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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Filo Bedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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180 lbs
14 - 7 - 1 |
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185 cm
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180 lbs
14 - 3 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filo Bedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins closes the distance and pushes Bedo back into the cage.
Hopkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hopkins lands a left hand.
Hopkins keeps control of Bedo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bedo tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Hopkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bedo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bedo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hopkins pulls guard successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hopkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hopkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hopkins tries to control but Bedo wriggling away.
Hopkins scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bedo?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bedo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bedo tries to hold on but Hopkins pushes him away.
Hopkins looking to finish with strikes here!
Bedo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hopkins wants to pass the guard but Bedo is defending well.
Bedo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins wants to pass to mount but Bedo is defending the position.
Hopkins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hopkins is thwarting Bedo's attempts to control the position.
Bedo is trying to stand up here but Hopkins is controlling him well.
Hopkins looks to land a strike but Bedo avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bedo is keeping the position for now.
Hopkins looking to sit in guard and control but Bedo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hopkins keeping moving, preventing Bedo from controlling successfully.
Bedo stopping the sweep attempt from Hopkins.
Hopkins has Bedo pulled in close to control his posture.
Bedo wants to get up but he can't break Hopkins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins looking to control.
Hopkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bedo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Filo Bedo wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bedo throws a right hand that misses
and Hopkins counters with a stiff right hand.
Bedo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hopkins.
Anthony Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bedo leaves Hopkins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hopkins clinches up with Bedo and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bedo lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bedo scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Bedo on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hopkins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hopkins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bedo smiles and moves away.
Bedo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Anthony Hopkins will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hopkins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hopkins closes the distance and clinches.
Bedo taking a breather.
Bedo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bedo digs a right hand underneath Hopkins's ribcage. Hopkins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bedo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bedo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopkins.
Bedo is trying to break the clinch but Hopkins has him pressed against the cage.
Bedo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hopkins backwards.
Bedo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hopkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bedo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands a right hand.
Hopkins throws an elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins trying to stall but Bedo improves his position.
Hopkins lands an elbow inside that Bedo shrugs off.
Bedo throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bedo blocks it with crossed arms.
Hopkins tries to pull guard but Bedo won't allow it.
Hopkins is struggling to control the position.
Bedo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bedo as Hopkins tries to tie him up.
Bedo misses with a knee strike.
Bedo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bedo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bedo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hopkins.
Bedo misses the jab.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Bedo.
Bedo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hopkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Bedo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hopkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Bedo gets an underhook and turns Hopkins into the cage.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bedo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hopkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hopkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Bedo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bedo trying to control the position from guard on top but Hopkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hopkins lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bedo!
Hopkins with a couple of short strikes.
Hopkins wants to control the pace but Bedo is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedo tries to reverse the position but Hopkins maintains control.
Hopkins working Bedo over with strikes here.
Bedo wants to control but Hopkins is having none of it.
Bedo working to try and regain half guard.
Hopkins throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bedo because Hopkins loaded up on that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins wants to control the pace but Bedo is squirming around nicely.
Hopkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hopkins sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hopkins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bedo is looking to escape.
BOOM! Hopkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bedo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anthony Hopkins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Bedo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hopkins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bedo's waist but Bedo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hopkins off to one side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bedo.
An inside leg kick lands from Bedo.
Hopkins closes the distance and clinches up with Bedo, looking for a takedown. Hopkins pushes Bedo against the cage but Bedo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hopkins moves into the clinch successfully.
Bedo misses with a punch to the body.
Bedo missing with knees to the body.
Bedo stalling in the clinch but Hopkins improves position.
Bedo scores with a shoulder strike.
Bedo lands a shoulder strike.
Filo Bedo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bedo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopkins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bedo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hopkins somewhat.
Filo Bedo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Hopkins.
Hopkins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bedo digs a good body shot into Hopkins's ribs.
Hopkins shoots in and drives through. Bedo sprawls well.
Hopkins ducks under a wild hook from Bedo.
Hopkins gets the takedown into side control.
Bedo has one of Hopkins's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Hopkins in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hopkins is looking to take a break and control but Bedo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Filo Bedo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bedo avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hopkins.
Hopkins wants to control but Bedo is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bedo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hopkins trying to control the position but Bedo is working away.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bedo struggling a bit here.
Bedo is not content to let Hopkins control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bedo throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedo throws a head kick that misses.
Hopkins gets tackled into the cage by Bedo. Bedo maintains the clinch.
Bedo lands a left hand.
Bedo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hopkins avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hopkins obliges.
Hopkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bedo is keeping busy.
A short right from Hopkins.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins manages to pull guard.
Bedo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bedo decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hopkins, up you get!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hopkins has managed to clinch.
Bedo has a couple of punches blocked by Hopkins.
Hopkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anthony Hopkins.
I've got Hopkins winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Hopkins!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Anthony Hopkins made sure he mentioned Just Fight (Everything 7$), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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