PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mini Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Midway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mini Cooper has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cooper
vs
Midway

190 cm
25
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mini Cooper!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brandon Midway!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Midway fails to land the takedown.

Midway shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cooper is trying to defend but Midway finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Cooper is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Midway pulls his head out easily.
Cooper tries to get to full guard but Midway has control of the leg.
Midway not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cooper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Midway.
Cooper is trying to control but can't.
Midway is looking to take a break and control but Cooper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Midway seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Cooper looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cooper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cooper manages to get to full guard.

Midway stands and steps away. Cooper gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper connects with a high kick.
Cooper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Midway throws a body punch but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper misses with a body kick.
Midway avoids a kick to the body.
Midway moves out of range of the body kick from Cooper.
An inside leg kick from Cooper misses.
Cooper misses with a head kick.
Mini Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Midway changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cooper tries to avoid it but Midway manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cooper to the ground. Cooper escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Midway moves out of range of the body kick.

Midway scores with a takedown into Cooper's guard.

Cooper looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Midway's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Midway wants to get up but he can't break Cooper's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Cooper throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Midway scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper trying to keep a closed guard but Midway is proving a slippery customer.

Cooper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Midway must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cooper is breathing heavily.

Cooper had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Midway defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Midway from controlling successfully.

Cooper is looking for a triangle here but Midway uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Cooper is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Midway trying to control the action but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Cooper trying to control but Midway postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is refusing to be controlled, as Midway sits in half guard.
Cooper is trying to stand back up but Midway is controlling him
Midway slows the pace down in half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Midway seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cooper does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Brandon Midway.
Midway takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Midway takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Midway blocks the body kick.
Cooper scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper connects with a leg kick. Midway looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cooper throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cooper lands a big head kick that sends Midway to the canvas! Cooper follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mini Cooper!
Mini Cooper retains his light heavyweight title!