PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rexo Galito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galito is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Yesterdays Rising - Our Lucid Dream. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cooper
vs
Galito

195 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rexo Galito!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galito scores with a jab.

It looks like Bubba Cooper has been cut.
Galito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper throws the left hand but Galito avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Cooper misses.
Galito moves in looking to clinch but Cooper pushes him off.
Cooper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Galito misses with a wild body shot.
Galito tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Galito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cooper makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Galito wants to clinch
and Cooper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Galito thinking.
Galito throws a series of punches but Cooper avoids them all with ease.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Galito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Galito throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Rexo Galito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper swinging wildly here.
Galito lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Galito looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper scores with a kick to the midsection.

Cooper clinches.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Cooper misses with a jab, cross combination.

Cooper drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cooper thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cooper stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Cooper gets the takedown into side control.

Cooper decides to stand up, so the ref orders Galito to his feet.
A shot to de liver by Cooper. Beautiful body shot.
Rexo Galito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Galito tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Cooper throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Galito's waist but Galito gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cooper off to one side.
Cooper lands a high kick!
Galito misses with a combination

and Cooper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cooper.
Galito has Cooper pressed against the cage, preventing Cooper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cooper clinches up with Galito and pushes him back against the cage.
Cooper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Galito or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galito wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cooper has him pressed against the cage.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Galito looks to land a left hand but Cooper moved out of range nicely.
Cooper thuds his right hand into Galito's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooper lands a high kick!

Cooper drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Galito wants to get back to his feet but Cooper drags him back down.
Cooper tries to advance to mount but can't.
Galito is not content to let Cooper control the position.
Cooper throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Galito works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Cooper decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands a nice looking kick to the body. Galito takes a step back to recover.
Cooper lands a head kick!
Galito misses with a double jab.
Cooper shoots in for a takedown but Galito shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cooper throws a right hand that Galito ducks under and follows up with a left that Galito also avoids with ease.
Galito circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooper tries to clinch up but Galito circles away and keeps his distance.

Cooper feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cooper gets to his feet - Galito follows without any prompting.
The fighters circling - Galito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cooper scores with a three punch combo!
Cooper connects with a looping right hand.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Galito takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galito digs a good body shot into Cooper's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooper.
Galito fails to land with a series of punches.
Cooper could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cooper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Galito. That did some damage!

Cooper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Cooper shoots in and bounces Galito off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Cooper gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Galito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cooper counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Galito.
Cooper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cooper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bubba Cooper's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cooper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Galito misses with a double jab
and Cooper counters with a low kick, right behind Galito 's knee.
Cooper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooper fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Cooper shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Galito is trying to defend but Cooper finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cooper throwing shots but Galito is blocking nicely.
Cooper thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Galito wants to get back to his feet.
Cooper controlling the action here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cooper postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Galito to stand up.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Galito avoids them all with ease.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Galito keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Cooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Galito ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
Galito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cooper makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Galito really felt that one!
A nice inside leg kick there by Cooper. That's going to slow Galito down.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Galito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Galito takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cooper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cooper staying out of range there.
Cooper lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Galito closes the distance but Cooper moves to the side
and Cooper counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Galito is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Galito misses with a wild combination.
Cooper shoots in but Galito avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Galito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cooper counters with a three punch combo that has Galito backing up. Galito nods at Cooper to acknowledge the strikes.
Galito tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper cracks Galito with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Galito chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cooper can pounce on him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooper.
Cooper throws a nice head kick!
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
Galito misses with a combination

and Cooper decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Galito's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cooper has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galito wants to stand up but Cooper is controlling him.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Galito can do to turn this around?

Cooper gets to his feet. Galito looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Galito gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cooper wants to control from the top but Galito keeps moving.

Cooper decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Galito throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cooper counters with a series of strikes. Galito will be more careful next time no doubt.
Galito tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Cooper bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cooper moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cooper misses with a two punch combination.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Galito.
Galito misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bubba Cooper is winning the standup battle so far.
Cooper lands a nice looking body kick.
Galito throws a series of punches but Cooper avoids them all with ease.
Galito throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cooper works the jab nicely.
Galito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Galito tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.

Cooper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Galito is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Galito tries to circle away but Cooper has him pinned against the cage.

Cooper manages to break the clinch.

Cooper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cooper takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Cooper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bubba Cooper's cut.
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!

Cooper throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Galito was covering up waiting for the punch and Cooper finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cooper looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cooper is in close to Galito's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cooper stops Galito from standing up.

Cooper stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper fails with the takedown.

Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
Galito is trying to break free.
Galito wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Galito has him pressed against the cage.

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooper keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper punishes Galito's body with a nice straight punch.

Cooper is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Galito's half guard.
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.
Cooper stops Galito from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galito is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Galito is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cooper scores with a couple of nice shots.

Cooper stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Galito to get to his feet.
Galito is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Cooper drives through and clinches with Galito against the cage.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Galito sprawls well. Galito wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cooper gets slowly back to his feet.
Galito lands with an uppercut that bounces Cooper off the cage and back into rage.
A nice combination there by Galito.
Cooper shoots in for a double leg but Galito sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Cooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Galito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cooper drives through and clinches with Galito against the cage.
Galito wants to break free but Cooper has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galito wants to get back to striking at distance but Cooper won't allow it.
Cooper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Galito.
Cooper jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Galito walks away with a smile on his face. Cooper gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cooper works over Galito's head and body with a nice combination.
Galito leaves Cooper with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Galito misses with a combination
and Cooper counters with a big head kick but Galito shrugs it off.
Cooper lands with a cross.
Galito tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cooper counters with a good low kick that Galito was not able to check.
Galito falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cooper decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Galito's guard.
Cooper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cooper stops Galito from standing up.

Cooper stands up and waves to Galito to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galito wants to clinch
and Cooper counters with a head kick.
Galito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cooper counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cooper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Galito.
Cooper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Galito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper wants to clinch.
Galito stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Galito wants it to stay on the feet.
A clash of legs there as Galito blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Galito misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cooper!
Cooper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Galito circles away quickly and effectively.
Rexo Galito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bubba Cooper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bubba Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Galito misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bubba Cooper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cooper has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubba Cooper!