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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Greggory Silalahi (ranked 161 p4p, 127 weight class) and Jesse-James Hopson (ranked 20 p4p, 13 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hopson's choice of entrance music: Home among the gumtrees.. Jesse-James Hopson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greggory Silalahi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse-James Hopson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silalahi misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hopson.
Silalahi misses the jab.
A big right from Hopson misses.
Silalahi lands with a nice body punch.
Silalahi misses the jab.
Silalahi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hopson wants to counter the offense by Silalahi and move into the clinch position.
Hopson jabs Silalahi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hopson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silalahi manages to avoid it.
Hopson walks into a stiff left hand from Silalahi.
Greggory Silalahi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silalahi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hopson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silalahi takes a swing at Hopson's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Hopson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silalahi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hopson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silalahi defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopson works Silalahi's body with a nice hook.
Greggory Silalahi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silalahi throws an off balance right hand
enabling Hopson to counter with a crisp jab.
Hopson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hopson ducks under a wild hook from Silalahi.
It seemed like Hopson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hopson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silalahi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hopson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hopson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silalahi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silalahi misses with a hook
and Hopson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silalahi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hopson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silalahi throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silalahi takes a swing at Hopson's ribcage but misses.
Silalahi throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
Hopson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silalahi.
Hopson tries to counter with a clinch but Silalahi shakes him off and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopson throws a body shot but no joy.
Silalahi throws the kick towards the body but Hopson avoids it.
Silalahi misses with a hook
and Hopson counters with a takedown into side control.
Silalahi gets back to half guard.
Silalahi is trying to stand up here but Hopson is controlling him well.
Hopson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silalahi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hopson prevents Silalahi from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hopson in particular looking to stall.
Hopson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silalahi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silalahi is looking for a sweep. Hopson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Silalahi wants to get back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Hopson seems content to control.
Hopson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silalahi taking some punishment here, with Hopson in his half guard.
Silalahi wants to get back to his feet.
Silalahi is trying to control but can't.
Hopson wants to free his trapped foot but Silalahi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silalahi wants to get back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Silalahi thows a body kick. Hopson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hopson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silalahi slips a straight right by Hopson.
Silalahi scores with a body shot.
Silalahi throws a right hand that misses
and Hopson counters with a stiff right hand.
Silalahi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silalahi lands with a kick to the temple. Hopson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silalahi throws a lazy right hand but Hopson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hopson misses with a takedown attempt - Silalahi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Greggory Silalahi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse-James Hopson.
A head kick misses from Silalahi.
Silalahi misses with a straight left.
Hopson shoots in and gets a takedown into Silalahi's guard.
Silalahi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silalahi being controlled here, momentarily.
Silalahi pushes Hopson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Greggory Silalahi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silalahi swings widly with a right hand
and Hopson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silalahi throws a body shot but no joy.
Silalahi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hopson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Silalahi slips a straight right by Hopson.
Hopson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silalahi.
Silalahi misses with a looping left.
Hopson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hopson moves out of range of the strikes.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hopson.
Hopson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silalahi throws a head kick that misses.
Hopson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silalahi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silalahi throws a head kick that misses.
Hopson wants to counter with a clinch but Silalahi pushes him away.
Silalahi lands a jab to Hopson's midsection.
Silalahi thumps Hopson with a low kick.
Hopson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silalahi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silalahi takes a swing at Hopson's ribcage but misses.
Silalahi throws a sloppy head kick and Hopson moves out of range easily.
Hopson shoots in for a double leg but Silalahi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silalahi throws a hook to the side of Hopson's head but Hopson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silalahi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hopson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick by Silalahi misses
and Hopson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Hopson. Beautiful body shot.
Silalahi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silalahi cracks Hopson with a good jab.
Hopson looks to land a right hand but Silalahi moved out of range.
Silalahi misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as Hopson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silalahi doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Hopson rushes Silalahi and presses him up against the cage.
Hopson tries to throw a body punch but Silalahi avoids it by throwing Hopson back against the cage.
Silalahi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hopson.
Hopson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hopson managing to block the knees to the body from Silalahi.
Hopson tries to work over Silalahi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silalahi missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hopson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silalahi slowing the pace effectively.
Silalahi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hopson backwards.
Silalahi has a couple of punches blocked by Hopson.
Silalahi breaks the clinch.
Hopson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silalahi.
Hopson moves forwards but Silalahi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Hopson.
Hopson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hopson avoids the head kick by Silalahi.
Silalahi lands with a straight right. Hopson didn't see that one coming.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut.
Silalahi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopson tries to clinch but Silalahi moves out of range.
Hopson defending well as Silalahi loads up on a big left hand.
Hopson checks a low kick from Silalahi.
Nice uppercut there from Hopson.
Silalahi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silalahi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hopson can do to turn this around?
Silalahi ducks under a wild hook from Hopson.
A jab lands there for Hopson.
Silalahi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopson manages to avoid it.
