PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moe Lester has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cooper
vs
Lester

157 cm
21
214 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Travis Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester lands a lovely overhand right.

Cooper shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lester's guard.
Lester is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lester seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Cooper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lester controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper is looking to escape.
Lester prevents Cooper from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester drops an elbow to the side of Cooper's head.
Lester is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cooper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lester tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cooper knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cooper really is a fat lump.
Lester looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lester lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooper looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lester takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cooper is trying to stand.
Cooper wants to get back to full guard.
Lester trying to control the pace.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lester.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cooper is defended easily by Lester.
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Lester circles away.
Lester lands with a right hand.
Lester lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lester is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
No joy there for Lester, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lester looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cooper wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cooper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Oooooh!!! Lester has knocked Cooper down with a huge combo! Lester steps away and waves a wobbly Cooper back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Cooper is rocked!

It looks like Travis Cooper has been cut.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cooper walks straight into a right hand from Lester - that's dropped him! Lester jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Cooper from any more punishment! Cooper complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Moe Lester!