PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rod Stamina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stamina comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Y.M.C.A. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cooper
vs
Stamina

193 cm
25
211 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

193 cm
19
216 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Mary Jane's Medicinal's!

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rod Stamina!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stamina is looking to clinch.
Cooper misses with a hook. Stamina ducked under it nicely.
Stamina wants to clinch up but Cooper keeps it at a distance.
Stamina tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Stamina thows a body shot but no joy.
Cooper lands a body shot.
Stamina wants to clinch.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stamina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stamina takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stamina throws a wild body kick that Cooper sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamina wants to clinch up but Cooper keeps it at a distance.

Stamina moves into range and clinches up with Cooper.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cooper tries to circle away but Stamina has him pinned against the cage.
Cooper has had enough of the clinch but Stamina keeps him there for the moment.
Cooper tries to circle away but Stamina has him pinned against the cage.
Stamina lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Stamina.
Still in the clinch, Stamina scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cooper avoiding damage as Stamina throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Cooper as the two fighters clinch.
Stamina misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stamina goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stamina misses with a hook from the clinch.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stamina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cooper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cooper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper works Stamina's body with a nice hook.
Cooper slips a jab from Stamina.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooper checks a leg kick.
Stamina scores with a hook.
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stamina looks for the body kick but Cooper saw that one coming.
Cooper keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Rod Stamina has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper looks to land a combination. Stamina sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cooper lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stamina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stamina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper scores with a three punch combo!
Stamina has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stamina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cooper keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper looks to land a right hand but Stamina moved out of range.
Stamina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stamina wants to clinch up but Cooper keeps it at a distance.
Stamina wants to clinch up but Cooper keeps it at a distance.
Stamina avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Stamina tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.
Stamina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stamina tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooper.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stamina moves in looking to clinch but Cooper pushes him off.
Stamina drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stamina is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rod Stamina's cut.
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.

Cooper throws a jab when Stamina was well out of range.
Cooper takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Stamina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper scores with a shot to the body.

Stamina darts in and clinches Cooper up against the cage.
Stamina lands a good knee to the midsection. Cooper won't want to take too many of those.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stamina presses Cooper against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stamina jabs at Cooper's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stamina throws a body punch but Cooper moves out of range.
Stamina tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooper moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stamina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamina throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cooper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stamina has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stamina there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stamina throws a right and a left that both miss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooper.
Stamina is looking to clinch.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stamina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cooper lands a jab to Stamina's midsection.
Stamina tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Stamina there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stamina lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooper at a distance.
Stamina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooper.
Cooper slips a straight right by Stamina.
Cooper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stamina is looking to clinch.
Cooper throws a hook but Stamina blocks it.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab lands there for Stamina.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Cooper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stamina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooper connects with a body shot.
Cooper connects with a looping right hand.
Stamina tries to clinch up.
Stamina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Stamina pushes Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
Stamina tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cooper goes for a takedown attempt but Stamina pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cooper fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stamina checks it well.
Stamina missing with a left hand there. Cooper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stamina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Stamina.
Stamina throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stamina throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooper.
Stamina wants to clinch.
Stamina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rod Stamina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rod Stamina's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Stamina looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Stamina tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooper scores with a shot to the body.
Cooper changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stamina tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Stamina rushes Cooper and presses him up against the cage.
Stamina misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Cooper working hard to break the clinch.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stamina throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cooper counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stamina wants to clinch
and Cooper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stamina thinking.
Stamina takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cooper counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamina tries to clinch but Cooper moves away
and Cooper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooper cracks Stamina with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stamina closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cooper counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack Cooper is winning the standup battle so far.
Cooper lands with a cross.
Stamina tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cooper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to de liver by Cooper. Beautiful body shot.
Cooper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Cooper. That's going to slow Stamina down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stamina needs to keep his hands up - Cooper had a free shot at his head there.
Stamina takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stamina moves out of range of the body kick from Cooper.
Cooper lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stamina backs up against the cage.
Stamina takes one on the button.
Cooper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Stamina is rocked!
Cooper fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Stamina to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Stamina looks to clinch but Cooper throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Stamina taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jack Cooper!