PBP Commentary

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

Cooper
vs
Hui

185 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

189 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Zombie Nutrition (Laundry Available)

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 5 - 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sun Hui!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Hui.
Hui is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cooper is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hui has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cooper after a bit of a struggle.
Brad Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sun Hui.
Hui wants a takedown but no success here.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hui has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Cooper missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cooper.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hui is defending well for now.
Cooper connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sun Hui has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cooper - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper misses with a knee strike.
Cooper misses with a knee to the head.
Cooper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Cooper.
Cooper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hui blocks it with crossed arms.
Hui avoiding damage as Cooper throws knees to the body.
Hui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cooper missing with knees to the body.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but Hui blocks it.
Hui is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hui changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cooper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hui keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper darts in trying to clinch

and Hui counters with a left and a right that hurts Cooper! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Hui jumps into full mount!

Cooper is rocked!
Cooper's coaches at have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poor strikes thrown by Hui there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Hui is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Cooper can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hui looking to ground and pound but Cooper is blocking nicely.

Hui goes for an armbar but Cooper turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cooper.
Cooper stopping the sweep attempt from Hui.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hui controlling Cooper's posture.
Cooper postures up.
Hui looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cooper is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hui drives through with a takedown into guard.

Hui is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cooper preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Hui slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hui fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Hui dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sun Hui's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice cross by Hui.
Brad Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hui circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hui counters with a one-two to the body.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cooper is looking to clinch but Hui is avoiding it.
Cooper seems to have got his legs back now.
Hui throws a series of punches but Cooper avoids them all with ease.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cooper rushes Hui and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hui is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cooper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hui avoids it.
Cooper misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hui can't get the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hui avoids it.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Hui blocks with his arms.
Brad Cooper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hui avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooper prevents the takedown attempt.
Brad Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sun Hui.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hui avoiding damage as Cooper throws knees to the body.
Cooper stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a knee to the head.
Cooper tries to land knees in the clinch but Hui avoids the damage to the body.
Hui blocks the elbow strike.
Hui takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hui is working for takedown but Cooper is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cooper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cooper missing with knees to the body.
Hui avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cooper obliges.
Hui is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cooper pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper connects with a knee to the head.
Hui is working for takedown but Cooper is calmly controlling the position for now.

Hui gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Cooper regains guard.
Hui has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Hui drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Hui as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Cooper screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Hui! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Sun Hui!
Sun Hui thanked the fans post fight for their support.