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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Talon Rivaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klem Hopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klem Hopper told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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157 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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150 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Talon Rivaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Klem Hopper!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivaldo connects with a body shot that sends Hopper's belly button to the back.
A head kick misses from Hopper.
Rivaldo misses with a looping right.
Rivaldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopper is just out of range.
Hopper clobbers Rivaldo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rivaldo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hoppers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice cross by Rivaldo.
Hopper throws a sloppy body shot
and Rivaldo counters with a two punch combo.
Nice shot by Rivaldo.
Rivaldo with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivaldo fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Rivaldo misses.
Rivaldo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hopper makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hopper cracks Rivaldo with an open hand slap.
Hopper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivaldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Rivaldo throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldo connects with a body shot that sends Hopper's belly button to the back.
Hopper throws a sloppy body shot
and Rivaldo counters with a stiff right hand.
Rivaldo throws a good cross that connects.
Rivaldo drops his hands momentarily and Hopper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hopper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hopper moves away from the strike by Rivaldo.
Hopper misses with an uppercut
and Rivaldo counters with a nice body shot.
Rivaldo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rivaldo scores with a body shot.
Rivaldo misses with a two punch combination.
Rivaldo lands with a cross.
Rivaldo thows a body shot but no joy.
Rivaldo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rivaldo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rivaldo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rivaldo is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldo cracks Hopper with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hopper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hopper misses with a head kick.
Rivaldo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hopper throws a poor cross that misses
and Rivaldo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rivaldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivaldo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hopper throws a combination that misses
and Rivaldo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rivaldo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rivaldo dips to his left and cracks Hopper with an uppercut!
Hopper on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hopper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rivaldo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hopper is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Rivaldo. Those never looked like landing.
Rivaldo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hopper momentarily.
Rivaldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivaldo tries to bum rush Hopper with a series of wild strikes but Hopper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hopper throws a series of punches but Rivaldo moves out of range.
Hopper takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rivaldo scores with a jab to the head.
Rivaldo looks to land a combination. Hopper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rivaldo misses with a combination
and Hopper counters with a one-two to the body.
Hopper slips a jab and a cross from Rivaldo.
Hopper takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rivaldo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rivaldo checks a leg kick.
Hopper on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rivaldo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rivaldo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rivaldo connects with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Rivaldo as he connects with a hook.
Rivaldo scores with a one two! Hopper had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rivaldo misses with a double jab.
Rivaldo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivaldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivaldo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivaldo throws a shot from downtown. Hopper moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Talon Rivaldo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hopper moves forwards but Rivaldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hopper is looking to clinch.
Hopper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivaldo moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivaldo misses the target.
Nice body punch from Rivaldo.
Hopper misses with a hook
and Rivaldo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hopper might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rivaldo has got the better of the exchanges.
Rivaldo misses with a double jab
and Hopper moves into the clinch.
Hopper has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hopper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rivaldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hopper is trying to stall.
Rivaldo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rivaldo tries to circle away but Hopper has him pinned against the cage.
Rivaldo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hopper uses from the top position.
Rivaldo keeping full guard, as Hopper tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldo pulls Hopper in close to his closed guard and prevents Hopper from doing any damage or advancing position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hopper decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rivaldo, up you get!
Rivaldo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Rivaldo.
Talon Rivaldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hopper wants to clinch but Rivaldo slips to the side
and Rivaldo counters with a straight right hand.
Rivaldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldo lands a slapping body shot.
Hopper takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rivaldo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice body punch from Rivaldo.
A left and a right from Rivaldo both land. Nice combination.
Hopper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rivaldo.
Rivaldo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivaldo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopper tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivaldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopper throws a lazy uppercut
and Rivaldo counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivaldo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rivaldo scores with a jab to the body.
Hopper dodges the punch combination from Rivaldo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rivaldo lands a nice looking body shot.
Hopper throws a combination that misses
and Rivaldo counters with a right hand to the body.
Rivaldo throws a combination. Hopper tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rivaldo misses with a double jab.
Rivaldo lands a two punch combo.
A combination from Rivaldo does no damage.
Rivaldo misses with a body shot.
Rivaldo fails to land with a series of punches.
Hopper throws the left hand but Rivaldo avoids the punch easily.
Hopper slips a jab and a cross from Rivaldo.
Rivaldo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rivaldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldo with a hook.
Rivaldo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hopper on the side of the head.
Rivaldo misses with a wild body shot.
Rivaldo misses with a two punch combination.
Hopper swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Rivaldo misses its intended target.
Hopper missing with a left hand there. Rivaldo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivaldo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rivaldo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hopper drops his hands momentarily and Rivaldo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rivaldo lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivaldo feints a jab promting Hopper to slip. Rivaldo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hopper slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rivaldo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Talon Rivaldo dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rivaldo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hopper.
Rivaldo lands with a right hand.
Hopper jabs Rivaldo right on the nose. Rivaldo blinks but takes it well.
Hopper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivaldo counters with a left to the body.
Rivaldo with a hook.
Rivaldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hopper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivaldo counters with a series of strikes. Hopper will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rivaldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Rivaldo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rivaldo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab from Hopper misses.
Rivaldo digs a good hook to Hopper's body.
Hopper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldo throws a series of punches but Hopper moves out of range.
Rivaldo misses with a series of wild punches.
Rivaldo throws a right and a left that Hopper avoids nicely.
Hopper goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hopper looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Some wild striking there from Rivaldo.
Hopper is looking to clinch but Rivaldo is avoiding it.
Rivaldo dips to his left and cracks Hopper with an uppercut!
Rivaldo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rivaldo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rivaldo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hopper doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivaldo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hopper can do to turn this around?
Hopper throws a series of punches but Rivaldo moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rivaldo lands a nice looking body shot.
Rivaldo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rivaldo swinging wildly here.
Hopper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hopper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rivaldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rivaldo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hopper backs up against the cage.
Hopper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rivaldo counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivaldo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Hopper does no damage.
Hopper walks into a straight right hand from Rivaldo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldo scores with a one two! Hopper had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hopper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rivaldo tries to bum rush Hopper with a series of wild strikes but Hopper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Rivaldo does no damage.
Hopper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hopper jabs at Rivaldo's body.
Hopper tests Rivaldo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Rivaldo.
Danga de danga de dang - Rivaldo scores with a four punch combination!
Klem Hopper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivaldo. Hopper does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hopper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivaldo.
Rivaldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big right from Hopper misses.
Hopper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hopper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Some wild striking there from Rivaldo.
Talon Rivaldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivaldo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hopper counters with a straight right hand.
Rivaldo fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivaldo connects with a body shot that sends Hopper's belly button to the back.
Hopper tries to clinch up but Rivaldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Hopper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivaldo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hopper thinking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivaldo. Hopper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivaldo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Talon Rivaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivaldo misses with a combination
and Hopper counters with a one-two to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Talon Rivaldo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rivaldo, 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Talon Rivaldo!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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