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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Mancine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins has chosen Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Mancine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Malcolm Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Mancine escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hopkins gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hopkins trying to control but Mancine is working from the bottom.
Hopkins works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hopkins prevents Mancine from improving his position.
Mancine is working hard here to advance position.
Hopkins is looking to advance position but Mancine won't allow it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hopkins in particular looking to stall.
Mancine tries to get to full guard but Hopkins has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine is not content to let Hopkins control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mancine makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mancine.
Mancine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mancine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hopkins won't allow Mancine to pass to mount.
Mancine missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mancine frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mancine thowing shots but they're missing.
Mancine fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mancine.
Hopkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hopkins avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mancine.
Hopkins tries to hold on but Mancine pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins is bucking up trying to escape but Mancine cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mancine throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mancine lands a big elbow.
Hopkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mancine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mancine landing punches.
Hopkins is rocked!
Mancine lands a big shot to the head and Hopkins winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ray Mancine!
After the big win, Ray Mancine made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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