PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saul Goodman (ranked 1055 p4p, 1700 weight class) and Matt Cooper (ranked 65 p4p, 97 weight class). Matt Cooper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Goodman
vs
Cooper

182 cm
37
272
29 - 23 - 0

195 cm
29
270
17 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
KO power

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 29 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper throws a head kick that half lands.

Cooper drives through with a takedown into Goodman's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Goodman is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cooper forces his way into half guard.
Cooper looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Goodman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cooper working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Goodman is defending against the submission attempts here by Cooper.
Goodman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cooper throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cooper throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper wants to advance to full mount but Goodman doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Cooper works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cooper prevents Goodman from improving his position.
Cooper wants to pass the guard but Goodman is defending well.
Cooper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Goodman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cooper wants to pass to mount but Goodman is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goodman trying to control but Cooper postures up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cooper in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Goodman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cooper throwing shots but Goodman is blocking nicely.
Goodman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Goodman keeping moving, preventing Cooper from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Goodman misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooper! But no joy.
Cooper connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Goodman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goodman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goodman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Goodman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goodman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice jab there from Cooper.
Cooper lands with an overhand left.
Goodman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cooper throws a hook but Goodman avoids it easily.
Goodman seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Saul Goodman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goodman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cooper throws a leg kick but Goodman moved away.
Goodman punishes Cooper's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goodman was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooper.
Goodman connects with a body shot that sends Cooper's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Goodman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Goodman pushes Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
Goodman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cooper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Goodman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goodman can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Goodman misses.
Cooper swings widly with a right hand
and Goodman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Goodman tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Goodman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Goodman misses the shot to the body.
Cooper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cooper keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Cooper dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Goodman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooper.
Goodman wants to slow Cooper down by chopping away at his legs.
Cooper throws a lazy right hand but Goodman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goodman wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Goodman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cooper is out of range.
Goodman wants to clinch.
Cooper wants to counter the offense by Goodman and move into the clinch position.
Cooper wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Goodman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Goodman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Goodman is looking to wear down Cooper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Goodman has closed the distance and engaged Cooper in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goodman is looking to control Cooper's arms but Cooper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Goodman has his back to the cage.
Goodman lands an elbow just above Cooper 's eye.

It looks like Matt Cooper has been cut.
Cooper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goodman backwards.
Goodman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Our sources have told us that Goodman has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Cooper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Goodman fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cooper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goodman throws a body shot but no joy.
Goodman throws a wild body kick that Cooper sees coming a mile off.
Goodman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
Cooper throws an overhand right that lands on Goodman's shoulder, as Goodman tries to avoid the shot.
Cooper listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Goodman misses the shot to the body.
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Goodman.
Goodman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Goodman misses with a jab to the body
letting Cooper counter with a right hand.
Cooper throws a lazy right hand but Goodman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Goodman is looking to clinch but Cooper is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goodman swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Goodman gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
Goodman blocking some punches.
Goodman can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Goodman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cooper is keeping busy.
Goodman tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Goodman.
Cooper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooper lands a body punch.
Goodman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Goodman lands an elbow just above Cooper 's eye.

That has opened up Matt Cooper's cut even more.

Goodman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper cracks Goodman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Goodman scores with a sloppy right hand. Cooper should have avoided that one.
Goodman throws a chopping leg kick but Cooper manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cooper misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a looping overhand right but Goodman ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Goodman was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Goodman has closed the distance and engaged Cooper in a clinch.
Goodman pushes Cooper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Goodman working aggressively here.
Goodman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Cooper trying to control the position but instead, Goodman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cooper into the cage.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Cooper misses with the head strike.
Goodman managing to block the knees to the body from Cooper.
Saul Goodman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cooper being controlled against the cage.
Goodman misses with a punch to the body.
Goodman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Goodman lands a nice elbow.

Matt Cooper's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Matt Cooper's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Saul Goodman!
Saul Goodman very nearly forgot to thank FUClothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.