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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julius Birch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milton Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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168 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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158 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julius Birch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milton Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
Jab, jab by Birch - just one landing.
Birch misses with an uppercut.
Cooper stuffs the takedown attempt from Birch. Birch gets slowly back to his feet.
Birch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooper moves away.
Birch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Birch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Birch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooper steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Birch.
Cooper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Birch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birch gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cooper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birch avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Birch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Birch lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cooper.
Cooper displaying some good clinch control by pressing Birch up against the cage.
Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Birch's efforts to push away.
Birch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Birch working hard to break the clinch.
Birch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Birch breaks from the clinch.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Birch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Birch is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cooper moves away from the strike by Birch.
Birch misses with a body punch
and Cooper counters by clinching up.
Birch being controlled against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Birch has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Birch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Birch drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cooper is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Birch is controlling him well.
Birch is trying to get an arm triangle but Cooper is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birch works to advance to full mount. Cooper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Cooper is squirming around, avoiding Birch's attempts to control the action.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cooper can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cooper is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Birch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cooper really wants to buck Birch off and get back to his feet.
Birch looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cooper defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Birch.
Birch trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cooper squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Birch goes for an armbar but Cooper turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cooper.
Birch working for a triangle but Cooper defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julius Birch dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Birch misses with an uppercut. Cooper saw that one coming.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Birch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Birch.
Cooper drives through and clinches with Birch against the cage.
The referee calls for Cooper to work.
Stalling in the clinch from Cooper.
Cooper leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting on Cooper's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Birch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birch is trying to maintain a safe position but Cooper gets an underhook and turns Birch into the cage.
Birch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Birch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Birch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cooper has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birch is trying to maintain a safe position but Cooper gets an underhook and turns Birch into the cage.
Cooper stalls.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cooper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cooper pressing his opponent against the cage.
Birch misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Birch is looking to control Cooper's arms but Cooper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Birch has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Birch blocks with his arms.
Birch taking a breather.
Birch is trying to pull guard but Cooper has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Birch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper stalling in the clinch.
Birch lands an uppercut.
Cooper has Birch pressed against the cage.
Birch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birch jumps guard but Cooper turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cooper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cooper prevents a body shot from Birch.
Birch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Milton Cooper.
Birch gets a double leg takedown into Cooper's guard.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Birch from controlling successfully.
Cooper can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Birch controls the pace.
Julius Birch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Birch looking to pass the guard.
Birch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cooper can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birch is working hard here to advance position.
Cooper has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Academy of Martial Arts. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Birch prevents Cooper from getting back to his feet.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Birch from controlling successfully.
Birch wants to pass the guard but Cooper is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cooper pushes Birch off and gets back to his feet.
Cooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Milton Cooper will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Birch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but Birch pushes him off.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cooper has managed to clinch.
Birch letting Cooper take a breather here.
Birch wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birch wants to break free but Cooper has control.
Birch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Birch tries to pull guard but Cooper holds him up against the cage and eventually Birch drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Birch tries to pull guard but Cooper won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julius Birch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cooper taking a breather.
Cooper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cooper missing with knees to the body.
Birch letting Cooper take a breather here.
Birch breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Cooper is struggling to control the position.
Cooper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Birch's face.
Cooper lands a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Cooper.
Birch tries to stall but Cooper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper displaying some good clinch control by pressing Birch up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Milton Cooper.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Birch was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Birch shoots in and drives through. Cooper sprawls well.
Birch looks to land a combination. Cooper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birch dives in for a single leg takedown but Cooper sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Cooper wants to counter with a clinch but Birch pushes him away.
Cooper clinches with his opponent.
Cooper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Birch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cooper.
Birch looking to slow down the pace here.
Cooper is pushing Birch up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Birch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Birch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but Birch blocks it.
Birch pulls guard effortlessly.
Cooper wanted to stand there but Birch had control of the position.
Cooper must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Birch is trying to keep Cooper in close.
Birch is working an open guard so Cooper takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Milton Cooper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cooper has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milton Cooper!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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