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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 965 p4p, 1259 weight class) and Harry Winston (ranked 133 p4p, 184 weight class). Harry Winston is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 36 - 16 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Winston!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston lands a high kick!
Cooke punishes Winston's body with a nice straight punch.
Winston shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cooke is trying to defend but Winston finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Winston is looking for a kimura but Cooke is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Winston to get the leverage.
Winston is thwarting Cooke's attempts to control the position.
Winston stalling.
Cooke wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke keeping control of the position.
Cooke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Winston thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Cooke is staying active underneath Winston, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Still in half guard, Winston seems content to control.
Cooke is positioning himself well to prevent Winston advancing to mount.
Cooke continues to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooke looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cooke controlling the position for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Good work by Winston as he checks the leg kick.
Winston appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
No luck for Winston with that takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Winston takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winston manages to avoid it.
Winston throws a hook but Cooke avoids it easily.
Cooke avoids the head kick by Winston.
Cooke appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cooke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Winston scores with a head kick. Cooke tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cooke lands with a hook. Winston tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winston. Cooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooke moves away from the strike by Winston.
Cooke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Winston counters with a straight right hand.
Cooke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Winston is out of range and Cooke settles back down.
Winston is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
Winston tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Winston chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cooke can pounce on him.
Sloppy strikes from Winston. Those never looked like landing.
Cooke is looking to counter punch.
Winston takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Cooke half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winston throws out the jab.
Matt Cooke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Winston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cooke connects with an inside leg kick.
Winston avoids the body shot from Cooke.
Winston unleashes a big counter combination but Cooke bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Winston misses with a looping right.
Cooke tries to work over Winston's front leg with a kick but Winston checks it.
Winston throws a leg kick but Cooke sees it coming and moves out of range.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooke moves away from the strike by Winston.
Winston throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke scores with a head kick. Winston tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cooke moves in looking to clinch but Winston pushes him off.
Winston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooke takes a swing at Winston's ribcage but misses.
Winston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Winston.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winston blocks a low kick nicely.
Winston throws a right hand that misses
and Cooke counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cooke tries to work over Winston'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.
Winston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooke.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winston manages to avoid it.
Winston checks the leg kick nicely there.
Winston throws out a counter right but Cooke avoids it with no problem.
Good leg kick by Winston.
Cooke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Harry Winston will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Winston misses with an uppercut.
Cooke tries to close the distance and clinch but Winston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooke throws a right and a left that Winston avoids nicely.
Cooke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cooke scores with a sloppy right hand. Winston should have avoided that one.
Cooke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Winston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooke lands a leg kick that knocks Winston off balance momentarily.
Winston takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooke dips to his left and cracks Winston with an uppercut!
Winston steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cooke. That one must have hurt.
Cooke has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cooke wants to land a leg kick but Winston is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooke takes a swing at Winston's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooke is looking to wear down Winston with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Winston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cooke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winston displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A head kick by Cooke misses
and Winston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cooke throws a head kick but Winston moves out of range.
Cooke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winston was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooke.
Winston only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Cooke misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick from Cooke, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cooke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Winston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cooke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winston throws a looping overhand right but Cooke ducks down to avoid it.
Cooke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winston moves away.
The fighters circling - Cooke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice side step and Winston releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cooke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crunch! Cooke slams his shin into Winston's torso.
Winston scores with a jab. Cooke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Winston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matt Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Winston's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cooke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooke throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooke stuns Winston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Winston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Winston scores with a head kick.
Winston misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Matt Cooke is winning the standup battle so far.
Winston fails to land with a series of punches.
Winston tries a low kick but Cooke avoids it.
Winston misses with a two punch combination.
Winston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooke throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Cooke tenderised Winston's leg. Winston is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cooke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Winston stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cooke cracks Winston with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cooke lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cooke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke throws a body punch but Winston moves out of range.
Winston looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cooke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winston circles away quickly and effectively.
A little jabbing left from Winston on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cooke throws a leg kick
and Winston counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winston manages to avoid it.
Winston connects with the punch.
Cooke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Winston.
Winston throws a low kick, looking for Cooke's leg but Cooke calmly moves out of range.
Cooke tries to counter by clinching up but Winston breaks away and moves out of range.
Winston moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winston.
Winston avoids a kick to the body.
Winston finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cooke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Winston is able to avoid easily.
Cooke slips a jab from Winston.
A head kick from Cooke lands but Winston takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winston scores with a nice right hand.
Winston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cooke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Cooke throws a leg kick
enabling Winston to counter with a crisp jab.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cooke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Winston looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cooke bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Winston's head.
A big left from Winston misses.
Cooke takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cooke throws a nice looking combination but Winston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Winston avoids the body shot from Cooke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke scores with a body shot.
Cooke misses with a jab to the body
and Winston counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Winston has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cooke throws a chopping leg kick but Winston manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Winston slips a straight right by Cooke.
Winston is looking for the big counter here.
Winston motions for Cooke to come forward. Winston throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And Cooke counters with a quick kick to the body but Winston blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Winston.
Winston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winston connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooke connects with a right hand. Winston shakes it off.
Winston misses with a low kick.
Cooke throws a lazy body kick
and Winston counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cooke misses with a few strikes there.
Winston lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Winston misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Cooke does it's job there.
Cooke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Winston misses with a looping right.
Winston misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a nice leg kick.
Cooke lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cooke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winston.
Cooke seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Winston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Winston lands with a slapping head kick.
Winston smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Winston looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Winston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Winston throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooke.
Cooke looks to land a combination but Winston avoids it well.
Good work by Cooke as he checks the leg kick.
Winston smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Winston throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
Cooke fires out a quick counter leg kick but Winston just manages to avoid it.
Cooke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooke backing away here, and Winston unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Winston moves out of range of the body kick from Cooke.
Winston throws out a counter right but Cooke avoids it with no problem.
A nice leg kick from Winston, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws the left hand but Winston avoids the punch easily.
A right-left combo lands from Winston.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke wants to slow Winston down by chopping away at his legs.
Despite the aggression on Winston's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Winston connects with a right hand. Cooke shakes it off.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winston with a nice calf kick.
Cooke misses with a leg kick.
Winston appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cooke 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 throws a leg kick that misses.
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Winston.
Cooke throws a front kick aimed at Winston's knee but Winston avoids it well.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harry Winston.
I think Winston has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Winston!
Harry Winston decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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