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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Conan (ranked 598 p4p, 357 weight class) and Hans Hermann Hoppe (ranked 70 p4p, 40 weight class). Hoppe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wind of Change. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Hans Hermann Hoppe enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Conan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Hermann Hoppe!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoppe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conan scores with a nice right hand.
Conan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hoppe's head backwards.
Conan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Edward Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hoppe counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoppe throws out a loose jab but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoppe was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan swings for the body but Hoppe moves out of range.
Hoppe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conan manages to avoid it.
Hoppe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Conan misses the shot to the body.
Conan throws a hook but Hoppe avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan throws a poor cross that misses
and Hoppe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Hoppe saw that one coming.
Conan throws a hook to the side of Hoppe's head but Hoppe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan connects with a jab.
Conan throws an overhand right that lands on Hoppe's shoulder, as Hoppe tries to avoid the shot.
Hoppe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan blocks a head kick by Hoppe.
A punch combination from Conan misses.
Hoppe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Conan, as that shot connected.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Hoppe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Conan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hoppes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Conan looks to land a combination but Hoppe avoids it well.
Hoppe tries a quick counter leg kick but Conan is wise to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoppe ducks right into an uppercut from Conan.
Conan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hoppe.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
Conan scores with a body shot.
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoppe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoppe misses with a hook. Conan ducked under it nicely.
Conan throws out a powerful jab.
Conan misses with a looping left.
Edward Conan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hoppe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conan lands a slapping body shot.
Conan blocks a jab.
Conan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hoppe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hoppe moves away from the strike by Conan.
Conan misses the body punch
and Hoppe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hoppe throws a right hand that misses
and Conan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hoppe thinking.
Hoppe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Hoppe throws a lazy uppercut
letting Conan counter with a right hand.
Hoppe tries to score a power double leg takedown but Conan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hoppe somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan loads up on a big right hand but Hoppe slips the punch.
Conan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoppe.
Hoppe appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hoppe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Conan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conan throws a shot from downtown. Hoppe moves away and avoids it.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Hoppe saw that one coming.
Hoppe doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A punch combination from Conan misses.
Hoppe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Conan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hoppe. Hoppe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Hoppe ducks down to avoid it.
Hoppe throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
Hoppe misses with an uppercut.
Conan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Conan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Edward Conan is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoppe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Conan misses with a double jab.
Hoppe changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Conan throws a jab when Hoppe was well out of range.
And Hoppe tries to counter it with a takedown but Conan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hoppe thuds a left hand into Conan's body.
Conan cracks a nice hook into Hoppe's ribs.
Conan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoppe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoppe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Conan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoppe misses with a body shot.
Hoppe cracks Conan with an open hand slap.
Hoppe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Hoppe slips a straight right by Conan.
Hoppe is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Conan with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppe avoids the body shot from Conan.
Hoppe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Conan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Conan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Conan lands with a shot to the body.
Conan misses with a straight left.
Conan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoppe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan misses with an uppercut
and Hoppe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Conan won't be happy with that.
Hoppe sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Conan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hoppe throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hoppe lands a decent elbow from side control.
Conan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hoppe looks up at the clock and then as Conan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hoppe smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hoppe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoppe is looking to take a break and control but Conan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Conan is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ryōzanpaku Dojo, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoppe grinds an elbow into Conan's temple.
Check out the look on Hoppe's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hoppe lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hoppe tries to advance to mount but Conan denies him.
Hoppe postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hoppe tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hoppe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hoppe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hoppe scoring with punches from side control.
Conan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Conan is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hoppe off and has taken his back!
Conan lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Hoppe.
Hoppe felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Conan is hanging on to Hoppe's back as he tries to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan 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.
Conan is not going to allow Hoppe to sit and survive in this position.
Hoppe covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Conan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Hoppe defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Hoppe is in bad spot here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoppe manages to reverse the position and now he's in Conan's guard. Nice work there by Hoppe.
Conan wants to sweep but no luck.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hans Hermann Hoppe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Conan slips a jab and a cross from Hoppe.
Hoppe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Conan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Conan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hoppe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Conan with a hook.
Conan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hoppe on the side of the head.
Hoppe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Conan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Conan cracks Hoppe with a good jab.
Conan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
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!
Hoppe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Conan misses with a hook
and Hoppe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan lands a right hook to the body.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoppe is just out of range.
Hoppe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Conan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hoppe blocks a jab.
Conan lands a body shot.
Conan looks to land a right hand but Hoppe moved out of range.
Conan misses the jab.
Hoppe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Conan lands with a hook. Hoppe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hoppe throws a sloppy head kick and Conan moves out of range easily.
Hoppe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Conan digs a good body shot into Hoppe's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan lands a glancing blow to the side of Hoppe's 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!
Hoppe staying out of range there.
Conan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Hoppe saw that one coming.
Hoppe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Conan drops his hands momentarily and Hoppe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice defenses there by Hoppe.
Hoppe changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Conan misses with a straight right.
Hoppe misses with a combination
and Conan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conan misses with a hook.
Hoppe throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
Hoppe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan scores with a nice strike.
Hoppe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hoppe cracks Conan with a good jab.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoppe was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Hoppe was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nice defenses there by Hoppe.
A countering left hand to the body from Hoppe misses.
Conan misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Hoppe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hoppe slips a jab from Conan.
Hoppe misses with a straight left.
Conan swings widly with a right hand
and Hoppe counters with a left to the body.
Hoppe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conan throws a body punch but Hoppe moves out of range.
And Hoppe tries to counter it with a takedown but Conan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hoppe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoppe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Conan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Conan throws a shot from downtown. Hoppe moves away and avoids it.
Conan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hoppe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Conan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoppe can do to turn this around?
Hoppe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conan moves away.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoppe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conan misses with a hook to the body
and Hoppe counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Conan misses.
Hoppe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Conan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoppe manages to avoid it.
Conan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hoppe.
Hoppe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conan.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Conan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Conan 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Conan!
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