PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Walcott (ranked 1116 p4p, 155 weight class) and Matt Cooke (ranked 612 p4p, 89 weight class). Walcott comes to the cage accompanied by The Way Of The Fist. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Walcott
vs
Cooke

187 cm
38
207 lbs
24 - 19 - 1

185 cm
38
210 lbs
33 - 13 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 24 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Walcott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooke. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good work by Walcott as he checks the leg kick.
Walcott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooke throws out a leg kick but Walcott moves out of range and Cooke only half commits.
Walcott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cooke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cooke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Walcott checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cooke throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Walcott misses.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Walcott misses.
Cooke connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Walcott checks a low kick from Cooke.
Walcott fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cooke just manages to avoid it.
Cooke scoring well with a low kick there.
Walcott throws a big shot that misses.
Walcott drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cooke throws a body punch but Walcott moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Walcott throws a leg kick but Cooke checks it.
Walcott looks to throw a body kick
and Cooke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooke is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cooke looks for the body kick but Walcott saw that one coming.
Cooke throws a sloppy head kick and Walcott moves out of range easily.
Walcott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cooke tries a quick counter leg kick but Walcott is wise to it.

Cooke moves into the clinch.
Cooke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cooke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walcott working aggressively here.
Walcott gets through Cooke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Walcott.
Cooke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the cage.
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Walcott displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cooke up against the cage.
Cooke works on Walcott's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Walcott fails to land.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooke.
Walcott definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cooke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Cooke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cookes head.
Walcott avoiding damage.
Walcott throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walcott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cooke backwards.
Cooke misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cooke fails to land.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott prevents a body shot from Cooke.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike.
Walcott lands with a short shot to the head.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Cooke.
Walcott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walcott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walcott creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cooke's defenses.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott pushes Cooke back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Walcott lands a right hand.
Cooke swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.

Cooke manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Walcott closes the distance and pushes Cooke back into the cage.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
Walcott lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walcott lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooke.
Cooke tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
A short uppercut from Cooke.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooke tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Cooke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cooke.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooke.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cooke is keeping busy.
Walcott trying to stall but Cooke improves his position.
Walcott slows down the pace here.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Walcott dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cooke moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cooke scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walcott doesn't seem bothered though.
Cooke tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooke feints a jab promting Walcott to slip. Cooke then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Walcott slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Cooke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott misses with a leg kick.
Walcott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Cooke gets tackled into the cage by Walcott. Walcott maintains the clinch.
Cooke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cooke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walcott uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cooke has time to react.
Cooke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Walcott rather than just go for the knockout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walcott throws a leg kick
and Walcott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walcott lands a lovely overhand right.
Cooke misses with a wild combination.
Walcott connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Cooke misses.
Walcott misses with a head kick.
Walcott scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Walcott clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Cooke tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cooke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cooke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.
Walcott makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walcott has Cooke pushed against the cage.
Cooke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walcott is struggling to control the position.
Cooke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke working aggressively here.
Cooke tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Joe Walcott has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott is struggling to control the position.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Cooke.
Cooke swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
A right hand to the body from Cooke.
Matt Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walcott blocks a body shot from Cooke.
Cooke pushes Walcott back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Cooke tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke lands a hook that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the cage.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cooke fails to land.
Cooke tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walcott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walcott throws an elbow but misses.
Cooke tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott scores with a hook to the body.
Walcott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cooke is defending well for now.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooke misses with some punches.

Cooke breaks from the clinch.
Cooke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooke slips under a jab from Walcott.
Walcott thumps Cooke with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cooke throws a jab when Walcott was well out of range.
Walcott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Walcott tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke is looking for the big counter here.
Cooke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walcott can pounce on him.
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!
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Walcott throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cooke's head.
Walcott lands a right hook to the body.
Cooke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooke tries to land a front kick but Walcott steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Cooke checks a low kick from Walcott.
Cooke replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Walcott blocks it well.
Cooke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Walcott slips a straight right by Cooke.
Walcott looks to land a body kick but Cooke moved away.
Walcott is looking to land body kicks.
An inside leg kick from Walcott misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joe Walcott will probably get the nod.
That's time! Walcott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cooke looks to land a body kick but Walcott moved away.

Walcott clinches up with Cooke and pushes him back against the cage.
Walcott lands with a light punch inside.
Cooke throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Cooke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walcott or not.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the cage.
Walcott misses with some punches.
Walcott misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Walcott.
Walcott leaning against his opponent.
Walcott misses with some punches.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walcott lands with a right to the head.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walcott throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walcott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cooke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walcott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walcott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walcott.
Cooke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walcott stalling in the clinch but Cooke improves position.
Walcott misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Cooke.
Cooke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cooke lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooke pushes Walcott back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walcott creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cooke tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cooke lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walcott slowing the pace effectively.
Cooke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooke blocks an uppercut.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cooke is keeping busy.
Cooke misses with a body punch.
Cooke can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
Walcott lands a right hand.
Walcott misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cooke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Cooke.
Cooke can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cooke.
Walcott misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cooke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walcott.
Cooke blocking some punches.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooke.
Cooke digs a right hand into Walcott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walcott's gas tank.
Cooke throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooke misses with some punches.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke lands a hook that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Walcott tries to work over Cooke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke misses with a body punch.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Walcott creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cooke's defenses.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matt Cooke.
Well Walcott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Walcott!
Joe Walcott gave a mention to Pit Bull Development in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).