PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sephiroth Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyr Uzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cooper
vs
Uzi

195 cm
34
198 lbs
22 - 18 - 0

180 cm
28
194 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sephiroth Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyr Uzi!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper has a takedown stuffed.

Uzi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Uzi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Uzi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Uzi working away.
Uzi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cooper is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cooper tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cooper on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Uzi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cooper, who protects the arm well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooper wants to control but Uzi postures up.
Uzi looking to control but instead Cooper has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Cooper has hold of Uzi's hands but Uzi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Uzi is working away from the top position though.
Cooper is refusing to be controlled, as Uzi sits in half guard.
Cooper slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Uzi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cooper is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper looking to control.

Cooper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Uzi working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Uzi advances position into side control!
Cooper is trying to improve his position.
Cooper striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Uzi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cooper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cooper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper wants to control but Uzi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Uzi slips a nice elbow through Cooper's hands, connecting with Cooper's forehead.
Uzi winds up and cracks Cooper with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Uzi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cooper trying to control from the bottom.
Cooper is doing well to control the position and prevent Uzi from advancing to side control.
Uzi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Cooper looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Uzi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cooper trying to control here.
Cooper throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Uzi is trying to work for a kimura but Cooper is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cooper manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cooper is trying to control the position but Uzi postures up.

Cooper looking for a guillotine here but Uzi defends easily.
Uzi with a nice head shot there.

Cooper had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Uzi defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Uzi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyr Uzi dominated that round.
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.

Uzi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cooper sprawls well initially but Uzi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Uzi blocks the strikes from Cooper.
Uzi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Uzi works his way into side control.
Cooper gets back to half guard.
Cooper missing with punches from the bottom.
Uzi is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Cooper reverses the position - he's now on top in Uzi's guard.
Cooper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cooper postures up in Uzi's guard and throws a big left but Uzi blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzi working a defensive guard here.
Cooper wants to control from the top but Uzi keeps moving.
Uzi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cooper is looking to work some ground and pound but Uzi has wrist control.
Uzi controls Cooper momentarily but Cooper frees himself.
Cooper trying to control the position from guard on top but Uzi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooper is really struggling to control Uzi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Cooper lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cooper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cooper wants to control from the top but Uzi keeps moving.
Cooper postures up.
Cooper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cooper postures up in Uzi's guard and throws a big left but Uzi blocks it.
Uzi keeping moving, preventing Cooper from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uzi wants to sweep but no luck.
Tyr Uzi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Uzi keeping full guard, as Cooper tries to pass.
Cooper will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

We're going to have a standup here because Sephiroth Cooper wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Uzi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Uzi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cooper did well to prevent Uzi getting side control.
Uzi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cooper defending well though.
Cooper trying to control from the bottom.
Cooper works his way to full guard. Good work.

Cooper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Uzi wants to control from the top but Cooper keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper trying to control the position.
Uzi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cooper trying to control the position.
Uzi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cooper is keeping the position for now.

Cooper working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Uzi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Cooper is tightening it up a little... Uzi has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Uzi reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Uzi taps out! Nice BJJ there by Cooper!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sephiroth Cooper!
Sephiroth Cooper made sure to mention his sponsor, Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155 in his post fight interview.