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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tito Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shelton Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down. Harrell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: J. Cole - Blow Up. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Shelton Harrell!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.
Harrell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Donk. Harrell catches Hopkins right on the button with a cross.
Harrell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harrell throws a leg kick
and Hopkins counters with a nice leg kick.
Hopkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hopkins throws the left hand but Harrell avoids the punch easily.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins slips a straight right by Harrell.
Hopkins lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harrell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hopkins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hopkins's sensitive parts.
Hopkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrell looks to land a combination but Hopkins avoids it well.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harrell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hopkins.
Hopkins scores with a body shot.
Harrell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hopkins throws out the jab.
A head kick from Hopkins lands but Harrell takes it in his stride.
It looks like Shelton Harrell has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopkins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harrell tried to score with a low kick but Hopkins checks it.
Harrell motions for Hopkins to come forward. Harrell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harrell just misses with a punch to the body.
Harrell ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hopkins throws a head kick that misses.
Hopkins throws a nice head kick!
Hopkins is looking to wear down Harrell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Harrell drops his hands momentarily and Hopkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hopkins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A big left from Hopkins misses.
Hopkins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harrell throws a leg kick but Hopkins sees it coming and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrell misses the target.
Harrell throws a body punch but Hopkins moves out of range.
Harrell scoring well with a low kick there.
Hopkins misses with a leg kick.
Harrell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell looks to land a body kick but Hopkins moved away.
Harrell scoring well with a low kick there.
Harrell tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Harrell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hopkins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hopkins stuns Harrell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harrell throws a hook but Hopkins avoids it easily.
Harrell looks to throw the jab but Hopkins is out of range.
Hopkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A left lands for Hopkins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harrell works the jab nicely.
Harrell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely.
Hopkins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harrell looks gassed!
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Harrell ducks down to avoid it.
Harrell throws a chopping leg kick but Hopkins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Harrell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harrell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harrell is rocked!
That has opened up Shelton Harrell's cut even more.
Harrell misses with a kick to the body.
Harrell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harrell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hopkins fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Harrell to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Harrell looks to clinch but Hopkins throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Harrell taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tito Hopkins!
After winning the bout, Tito Hopkins 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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