PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dane Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cook comes to the cage accompanied by I Want You to Want Me by Cheap Trick. Guy has chosen Old Spice Guy Intro as his entrance music. The Guy acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Cook
vs
Guy

182 cm
33
181 lbs
24 - 18 - 2

189 cm
37
186 lbs
34 - 19 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 24 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Dane Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, The Guy!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cook has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bruize Brothers in the buildup to the fight.
Cook tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cook.
Guy takes one to the side of the head.
Cook avoids the body shot from Guy.
The Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guy slips a straight right by Cook.
Guy misses with a low kick.
Guy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cook scores with a nice right hand.
Cook takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cook uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Guy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cook. Cook circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Guy slips under a jab from Cook.
A nice side step and Guy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cook looks to throw the jab but Guy is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cook throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cook!
Cook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guy.
Both fighters circling a little - Cook finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Guy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cook was well out of range. Poor timing from Guy.

Guy drives through and clinches with Cook against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy prevents Cook from breaking the clinch.
Cook blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cook is trying to push Guy away but Guy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cook is trying to force a seperation but Guy has the dominant position.
Cook pushes Guy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guy missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cook.
Guy told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Cook managing to block the knees to the body from Guy.
A right handed body shot lands from Cook.
Cook is stalling here.
Guy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Cook.
Cook lands a right hand.
Guy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but Guy avoids it by throwing Cook back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guy.
Cook fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Guy clinches up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guy missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Guy.
Cook lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
A short right from Guy.
Guy missing with knees to the body.
Cook lands with a short shot to the head.
Guy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cook avoids it.
Cook works on Guy's body with a couple of short punches.
Guy trying to land knees to the body.
Guy lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cook breaks from the clinch.
Cook digs a good body shot into Guy's ribs.
Cook throws a right hand that Guy ducks under and follows up with a left that Guy also avoids with ease.

Cook instigates a clinch.
Cook misses with the head strike.
Guy blocks an uppercut.
Guy missing with knees to the body.
Guy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cook throws a head punch that misses.
Guy has Cook pressed against the cage, preventing Cook from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Guy misses with a punch on the inside.
Guy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cook struggles to land a body shot inside as Guy controls his hands.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Cook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Guy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cook wants to get back to striking at distance but Guy won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guy.
Guy crunches a lovely knee into Cook's ribcage.
Guy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cook's efforts to push away.

Cook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Guy throws a hook but Cook avoids it easily.
Cook misses the jab.
Cook darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cook throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Guy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Guy scores with a hook to the body. Cook takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cook with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Guy to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dane Cook will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cook moves in looking to clinch but Guy pushes him off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cook.
Guy slips under a jab.
Guy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cook moves away.
Cook takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick from Guy misses.
Cook throws a big counter combination but Guy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A leg kick checked by Cook.
Guy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cook.
A little jabbing left from Guy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guy slips a jab from Cook.
Guy misses with a straight right.
Cook checks a low kick from Guy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Cook wants to clinch up but Guy keeps it at a distance.
Guy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cook checks the leg kick.
Guy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cook was well out of range. Poor timing from Guy.
Cook throws a quick counter head kick but Guy was just out of range.
Guy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cook.
Guy dodges the punch combination from Cook.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Guy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cook is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the body from Guy misses
and Cook cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guy.
Guy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cook.
Cook misses with an attempted mid kick.
Guy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Guy misses with a double jab.
Cook throws a hook but Guy avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy slips under a jab.
Cook swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
Guy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Cook misses the target.
Guy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dane Cook is winning the standup battle so far.
Guy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cook throws out the jab.
Guy steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Cook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cook scores with a jab.
Cook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guy throws out the jab.
Guy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cook takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cook looks to score with a jab to the body but Guy is just out of range.
Cook scores with a nice strike.
Guy throws a series of punches but Cook avoids them all with ease.
Guy misses the shot to the body.
Guy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
Guy throws a counter combo.
Guy throws the left hand but Cook avoids the punch easily.
Cook has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Guy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cook.
It looked like Cook wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cook slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Guy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice straight punches there by Guy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Guy.
Cook throws a lazy right hand but Guy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cook avoids the body shot from Guy.
An attempted straight right counter from Cook misses the target.
Cook works the jab nicely.
Guy wants to clinch up but Cook keeps it at a distance.
Guy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Guy lands with a thumping leg kick.
A left lands for Cook.
Cook misses with a hook
and Guy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cook thinking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guy fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy looks to throw the jab but Cook is out of range.
Guy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cook manages to avoid it.
Cook lands a jab to the head.
Cook looks to land a right hand but Guy moved out of range.
Cook throws a body punch but Guy moves out of range.
Cook misses the shot to the body.
Guy scoring well with a low kick there.
Cook jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice side step and Guy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cook swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cook.
Guy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cook lands a really nice looking cross but Guy seems unphased.
An inside leg kick from Guy misses.
It looked like Cook was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Guy.
A good leg kick by Cook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dane Cook will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cook's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
Cook misses with a body shot
and Guy counters with a left to the body.
Cook is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Guy is looking to clinch.
Cook with a hook.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cook fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cook throws a head kick but Guy moves out of range.
Guy flicks out a counter leg kick but Cook steps away.
Cook lands a nice looking body shot.
Cook tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Guy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy throws a low kick but Cook moves out of range easily.
Guy misses with a body shot.
Cook throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Guy on the side of the head.
Cook throws the left hand but Guy avoids the punch easily.
Cook thows a leg kick but Guy checks it
and Guy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Cook misses its intended target.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guy. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheers as Guy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cook doesn't seem phased though.
Guy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Guy tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Guy.
Guy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cook swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
Guy throws a body punch but Cook moves out of range.
Cook misses with a straight left.
Guy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cook thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cook throws a lazy uppercut
and Guy counters with a right hand to the body.
Cook blocks a leg kick.
Guy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cook.
The Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Guy swats away the attempt to clinch by Cook.
Cook defending well as Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Cook jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
Guy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Some wild striking there from Cook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cook misses the jab.
Cook misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guy. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
A clash of legs there as Cook blocks the low kick.
Cook swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
A punch combination from Cook misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook thuds his right hand into Guy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cook takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Guy misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
Cook lands an overhand right.
Cook tries to land a leg kick but Guy saw it coming and moves away.
Cook misses with a straight right.
Cook throws a right hand that misses
and Guy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dane Cook is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Guy has Cook up against the cage in a clinch.
Cook blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Guy.
Guy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guy misses with some punches.

That's four 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!
Guy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cook.
Guy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cook avoids it.
Guy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cook takes a knee right on the jaw!

Cook is rocked!
Guy tries to land knees in the clinch but Cook avoids the damage to the body.
Oh Cook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cook blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cook seems to have got his legs back now.
Guy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cook avoids it.
Guy misses with a punch on the inside.
Guy misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guy.
Cook blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Cook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Guy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cook has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!