PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shiro Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ishii comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kitaro - As The Wind Blows kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Matt Cooke has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cooke
vs
Ishii

185 cm
18
203 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shiro Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii wants to clinch up but Cooke keeps it at a distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Cooke misses the target.
Ishii tries for a takedown but Cooke circles away easily
enabling Cooke to counter with a crisp jab.
Cooke lands a front kick.
Ishii tries to clinch there but Cooke circles away.
Ishii has his takedown stuffed
and Cooke counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ishii misses with a takedown attempt
and Cooke counters with a right hand to the body.
Matt Cooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shiro Ishii.
Ishii looks winded!
Cooke lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke lands a right hook to the body.
Cooke cracks Ishii with a hook to the temple - Ishii is on wobbly legs here! Cooke swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Ishii falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Cooke wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Matt Cooke!
Matt Cooke thanked the fans post fight for their support.