PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pops Maellard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cooper might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to s.mouse - slap my elbow. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Cooper
vs
Maellard

178 cm
40
190 lbs
32 - 27 - 0

183 cm
33
188 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 32 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pops Maellard!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper wants to clinch up but Maellard keeps it at a distance.

Cooper pushes Maellard up against the cage in a clinch.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Come on Cooper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.

Maellard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cooper clinches.
I was talking to Cooper's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maellard throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooper.
Maellard stalling.
Maellard lands an uppercut.
Maellard blocks an elbow strike.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper looking to slow down the pace here.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Maellard scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maellard misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maellard works on Cooper's body with a couple of short punches.
Cooper misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Maellard.
Maellard leaning against his opponent.
Maellard stalling.
Maellard receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Cooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maellard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooper can't find room to land a body shot as Maellard controls the action.
Maellard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maellard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Maellard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
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!
Cooper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maellard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maellard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cooper seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Maellard can turn it around.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Good body shot from Maellard.
Maellard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maellard tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Maellard back against the cage.
Maellard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maellard blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Maellard.
Still in the clinch, Maellard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maellard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cooper digs a right hand into Maellard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maellard's gas tank.
Maellard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coopers head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maellard tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Maellard back against the cage.
Maellard tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard lands with a left to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maellard is trying to maintain a safe position but Cooper gets an underhook and turns Maellard into the cage.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike.
Maellard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper misses with the head strike.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maellard blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Maellard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Cooper is looking to control Maellard's arms but Maellard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cooper has his back to the cage.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.
Maellard works on Cooper's body with a couple of short punches.
Maellard pushes Cooper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maellard misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper wants to stall.
Maellard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Maellard is stalling here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
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!
Cooper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maellard backwards.
Maellard scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
A short left from Maellard.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper stalling against the cage.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maellard stalling in the clinch but Cooper improves position.
Maellard wants to stall.
Maellard is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Cooper has denied him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Maellard dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pops Maellard will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Maellard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Maellard can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maellard's brow.
Maellard avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maellard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maellard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Cooper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
Maellard blocks an elbow strike.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maellard tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cooper.
Maellard works on Cooper's body with a couple of short punches.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Cooper tries to work over Maellard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maellard avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Maellard scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Maellard.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Maellard as Cooper tries to tie him up.
Maellard lands a nice shot to the body.
Maellard misses with a body punch.
Maellard avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
A short right from Maellard.
Maellard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooper takes a shot to the head.
Cooper prevents a body shot from Maellard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Maellard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maellard.
Maellard avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
A short left from Maellard.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Maellard.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
A shot in the inside from Maellard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maellard misses with a punch to the body.
Maellard scores with a shoulder strike.
Cooper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Maellard 's eye.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Maellard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maellard scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.

Cooper is rocked!
Maellard lands a big right hand that drops Cooper! The killer instinct kicks in and Maellard finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Maellard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pops Maellard!
Our winner, Pops Maellard, 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.