Hopson cracks Silalahi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silalahi throws a low kick but Hopson avoids it.
Silalahi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hopson! But no joy.
Hopson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silalahi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Silalahi misses the target.
Hopson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silalahi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silalahi defending well as Hopson loads up on a big left hand.
Silalahi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hopson tests Silalahi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopson throws a series of punches but Silalahi moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopson clinches.
Hopson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hopson misses with a body punch.
Hopson working aggressively here.
Silalahi is looking to control Hopson's arms but Hopson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silalahi has his back to the cage.
Silalahi looking to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopson.
Hopson lands a body punch.
Hopson tries to throw a body punch but Silalahi avoids it by throwing Hopson back against the cage.
A short left from Silalahi.
Silalahi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hopson.
Greggory Silalahi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse-James Hopson.
Hopson lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Hopson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jesse-James Hopson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hopson slips a straight right by Silalahi.
Silalahi throws a leg kick but Hopson moved away.
Silalahi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silalahi throws a low kick but Hopson avoids it.
Silalahi tries a head kick but it misses.
Silalahi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hopson misses the shot to the body.
Hopson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silalahi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Silalahi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hopson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silalahi misses with a body punch
and Hopson counters with a stiff right hand.
Hopson jabs at Silalahi's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silalahi!
Silalahi sneaks out the side door and pushes Hopson away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopson with a nice cross.
Silalahi misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silalahi misses with a low kick.
Silalahi lands with a kick to the temple. Hopson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silalahi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice takedown defense from Silalahi. No joy for Hopson on that attempt.
Silalahi misses with a head kick.
Hopson avoids the head kick by Silalahi.
Greggory Silalahi is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopson connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Silalahi.
Silalahi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silalahi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hopson blocks a head kick by Silalahi.
Silalahi throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hopson to counter with a crisp jab.
Silalahi misses with a straight left.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut. Hopson saw that one coming.
Hopson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silalahi.
Hopson scores with a jab. Silalahi acknowledges it with a nod of the 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!
Hopson lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silalahi lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Silalahi.
A jab from Silalahi misses.
Hopson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silalahi was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopson.
Silalahi lands with an uppercut that bounces Hopson off the cage and back into range.
Hopson has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Silalahi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopson manages to avoid it.
Hopson moves out of range of the strikes.
Hopson moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Hopson.
Silalahi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silalahi tries to land a leg kick but Hopson saw it coming and moves away.
Silalahi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hopson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silalahi.
A nice side step and Hopson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silalahi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopson scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi connects with a body shot.
Hopson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silalahi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopson moves away.
A big right from Hopson misses.
Silalahi throws the left hand but Hopson avoids the punch easily.
Silalahi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hopson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good exchange - Hopson coming out on top.
Silalahi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silalahi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Hopson manages to circle out of the way.
Hopson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silalahi.
Hopson slips under a jab.
Silalahi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silalahi throws a head kick that misses.
Silalahi throws a hook but Hopson blocks it.
Silalahi moves away from the strike by Hopson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hopson rushes Silalahi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Silalahi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Hopson.
Silalahi tries to stall but Hopson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silalahi lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopson.
A body shot lands from Hopson.
Silalahi blocks a body shot from Hopson.
Silalahi stalling against the cage.
Silalahi can't break the clinch.
Silalahi lands with a short shot to the head.
Silalahi manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silalahi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silalahi misses with a straight left.
Hopson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silalahi. Silalahi obviously looking to wear him down.
Hopson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Greggory Silalahi did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Silalahi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hopson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silalahi throws a solid leg kick but Hopson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silalahi.
Silalahi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silalahi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silalahi takes one to the side of the head.
Silalahi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silalahi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopson was well out of range. Poor timing from Silalahi.
Hopson checks a low kick from Silalahi.
Hopson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silalahi. Silalahi obviously looking to wear him down.
Hopson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silalahi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silalahi wants to get back to his feet but Hopson passes into half guard.
Hopson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hopson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silalahi is looking to control Hopson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silalahi avoid being mounted?
Silalahi is looking to escape.
Hopson lands with a punch from half guard.
Silalahi has hold of Hopson's hands but Hopson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silalahi strikes from the bottom but Hopson passes into mount!
Silalahi taking shots to the head.
Silalahi really wants to buck Hopson off and get back to his feet.
Hopson looking to control but Silalahi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silalahi is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Hopson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silalahi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hopson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Silalahi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silalahi is trying to stand.
Silalahi throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hopson. What's that going to do exactly?
Silalahi trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hopson landing strikes from the mount and Silalahi is in trouble!
Silalahi's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hopson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silalahi is rocked!
Hopson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oh Silalahi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hopson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silalahi hang on?
Hopson postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Silalahi badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Hopson around the waist but Hopson pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Hopson is the winner by TKO! Hopson jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse-James Hopson!
After winning the bout, Jesse-James Hopson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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