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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Cristóforo Carretero (ranked 4008 p4p, 2016 weight class) and Jacob Hopson (ranked 476 p4p, 227 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Carretero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sun by DVRKHOLD. Hopson has chosen Down Under as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cristóforo Carretero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacob Hopson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Jacob Hopson has been cut.
A left lands for Hopson.
Hopson slips a straight right by Carretero.
Carretero is looking to land body kicks.
Carretero has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hopson throws a good cross that connects.
Carretero 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.
Carretero drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Hopson onto his butt! Hopson pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carretero throws a hook but Hopson avoids it easily.
Hopson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carretero.
Nice straight punches there by Carretero. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Carretero.
Hopson is rocked!
Carretero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopson is still on wobbly legs! Can Carretero finish him?
Hopson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hopson seems to have recovered his senses.
Carretero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hopson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Carretero drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Hopson onto his butt! Hopson pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Hopson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carretero's sensitive parts.
Cristóforo Carretero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carretero moves into range and clinches up with Hopson.
Carretero blocks a body shot from Hopson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carretero working aggressively here.
Hopson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carretero throws a head punch that misses.
Hopson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carretero's elbow.
Hopson blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Carretero fails to land.
Carretero digs a right hand underneath Hopson's ribcage. Hopson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carretero lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carretero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hopson lands a shoulder strike.
Carretero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carretero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice leg kick from Hopson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carretero misses with a head kick.
Hopson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carretero manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Carretero misses its intended target.
Hopson with the inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carretero throws an overhand right that lands on Hopson's shoulder, as Hopson tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopson slips a jab from Carretero.
Hopson scores with a jab. Carretero acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hopson throws a leg kick but Carretero moved away.
Carretero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hopson, pushing him back against the cage.
Hopson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopson can't find room to land a body shot as Carretero controls the action.
Hopson struggles to land a body shot inside as Carretero controls his hands.
Hopson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Carretero seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hopson can turn it around.
Carretero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hopson's elbow.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Carretero.
Hopson throws a punch but it's blocked by Carretero.
Carretero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carretero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopsons head.
Carretero lands with a short shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carretero keeps control of Hopson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carretero misses with a punch on the inside.
Hopson lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carretero.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cristóforo Carretero takes that one as he scored multiple knockdowns. Jacob Hopson was lucky to get out of the first round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Hopson's cut.
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.
Carretero drives through and clinches with Hopson against the cage.
Hopson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carretero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carretero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carretero cracks Hopson with a nice body shot.
Carretero lands a hook that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Carretero.
Hopson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carretero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hopson.
The fighters circling - Carretero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carretero looks to land a left hand but Hopson moved out of range nicely.
Carretero closes the distance and clinches.
Hopson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carretero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hopson is trying to break the clinch but Carretero is controlling him.
Carretero misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carretero scores with a shoulder strike.
Carretero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
Carretero cracks Hopson with a nice body shot.
Hopson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopson can't find room to land a body shot as Carretero controls the action.
Carretero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hopson can do to turn this around?
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carretero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hopson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopson pushes Carretero back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carretero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carretero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopson lands a shoulder strike.
Hopson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopson has a couple of punches blocked by Carretero.
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carretero's elbow.
Hopson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carretero's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carretero lands with a short shot to the head.
Hopson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carretero misses with the head strike.
Carretero misses with the head strike.
Hopson tries a knee to the head but Carretero blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hopson swings wildly with an uppercut but Carretero uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Carretero manages to break the clinch.
Carretero tries to score with a low kick but Hopson moves his leg out of the way.
Carretero loads up on a big right hand but Hopson slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hopson.
Hopson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Carretero is looking to clinch.
Carretero clinches up with Hopson and pushes him back against the cage.
Hopson lands a body punch.
Hopson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hopson wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cristóforo Carretero dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Hopson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Decent striking displayed by Carretero there.
Hopson misses with a body punch
and Carretero counters with a nice uppercut.
Carretero misses with a hook. Hopson ducked under it nicely.
Carretero throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cristóforo Carretero is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Hopson misses its intended target.
Hopson swats away the attempt to clinch by Carretero.
Hopson moves forwards but Carretero connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Carretero throws a jab but it's blocked by Hopson.
It seemed like Hopson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Carretero misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopson blocks a head kick by Carretero.
Hopson ducks under a wild hook from Carretero.
Carretero looks to land a left hand but Hopson moved out of range nicely.
Hopson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carretero throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carretero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jacob Hopson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carretero throws the left hand but Hopson avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Carretero.
Carretero throws a lazy right hand but Hopson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hopson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carretero's sensitive parts.
Hopson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hopson slips under a jab from Carretero.
Carretero throws a lazy head kick
and Hopson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hopson connects with a jab.
Carretero misses with an uppercut. Hopson saw that one coming.
Hopson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carretero takes one on the button.
Hopson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Cristóforo Carretero has been cut.
Hopson throws a push kick but Carretero slaps the foot to one side.
Hopson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carretero.
Carretero is looking to counter punch.
Carretero 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carretero moves into the clinch successfully.
Hopson works on Carretero's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carretero prevents Hopson from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carretero.
Carretero is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short body shot lands from Hopson as the two fighters clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hopson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cristóforo Carretero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carretero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hopson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopson misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hopson throws an elbow but misses.
Carretero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
Hopson is trying to break free.
Hopson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hopson - that landed with a thud.
Carretero tries to throw a body punch but Hopson avoids it by throwing Carretero back against the cage.
Hopson blocks an uppercut.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopson can't find room to land a body shot as Carretero controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Carretero.
Hopson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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 Cristóforo Carretero.
Well Carretero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cristóforo Carretero!
A victorious Cristóforo Carretero thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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