Gold blocks it.
Gold circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gold misses the jab.
Gold throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body kick from Gold.
Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gold.
Hopkins wants to clinch up but Gold keeps it at a distance.
That kick from Gold tenderised Hopkins's leg. Hopkins is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gold with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hopkins connects with a jab.
Hopkins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gold misses with an uppercut.

Hopkins dives in and scores a takedown into Gold's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold wants to hit a switch here but Hopkins passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Gold there!

Hopkins get's back to his feet.
Hopkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gold.
Liquid Gold is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hopkins lands a glancing blow to the side of Gold's head.
Hopkins misses with a leg kick
and Gold counters with a series of strikes. Hopkins will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vinny Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold misses with a body shot.
Hopkins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gold.
Hopkins tries to clinch but Gold moves away
and Gold counters with a stiff right hand.
Gold slips a jab and a cross from Hopkins.
Hopkins swings for the body but Gold moves out of range.
Hopkins moves away from the strike by Gold.
Hopkins tries to counter by clinching up but Gold breaks away and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold works Hopkins's body with a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gold, as that shot connected.
Hopkins misses with a looping right.
Gold fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liquid Gold seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gold will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A shot to the liver by Hopkins. Beautiful body shot.
Gold tries to move into range but Hopkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hopkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gold throws a poor cross that misses

and Hopkins counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hopkins wants to stand but Gold has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hopkins stands up out of the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a nice hook to Gold's body. Gold takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Hopkins closes the distance and clinches.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gold lands a shoulder strike.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the side of Gold's head.
Hopkins pushes Gold back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golds head.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gold misses with some punches.
Gold softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gold misses with a body punch.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Gold controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gold lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Vinny Hopkins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Hopkins misses with a hook.
Gold takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gold! But no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gold.
Gold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hopkins wants to slow Gold down by chopping away at his legs.
Hopkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hopkins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Hopkins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gold did well to prevent Hopkins getting side control.
It looks like Hopkins is going to stand back up.
Hopkins slows the pace down in half guard.
Hopkins is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins preventing the sweep.
Hopkins trying to control but Gold is working from the bottom.
Gold is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gold keeping full guard, as Hopkins tries to pass.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gold connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hopkins's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hopkins ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Hopkins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gold, as that shot connected.
Gold slips a straight right by Hopkins.
Hopkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hopkins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gold misses with a looping left.
Gold circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hopkins misses the shot to the body.
Nice cross by Hopkins.
Hopkins tries to clinch up but Gold circles away and keeps his distance.
Hopkins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gold can pounce on him.
Gold throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gold misses with a looping right.
Vinny Hopkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A shot to the liver by Hopkins. Beautiful body shot.
Hopkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gold throws a head kick but Hopkins moves out of range.
Hopkins throws a right hand that Gold ducks under and follows up with a left that Gold also avoids with ease.
Good exchange - Gold coming out on top.
Hopkins looks for a takedown but Gold sprawls well.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Gold.
Hopkins tries to clinch there but Gold circles away.
Gold swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hopkins lands a nice shot that snaps Gold's head back.
Gold throws a leg kick but Hopkins checks it.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gold.
Sloppy strikes from Gold. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Gold.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins throws a hook but Gold avoids it easily.
Hopkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Hopkins drives through and clinches with Gold against the cage.
Gold working aggressively here.
Hopkins pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gold is leaning against Hopkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gold scores with a shoulder strike.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Liquid Gold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Liquid Gold.
I think Hopkins 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Vinny Hopkins!
During a confident post fight interview, Vinny Hopkins thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.