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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tito Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins's entrance music is Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down. A fine choice. Ruzic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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
28 - 7 - 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
30 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josip Ruzic!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic shoots in for a takedown but Hopkins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ruzic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Ruzic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Josip Ruzic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruzic avoids the body shot from Hopkins.
Ruzic misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins takes a swing at Ruzic's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hopkins blocks a jab.
Ruzic moves out of range of the leg kick from Hopkins.
Ruzic cracks Hopkins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Ruzic.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Ruzic saw that one coming.
Hopkins is looking to land body kicks.
Ruzic blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hopkins takes a swing at Ruzic's ribcage but misses.
Ruzic misses the jab.
Ruzic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hopkins. Hopkins circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ruzic ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
Hopkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruzic was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopkins.
Ruzic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hopkins manages to avoid it.
Hopkins is looking to wear down Ruzic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ruzic throws a body punch but Hopkins moves out of range.
Hopkins is looking to score with low kicks.
Ruzic misses with a body punch
and Hopkins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ruzic's knee momentarily.
Hopkins throws out a loose jab but Ruzic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruzic is looking to clinch.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a head kick.
Ruzic rushes Hopkins and presses him up against the cage.
Hopkins crunches a lovely knee into Ruzic's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hopkins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ruzic keeps control of Hopkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ruzic struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Ruzic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hopkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruzic avoids the damage to the body.
Hopkins is working Ruzic over against the cage.
Hopkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruzic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hopkins's waist but Hopkins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ruzic off to one side.
Hopkins moves away from the strike by Ruzic.
Ruzic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ruzic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hopkins checks a low kick from Ruzic.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ruzic, right into the meat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ruzic.
Hopkins throws a head kick that misses.
Ruzic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tito Hopkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josip Ruzic.
Hopkins swings widly with a right hand
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Ruzic avoids the body shot from Hopkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hopkins swings for the body but Ruzic moves out of range.
Hopkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruzic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ruzic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
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!
Ruzic lands with a hook. Hopkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ruzic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ruzic gets the takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hopkins regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruzic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ruzic is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hopkins is just riding it out for now. Ruzic eventually gives up the hold.
Ruzic is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Josip Ruzic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hopkins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Josip Ruzic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ruzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopkins.
Ruzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruzic moves into range and connects with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ruzic. That's going to slow Hopkins down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hopkins.
Ruzic swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins counters with a left to the body.
Hopkins lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ruzic misses with a straight left.
Hopkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hopkins jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins moves out of range of the leg kick from Ruzic.
Hopkins misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hopkins.
Ruzic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ruzic avoids the body shot from Hopkins.
Ruzic dodges the punch combination from Hopkins.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ruzic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hopkins - the referee stops the clock and Ruzic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hopkins. Ruzic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hopkins lands with a straight right. Ruzic didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Ruzic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ruzic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Hopkins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hopkins.
Ruzic connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruzic tries to score with a low kick but Hopkins moves his leg out of the way.
Ruzic scores with the left hand. Hopkins knows he should have avoided that one.
Ruzic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hopkins.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruzic misses the target.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hopkins!
Ruzic staying out of range there.
Ruzic dodges the punch combination from Hopkins.
Hopkins scores with a jab. Ruzic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ruzic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic 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.
Ruzic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Ruzic misses.
Hopkins digs a good body shot into Ruzic's ribs.
Ruzic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hopkins.
Hopkins takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hopkins throws the kick towards the body but Ruzic avoids it.
Hopkins looks to throw the jab but Ruzic is out of range.
Hopkins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tito Hopkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hopkins cracks the inside of Ruzic's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins avoids the head kick by Ruzic.
Ruzic moves forwards but Hopkins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Ruzic misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins scores with a nice head shot.
Ruzic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hopkins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ruzic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hopkins is out of range.
Ruzic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hopkins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ruzic is defended easily by Hopkins.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruzic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Hopkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ruzic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
Ruzic tries a low kick but Hopkins avoids it.
Ruzic shoots in but no luck this time.
Ruzic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a right hand that Ruzic ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruzic also avoids with ease.
Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hopkins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruzic finds it's way round the side to connect with Hopkins's head.
Ruzic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hopkins.
Ruzic has managed to clinch.
The referee calls for Ruzic to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hopkins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice body kick there by Hopkins.
Ruzic 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hopkins checks a leg kick.
Hopkins checks a low kick from Ruzic.
Hopkins swings widly with a right hand
and Hopkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
Hopkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Ruzic misses.
Ruzic scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the body
and Ruzic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hopkins's knee momentarily.
Ruzic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Ruzic's shoulder, as Ruzic tries to avoid the shot.
Ruzic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruzic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An inside leg kick from Ruzic misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hopkins.
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!
Ruzic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruzic misses with a leg kick.
Ruzic throws a leg kick
and Hopkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hopkins fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ruzic on the side of the head.
Ruzic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hopkins misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins looks to land a right hand but Ruzic moved out of range.
Ruzic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hopkins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ruzic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ruzic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hopkins.
Hopkins takes a swing at Ruzic's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins jabs at Ruzic's body.
Ruzic moves into the clinch.
Ruzic lands an uppercut.
Hopkins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ruzic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic working hard to break the clinch.
Hopkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hopkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hopkins throws a body kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins scores with a nice head shot.
Ruzic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hopkins throws a leg kick that misses.
Ruzic thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hopkins gets caught napping as Ruzic dives in and scores a takedown. Hopkins manages to retain guard.
Ruzic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hopkins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tito 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tito Hopkins!
Tito Hopkins took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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