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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose comes to the cage accompanied by Another One Bites The Dust. Hopkins has chosen Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Johnny Rose has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Johnny Rose seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Rose! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Hopkins! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hopkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hopkins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rose. The fight moves into the clinch position. Hopkins lands with a left to the head. Rose lands with a right to the head. Hopkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Rose ducks down to avoid it. Rose lands a head kick!
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Hopkins's corner calls for a 1-2. Hopkins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. This has been an exciting period of action! Rose throws a head kick but Hopkins moves out of range.
Rose checks a leg kick. Hopkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Hopkins connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hopkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose. Hopkins misses the shot to the body. Rose ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins. Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand. A good leg kick by Hopkins. Rose is looking to clinch but Hopkins is avoiding it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rose. Rose slips a straight right by Hopkins. Hopkins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Hopkins misses with a low kick. Rose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Hopkins throws a hook but Rose blocks it. Hopkins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hopkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Hopkins scores with a nice head shot. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rose with a jab. Hopkins is looking to slow Rose down with leg kicks. Nice defenses there by Hopkins. Hopkins with a body punch. A glancing blow. Rose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Rose dips to his left and cracks Hopkins with an uppercut! Hopkins misses with a hook. Rose ducked under it nicely. Hopkins takes a swing at Rose's ribcage but misses. Rose throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Rose takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hopkins swats him away and circles back towards the center. Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hopkins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Hopkins misses with a leg kick. Hopkins looks to land a body kick but Rose moved away. Hopkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away. Hopkins lands a nice hook to Rose's body. Rose takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Rose walks into a straight right hand from Hopkins. Rose moves out of range of the strikes. Hopkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Rose blocks a jab. Hopkins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rose lands a glancing blow to the side of Hopkins's head. Hopkins misses with a hook. Rose ducked under it nicely. Rose throws a half hearted mid kick. Hopkins throws a big shot that misses. Rose tries to clinch up but Hopkins circles away and keeps his distance. Rose takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Rose blocks a head kick by Hopkins.
Hopkins scores with a slapping inside leg kick. A jab from Rose does it's job there. Hopkins swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Rose thuds a left hand into Hopkins's body. Hopkins throws a low kick but Rose moves out of range easily. Hopkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Hopkins dominated that round. 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 sloppy head kick and Rose moves out of range easily. Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hopkins finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy. Rose tries to move into range but Hopkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Rose digs a good hook to Hopkins's body.
Hopkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Hopkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Rose is just out of range. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hopkins lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rose has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rose and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Rose connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hopkins. Hopkins circles away out of range and recomposes himself. A slow jab from Rose misses its intended target. Nice body punch from Rose.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rose stuns Hopkins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Rose does a little dance to reset his feet. Hopkins cracks a nice hook into Rose's ribs. Tito Hopkins seems to be getting the better of the standup. Rose misses with a series of wild punches.
Rose lands with a nice body punch. Rose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hopkins. Rose misses with a wild body shot. Rose moves out of range as Hopkins strikes. Rose scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Rose with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hopkins to score with a decent uppercut. Some bone on bone action there as Hopkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rose throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rose takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopkins.
Rose checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hopkins slips under a jab from Rose. Hopkins defending well as Rose loads up on a big left hand. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rose thows a left - swing and a miss! Rose pushes Hopkins away with a front kick. Hopkins with a hook. Hopkins scores with a decent looking hook. Hopkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rose was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopkins. Hopkins swings away with a leg kick that misses. A big left from Hopkins misses. Rose is looking to slow Hopkins down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hopkins is looking to slow Rose down with leg kicks. Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy. Rose thumps Hopkins with a low kick. Jab, jab by Rose - just one landing. Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hopkins paws at him with a jab and circles away. Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopkins is just out of range. Rose walks into a left hand. Rose tries a low kick but Hopkins avoids it. Hopkins throws a leg kick which misses Rose's front leg but catches the back leg as Rose tries to avoid it. Rose is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Rose misses the shot to the body. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rose. Rose ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Hopkins throws a solid leg kick but Rose takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hopkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rose dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Rose tries to clinch and Hopkins counters with an inside leg kick. Rose feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hopkinss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Rose blocks a head kick by Hopkins.
Hopkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Rose avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Rose throws the kick towards the body but Hopkins avoids it. Hopkins thows a leg kick but Rose checks it and Rose counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hopkins thinking. Hopkins scores with a hook to the body. Rose takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Rose swings for the body but Hopkins moves out of range.
Hopkins takes one to the chin there. Rose thows a body shot but no joy. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Johnny Rose will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rose slips under a jab from Hopkins. Hopkins connects with a single shot there. Hopkins lunges at Rose with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rose's hand. Hopkins tries to land a front kick but Rose steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Hopkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hopkins throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Hopkins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rose at a distance.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins throws a body punch but Rose moves out of range. Rose throws a big shot that misses. Rose connects with a nice looking jab.
Rose catches Hopkins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Rose staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hopkins misses with a looping right. Hopkins cracks Rose with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Hopkins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Hopkins throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
Rose avoids a lazy jab quite easily. A bone on bone clash there as Rose blocks the leg kick.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy. A bone on bone clash there as Rose blocks the leg kick.
