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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malik Jones (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. Malik Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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142 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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180 cm
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148 lbs
29 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malik Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinny Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Hopkins 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hopkins throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely.
Jones misses with a hook.
Hopkins throws out a powerful jab.
Vinny Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the body.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins lands a nice uppercut.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.
Hopkins tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hopkins misses with the head strike.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
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 with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopkins throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins blocks a body shot from Jones.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopkins lands a shot to the body.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones working aggressively here.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hopkins stalling the fight.
Hopkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Hopkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Jones digs a right hand into Hopkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hopkins's gas tank.
Jones is working Hopkins over against the cage.
Hopkins blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopkins.
Jones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hopkins.
Hopkins scores with a shoulder strike.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hopkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hopkins misses with some punches.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Jones works on Hopkins's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hopkins gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hopkins misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hopkins pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hopkins throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Hopkins.
Hopkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hopkins wants to clinch.
Nice shot by Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hopkins throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hopkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hopkins's waist but Hopkins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malik Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hopkins wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hopkins lands a jab to the head.
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!
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Hopkins.
Jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hopkins.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch lands to the side of Hopkins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A solid body kick from Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vinny Hopkins will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hopkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones slips a jab from Hopkins.
Jones takes a swing at Hopkins's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jones.
Hopkins blocks a jab.
Hopkins throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Decent striking displayed by Hopkins there.
Hopkins throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Hopkins bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jones tries to move into range but Hopkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.
Hopkins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Hopkins moved away.
Jones blocks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones moves forwards but Hopkins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hopkins is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hopkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins connects with a nice looking jab.
Hopkins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopkins tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones has Hopkins pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jones pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hopkins tumbling to the mat - Jones dives into Hopkins's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones won't allow Hopkins to get back to his feet.
We've been hearing that Jones has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hopkins is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Hopkins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jones won't allow Hopkins to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hopkins wants to control the position but Jones says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Jones not doing much here.
Jones 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.
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!
Jones wants to control but Hopkins is keeping him busy.
Hopkins is controlling Jones's trapped leg to prevent Jones from advancing to side control.
Hopkins is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.
Hopkins is controlling Jones's trapped leg to prevent Jones from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Hopkins has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Jones wants to pass to mount but Hopkins is defending the position.
Hopkins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hopkins working a defensive guard here.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hopkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones won't allow Hopkins to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hopkins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hopkins. That did some damage!
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hopkins.
A little jabbing left from Hopkins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hopkins jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hopkins connects with a crisp jab.
Vinny Hopkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Hopkins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hopkins misses with a straight left.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the body.
Hopkins lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Hopkins has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Hopkins connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Hopkins saw that one coming.
Jones defending well as Hopkins loads up on a big left hand.
Hopkins cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vinny Hopkins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones tries to land a front kick but Hopkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hopkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hopkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Hopkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hopkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones tries to work over Hopkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
Hopkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hopkins working aggressively here.
Hopkins lands with a light punch inside.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Hopkins tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
A short left from Jones.
Hopkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vinny Hopkins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hopkins's elbow.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a nice uppercut.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins misses with a punch to the body.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Malik Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins lands with a right to the head.
Jones lands a shoulder strike.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Hopkins as the two fighters clinch.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Hopkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
A short uppercut from Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Hopkins fails to land.
Jones scores with a hook to the body.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Hopkins avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Hopkins misses with some punches.
Vinny Hopkins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones misses with some punches.
Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Hopkins avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hopkins pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hopkins has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Jones tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Hopkins taking a breather.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Hopkins controls the action.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hopkins is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Malik Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Hopkins tries to tie him up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Malik Jones.
I think Hopkins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinny Hopkins!
After winning the bout, Vinny Hopkins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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