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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hessu Hopo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stuart Redman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopo comes to the cage accompanied by Bodies. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 cm
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275 lbs
23 - 15 - 1 |
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199 cm
31
270 lbs
26 - 18 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Hessu Hopo! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stuart Redman! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hopo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Redman misses with a body shot.
Hopo takes a swing at Redman's ribcage but misses. Redman tries to clinch but Hopo is having none of it. Hopo tries to bum rush Redman with a series of wild strikes but Redman uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Hopo takes a kick to the side of the head. Redman jabs at Hopo's body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hopo takes a swing at Redman's ribcage but misses. Redman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hopo.
Redman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopo.
Hopo throws a body punch but Redman moves out of range. Hopo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Redman. Redman obviously looking to wear him down.
Redman stuffs the takedown. Redman cracks Hopo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Redman throws a shot to the body.
Hopo is breathing heavily. Redman tries to clinch there but Hopo circles away.
Redman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hopo rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sloppy strikes from Hopo. Those never looked like landing. Hopo blocks a head kick by Redman.
Redman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Hopo misses with a leg kick. Redman scores with a jab to the body. Redman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hopo. That did some damage! Redman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Hopo takes one on the button. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Redman lands a leg kick that knocks Hopo off balance momentarily. Hopo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Redman throws out the jab. Redman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Redman connects with a jab. Redman rushes Hopo and presses him up against the cage. Redman misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Redman tries to work over Hopo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Redman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Redman tries a body shot but Hopo blocks it.
Redman misses with a body punch.
Redman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Redman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Redman misses with a punch to the body.
Redman lands a right hand. A short right from Redman on the inside. Redman misses with a short punch on the inside. A nice right hand lands inside from Redman. Redman lands a body punch in the clinch. Good body shot from Redman.
A short left from Redman. Redman scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Redman presses Hopo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Redman works on Hopo's body with a couple of short punches. Hopo blocks a body shot from Redman. Redman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hopo backwards. Hopo prevents a body shot from Redman. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Redman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hopo is rocked! Redman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oh Hopo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Come on Redman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Redman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopos head. Redman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Redman creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Hopo! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Redman.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stuart Redman! Stuart Redman is the new heavyweight champion! A relieved looking Stuart Redman thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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