PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Ignatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ignatov comes into the arena with Fler-Ghetto Beat blaring out of the sound system. Cooper comes into a darkened arena with his song building. s.mouse - slap my elbow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ignatov
vs
Cooper

186 cm
37
186 lbs
30 - 14 - 3

178 cm
38
190 lbs
30 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

King of Clothes

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 30 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimir Ignatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

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

It looks like Charles Cooper has been cut.

Cooper gets a clinch.
Ignatov prevents a body shot from Cooper.
Ignatov working aggressively here.
Ignatov blocks an elbow strike.
Ignatov trying to land knees to the body.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ignatov throws a head punch that misses.
Ignatov swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignatov avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Ignatov lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cooper.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Ignatov shrugs off.
Ignatov blocks the elbow strike.
Ignatov tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ignatov's defenses.

It looks like Vladimir Ignatov has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper misses with a body punch.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ignatov misses with a punch to the body.
Ignatov takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ignatov misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ignatov's brow.
Ignatov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ignatov tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ignatov avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Ignatov misses with some punches.
Cooper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ignatov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cooper can turn it around.
Ignatov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
A short uppercut from Cooper.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Ignatov dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Ignatov blocks an elbow strike.
Ignatov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ignatov throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ignatov lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Ignatov.
Ignatov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ignatov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ignatov misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ignatov tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Ignatov tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ignatov.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Ignatov shrugs off.
Ignatov avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Still in the clinch, Cooper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ignatov throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Cooper.
A body shot lands from Ignatov.
Ignatov misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Cooper.
A shot in the inside from Cooper.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Ignatov 's eye.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Ignatov.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Ignatov on the inside.
Ignatov takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov misses with the head strike.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ignatov's brow.
Ignatov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Cooper prevents a body shot from Ignatov.
Ignatov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ignatov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatov can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Cooper stalling in the clinch but Ignatov improves position.
Ignatov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ignatov blocks the elbow strike.
Ignatov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cooper.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Cooper.
Ignatov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatov lands a body shot.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Ignatov shrugs off.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ignatov struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Ignatov tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Nice body punch from Cooper.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ignatov blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ignatov blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Ignatov as the two fighters clinch.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Ignatov gets through Cooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ignatov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Cooper.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cooper dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cooper fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ignatov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cooper closes the distance and pushes Ignatov back into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ignatov.
Cooper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ignatov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ignatov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ignatov working aggressively here.
Ignatov has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Ignatov dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
A short right from Ignatov.
Ignatov gets through Cooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ignatov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Ignatov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cooper.
Ignatov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatov gets through Cooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ignatov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignatov tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatov struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Cooper digs a right hand into Ignatov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ignatov's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper has Ignatov pushed against the cage.
Ignatov takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Cooper is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ignatov's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Charles Cooper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ignatov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ignatov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignatov lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Cooper is rocked!
Ignatov pushes Cooper against the cage. Ignatov is working some dirty boxing. Ignatov pushes off with a quick right hook! Cooper goes down! Cooper tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ignatov moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Ignatov!
Our winner, Vladimir Ignatov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.