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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leo Cooper (ranked 4262 p4p, 410 weight class) and Pyrrhus Epirus (ranked 3569 p4p, 363 weight class). Cooper comes to the cage accompanied by Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger. Pyrrhus Epirus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
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171 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leo Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pyrrhus Epirus!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper tries to keep at a distance but Epirus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooper managing to block the knees to the body from Epirus.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Epirus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Epirus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Epirus tries to land a knee to the head but Cooper blocks with his arms.
Epirus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Epirus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Epirus struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Epirus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Epirus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epirus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Epirus lands an elbow that stopped Cooper in his tracks for a moment.
Cooper avoids a wild elbow strike from Epirus.
Epirus misses with a punch to the body.
Epirus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Epirus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Epirus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cooper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Epirus has Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
Epirus lands a knee to the body.
Epirus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Epirus keeps control of Cooper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Epirus lands a nice uppercut.
Epirus tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Epirus back against the cage.
Epirus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cooper is defending well for now.
Epirus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper prevents a body shot from Epirus.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epirus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper tries to break free but Epirus pushes him back against the cage.
Epirus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cooper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Epirus swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epirus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
A short right from Epirus on the inside.
Cooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Epirus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Epirus.
Epirus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cooper tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Epirus smiles and moves away.
Epirus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cooper.
Epirus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epirus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Epirus feints and then cracks Cooper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cooper down.
Epirus displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Epirus closes the distance and clinches.
Epirus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Epirus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cooper's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Epirus fails to land.
Epirus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Epirus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Epirus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Epirus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Epirus pushes Cooper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Epirus obliges.
Epirus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Epirus - that landed with a thud.
Epirus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Epirus tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Epirus scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
Epirus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Epirus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Epirus.
Epirus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Epirus trying to land knees to the body.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Cooper blocks a body shot from Epirus.
Epirus tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Epirus can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pyrrhus Epirus dominated that 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.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Epirus circles away.
Epirus misses with a body shot.
Cooper was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cooper shoots in for a double leg but Epirus sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Epirus steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Cooper doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Epirus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Epirus closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epirus pushes Cooper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Epirus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Epirus.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Epirus.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epirus lands a shoulder strike.
Epirus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Epirus crunches a lovely knee into Cooper's ribcage.
Epirus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cooper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Epirus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Epirus cracks Cooper with a nice body shot.
Epirus digs a right hand underneath Cooper's ribcage. Cooper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Epirus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Epirus.
Epirus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Epirus scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
Cooper takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Epirus.
Cooper is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Epirus.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Epirus lands a damaging elbow.
Epirus with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epirus throws a big uppercut that drops Cooper! More strikes from Epirus and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cooper lies dazed against the cage as Epirus celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pyrrhus Epirus!
The defeated Leo Cooper had this to say: 'I made a mistake. I let my guard down, my ego got the best of me..I'll do better next time I promise. '.
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hype
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