PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Cooper
vs
Hendricks

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brad Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johny Hendricks!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper blocks a jab.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Hendricks keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hendricks circles away from the clinch attempt.

Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Hendricks is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cooper gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hendricks's defenses.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Johny Hendricks has been cut.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hendricks tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cooper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cooper is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Brad Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johny Hendricks.
Cooper landing knees to the body.
Hendricks looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper working Hendricks over with knees to the body.
Cooper landing knees to the body.
Cooper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cooper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Hendricks is rocked!
Knees in the clinch landing for Cooper.
Hendricks is still on wobbly legs! Can Cooper finish him?
Cooper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Cooper pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Hendricks! Cooper unloads with more strikes and Hendricks sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad Cooper!