PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicio Vanna (ranked 6471 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaiah Cooley (ranked 4887 p4p, 541 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vanna
vs
Cooley

178 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vinicio Vanna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaiah Cooley!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Vanna there.

It looks like Isaiah Cooley has been cut.
Vanna misses with a wild combination.
Vanna throws a hook but Cooley avoids it easily.
Cooley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Vanna throws out a loose jab but Cooley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vanna misses with a series of wild punches.
Vanna thows a left - swing and a miss!

Vanna clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Vanna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooley swats away the attempt to clinch by Vanna.
Cooley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vanna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanna misses with a left hand
letting Cooley counter with a right hand.
Cooley misses with a wild body shot.
Cooley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vanna lands with an overhand left.
Vanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cooley throws a lazy right hand but Vanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vanna slips a straight right by Cooley.
Vanna throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooley.
Cooley misses with a hook
and Vanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooley thinking.
Vanna missing with a left hand there. Cooley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanna avoids the body shot from Cooley.
Cooley connects with a body shot.
Vanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanna throwing a counter right hand but Cooley manages to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Vanna.
Vanna darts in trying to clinch
and Cooley counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vanna misses with an uppercut. Cooley saw that one coming.
Vanna tries to clinch but Cooley moves out of range.
Cooley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Vanna drops his hands momentarily and Cooley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vanna.
It seemed like Cooley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vanna tries to clinch but Cooley moves away
and Vanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vanna defending well as Cooley loads up on a big left hand.
Cooley swings for the body but Vanna moves out of range.
Vinicio Vanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vanna manages to avoid it.
Vanna takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cooley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Cooley.
Vanna went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Vanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vanna could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vanna tries to clinch
and Vanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vanna keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooley misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Vanna on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vanna throws a hook but Cooley blocks it.

Vanna clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooley misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Cooley.
Cooley blocks an uppercut.
Cooley tries to throw a body punch but Vanna avoids it by throwing Cooley back against the cage.
Vanna throws a head punch that misses.

Vanna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooley misses with a right hand
and Vanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vanna on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vinicio Vanna will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Isaiah Cooley's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vanna punishes Cooley's body with a nice straight punch.
Vanna wants to clinch.
A nice side step and Cooley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good shot there by Vanna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooley looks to land a right hand but Vanna moved out of range.
Cooley throws an overhand right that lands on Vanna's shoulder, as Vanna tries to avoid the shot.
Cooley moves away from the strike by Vanna.
Cooley missing with a left hand there. Vanna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vanna.
It looked like Vanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big left from Cooley misses.
Vanna appears to be looking for a big counter.

Vanna moves into the clinch.
Vanna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vanna lands with a right to the head.
Cooley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Vanna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Vanna closes the distance and clinches.

Vanna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cooley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That has opened up Isaiah Cooley's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanna moves to clinch but Cooley breaks away
and Cooley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanna closes the distance but Cooley moves to the side
and Cooley counters with a stiff right hand.
Cooley ducks under a wild hook from Vanna.
Cooley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vanna throws a shot from downtown. Cooley moves away and avoids it.
Vanna misses with an uppercut
and Cooley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vanna loads up on a big right hand but Cooley slips the punch.
Cooley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Cooley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanna darts in trying to clinch
and Cooley counters with a nice uppercut.

Vanna pushes Cooley up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vanna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cooley swings wildly with an uppercut but Vanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooley takes a shot to the head.
Vanna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Vanna scores with a nice short uppercut.

Cooley manages to break the clinch.
Vanna doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooley circles away.

Cooley gets tackled into the cage by Vanna. Vanna maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cooley backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Vanna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vanna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Cooley.
Vanna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vanna connects with a looping right hand.
A big right from Vanna misses.
Cooley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vanna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooley thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicio Vanna dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Isaiah Cooley's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooley.
Vanna is looking for a counter combo.
Vanna closes the distance but Cooley moves to the side
and Cooley counters with a straight right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vanna, as that shot connected.
Isaiah Cooley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vanna throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cooley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Cooley.
Cooley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vanna is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vanna's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vanna duly obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vanna.

The cut above Isaiah Cooley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vanna moves away.
Vanna wants to clinch.
Vanna tries to clinch up
letting Cooley counter with a right hand.
Vanna walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cooley misses with a looping left.
Vanna scores with a jab to the body.
Isaiah Cooley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanna wants to clinch but Cooley slips to the side
and Cooley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooley. Vanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vanna digs a good body shot into Cooley's ribs.
Cooley works Vanna's body with a nice hook.
Cooley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A nice combination there by Vanna.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooley slips under a jab from Vanna.
A little jabbing left from Cooley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Vanna clinches with his opponent.
Vanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Cooley manages to break the clinch.
Cooley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Isaiah Cooley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vanna moves away.
Cooley throws a right hand that misses
and Vanna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooley throws an overhand right that lands on Vanna's shoulder, as Vanna tries to avoid the shot.
Vanna closes the distance but Cooley moves to the side
enabling Cooley to counter with a crisp jab.
Vanna dips to his left and cracks Cooley with an uppercut!
Vanna lands with a nice combination. Cooley backs away looking to recover.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Isaiah Cooley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vinicio Vanna!