PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heath Legg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legg comes to the cage accompanied by Angel of Death. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Legg
vs
Cooper

180 cm
27
160 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

170 cm
25
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

-OVERDOSE Factory-

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heath Legg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Legg shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cooper as he jumps to the side.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Legg moves out of range.

Cooper rushes Legg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Legg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Legg moves into the clinch successfully.
Legg wants a takedown.
Legg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
Cooper gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legg.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heath Legg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legg drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cooper pulls his leg out and moves away.
Legg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cooper counters with a three punch combo that has Legg backing up. Legg nods at Cooper to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legg moves into range and clinches up with Cooper.
Cooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legg tries to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling the position.
Legg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.

Legg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cooper moves into the clinch.
Legg is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cooper gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Cooper manages to break the clinch.
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?
Legg shoots and misses

and Cooper moves into the clinch.
Legg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
Legg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Legg moves to clinch but Cooper breaks away
and Cooper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Heath Legg has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
Legg tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Cooper holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Legg fails to land the takedown.
Bobby Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Cooper darts in and clinches Legg up against the cage.
Cooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Legg has him pressed against the cage.

Cooper breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a right hand that Legg ducks under and follows up with a left that Legg also avoids with ease.
Legg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Legg darts in trying to clinch
and Cooper counters with a left to the body.
Legg is looking to clinch.
Legg looks for the body kick but Cooper saw that one coming.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Legg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legg shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cooper as he jumps to the side.
Cooper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Legg wants to clinch but Cooper slips to the side
and Cooper counters with a series of strikes. Legg will be more careful next time no doubt.
Legg fails with a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper throws a series of strikes that have Legg backpedaling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legg is looking to clinch.
Legg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heath Legg'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.

Legg tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Legg shoots and misses
and Cooper counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Legg tries to clinch but Cooper is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Legg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Legg moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Cooper instigates a clinch.
Legg can't get the takedown.
Legg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cooper darts in and clinches Legg up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cooper tries to circle away but Legg has him pinned against the cage.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Legg tries a low kick but Cooper avoids it.
Legg throws a series of punches but Cooper avoids them all with ease.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooper checks a leg kick.
Legg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cooper avoids a kick to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cooper!
Legg tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Legg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Legg is trying to force a seperation but Cooper has the dominant position.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heath Legg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legg with a poor takedown

and Cooper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cooper.
Cooper blocks a body shot from Legg.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Legg looks to clinch

and Cooper moves into the clinch.
Legg looking to stall.
Legg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cooper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Legg fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legg looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Legg misses with a takedown
and Cooper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Heath Legg's cut is getting worse.
Legg tries to clinch but Cooper moves away
and Legg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Legg fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cooper, pushing him back against the cage.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Legg. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Cooper misses.
Legg slips a jab and a cross from Cooper.
Cooper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Legg circles away quickly and effectively.
Cooper throws a nice looking combination but Legg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Legg doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cooper counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cooper lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legg tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooper feints a jab promting Legg to slip. Cooper then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Legg slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Cooper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Heath Legg's cut.
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 throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Legg is looking to clinch.
Cooper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Legg forces Cooper back against the cage and clinches.
Cooper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Legg misses with a punch to the body.
Legg tries to land knees in the clinch but Cooper avoids the damage to the body.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Legg throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Legg has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Legg.
Cooper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Legg at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Legg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A low kick from Cooper misses
and Legg counters with a head kick. That will keep Cooper thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cooper connects with a crisp jab.
Legg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cooper.
Cooper closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legg looks to clinch

and Cooper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Legg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Cooper is trying to push Legg away but Legg has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Legg has had enough of the clinch but Cooper keeps him there for the moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Legg is looking to break free of the clinch but Cooper has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Cooper manages to break the clinch.
Legg tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Cooper moves into the clinch.
Cooper working hard to break the clinch.
Cooper keeps control of Legg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but Legg has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Legg throws an elbow but misses.
Legg trying to stall but Cooper improves his position.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cooper lands a jab-cross combination.

Cooper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Legg, pushing him back against the cage.
Legg has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Legg looks to clinch
and Cooper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Legg thinking.
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
Nice sprawl there from Cooper as Legg shoots in.
Heath Legg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Legg blocks a jab.
Legg shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cooper sprawls well. Cooper wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Legg gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heath Legg. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooper prevents Legg from breaking the clinch.
Bobby Cooper is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Cooper breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Cooper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cooper 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

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