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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Havea Nice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins comes to the cage accompanied by Hopkins. 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 Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Havea Nice!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nice looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hopkins scores with a nice strike.
Nice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hopkins looks to land a body kick but Nice moved away.
Nice misses with the combination.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nice moves away.
Hopkins throws a combination. Nice tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hopkins cracks Nice with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hopkins throws a lazy right hand but Nice sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nice.
Hopkins takes a swing at Nice's ribcage but misses.
Nice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hopkins throws out the jab.
Decent striking displayed by Nice there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice throws out a loose jab but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hopkins digs a good body shot into Nice's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Nice.
Nice gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hopkins.
Nice fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice moves out of range of the body kick from Hopkins.
Hopkins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice straight punches there by Hopkins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hopkins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopkins defending well as Nice loads up on a big left hand.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Nice.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hopkins is defended easily by Nice.
Hopkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice throws a lazy right hand but Hopkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hopkins's head backwards.
Nice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Havea Nice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hopkins cracks Nice with a good jab.
Nice scores with a three punch combo!
Hopkins throws a right hand that Nice ducks under and follows up with a left that Nice also avoids with ease.
Nice walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice fails to land with a series of punches.
Hopkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hopkins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice connects with a jab.
Hopkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice misses with a body shot.
Hopkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nice throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice misses with a double jab.
Nice throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice looks gassed!
Nice throws a series of punches but Hopkins moves out of range.
Hopkins lands a nice shot that snaps Nice's head back.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nice moves away.
Hopkins misses with a looping left.
Nice tries to bum rush Hopkins with a series of wild strikes but Hopkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hopkins.
Nice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hopkins misses with a few strikes there.
Hopkins with a nice cross.
Nice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hopkins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hopkins lands with a nice combination. Nice backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nice throws a lazy uppercut
and Hopkins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nice thinking.
Nice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopkins circles away quickly and effectively.
Hopkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hopkins jabs at Nice's body.
Nice takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hopkins.
Nice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hopkins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hopkins digs a good hook to Nice's body.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nice moves away.
Nice walks into a left hand.
Nice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hopkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice walks into a stiff left hand from Hopkins.
Hopkins dips to his left and cracks Nice with an uppercut!
Hopkins feints a jab promting Nice to slip. Hopkins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nice slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hopkins tests Nice's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hopkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nice stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopkins.
Nice fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hopkins is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hopkins lands a slapping body shot.
Hopkins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hopkins thuds a left hand into Nice's body.
Hopkins throws a leg kick but Nice sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Nice.
Nice checks the leg kick.
Hopkins scores with a punch to the head.
Hopkins lands a glancing blow to the side of Nice's head.
Hopkins is looking to chop away at Nice's legs.
Nice misses with a wild body shot.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice throws a right and a left that Hopkins avoids nicely.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Hopkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopkins.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hopkins is defended easily by Nice.
Hopkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Nice postures up in Hopkins's guard and throws a big left but Hopkins blocks it.
Nice advances to half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hopkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Hopkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nice connects with a nice short shot to Hopkins's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice thows a huge punch but Hopkins dodges it nicely.
Hopkins wants to control but Nice is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nice not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice tries to pass to full mount but Hopkins defends it.
Nice throwing shots but Hopkins is blocking nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Nice looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nice trying to advance position but Hopkins counters by regaining guard.
Havea Nice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nice must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hopkins looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Hopkins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hopkins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Matthew Hopkins!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Matthew Hopkins!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Matthew Hopkins!
Matthew Hopkins wins by unanimous decision!
Matthew Hopkins seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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