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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hessu Hopo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Diaz's choice of entrance music: Ludacris: It's Cold Outside. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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216 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hessu Hopo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopo rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hopo avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Hopo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Hopo pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hopo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Hopo is stalling here.
Hopo is working Diaz over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Hopo.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopo managing to block the knees to the body from Diaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hopo stalls.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
Hopo pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz lands with a left to the head.
Hopo blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Hopo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hopo's brow.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopo.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
Diaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopo.
Hopo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hopo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to work over Hopo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopo misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Hopo on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hopo lands with a left to the head.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Hopo.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hopo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hopo lands with a light punch inside.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hopo lands a shot to the body.
Hopo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopo.
Diaz effectively controlling the action here.
Hopo stalling in the clinch.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Hopo.
A shot in the inside from Hopo.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopo stalling the fight.
Hopo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Good body shot from Hopo.
Hopo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hopo backwards.
Hopo gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to land knees in the clinch but Hopo avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diaz up against the cage.
Hopo lands a right hand.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Hopo improves position.
Diaz letting Hopo take a breather here.
Hopo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hopo stalling the fight.
Hopo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz looking to stall.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Hopo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hessu Hopo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Hopo.
Donk. Diaz catches Hopo right on the button with a cross.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hopo darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Hopo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
A shot in the inside from Hopo.
Diaz is rocked!
Hopo pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Hopo finish him?
Hopo misses with some punches.
Hopo is working Diaz over against the cage.
Hopo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopo stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Hopo fails to land.
Hopo throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopo won't allow it.
Hopo working aggressively here.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Hopo lands a body shot.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopo slows down the pace here.
Hopo lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopo.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
Hopo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Hopo is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hopo avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Hopo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hopo is working Diaz over against the cage.
The referee calls for Hopo to work.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hopo throws a big shot that misses.
Hopo clinches.
Hopo gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Hopo.
Hopo lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from Hopo.
Hopo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hopo dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Hopo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diaz up against the cage.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Hessu Hopo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diaz tries to stall but Hopo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hopo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopo scores with a hook to the body.
Hopo avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Hopo is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Hopo walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Diaz drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Hopo swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Diaz's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hessu Hopo!
In defeat, Anthony Diaz stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thanks for coming out tonight. Sorry I couldn't get the win. I'll be back again though, stronger than ever. '.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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