PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper comes to the cage accompanied by s.mouse - slap my elbow. Thomas Raven has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cooper
vs
Raven

178 cm
34
190 lbs
25 - 19 - 0

188 cm
32
197 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Raven!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cooper rushes Raven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Cooper has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Thomas Raven has been cut.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raven can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Raven lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Raven blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Raven fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raven.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper lands with a short shot to the head.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Raven tries to break free but Cooper pushes him back against the cage.

Raven manages to break the clinch.
Cooper slaps away a takedown attempt from Raven, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Raven keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Raven keeps it at a distance.
Raven swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Raven is looking to slow Cooper down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper slaps away a takedown attempt from Raven, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cooper tries to clinch but Raven is having none of it.
Raven lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Charles Cooper has been cut.
Cooper wants to clinch
and Raven cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Raven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raven manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Raven connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Raven lands a nice looking body shot.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raven misses with a wild body shot.
Cooper moves to clinch but Raven breaks away
and Raven counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raven only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Cooper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Raven counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Raven circles away.
Raven lands a right hook to the body.
Cooper closes the distance but Raven moves to the side
and Raven counters with a stiff right hand.

Cooper rushes Raven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Cooper on the inside.
Raven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Raven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raven scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.

Cooper is rocked!
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cooper misses with a body punch.
Raven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Raven's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.

Raven gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Raven is standing up over Cooper. Cooper looks to escape but Raven dives into side control.

Raven lands a strong strike to the head of Cooper. That's dazed him! Raven looking to finish here. Cooper is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Raven lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Raven!
Thomas Raven opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.