Jab from Rose. Hopkins drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Hopkins throws out a leg kick but Rose moves out of range and Hopkins only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hopkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away. Rose checks a leg kick. Rose throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hopkins. Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose 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. Rose clinches. Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it. Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rose lands with a right to the head. Rose digs a right hand into Hopkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hopkins's gas tank. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins. Hopkins lands a body punch in the clinch. Rose misses with a hook from the clinch. Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Rose blocks a body shot from Hopkins. Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopkins. Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow. Rose misses with a body punch.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Hopkins misses with a body punch.
Hopkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now. Hopkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Rose blocks a body shot from Hopkins. Hopkins tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rose trying to land knees to the body.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins prevents a body shot from Rose. Rose lands a nice shot to the body. Rose lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hopkins or not. Hopkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Hopkins scores with a nice hook to the head. Hopkins misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopkins. Tito Hopkins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Hopkins is working Rose over against the cage. Hopkins prevents a body shot from Rose. Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Rose scores with a nice short uppercut. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Rose blocking some punches.
Rose throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopkins. Hopkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopkins throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Hopkins really dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hopkins cracks a nice hook into Rose's ribs. Rose throws a head kick that misses. An inside leg kick from Hopkins misses. Rose throws a looping overhand right but Hopkins ducks down to avoid it. Hopkins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Hopkins smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Rose throws out a loose jab but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it. Rose gets a clinch. Rose lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hopkins or not. Rose tries to throw a body punch but Hopkins avoids it by throwing Rose back against the cage. Hopkins misses with an elbow over the top. Rose misses with a short punch on the inside. Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hopkins tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Hopkins back against the cage. Rose breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Hopkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Rose keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hopkins. Hopkins avoids a kick to the body.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Hopkins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rose. Hopkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Rose counters with a stiff right hand. Hopkins takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rose scores with a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hopkins. That's going to slow Rose down. Hopkins throws a leg kick but Rose sees it coming and moves out of range. Hopkins lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hopkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rose stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Hopkins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rose. This has been an exciting period of action! Hopkins connects with a solid leg kick. It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over. Rose scores with a shot to the body.
Hopkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Hopkins moves away from the strike by Rose. Rose fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hopkins, right into the meat.
Rose looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely. Hopkins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Hopkins jabs Rose to the body, keeping him at a distance. Rose checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rose thows a left - swing and a miss! Hopkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rose manages to avoid it. Hopkins throws a leg kick but Rose checks it. Rose ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins. Hopkins with a hook. Hopkins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rose checks a leg kick. Hopkins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Hopkins drops his hands momentarily and Rose takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Hopkins tries to work over Rose's front leg with a kick but Rose checks it. Hopkins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rose has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing. Rose checks a low kick from Hopkins. Rose blocks a leg kick. Hopkins connects with a solid leg kick. A low kick from Rose misses and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Hopkins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Hopkins avoids the body shot from Rose.
Rose throws a jab when Hopkins was well out of range. Hopkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Hopkins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Rose lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose moves forwards but Hopkins connects with a nice, crisp jab. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Hopkins dominated that fourth round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hopkins throws a shot to the body.
Rose tries to bum rush Hopkins with a series of wild strikes but Hopkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Rose clinches. Hopkins tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Rose blocks a body shot from Hopkins. Rose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards. Rose blocks a body shot from Hopkins. Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Rose.
Hopkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it. Hopkins avoiding damage as Rose throws knees to the body.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards. Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rose lands on the inside with an uppercut. Rose misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Rose.
Hopkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hopkins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Hopkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rose lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hopkins or not. Hopkins is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell? Hopkins misses with a hook from the clinch. Hopkins takes an elbow to the forehead. Hopkins tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position. Hopkins can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.
Hopkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Rose misses with a body punch.
Rose breaks from the clinch.
Rose scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Hopkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut there from Rose. Rose tries to clinch but Hopkins moves out of range. A combination from Rose does no damage. Hopkins throws a low kick but Rose avoids it. Hopkins throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Hopkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Rose moves out of range of the leg kick from Hopkins. Rose bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Hopkins throws a head kick that misses. Rose looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Rose wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Hopkins just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rose is looking to slow Hopkins down with leg kicks. Hopkins misses with a leg kick. Hopkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rose on the side of the head. Hopkins swings away with a leg kick that misses. Hopkins motions for Rose to come forward. Hopkins throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Rose avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Rose missing with a left hand there. Hopkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. 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.
Rose waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hopkins. Hopkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose. Hopkins wants to slow Rose down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hopkins throws a solid leg kick but Rose takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hopkins. Rose on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Rose punishes Hopkins's body with a nice straight punch. Rose moves away from the strike by Hopkins. Rose takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Hopkins cracks the inside of Rose's front leg. Hopkins looks to land a left hand but Rose moved out of range nicely. Hopkins throws a shot from downtown. Rose moves away and avoids it. Rose misses with a hook. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Rose blocks a low kick nicely. Rose throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a head kick. Rose swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hopkins.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Tito Hopkins. I think Hopkins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Tito Hopkins! Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Tito Hopkins! Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Tito Hopkins!
Tito Hopkins wins by unanimous decision! During a confident post fight interview, Tito Hopkins thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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