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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorne Greenebaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Lorne Greenebaum!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greenebaum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooper.
Greenebaum drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cooper sprawls and moves away.
Greenebaum throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper throws a big shot that misses.
John Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper throws a right and a left that Greenebaum avoids nicely.
Greenebaum swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Greenebaum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Greenebaum swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Greenebaum looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooper is just out of range.
Greenebaum slips a jab and a cross from Cooper.
Greenebaum misses the shot to the body.
Cooper swings for the body but Greenebaum moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greenebaum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper throws a counter combo.
Cooper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Greenebaum counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Cooper!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greenebaum sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cooper is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cooper tries to escape but Greenebaum is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Greenebaum crashes against the mat.
Cooper felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Cooper is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Greenebaum is controlling him well.
Greenebaum has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The strikes coming from Greenebaum are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cooper tries to escape but Greenebaum is in control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Cooper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
John Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Greenebaum there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Greenebaum.
Greenebaum has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cooper finds it's way round the side to connect with Greenebaum's head.
Greenebaum comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cooper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Greenebaum.
An inside leg kick from Greenebaum misses.
Cooper doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Greenebaum throws a body punch but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper misses with a straight right.
Greenebaum looks to land a combination but Cooper avoids it well.
Cooper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Greenebaum throws out the jab.
Greenebaum just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greenebaum throws a leg kick but Cooper checks it.
Greenebaum shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Greenebaum showed some decent athleticism there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenebaum not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet.
Greenebaum in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Cooper tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Greenebaum!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lorne Greenebaum!
Lorne Greenebaum retains his featherweight title!
Lorne Greenebaum decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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