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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Dwayne Hopkins has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dwayne Hopkins seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Dwayne Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Volkov!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Volkov counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Volkov.
Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Volkov has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Volkov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Volkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Volkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut.
Volkov slips under a jab.
Some wild striking there from Hopkins.
Hopkins misses with a double jab.
Volkov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hopkins eats them both and turns towards Volkov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Volkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopkins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Volkov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes from Hopkins. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Hopkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Volkov moves away.
Hopkins lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Volkov.
Hopkins throws a one two combo.
Dwayne Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Hopkins.
Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Volkov throws a lazy right hand but Hopkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice cross by Hopkins.
Volkov slips under a jab from Hopkins.
Sloppy strikes from Hopkins. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Volkov. Those never looked like landing.
Hopkins tries to bum rush Volkov with a series of wild strikes but Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Volkov moves away.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Hopkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hopkins throws out a powerful jab.
Some wild striking there from Hopkins.
Volkov takes a swing at Hopkins's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Volkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Hopkins. Those never looked like landing.
Volkov looks to land a combination but Hopkins avoids it well.
Volkov looks winded!
Hopkins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Volkov looks to land a left hand but Hopkins moved out of range nicely.
Hopkins cracks Volkov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Volkov connects with a body shot that sends Hopkins's belly button to the back.
Hopkins lands with a shot to the body.
Hopkins connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins swings for the body but Volkov moves out of range.
Hopkins misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Volkov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Volkov.
Volkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hopkins.
Hopkins digs a good body shot into Volkov's ribs.
Volkov walks into a straight right hand from Hopkins.
Volkov scores with a jab to the body.
Hopkins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Volkov cracks a nice hook into Hopkins's ribs.
Hopkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Volkov.
Hopkins is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Hopkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Volkov.
Hopkins lands a jab to the nose.
Volkov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hopkins to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins tries to bum rush Volkov with a series of wild strikes but Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hopkins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Volkov counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hopkins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Volkov.
Volkov swings for the body but Hopkins moves out of range.
Hopkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hopkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Volkov connects with a body shot.
Volkov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hopkins cracks a nice hook into Volkov's ribs.
No joy there for Hopkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hopkins swinging wildly here.
Hopkins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Volkov at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hopkins duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwayne Hopkins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hopkins tries to bum rush Volkov with a series of wild strikes but Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Volkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopkins circles away quickly and effectively.
Hopkins slips a straight right by Volkov.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Volkov.
Dwayne Hopkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Volkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopkins takes a swing at Volkov's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins misses with a wild body shot.
Volkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopkins.
Volkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Volkov.
Volkov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Volkov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Volkov dodges the punch combination from Hopkins.
Volkov looks to throw the jab but Hopkins is out of range.
Volkov is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Volkov misses the target.
Hopkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hopkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hopkins lands a body shot.
Hopkins tries to bum rush Volkov with a series of wild strikes but Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Volkov lands with a hook. Hopkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hopkins throws a combination that misses
and Volkov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hopkins swinging wildly here.
Volkov takes a swing at Hopkins's ribcage but misses.
Volkov slips a jab and a cross from Hopkins.
A combination from Hopkins does no damage.
Volkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Volkov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Volkov dodges the punch combination from Hopkins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov defending well as Hopkins loads up on a big left hand.
Hopkins dodges the punch combination from Volkov.
Hopkins lands with a nice combination. Volkov backs away looking to recover.
Hopkins misses with a hook.
Volkov cracks Hopkins with an open hand slap.
Hopkins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Volkov's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Volkov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A combination from Hopkins does no damage.
Hopkins swinging wildly here.
Hopkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Volkov slips a jab and a cross from Hopkins.
Hopkins ducks under a wild hook from Volkov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Volkov does it's job there.
Dwayne Hopkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Hopkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Volkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopkins moves away.
Volkov throws a big shot that misses.
Volkov moves out of range of the strikes.
Volkov misses with a straight right.
Hopkins lands an overhand right.
A jab from Hopkins does it's job there.
Hopkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Hopkins moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hopkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hopkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Hopkins as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov misses with a double jab.
Hopkins tries to bum rush Volkov with a series of wild strikes but Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hopkins slips under a jab.
Volkov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Hopkins. Those never looked like landing.
Volkov slips a jab and a cross from Hopkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Volkov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hopkins scores with a hook to the body. Volkov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A combination from Hopkins does no damage.
Hopkins misses with a double jab
and Volkov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hopkins thinking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hopkins takes a swing at Volkov's ribcage but misses.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Volkov's shoulder, as Volkov tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwayne Hopkins dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hopkins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Volkov.
Sloppy strikes from Volkov. Those never looked like landing.
Volkov misses with a hook.
Hopkins throws a jab but it's blocked by Volkov.
Hopkins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Volkov at a distance.
Hopkins throws out a loose jab but Volkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins throws a shot to the body.
Hopkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Volkov lands a nice looking body shot.
Hopkins throws a series of strikes that have Volkov backpedaling.
Volkov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A combination from Hopkins does no damage.
Hopkins tries to bum rush Volkov with a series of wild strikes but Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hopkins misses the jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Volkov misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Volkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Volkov connects with a body shot.
Volkov lands a nice shot to the body.
Hopkins looks to land a combination but Volkov avoids it well.
Hopkins is looking to wear down Volkov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Volkov cracks Hopkins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Volkov thuds a left hand into Hopkins's body.
Hopkins lands a two punch combo.
Hopkins throws a predictable looking body shot
and Volkov counters with a right hand to the body.
Hopkins throws a body punch but Volkov moves out of range.
Volkov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
No joy there for Volkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hopkins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hopkins's corner calls for a 1-2. Hopkins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Hopkins. That snapped Volkov's head back.
Hopkins misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins stuns Volkov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Volkov lands with a nice combination. Hopkins backs away looking to recover.
Hopkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Volkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Hopkins.
Nice uppercut there from Hopkins.
Volkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hopkins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab lands there for Volkov.
Hopkins's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hopkins duly obliges.
Hopkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Volkov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hopkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Volkov.
Volkov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hopkins's head backwards.
Hopkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Volkov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hopkins momentarily.
Volkov throws a hook to the side of Hopkins's head but Hopkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins punishes Volkov's body with a nice straight punch.
Hopkins scores with a jab.
Hopkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hopkins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hopkins stalks Volkov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Volkov's face. Volkov staggers backwards, shaken.
Volkov misses with a double jab.
Hopkins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sloppy strikes from Volkov. Those never looked like landing.
Hopkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Volkov slips a jab and a cross from Hopkins.
Hopkins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hopkins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Volkov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Volkov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Volkov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Volkov there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a jab to the head.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Volkov punishes Hopkins's body with a nice straight punch.
Hopkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Volkov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hopkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Volkov circles away quickly and effectively.
Volkov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hopkins misses with a two punch combination.
Hopkins misses with a wild combination.
Volkov lands a jab to the nose.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hopkins lands the left hand.
Roman Volkov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hopkins scores with a decent looking hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Hopkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hopkins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwayne Hopkins!
Dwayne Hopkins seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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RATING
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