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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Yank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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140 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mikey Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jan Yank!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Yank, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yank throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut. Yank saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Yank.
Hopkins throws the left hand but Yank avoids the punch easily.
Yank avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hopkins misses with a double jab
and Yank counters with a nice body kick.
Yank ducks under a wild hook from Hopkins.
Yank delivers a nice body kick.
Hopkins looks to land a right hand but Yank moved out of range.
Hopkins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hopkins misses with a body shot.
Yank swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hopkins is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yank's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Yank scores with a kick to the body.
Hopkins lands with a nice combination. Yank backs away looking to recover.
Yank takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hopkins throws a right hand that Yank ducks under and follows up with a left that Yank also avoids with ease.
Yank showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hopkins.
Yank throws a push kick but Hopkins slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yank lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hopkins takes a step back to recover.
Hopkins misses with a straight left.
A jab from Hopkins misses.
Hopkins throws a looping overhand right but Yank ducks down to avoid it.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut
and Yank counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hopkins tries to bum rush Yank with a series of wild strikes but Yank uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yank keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hopkins.
Yank lands a nice looking body kick.
Jan Yank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yank goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yank dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hopkins. That did some damage!
A left and a right from Yank both land. Nice combination.
Hopkins lands a glancing blow to the side of Yank's head.
Yank blocks a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yank.
A solid body kick from Yank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Hopkins misses with the combination.
Hopkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yank counters with a good, hard body kick but Hopkins shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Yank.
Hopkins drops Yank with a beautiful combination! Yank stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hopkins is looking for the KO!
Yank is rocked!
Yank swinging wildly here.
Yank is still on wobbly legs! Can Hopkins finish him?
Yank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopkins circles away quickly and effectively.
Yank dodges the punch combination from Hopkins.
Hopkins looks to land a left hand but Yank moved out of range nicely.
Yank seems to have recovered his senses.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Yank's shoulder, as Yank tries to avoid the shot.
Hopkins moves out of range of the body kick from Yank.
Yank lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Yank throws a push kick but Hopkins slaps the foot to one side.
Hopkins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yank's head.
A jab from Hopkins misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hopkins does it's job there.
Yank lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hopkins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hopkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yank looks to land a body kick but Hopkins moved away.
Hopkins slips a jab and a cross from Yank.
Yank misses with a series of wild punches.
Hopkins will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hopkins checks a leg kick.
Yank tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Hopkins. Beautiful body shot.
Hopkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hopkins avoids a kick to the body.
Hopkins misses with a looping left.
Yank moves out of range as Hopkins strikes.
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.
Yank looks for the body kick but Hopkins saw that one coming.
Hopkins throws an overhand right that lands on Yank's shoulder, as Yank tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Hopkins misses the target.
Hopkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hopkins is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yank.
Yank misses with a two punch combination.
Yank thuds his shin into the meat of Hopkins's side.
Yank misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yank avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hopkins misses the jab.
Yank misses with a double jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hopkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yank is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yank delivers a nice body kick.
Hopkins scores with the left hand. Yank knows he should have avoided that one.
Yank tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hopkins is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Hopkins dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hopkins throws a hook but Yank avoids it easily.
Hopkins throws a shot to the body.
Hopkins missing with a left hand there. Yank was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Yank does no damage.
Yank throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Yank pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hopkins is out of range and Yank settles back down.
Hopkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Yank keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hopkins.
Yank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hopkins circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Yank does no damage.
Yank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yank misses with a kick to the body.
Hopkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Yank is just out of range.
Hopkins misses with an uppercut.
Yank will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A lazy left from Hopkins finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yank moves out of range as Hopkins strikes.
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
Hopkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yank.
Hopkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yank tries to land a front kick but Hopkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yank throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yank gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice defenses there by Yank.
Yank rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hopkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jan Yank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yank throws a wild body kick that Hopkins sees coming a mile off.
Yank throws a head kick that Hopkins semi-blocks.
Yank scores with a spinning back kick!
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
Yank swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Hopkins misses.
Yank scores with a nice body kick.
Hopkins jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins throws a hook but Yank avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Yank misses.
Hopkins plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Yank swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Yank face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mikey Hopkins!
Mikey Hopkins spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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