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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Hopkins misses with the combination.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacquiao misses with a wild combination.
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pacquiao drops Hopkins with a left and a right! Oh, Hopkins is hurt - Pacquiao dives into side control looking to finish!
It looks like Mike Hopkins has been cut.
Pacquiao stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Hopkins scores with a body shot.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Hopkins counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pacquiao's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pacquiao pushes Hopkins off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hopkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pacquiao closes the distance and clinches.
Pacquiao looks gassed!
Pacquiao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hopkins with a jab.
Hopkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pacquiao.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins with a hook.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hopkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hopkins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pacquiao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Manny Pacquiao has been cut.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pacquiao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hopkins to score with a decent uppercut.
Pacquiao needs to keep his hands up - Hopkins had a free shot at his head there.
Pacquiao needs to keep his hands up - Hopkins had a free shot at his head there.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Hopkins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pacquiao's waist but Pacquiao gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hopkins off to one side.
Jab, jab by Hopkins - just one landing.
Hopkins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Hopkins as he connects with a hook.
Pacquiao takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hopkins is defended easily by Pacquiao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hopkins tests Pacquiao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pacquiao takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pacquiao drops his hands momentarily and Hopkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hopkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hopkins lands a slapping body shot.
Hopkins lands a nice hook to Pacquiao's body. Pacquiao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a shot to the body.
Hopkins throws a one two combo.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Pacquiao slaps away a takedown attempt from Hopkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hopkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hopkins punishes Pacquiao's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao slips under a jab.
Pacquiao moves away from the strike by Hopkins.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Pacquiao saw that one coming.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Pacquiao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Hopkins moves out of range.
Pacquiao closes the distance and clinches.
Hopkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pacquiao lands with a short shot to the head.
Hopkins tries to break free but Pacquiao pushes him back against the cage.
Hopkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hopkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pacquiao.
Hopkins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pacquiao.
Hopkins shoots in but Pacquiao avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hopkins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pacquiao clinches with his opponent.
Pacquiao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopkins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pacquiao doesn't seem bothered though.
Hopkins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pacquiao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hopkins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hopkins tests Pacquiao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pacquiao is looking to clinch but Hopkins is avoiding it.
Hopkins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pacquiao momentarily.
Hopkins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pacquiao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pacquiao defends it nicely.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hopkins shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao shows good takedown defense.
Hopkins misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Hopkins dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Hopkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hopkins counters with a left to the body.
Hopkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pacquiao wants to clinch up but Hopkins keeps it at a distance.
Hopkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacquiao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pacquiao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pacquiao shoots in but Hopkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hopkins lands a nice hook to Pacquiao's body. Pacquiao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pacquiao has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pacquiao drops his hands momentarily and Hopkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hopkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Hopkins scores with a four punch combination!
Pacquiao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hopkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hopkins counters with a right hand to the body.
Hopkins cracks Pacquiao with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hopkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacquiao is just out of range.
Manny Pacquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hopkins shoots in for a double leg but Pacquiao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hopkins looks for a takedown but Pacquiao sprawls well.
Pacquiao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopkins circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hopkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hopkins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Mike Hopkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Hopkins.
Mike Hopkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao swinging wildly here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hopkins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pacquiao moves away.
Pacquiao scores with a one two! Hopkins had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pacquiao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hopkins throws a series of punches but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao wants to clinch up but Hopkins keeps it at a distance.
Hopkins clobbers Pacquiao with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hopkins throws a one two combo.
Pacquiao instigates a clinch.
Pacquiao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopkins throws a series of punches but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao misses with a combination
and Hopkins counters with a straight right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Hopkins.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hopkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hopkins lands with a nice combination. Pacquiao backs away looking to recover.
Good shot there by Hopkins.
Hopkins lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Hopkins counters with a three punch combo that has Pacquiao backing up. Pacquiao nods at Hopkins to acknowledge the strikes.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Hopkins persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hopkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pacquiao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Hopkins.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hopkins counters with a right hand to the body.
Pacquiao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pacquiao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hopkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hopkins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hopkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao takes the fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao lands with a right to the head.
Hopkins is trying to break the clinch but Pacquiao is controlling him.
Hopkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hopkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hopkins swinging wildly here.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Hopkins.
Pacquiao tries to close the distance and clinch but Hopkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopkins lands a jab-cross combination.
Hopkins missing with a left hand there. Pacquiao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
and Hopkins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the body.
Pacquiao tries to clinch there but Hopkins circles away.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Hopkins throws a hook but Pacquiao blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Hopkins dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Hopkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hopkins lands a slapping body shot.
Pacquiao moves in looking to clinch but Hopkins pushes him off.
Pacquiao misses with a combination
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Hopkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Hopkins counters with a one-two to the body.
Hopkins misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacquiao is just out of range.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pacquiao moves away.
Pacquiao scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice shot lands for Hopkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins throws a big shot that misses.
Hopkins is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hopkins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.
Hopkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pacquiao circles away quickly and effectively.
Hopkins misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pacquiao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquiao clinches up with Hopkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Pacquiao breaks from the clinch.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Hopkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Hopkins also avoids with ease.
Hopkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pacquiao circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquiao misses with a combination
enabling Hopkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pacquiao takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hopkins fails to land the takedown.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
letting Hopkins counter with a right hand.
Pacquiao slips under a jab from Hopkins.
Pacquiao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hopkins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hopkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pacquiao.
Hopkins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hopkins.
Pacquiao takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Hopkins moves out of range.
Pacquiao moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pacquiao slips under a jab.
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pacquiao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hopkins counters with a straight right hand.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hopkins.
Pacquiao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hopkins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pacquiao sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hopkins somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hopkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Hopkins moves out of range.
Pacquiao takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands with a straight right. Pacquiao didn't see that one coming.
Hopkins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The fighters circling - Hopkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacquiao takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pacquiao moves away from the strike by Hopkins.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Hopkins counters with a left and a right that stings Pacquiao.
Hopkins misses with the combination.
Pacquiao misses with a combination
and Hopkins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pacquiao thinking.
Hopkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pacquiao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.
Pacquiao slaps away a takedown attempt from Hopkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Pacquiao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins cracks Pacquiao with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Hopkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Hopkins also avoids with ease.
Pacquiao slips a straight right by Hopkins.
Hopkins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hopkins counters with a nice body shot.
A big left from Hopkins misses.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Mike Hopkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pacquiao missing with a left hand there. Hopkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hopkins misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pacquiao.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hopkins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hopkins lands a body shot.
Manny Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hopkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Hopkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hopkins, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Hopkins!
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