PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Brownie Anderson (ranked 2892 p4p, 86 weight class) and Samuel Cooke (ranked 1253 p4p, 35 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cooke's choice of entrance music: Harm's Way - Warriors Will Reign. Brownie Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anderson
vs
Cooke

195 cm
38
204 lbs
30 - 22 - 0

184 cm
31
160 lbs
20 - 17 - 1

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Insanely flexible

World class MT
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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 30 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brownie Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke lands a front kick.
Cooke fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cooke darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Anderson moves into the clinch.
Cooke tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Cooke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Brownie Anderson has been cut.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooke can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooke.
Cooke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Cooke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson is looking to control Cooke's arms but Cooke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anderson has his back to the ropes.
Cooke lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooke fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson connects with a single shot there.
Cooke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cooke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooke connects with the punch.
Cooke checks a leg kick.
Anderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cooke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
It seemed like Cooke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cooke is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cooke.
Cooke throws a body kick that misses.
Cooke jabs at Anderson's body.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson throws a sloppy body shot
and Cooke counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cooke throws a head kick that Anderson semi-blocks.
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cooke on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Cooke.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anderson lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Cooke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brownie Anderson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cooke clinches with his opponent.
Cooke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooke lands a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cooke fails to land.
Cooke misses with a body punch.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Cooke.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.

Cooke manages to break the clinch.
Cooke connects with a single shot there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cooke. Anderson shrugs it off though.
Cooke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke is looking to clinch.
Anderson misses with a looping left.

Anderson gets a clinch.
Cooke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cooke trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cooke has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Cooke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.
Anderson is pushing Cooke up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a body punch.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cooke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cooke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooke tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Cooke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooke has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Cooke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cooke misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Cooke can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Cooke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brownie Anderson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Cooke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cooke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooke misses with an elbow strike.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cooke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cooke lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson avoiding damage as Cooke throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cooke has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cooke has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Cooke is rocked!
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooke is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Brownie Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cooke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cooke walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Brownie Anderson!
In his post fight interview, Brownie Anderson gave a big smile as he said 'I am the fookin greatest ya hear! I want that fookin belt!'.