PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Judah
vs
Cook

175 cm
21
147 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

169 cm
24
146 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elijah Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Cook!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt
and Judah counters with a right hand to the body.
Cook tries to clinch but Judah is having none of it.
Judah throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Cook counter with a right hand.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cook is looking for the big counter here.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cook was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Despite the aggression on Cook's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah stuns Cook with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Judah lands a head kick. Cook smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cook throws out a counter right but Judah avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Cook flicks out a counter leg kick but Judah steps away.
Judah with a hook.
Judah misses with a straight right.
Cook unleashes a big counter combination but Judah bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cook blocks a jab.
Cook looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Judah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cook throws out a counter right but Judah avoids it with no problem.
Cook tries to bum rush Judah with a series of wild strikes but Judah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Judah throws a quick counter kick to the body but Cook avoids it.
Cook walks forward, straight into a front kick from Judah.
Judah goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cook ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Cook is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook swings widly with a right hand
and Judah makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judah misses with a left hand
and Cook counters with a left and a right that stings Judah.
Judah connects with the punch.
We've been informed that Cook has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook looks to land a combination. Judah sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Judah throws an off balance right hand
and Judah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Judah takes a swing at Cook's ribcage but misses.
Judah shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cook swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Judah thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cook only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Judah lands a nice hook to Cook's body. Cook takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Judah lands with a straight right. Cook didn't see that one coming.
Cook takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cook tries to clinch but Judah is having none of it.
Judah slips a jab from Cook.
Cook is looking to clinch but Judah is avoiding it.
Judah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Judah misses the jab.
Cook throws out a counter right but Judah avoids it with no problem.
Cook ducks under a wild hook from Judah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Cook was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cook swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Judah smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Judah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cook defending well as Judah loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cook lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cook takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah Judah dominated that round.
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.

Cook on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Elijah Judah is winning the standup battle so far.
Judah swings for the body but Cook moves out of range.
Cook throws out a counter right but Judah avoids it with no problem.
Cook fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Judah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Judah closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cook was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
A punch combination from Judah misses.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Judah misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
Cook is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cook scoring well with a low kick there.
Judah lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Judah throws a body punch but Cook moves out of range.
Cook throws an off balance right hand
and Judah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bob Cook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cook tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Judah scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cook doesn't seem bothered though.
Cook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
Cook fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah takes a swing at Cook's ribcage but misses.
Cook looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cook avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elijah Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judah scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judah thumps Cook with a low kick.
Judah misses with a hook
and Cook counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Judah lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cook at a distance.
Cook slips a straight right by Judah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Judah was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cook.
Judah misses with a hook
and Cook counters with a thumping low kick.
Judah lands a right hook to the body.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Judah, as that shot connected.
Cook avoids the body shot from Judah.
Judah misses with a body shot.
As Judah backs off Cook throws a huge counter combo but Judah manages to avoid it all.
Judah scores with a hook to the body. Cook takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Judah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cook misses with a jab, cross combination.
Judah lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cook at a distance.
Cook throws an off balance right hand
and Judah counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cook.
Cook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah Judah dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice jab there from Judah.
Judah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cook on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Judah throws out a powerful jab.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Judah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cook under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cook stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Judah is looking to wear down Cook with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cook takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Judah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cook can do to turn this around?
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Cook sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Cook on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A shot to the body from Judah misses
and Cook counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Judah, right into the meat.
Judah blocks a jab.
Judah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Judah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cook takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Elijah Judah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cook throws a nice inside leg kick.
Judah misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cook misses with an uppercut
and Judah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Judah throws a body shot but no joy.
Cook throws a counter combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Judah. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cook! But no joy.
Cook misses with a low kick.
Judah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cook looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cook rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Judah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Cook moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cook! But no joy.
Cook moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Cook appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Judah scores with a jab to the body.
Cook blocks a low kick nicely.
Cook looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Judah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cook counters with a two punch combo.
Cook misses with a double jab
and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elijah Judah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
Cook lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Judah scores with a shot to the body.
Cook cracks the inside of Judah's front leg.
Cook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.
Judah swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
Judah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Cook 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bob Cook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elijah Judah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Judah has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elijah Judah!
A relieved looking Elijah Judah thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.