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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Hopper (ranked 3406 p4p, 3210 weight class) and Tomas Tetrev (ranked 451 p4p, 429 weight class). Tomas Tetrev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 cm 20 205 4 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm 21 213 3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Will Hopper! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomas Tetrev! The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tetrev shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Hopper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Tetrev scoring with punches to the head and body. Tetrev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Tetrev cracks Hopper with a solid left hand. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tetrev's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Hopper will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Tetrev scoring with punches to the head and body. Tetrev working some strikes from top position. Hopper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tetrev on the ground. Tetrev is working Hopper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Hopper is looking to stand up but Tetrev isn't so interested in that idea. Tetrev connects with a couple of short punches. Tetrev with a nice head shot there. Tetrev lands a couple of elbows. Tetrev with a nice head shot there. Tetrev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Tetrev with a nice head shot there. Tetrev is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hopper working for a triangle but Tetrev defends it easily.
Tetrev cracks Hopper with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hopper tries to land a sweep but no joy. Tetrev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Tetrev scoring with some ground and pound. Tetrev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Hopper on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hopper tries to get out of the position. Tetrev keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hopper's head. Tetrev keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hopper's head. Tetrev lands a couple of digs. Tetrev scoring with some ground and pound.
Hopper is rocked! In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tetrev working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well. Hopper working for a triangle but Tetrev defends it easily.
Tetrev stands and throws Hopper's legs to the side, diving into side control. Hopper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Check out the look on Tetrev's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Hopper is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hopper tries to improve position but can't. Hopper seems to have got his legs back now. You can see the frustration on Hopper's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Tetrev lands a few punches from side control. Tetrev lands a strong strike to the head of Hopper. That's dazed him! Tetrev looking to finish here. Hopper is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Tetrev lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomas Tetrev!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
47% |
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