PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reina Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deric Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manuel has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Manuel
vs
Cooper

180 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

210 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Reina Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Deric Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Manuel gets caught napping as Cooper dives in and scores a takedown. Manuel manages to retain guard.
Cooper is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cooper scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cooper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Manuel is keeping the position for now.
Cooper cracks Manuel with a solid left hand.
Cooper landing some decent shots from guard.
Manuel is breathing heavily.
Cooper postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooper scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooper connects with a couple of short punches.
Cooper content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cooper controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cooper thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cooper controls from within his opponent's guard.
Manuel could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Cooper thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cooper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cooper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Manuel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cooper on the ground.
Cooper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cooper scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper works over Manuel with some ground and pound from guard.
Cooper with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cooper keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Manuel's head.
Cooper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooper lands a couple of elbows.
Cooper wants to get up but he can't break Manuel's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Cooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cooper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Manuel's head.
Cooper stands up over Manuel, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Manuel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cooper can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cooper is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Cooper postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cooper lands a couple of elbows.
Cooper lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cooper landing some decent shots from guard.
Cooper with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cooper passes Manuel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cooper controlling the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cooper landing strikes from the mount and Manuel is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deric Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Deric Cooper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cooper shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Manuel napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cooper taking a breather here.
Cooper scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cooper landing a few strikes.
Manuel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Cooper is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Manuel knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Manuel keeps working.
Cooper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper scoring with punches and elbows.
Cooper scoring with punches and elbows.
Cooper lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Manuel down.
Cooper lands a few punches from side control.
Cooper working the body and head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manuel taking punishment in the form of punches.

Manuel is rocked!
Cooper lands a big left to the face of Manuel, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Cooper and another - Manuel is out! Cooper stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Deric Cooper!