PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Henry Cooper has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Henry Cooper seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Cooper
vs
Miranda

215 cm
18
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Miranda!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Cooper does no damage.
Miranda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cooper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Miranda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Miranda.
Cooper ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Cooper closes the distance and pushes Miranda back into the cage.
Miranda tries to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling the position.
Miranda is trying to break the clinch but Cooper has him pressed against the cage.
Miranda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper managing to block the knees to the body from Miranda.
A head punch on the inside from Miranda fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Cooper.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miranda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cooper digs a right hand underneath Miranda's ribcage. Miranda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cooper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cooper lands a left hand.
Miranda looks gassed!
Good body shot from Cooper.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooper.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cooper.
A left hand lands to the body for Cooper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper just leaning against Miranda, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cooper for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Cooper cracks Miranda with a nice body shot.
Cooper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cooper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Miranda backwards.
Cooper stalling the fight.
Cooper lands an uppercut.

It looks like Juan Miranda has been cut.
Cooper lands a nice shot to the body.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Henry Cooper.
Miranda takes one to the side of the head.
Cooper looks for the body kick but Miranda saw that one coming.
Miranda darts in trying to clinch

and Cooper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cooper.
Cooper scores with a shot to the side of Miranda's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
Cooper seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A short right from Cooper.
Cooper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cooper lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Miranda.
Cooper lands a shot to the body.
Cooper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cooper cracks Miranda with a nice body shot.
Cooper is pushing Miranda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Henry Cooper.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cooper instigates a clinch.
Cooper has Miranda pressed against the cage.
Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Miranda's efforts to push away.
A short left from Cooper.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Miranda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That has opened up Juan Miranda's cut even more.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cooper.
A body shot lands from Cooper.
Cooper stalls.
A right hand to the body from Cooper.
Cooper lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper lands a body shot.
Cooper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Cooper to work.
Miranda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miranda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cooper digs a right hand underneath Miranda's ribcage. Miranda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooper.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Cooper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Cooper - that landed with a thud.
Cooper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Miranda backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper works on Miranda's body with a couple of short punches.
Cooper lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Cooper.
Miranda takes a shot to the head.
Cooper is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Miranda's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Miranda blocks a head kick by Cooper.

Cooper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Miranda trying to control the position but instead, Cooper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Miranda into the cage.
Miranda tries to break free but Cooper pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Miranda has had enough of the clinch but Cooper keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Cooper on the inside.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miranda can do to turn this around?
Cooper lands a body shot.
Cooper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Miranda backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cooper.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cooper.
Miranda is breathing heavily.
Cooper lands on the inside with an uppercut.

The cut above Juan Miranda's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cooper.
Cooper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cooper pushes Miranda back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miranda is defending well for now.
Cooper stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cooper cracks Miranda with a nice body shot.
Cooper pressing his opponent against the cage.
Miranda is looking to break free of the clinch but Cooper has double underhooks.
Cooper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The referee calls for Cooper to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Henry Cooper.
Miranda blocks a head kick by Cooper.
Cooper misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miranda darts in trying to clinch
and Cooper counters with a nice uppercut.

Juan Miranda's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cooper misses with a head kick.
Cooper thuds a left hand into Miranda's body.
Cooper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Miranda.

Cooper moves into the clinch successfully.
Cooper stalls.
A left hand lands to the body for Cooper.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miranda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Cooper is pushing Miranda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Henry Cooper.

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Miranda.
Cooper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cooper lands a right hand.
Cooper scores with a shoulder strike.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Henry Cooper!