PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyga Laxx (ranked 23904 p4p, 187 weight class) and Samuel Cooke (ranked 1212 p4p, 35 weight class). Cooke has chosen Harm's Way - Warriors Will Reign as his entrance music. Samuel Cooke is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Laxx
vs
Cooke

189 cm
32
200 lbs
17 - 12 - 2

184 cm
31
160 lbs
20 - 17 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Tyga Laxx !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No joy there for Laxx , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cooke tries a head kick but it misses.
Laxx misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooke jabs at Laxx 's body.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooke.
Good exchange - Laxx coming out on top.
Laxx wants to clinch
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Laxx misses the target.
Cooke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Samuel Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke misses with a shot to the body
and Laxx cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laxx avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laxx throws a nice looking combination but Cooke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cooke has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke scores with a leg kick.
Laxx misses with a double jab.
Cooke lands with a good body shot.
Cooke misses the shot to the body.
Cooke tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooke throws a wild body kick that Laxx sees coming a mile off.
Laxx swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Laxx takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Laxx on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Laxx throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Laxx . Those never looked like landing.
Cooke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Laxx if he has to take too many more of those.
Laxx throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laxx throws a looping overhand right but Cooke ducks down to avoid it.
Cooke scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooke tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Laxx manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laxx throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cooke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Laxx checks it well.
Cooke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab from Cooke.
A big left from Laxx misses.
Cooke tries to clinch but Laxx is having none of it.
Laxx takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big right from Cooke misses.
It looked like Laxx was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cooke cracks the inside of Laxx 's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Cooke dominated that round.
That's time! Laxx 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Laxx throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laxx throws out the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Cooke misses.
Cooke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cooke misses with a two punch combination.
Laxx loads up on a big right hand but Cooke slips the punch.
Cooke pushes Laxx away with a front kick.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice body kick from Cooke.
No joy there for Laxx , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laxx takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cooke defending well as Laxx loads up on a big left hand.
Cooke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke blocks a leg kick.
Laxx throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyga Laxx is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooke looks to score with a jab to the body but Laxx is just out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Cooke as he connects with a hook.
Cooke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Laxx swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Laxx .
Laxx on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cooke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cooke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Laxx staggers Cooke with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Cooke looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Samuel Cooke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke throws a leg kick that misses.
Laxx tries to counter by clinching up but Cooke breaks away and moves out of range.

Cooke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Laxx , pushing him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laxx digs a right hand underneath Cooke's ribcage. Cooke let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Laxx swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laxx tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooke's elbow.
Laxx misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Laxx on the inside.
Cooke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laxx backwards.
Cooke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laxx fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laxx .
Cooke misses with a knee to the head.
Cooke misses with a knee to the head.
Cooke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laxx has him pressed against the ropes.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laxx is defending well for now.
Laxx fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke misses with a knee to the head.
Laxx takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laxx struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooke controls his hands.
Cooke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Laxx 's face.
Cooke blocking some punches.
Cooke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laxx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyga Laxx will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cooke's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cooke duly obliges.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cooke misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cooke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cooke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooke misses with a knee strike.
Laxx working aggressively here.
Laxx tries to work over Cooke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laxx misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

Cooke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laxx looks to clinch
and Cooke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Laxx looks to land a right hand but Cooke moved out of range.
Cooke is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Laxx with a body shot.
Laxx throws a jab when Cooke was well out of range.
Laxx takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laxx moves out of range as Cooke strikes.
Cooke uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Laxx misses with a left hand
and Laxx takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Cooke.
Laxx throws an overhand right that lands on Cooke's shoulder, as Cooke tries to avoid the shot.
Cooke throws a fast counter high kick but Laxx manages to duck under it in time.
Cooke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Laxx counters with a two punch combo.

Laxx rushes Cooke and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Laxx prevents a body shot from Cooke.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laxx .
Laxx scores with a hook to the body.
Cooke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laxx tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laxx swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laxx swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Laxx fails to land.
Laxx misses with a punch to the body.
Laxx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cooke takes a shot to the head.
Laxx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooke wants to break free but Laxx has control.
Cooke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooke blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laxx .
Cooke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laxx avoids it.
Cooke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laxx tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cooke lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laxx tries a body shot but Cooke blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cooke.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Laxx avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the ropes.
Laxx misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Cooke.
Laxx lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cooke backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Cooke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cooke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!