PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

LeBlanc
vs
Hopkins

190 cm
20
188 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

187 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John LeBlanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBlanc takes a jab right on the kisser.
LeBlanc on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That kick from Hopkins tenderised LeBlanc's leg. LeBlanc is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hopkins.
Hopkins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
LeBlanc pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hopkins is out of range and LeBlanc settles back down.
Hopkins scores with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Hopkins. That snapped LeBlanc's head back.
Hopkins connects with the punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hopkins. That's going to slow LeBlanc down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hopkins connects with an inside leg kick.
LeBlanc takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the body.
Hopkins connects with a body shot that sends LeBlanc's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc moves out of range as Hopkins throws a body kick.
LeBlanc tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Hopkins.
Hopkins lands a body shot.
Hopkins misses with a head kick.
LeBlanc moves out of range of the body kick.
LeBlanc throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hopkins.
Hopkins blocks a head kick by LeBlanc.
Hopkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hopkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hopkins lands a body shot.
LeBlanc takes one on the button.

LeBlanc clinches up with Hopkins and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hopkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins is looking to control LeBlanc's arms but LeBlanc gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hopkins has his back to the cage.
Hopkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
LeBlanc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hopkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
LeBlanc misses with some punches.

LeBlanc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
LeBlanc tries to clinch but Hopkins is having none of it.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.
Hopkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
LeBlanc wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins lands a nice looking kick to the body. LeBlanc takes a step back to recover.

LeBlanc fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hopkins, pushing him back against the cage.
LeBlanc tries a body shot but Hopkins blocks it.
Hopkins misses with the head strike.
LeBlanc swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
LeBlanc is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopkins is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopkins.
LeBlanc throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopkins.
LeBlanc misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from LeBlanc.
Hopkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hopkins scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc with an attempt at a knee that misses.
LeBlanc with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hopkins lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopkins lands with a light punch inside.
Hopkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hopkins fails to land.
Hopkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
LeBlanc tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hopkins avoids it.
LeBlanc definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
LeBlanc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopkins lands with a light punch inside.
Hopkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hopkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBlanc's elbow.
Hopkins dodges an elbow strike from LeBlanc.
Hopkins looking to slow down the pace here.
Hopkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
LeBlanc creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Hopkins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A shot to the liver by Hopkins. Beautiful body shot.
Hopkins scores with a jab.
LeBlanc throws a jab when Hopkins was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Hopkins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hopkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Hopkins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hopkins.

LeBlanc is rocked!
Hopkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on LeBlanc. That did some damage!
Oh LeBlanc is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
LeBlanc tries to clinch there but Hopkins circles away.
LeBlanc backing away here, and Hopkins unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
LeBlanc seems to have got his legs back now.
LeBlanc on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
LeBlanc throws a lazy head kick
and Hopkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. LeBlanc really felt that one!
LeBlanc drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hopkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
LeBlanc misses with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hopkins blocks a low kick nicely.
Hopkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles LeBlanc. LeBlanc circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
LeBlanc misses with a body kick.
Hopkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hopkins connects with a quick right hand that sends LeBlanc tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the cage, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ben Hopkins!
A relieved looking Ben Hopkins thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.