PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Hopkins (ranked 27 p4p, 77 weight class) and Pauke Murhapuro (ranked 4 p4p, 11 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hopkins
vs
Murhapuro

190 cm
31
207
26 - 5 - 2

192 cm
31
226
22 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Giuseppe Hopkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pauke Murhapuro!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins moves out of range of the body kick from Murhapuro.
Decent striking displayed by Murhapuro there.
Hopkins takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Murhapuro misses with an uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a good low kick that Murhapuro was not able to check.
Murhapuro cracks Hopkins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hopkins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murhapuro thumps Hopkins with a low kick.
Murhapuro misses with a hook
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
A good leg kick by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro looks to land a right hand but Hopkins moved out of range.
Hopkins throws a quick counter head kick but Murhapuro was just out of range.
Murhapuro shoots in but Hopkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hopkins.
A solid body kick from Hopkins.
Nice body kick there by Murhapuro.
Hopkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hopkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murhapuro scores with a hook to the body. Hopkins takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hopkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Murhapuro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hopkins throws a leg kick which misses Murhapuro's front leg but catches the back leg as Murhapuro tries to avoid it.
Murhapuro ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Giuseppe Hopkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hopkins walks into a straight right hand from Murhapuro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murhapuro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hopkins is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Murhapuro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice uppercut there from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murhapuro fails with a takedown attempt.
Hopkins is looking to counter punch.
Murhapuro throws a leg kick but Hopkins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murhapuro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murhapuro misses with an uppercut. Hopkins saw that one coming.
Hopkins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murhapuro misses the jab.
Murhapuro connects with a leg kick.
Murhapuro has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Murhapuro scores with a punch to the head.
Hopkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhapuro throws out the jab.
Murhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hopkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hopkins walks into a stiff left hand from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro avoids the head kick by Hopkins.
Murhapuro throws a leg kick
and Hopkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Murhapuro really felt that one!
Murhapuro throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro scores with a shot to the body.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
An inside leg kick from Hopkins misses.
Nice shot lands for Hopkins.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhapuro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hopkins throwing a counter right hand but Murhapuro manages to avoid it.
Murhapuro cracks Hopkins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hopkins closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hopkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murhapuro throws a jab when Hopkins was well out of range.
Hopkins throwing a counter right hand but Murhapuro manages to avoid it.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pauke Murhapuro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hopkins takes a jab right on the kisser.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hopkins might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Murhapuro - just one landing.
Hopkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murhapuro feints the counter takedown.
Crunch! Murhapuro slams his shin into Hopkins's torso.
Murhapuro looks to land a right hand but Hopkins moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Hopkins misses the target.
Murhapuro tries a low kick but Hopkins avoids it.
Murhapuro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hopkins throwing a counter right hand but Murhapuro manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hopkins throws a head kick that misses.
Hopkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murhapuro to score with a decent uppercut.
Pauke Murhapuro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhapuro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murhapuro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hopkins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hopkins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hopkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Hopkins wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murhapuro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murhapuro lands a really nice looking cross but Hopkins seems unphased.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro moves out of range as Hopkins strikes.
Murhapuro throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hopkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hopkins scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murhapuro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopkins appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murhapuro.
Hopkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhapuro counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hopkins is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Murhapuro is looking to clinch but Hopkins is avoiding it.
Murhapuro scores with a push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhapuro lands a slapping body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murhapuro.
Murhapuro looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopkins is just out of range.
Pauke Murhapuro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murhapuro lands with a hook. Hopkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Murhapuro saw that one coming.
Hopkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro connects with a single shot there.
Murhapuro throws a sloppy head kick and Hopkins moves out of range easily.
Hopkins is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hopkins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hopkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murhapuro lunges at Hopkins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hopkins's hand.
Murhapuro blocks a jab.
Murhapuro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hopkins on the side of the head.
Murhapuro throws a solid leg kick but Hopkins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murhapuro.
Murhapuro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hopkins misses with a head kick.
Hopkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhapuro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hopkins scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro scores with the left hand. Hopkins knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhapuro shoots for a takedown but Hopkins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murhapuro.
Murhapuro is looking to slow Hopkins down with leg kicks.
Hopkins scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murhapuro in his tracks.
Murhapuro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hopkins throws a body kick that misses
and Hopkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Murhapuro clinches with his opponent.
Murhapuro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pauke Murhapuro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murhapuro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Hopkins misses the target.
Hopkins checks a leg kick.
Murhapuro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hopkins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hopkins throws a leg kick that misses.
A low kick lands for Murhapuro.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murhapuro.
A lazy left from Murhapuro finds it's target.
Murhapuro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhapuro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Hopkins gets caught flat footed, as Murhapuro shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Murhapuro drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hopkins manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Murhapuro has Hopkins in his guard.

Murhapuro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murhapuro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hopkins is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murhapuro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murhapuro is trying to control the position but Hopkins postures up.
Hopkins wants to get up but he can't break Murhapuro's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Murhapuro working a defensive guard here.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Murhapuro working for a triangle but Hopkins defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Murhapuro has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hopkins is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Murhapuro.

Hopkins decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Murhapuro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhapuro misses with the body kick
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murhapuro fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro fails with the takedown.
Murhapuro throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hopkins.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut
and Murhapuro counters with a good, hard body kick but Hopkins shrugs it off.
Hopkins checks the leg kick.
It looked like Hopkins wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murhapuro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhapuro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A left lands for Murhapuro.
Decent striking displayed by Murhapuro there.
Murhapuro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murhapuro throws a hook but Hopkins blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro scores with a sloppy right hand. Hopkins should have avoided that one.
Murhapuro swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a body kick that stops Murhapuro in his tracks momentarily.
Murhapuro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murhapuro has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hopkins.
Hopkins lets loose with a powerful body kick. Murhapuro will feel that in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins wants to slow Murhapuro down by chopping away at his legs.
Murhapuro thows a leg kick but Hopkins checks it
and Hopkins counters with a nice body kick.
Hopkins throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Murhapuro colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Hopkins as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Murhapuro is left battered and dazed whilst Hopkins and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giuseppe Hopkins!
Giuseppe Hopkins retains his light heavyweight title!
Giuseppe Hopkins bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.