PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sheldon Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Teach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cooper
vs
Teach

170 cm
26
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
26
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sheldon Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Edward Teach!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Teach shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cooper's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Teach throws a big elbow that misses.
Teach trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.

Cooper has his foot on Teach's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Teach works his way back into a safe position though.
Teach lands a couple of digs.
Cooper not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cooper seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Cooper seems keen to control Teach's posture.
Teach tries to free his leg and advance position but Cooper is retaining full guard.
Teach wants to control from the top but Cooper keeps moving.
Teach postures up and lands a big shot to Cooper's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Cooper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Teach can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Cooper escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Teach gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Teach avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Teach forces his way into half guard.
Cooper is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Teach scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cooper is trying to get back to full guard.
Teach working the head and body with strikes.

Teach seems to be working for a kimura but Cooper defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Teach takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teach landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Teach looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cooper has hold of Teach's hands but Teach slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Teach is pressing down on Cooper's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cooper is holding on for now.
Teach is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Teach is working away from the top position though.
Teach thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Teach is working away from the top position though.
Cooper moves into full guard.
Teach trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Teach missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Cooper is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Teach defends well.

Cooper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Cooper looking for a guillotine here but Teach defends easily.
Teach pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cooper is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Teach throwing strikes from guard but Cooper blocks nicely.

Teach has gone for a leg lock! Cooper slips out almost immediately though and dives into Teach's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cooper 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Teach dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cooper closes the distance and clinches.

Cooper gets control of Teach's arms and successfully pulls guard. Cooper will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Teach slips nicely into half guard.
Cooper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Teach.
Cooper is trying is best to control the position here.

Teach is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cooper sees it coming and defends easily.

Teach is looking for a kimura here.
Cooper gets back to full guard.
Edward Teach has got the better of the ground game so far.
Teach slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Teach looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cooper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Teach is thwarting Cooper's attempts to control the position.
Teach working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Teach sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cooper defending well though.

Cooper is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Teach pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teach is trying to control the action in half guard but Cooper is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Teach drops an elbow to the side of Cooper's head.
Cooper regains full guard. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teach forces his way into half guard.
Cooper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Teach.
Cooper makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cooper.
Cooper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Teach loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Teach looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Teach with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Teach trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Teach content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teach is looking to stand up but Cooper won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teach loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Cooper is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Teach is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Teach pushing down on Cooper's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Teach missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Teach is stalling here. Cooper is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Teach seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cooper has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Teach is trying to improve his position.
Teach manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cooper's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper seems to be looking for submissions.
Cooper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Teach keeps working.
Teach is trying to maintain the position but Cooper is very close to passing his half guard.
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!

Cooper is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Teach has managed to free his arm - good work.
Teach is refusing to be controlled, as Cooper sits in half guard.
Cooper content to control rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teach wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Teach showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Teach.

Teach tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Teach has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Teach in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Teach scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cooper regains half guard, as Teach was trying to land strikes.
Teach lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Teach working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper trying to hold on to Teach's head to control him but Teach postures up.
Teach working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cooper wants to control but Teach is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Teach missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Teach is looking to advance position but Cooper won't allow it.
Teach working Cooper over with strikes.

Teach is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cooper is just riding it out for now. Teach eventually gives up the hold.
Teach thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cooper's head.
Sheldon Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is not content to let Teach control the position.
Cooper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Cooper is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Teach pulls his head out easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper is pressing down on Teach's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Teach has gone for a leg lock! Cooper slips out almost immediately though and dives into Teach's guard.
Teach can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cooper controls the pace.
Cooper preventing the sweep.

Teach working for a triangle but Cooper defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cooper thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Teach has his foot on Cooper's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cooper works his way back into a safe position though.
Teach takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Teach looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cooper passes into side control.
Cooper just content to control the position.
Cooper tries to advance to mount but can't.
Teach tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Cooper working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Teach turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Cooper off and cradles Teach's limp body as Cooper celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Sheldon Cooper!
An out of breath Sheldon Cooper thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.