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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel McHughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McHughes comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To My Hood. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cooper's choice of entrance music: s.mouse - slap my elbow. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 lbs
28 - 18 - 1 |
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178 cm
37
190 lbs
27 - 22 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
28 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nigel McHughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
McHughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooper displaying some good clinch control by pressing McHughes up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
It looks like Nigel McHughes has been cut.
Cooper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McHughes or not.
Cooper cracks McHughes with a nice body shot.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McHughes blocks an elbow strike.
McHughes jumps guard.
Cooper is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper is continuing to stall.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cooper is looking to stand up but McHughes won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McHughes keeping full guard, as Cooper tries to pass.
Cooper is looking to stand up but McHughes won't let him.
McHughes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
McHughes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cooper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper is leaning against McHughes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but McHughes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McHughes.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards McHughes's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Cooper lands a nice elbow.
Cooper is working McHughes over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Cooper.
McHughes is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards McHughes's brow.
Cooper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McHughes backwards.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper digs a right hand underneath McHughes's ribcage. McHughes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
McHughes avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McHughes's defenses.
Cooper lands a hook that snaps the head of McHughes backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards McHughes's brow.
Cooper lands an elbow just above McHughes 's eye.
A hook to the body from Cooper.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper lands a right hand.
Cooper lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McHughes swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
McHughes takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that McHughes shrugs off.
Cooper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cooper lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Cooper.
McHughes blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
McHughes misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
McHughes blocks the elbow strike.
McHughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper taking a breather.
Cooper stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nigel McHughes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMcHughes.
Cooper tries to clinch up but McHughes circles away and keeps his distance.
McHughes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - McHughes circles away.
McHughes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but McHughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper clinches with his opponent.
McHughes misses with a hook to the ribs.
McHughes breaks the clinch.
McHughes looks to throw the jab but Cooper is out of range.
Cooper wants to clinch up but McHughes keeps it at a distance.
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but McHughes pushes him off.
Cooper has managed to clinch.
McHughes dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHughes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McHughes blocking some punches.
McHughes scores with a shoulder strike.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McHughes's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
McHughes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McHughes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cooper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McHughess head.
McHughes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped McHughes in his tracks for a moment.
Cooper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McHughes blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper has McHughes pushed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Cooper.
Cooper lands a hook that snaps the head of McHughes backwards.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper lands a body punch in the clinch.
McHughes takes a shot to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Cooper.
McHughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nigel McHughes's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Cooper lands an elbow just above McHughes 's eye.
A shot in the inside from Cooper.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Cooper.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper is leaning against McHughes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McHughes blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McHughes working hard to break the clinch.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McHughes's defenses.
Charles Cooper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Still in the clinch, Cooper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes blocks a body shot from Cooper.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
McHughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
McHughes is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
A short left from Cooper.
Oh McHughes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body punch from Cooper.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nigel McHughes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
McHughes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McHughes takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
McHughes takes an elbow to the temple.
McHughes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper throws a big uppercut that drops McHughes! More strikes from Cooper and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! McHughes lies dazed against the cage as Cooper celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Cooper!
After the fight, Charles Cooper was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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