PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sheldon Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Gale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Cooper
vs
Gale

190 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sheldon Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Gale!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but Gale pushes him off.
Gale checks a leg kick.
Cooper tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooper tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gale can pounce on him.
Gale blocks the body kick.
Gale thumps Cooper with a low kick.
Gale tried to score with a low kick but Cooper checks it.
Cooper motions for Gale to come forward. Cooper throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gale walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cooper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gale misses with a low kick.
Cooper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Cooper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gale walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cooper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gale moves out of range as Cooper throws a body kick.

Gale moves into the clinch successfully.
Cooper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gale blocks it with crossed arms.
Gale dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Gale missing with knees to the body.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Gale is trying to stall.
Gale stalls.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale lands a good knee to the midsection. Cooper won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gale obliges.
Gale trying to land knees to the body.
Gale trying to stall but Cooper improves his position.
Gale crunches a lovely knee into Cooper's ribcage.
Gale taking a breather.
Gale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Gale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gale is trying to stall.
Cooper prevents Gale from breaking the clinch.
Gale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
Cooper avoiding damage as Gale throws knees to the body.
Gale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Cooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gale missing with knees to the body.
Gale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cooper is defending well for now.
Gale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Gale looking to slow down the pace here.
Gale trying to land knees to the body.
Gale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gale stalling in the clinch but Cooper improves position.
Cooper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gale misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gale is trying to stall.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Gale shrugs off.
Cooper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Gale blocks with his arms.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gale is defending well for now.
Gale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cooper managing to block the knees to the body from Gale.
Cooper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gale blocks it with crossed arms.
Gale working Cooper over with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gale.
Gale misses with a body punch.
Gale taking a breather.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Gale blocks with his arms.
Gale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cooper prevents a body shot from Gale.
Gale is trying to stall.
Gale missing with knees to the body.
Gale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gale stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cooper misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cooper managing to block the knees to the body from Gale.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Gale shrugs off.
Cooper landing knees to the head.
Cooper misses with a knee to the head.
Gale looking to stall.
Cooper misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gale blocks it with crossed arms.
Gale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cooper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gale is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cooper is keeping busy.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gale tries to land knees in the clinch but Cooper avoids the damage to the body.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. Gale won't want to take too many of those.
Cooper with a knee to the head.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Cooper.
Gale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.

That's four 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.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Gale blocks with his arms.
Gale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cooper is defending well for now.
Cooper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gale's face.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper lands a knee to the head.
Cooper misses with a knee strike.
Gale misses with a body punch.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gale is defending well for now.
Gale looking to slow down the pace here.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cooper working Gale over with knees to the body.
Gale tries to stall but Cooper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cooper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gale blocks it with crossed arms.
Cooper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gale is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cooper is keeping busy.
Cooper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cooper landing knees to the body.
Gale manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Gale dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cooper throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A bone on bone clash there as Gale blocks the leg kick.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Gale circles away.
Cooper misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gale throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Cooper.
Gale looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooper is just out of range.
Cooper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gale ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gale.
Sheldon Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gale misses with a body shot.
Cooper checks the leg kick nicely there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gale moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gale swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooper throws a sloppy head kick and Gale moves out of range easily.
Cooper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cooper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cooper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gale.
Gale jabs at Cooper's body.
Gale misses the shot to the body.
Gale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Gale.
Gale looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cooper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Gale.
Gale fails to land with a series of punches.
Cooper throws a front kick aimed at Gale's knee but Gale avoids it well.
Gale thows a body shot but no joy.
Cooper throws a leg kick
and Gale counters with a thumping low kick.
Gale throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gale counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gale. Cooper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sheldon Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gale tries to clinch up.
Gale takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gale scores with a leg kick.
Cooper looks to throw a body kick
and Gale makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooper. Gale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gale misses with a body shot.
Cooper attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cooper throws a sloppy head kick
and Gale counters with an inside leg kick.
Gale throws a solid leg kick but Cooper takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gale.
Cooper moves out of range of the leg kick from Gale.
Gale on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
Gale checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cooper is out of range and Gale settles back down.
Cooper misses with a kick to the body
and Gale counters with a leg kick.
Cooper throws a jab but it's blocked by Gale.
Cooper throws a lazy head kick
and Gale counters with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Cooper is predictable there
and Gale counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cooper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gale tries to land a leg kick but Cooper saw it coming and moves away.
Cooper avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gale takes a swing at Cooper's ribcage but misses.
Cooper fakes the leg kick and cracks Gale in the body.
Cooper checks the leg kick nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooper.
Gale turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cooper lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cooper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gale digs a good body shot into Cooper's ribs.
Cooper misses with the body kick
and Gale counters with a low kick, right behind Cooper 's knee.
Cooper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gale is out of range.
Gale lands a slapping body shot.
Cooper turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cooper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gale throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Cooper throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gale blocks a head kick by Cooper.
Gale lands a jab to Cooper's midsection.
Cooper looks to throw a body kick
and Gale makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Gale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cooper misses with a straight right.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
Cooper throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Cooper blocks the leg kick.
Gale wants to slow Cooper down by chopping away at his legs.
A clash of legs there as Cooper blocks the low kick.
Cooper thows a leg kick but Gale checks it
and Gale counters with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gale. That's going to slow Cooper down.
Cooper fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gale checks it well.
Gale misses with a low kick.
Chris Gale seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gale thumps Cooper with a low kick.
Cooper avoids the body shot from Gale.
Gale throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Gale doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooper circles away.
Gale slips a straight right by Cooper.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cooper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale misses with a low kick.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooper checks a leg kick.
Cooper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gale tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
Gale throws a leg kick but Cooper checks it.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good leg kick by Gale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooper avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cooper circles away quickly and effectively.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gale walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cooper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses.
Gale misses with a body shot.
Cooper throws a leg kick
and Gale counters with an inside leg kick.
Gale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sheldon Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cooper goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gale tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cooper is able to avoid easily.
Cooper checks the leg kick.
Gale keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper avoids the body shot from Gale.
Cooper throws a shot from downtown. Gale moves away and avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Cooper.
Good leg kick by Gale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooper misses with a head kick.
Gale tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper checks a low kick from Gale.
Gale wants to land a leg kick but Cooper is out of range.
Gale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cooper throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Gale.
Cooper tries to land a front kick but Gale steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice body punch from Gale.
Cooper goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gale.
Gale punishes Cooper's body with a nice straight punch.
Cooper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cooper misses with a kick to the body.
Cooper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Gale.
Cooper pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gale is out of range and Cooper settles back down.
Cooper throws a lazy head kick
and Gale counters with a right hand to the body.
Cooper misses with a looping left.
Gale lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooper at a distance.
Gale slips under a jab from Cooper.
Gale is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cooper rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Good leg kick by Gale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gale connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooper throws a body kick the misses
and Gale counters with a low kick, right behind Cooper 's knee.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick from Gale misses.
Cooper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cooper plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Gale.
Gale throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good work by Cooper as he checks the leg kick.
Cooper throws a leg kick but Gale checks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Gale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gale. Cooper does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooper misses the target.
Cooper throws a leg kick but Gale sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Gale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gale has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Gale!