PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dollar Hero (ranked 651 p4p, 1424 weight class) and Travis Copeland (ranked 81 p4p, 178 weight class). Hero kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is For Heavy Metal we will die!. Dollar Hero has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hero
vs
Copeland

170 cm
34
155
10 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
165
13 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Heavy Metal Drugs
Vegan Gains

Urban Fighter
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dollar Hero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Copeland!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hero is looking to land body kicks.
Hero connects with a right hand. Copeland shakes it off.

It looks like Travis Copeland has been cut.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hero swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Copeland tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hero manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Copeland checks a low kick from Hero.
A little jabbing left from Copeland on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Copeland slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hero moves forwards but Copeland connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hero shoots in looking for a takedown but Copeland manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hero's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hero drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hero on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hero throws a looping overhand right but Copeland ducks down to avoid it.
Hero jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hero scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Copeland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hero.
Copeland moves out of range of the body kick from Hero.
It seemed like Copeland was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Copeland.
Copeland scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice uppercut there from Hero.

Copeland clinches up against the cage.
Copeland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hero pushes Copeland back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Copeland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Copeland takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hero wants to break free but Copeland has control.
Hero misses with a punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Copeland.

Hero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Copeland.
Copeland throws a looping overhand right but Hero ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've been hearing reports that Hero has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Copeland's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Copeland throws an elbow but it misses.
Copeland keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hero's efforts to push away.
Hero lands a nice uppercut.

Hero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hero lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Travis Copeland is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Copeland tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Copeland pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Copeland takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Copeland tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Copeland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hero feinted there with a counter leg kick.

Copeland darts in and clinches Hero up against the cage.
Copeland lands an elbow inside that Hero shrugs off.
Hero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Copeland throws an elbow but it misses.
Hero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hero as Copeland tries to tie him up.
Copeland misses with an elbow over the top.
Copeland misses with a knee strike.
Hero can't break the clinch.
Copeland tries to land a knee to the head but Hero blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Hero fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Copeland.
Hero working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hero is trying to drag Copeland to the mat but Copeland just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Copeland tries to land knees in the clinch but Hero avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hero.
Hero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Copeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hero is defending well for now.
Hero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hero lands with a light punch inside.
Copeland digs a right hand into Hero's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hero's gas tank.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Copeland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hero's brow.
Hero wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hero blocks an elbow strike from Copeland.
Copeland slows down the pace here.
Hero is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dollar Hero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Travis Copeland's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hero ducks under a wild hook from Copeland.
Copeland misses with a looping right.
Hero scores with a jab to the jaw.
Copeland avoids the head kick by Hero.
Copeland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hero.
Copeland scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Travis Copeland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Copeland closes the distance and clinches.
Hero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Hero.
Hero blocks an elbow strike.
Hero lands a hook that snaps the head of Copeland backwards.

Copeland is rocked!

Hero has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Copeland is trying to keep an underhook but Hero manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Copeland is still in real trouble! Can Hero finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hero is controlling the pace.
Hero is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Copeland!
Hero loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Copeland scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Hero land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Hero stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dollar Hero!
Dollar Hero spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Travis Copeland spoke after the fight, saying 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.