PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adam Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spenser Nukem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hopkins
vs
Nukem

161 cm
22
147 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
146 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spenser Nukem!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nukem clinches up with Hopkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Hopkins could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nukem connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Adam Hopkins has been cut.
Nukem lands an elbow just above Hopkins 's eye.
Nukem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nukem is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nukem stalls.
Nukem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hopkins is trying to force a seperation but Nukem has the dominant position.
Hopkins is trying to force a seperation but Nukem has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Nukem.
A head punch on the inside from Hopkins fails to land.
Hopkins avoiding damage.
Nukem with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nukem is struggling to control the position.
Nukem lands a good knee to the midsection. Hopkins won't want to take too many of those.
Hopkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nukem tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem crunches a lovely knee into Hopkins's ribcage.
Nukem has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Nukem slows down the pace here.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Hopkins shrugs off.

Adam Hopkins's cut is getting worse.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nukem.
Hopkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nukem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nukem is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins takes an elbow to the temple.
Nukem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nukem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hopkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nukem has Hopkins pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hopkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Nukem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hopkins is breathing heavily.
Nukem pushes Hopkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nukem effectively controlling the action here.
Nukem crunches a lovely knee into Hopkins's ribcage.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Hopkins shrugs off.
Nukem crunches a lovely knee into Hopkins's ribcage.
Nukem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nukem tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Nukem works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nukem will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hopkins up against the cage.
Nukem tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nukem.
Nukem lands an elbow inside.
Nukem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nukem lands a knee to the body.
Nukem leaning against his opponent.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Hopkins shrugs off.

Adam Hopkins's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nukem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nukem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hopkins's face.
Nukem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nukem misses with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right handed body shot lands from Nukem.
Hopkins takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem slowing the pace effectively.
Nukem scores with a shoulder strike.
Nukem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nukem struggles to land a body shot inside as Hopkins controls his hands.
Hopkins can't break the clinch.
Hopkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hopkins blocking some punches.
Hopkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nukem misses with a body punch.
Nukem crunches a lovely knee into Hopkins's ribcage.
Hopkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nukem lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bit of stalling here from Nukem.
Nukem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hopkins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nukem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nukem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spenser Nukem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Hopkins's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nukem has managed to clinch.
Nukem lands with a light punch inside.
Hopkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nukem just stands there and leans against the cage.
Spenser Nukem seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nukem working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nukem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hopkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hopkins trying to control the position but instead, Nukem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hopkins into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hopkins fails to land.
Nukem lands a damaging elbow.
Nukem has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nukem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nukem lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nukem working Hopkins over with knees to the body.
Nukem has Hopkins pressed against the cage.
Hopkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Nukem leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hopkins tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem stalling the fight.
Nukem lands an uppercut.
Nukem lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nukem scores a nice knee to the body.
Nukem lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Adam Hopkins's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nukem is pushing Hopkins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nukem continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Hopkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nukem is keeping busy.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins prevents a body shot from Nukem.
Nukem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nukem lands a knee to the body.
Nukem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hopkins takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Adam Hopkins's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Spenser Nukem!