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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 1816 p4p, 2029 weight class) and Nikolay Panayotov (ranked 255 p4p, 283 weight class). Panayotov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mad World - Gary Jules / Tears For Fears (Cover by Jasmine Thompson). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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14 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Olympic wrestler
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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 41 - 20 - 3, fighting out of London, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolay Panayotov!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Panayotov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Panayotov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Panayotov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Panayotov misses the shot to the body.
Cooke seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A shot to the body from Cooke misses
and Cooke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cooke throws a left and a right that both miss
and Panayotov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cooke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Panayotov on the side of the head.
Cooke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooke thows a body kick. Panayotov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Panayotov counters by moving into the clinch.
Panayotov has a couple of punches blocked by Cooke.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Panayotov avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the cage.
Panayotov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Panayotov blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panayotov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cooke misses with some punches.
Panayotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooke blocking some punches.
Cooke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Panayotov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Panayotov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooke throws a lazy head kick
and Panayotov moves into the clinch.
Cooke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Panayotov.
Cooke breaks the clinch.
Cooke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Panayotov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
Cooke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke takes a swing at Panayotov's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Cooke blocks a head kick by Panayotov.
Cooke cracks a nice hook into Panayotov's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Panayotov is out of range.
Panayotov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Panayotov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Panayotov lands a glancing blow to the side of Cooke's head.
Cooke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Panayotov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke slips a straight right by Panayotov.
Panayotov lands a jab to the head.
Panayotov forces Cooke back against the cage and clinches.
Cooke struggles to land a body shot inside as Panayotov controls his hands.
Cooke struggles to land a body shot inside as Panayotov controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cooke.
Still in the clinch, Panayotov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cooke breaks from the clinch.
Panayotov avoids the head kick by Cooke.
A little jabbing left from Panayotov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Panayotov misses with a body shot.
Panayotov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Panayotov moves out of range as Cooke strikes.
An inside leg kick from Cooke misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panayotov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cooke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Panayotov misses.
Cooke scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panayotov slips a jab from Cooke.
Panayotov throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke throws an off balance right hand
and Panayotov counters with a nice uppercut.
Panayotov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Panayotov lands a nice looking body shot.
Panayotov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooke was well out of range. Poor timing from Panayotov.
Cooke is looking to counter punch.
Cooke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Panayotov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Panayotov tries a head kick but it misses.
Panayotov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cooke swings away with a body shot that misses
and Panayotov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Panayotov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke throws a sloppy head kick and Panayotov moves out of range easily.
Panayotov clinches.
Panayotov blocking some punches.
Panayotov wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke working aggressively here.
Cooke lands a right hand.
Cooke lands with a right to the head.
Cooke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooke misses with an uppercut.
Nikolay Panayotov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke misses with a lunging right hand
and Panayotov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cooke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cooke misses with a hook. Panayotov ducked under it nicely.
Cooke throws a push kick but Panayotov slaps the foot to one side.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Panayotov.
Cooke bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Panayotov's head backwards.
A head kick by Cooke misses
and Panayotov counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooke slips a straight right by Panayotov.
Cooke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Panayotov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Panayotov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooke swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Cooke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cooke.
Cooke throws a series of punches but Panayotov avoids them all with ease.
Panayotov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panayotov throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Matt Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Panayotov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cooke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cooke lands with a good body shot.
Panayotov throws a right hand that misses
and Cooke counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Panayotov! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Cooke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Cooke!
An out of breath and clearly excited Matt Cooke thanked KOMBAT KLOTHING for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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