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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Hopson (ranked 3470 p4p, 5728 weight class) and Rob Thornton (ranked 440 p4p, 525 weight class). Rob Thornton has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Hopson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopson lands a high kick!
Thornton walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hopson.
Thornton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Thornton throws a jab when Hopson was well out of range.
Thornton throws an off balance right hand
and Hopson counters with an inside leg kick.
Hopson scores with the left hand. Thornton knows he should have avoided that one.
Thornton fails in his attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Hopson finds it's target.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thornton throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopson counters with a slapping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thornton. Hopson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Hopson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thornton throws a jab when Hopson was well out of range.
Thornton misses with a right hand
and Hopson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rob Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thornton misses with a left hand
and Hopson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hopson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Thornton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good work by Thornton as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hopson.
Hopson throws a lazy head kick
and Thornton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Jacob Hopson has been cut.
Thornton throws a right hand that misses
and Hopson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thornton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thornton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thornton moves out of range as Hopson throws a body kick.
Thornton tries to clinch but Hopson moves away
and Hopson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hopson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hopson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hopson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thornton.
Hopson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hopson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thornton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thornton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hopson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thornton is looking to clinch but Hopson is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hopson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thornton tries to bum rush Hopson with a series of wild strikes but Hopson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thornton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thornton closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hopson counters with a leg kick.
Hopson connects with a solid leg kick.
Thornton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopson circles away quickly and effectively.
Hopson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thornton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hopson counters with an inside leg kick.
Hopson throws out a powerful jab.
Thornton swings widly with a right hand
and Hopson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hopson throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopson was well out of range. Poor timing from Thornton.
Thornton wants to clinch.
Hopson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Thornton throws an overhand right that lands on Hopson's shoulder, as Hopson tries to avoid the shot.
Thornton throws a series of punches but Hopson moves out of range.
Thornton wants to clinch.
Hopson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Thornton looks to clinch
and Hopson counters with a leg kick.
Hopson swats away the attempt to clinch by Thornton.
Thornton looks to land a right hand but Hopson moved out of range.
Hopson throws a counter high kick but Thornton was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hopson keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopson throws a big counter combination but Thornton scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornton throws a looping overhand right but Hopson ducks down to avoid it.
Hopson tries to keep at a distance but Thornton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thornton lands a shot to the body.
Hopson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hopson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thornton.
Thornton is looking to clinch.
Thornton lands a lovely overhand right.
Thornton throws a series of punches but Hopson moves out of range.
Thornton doesn't manage to clinch there - Hopson circles away.
Hopson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thornton misses with a wild body shot.
Hopson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thornton wants to clinch up but Hopson keeps it at a distance.
Thornton lands with a hook. Hopson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thornton avoids the head kick by Hopson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Hopson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Hopson'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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thornton. Hopson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thornton lands a jab to the head.
Hopson thumps Thornton with a low kick.
Hopson connects with an inside leg kick.
Thornton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hopson counters with an inside leg kick.
Thornton throws an off balance right hand
and Hopson counters with a nice uppercut.
Hopson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thornton.
Thornton misses with a jab to the body
and Hopson counters with a head kick.
Hopson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thornton is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thornton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thornton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hopson gets tackled into the cage by Thornton. Thornton maintains the clinch.
A short left from Hopson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopson throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopson.
Hopson lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Thornton.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hopson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Hopson swings wildly with an uppercut but Thornton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Thornton.
Hopson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thornton prevents a body shot from Hopson.
Thornton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thornton throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
Hopson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Thornton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thornton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thornton misses with a lunging right hand
and Hopson counters with a thumping low kick.
Thornton cracks Hopson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hopson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Thornton misses.
Hopson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hopson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thornton cracks Hopson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
Thornton scores with a nice head shot.
Hopson is rocked!
Thornton tries to clinch but Hopson is having none of it.
Oh Hopson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thornton tries to clinch up
and Hopson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hopson seems to have got his legs back now.
Hopson tests Thornton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hopson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hopson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thornton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thornton looks to clinch
and Hopson counters with a low kick, right behind Thornton 's knee.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hopson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hopson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hopson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thornton.
Hopson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hopson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thornton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Thornton looks to move away, Hopson throws a big counter combo but Thornton just gets out of the way.
Hopson throws a sloppy head kick and Thornton moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thornton! But no joy.
Thornton misses with a hook. Hopson ducked under it nicely.
Hopson keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopson lands a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornton tries to clinch up but Hopson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hopson is looking to counter punch.
Jacob Hopson is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopson scores with a jab to the head.
Thornton misses with a left hand
and Hopson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thornton is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thornton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thornton misses with a shot to the body
and Hopson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thornton.
Thornton is breathing heavily.
Thornton looks to land a right hand but Hopson moved out of range.
Hopson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hopson. Those never looked like landing.
Hopson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thornton tries to clinch but Hopson moves out of range.
Hopson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Thornton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Hopson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Hopson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Thornton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thornton looks to throw the jab but Hopson is out of range.
Hopson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hopson!
A chopping leg kick lands by Hopson.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hopson. That's going to slow Thornton down.
Hopson keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Thornton's head.
Thornton throws a shot from downtown. Hopson moves away and avoids it.
Hopson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thornton misses the shot to the body.
Thornton missing with a left hand there. Hopson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thornton throws a poor cross that misses
and Hopson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thornton's knee momentarily.
Hopson keeps the fight on the outside.
Thornton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton needs to keep his hands up - Hopson had a free shot at his head there.
Thornton tries to clinch up but Hopson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hopson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thornton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hopson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Thornton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hopson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hopson throws a quick counter head kick but Thornton was just out of range.
Thornton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hopson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thornton swings widly with a right hand
and Hopson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hopson!
Thornton throws a looping overhand right but Hopson ducks down to avoid it.
Thornton misses with a double jab
and Hopson counters with a leg kick.
Thornton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thornton blocks a head kick by Hopson.
Jacob Hopson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Thornton misses.
Hopson moves out of range of the strikes.
Thornton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hopson.
Thornton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hopson.
Hopson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thornton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thornton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thornton misses with a double jab
and Hopson counters with a left to the body.
Hopson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hopson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thornton looks to clinch
and Hopson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hopson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thornton can do to turn this around?
A shot to the liver by Thornton. Beautiful body shot.
Thornton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hopson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hopson.
Hopson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Thornton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopson connects with a leg kick.
Hopson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hopson swats away the attempt to clinch by Thornton.
Hopson blocks a jab.
Hopson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Thornton swings widly with a right hand
and Hopson counters with a body kick.
Thornton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thornton has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hopson.
Thornton throws a hook but Hopson avoids it easily.
Hopson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thornton. That did some damage!
A left lands for Hopson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornton misses with the combination.
Hopson thumps Thornton with a low kick.
Thornton has closed the distance and engaged Hopson in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thornton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rob Thornton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thornton working aggressively here.
Thornton misses with a body punch.
Thornton has a couple of punches blocked by Hopson.
Thornton misses with the head strike.
Hopson blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Hopson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hopson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Hopson!
Jacob Hopson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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