PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between JW Cooper (ranked 22147 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Armstrong (ranked 3559 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Problem. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cooper
vs
Armstrong

185 cm
23
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
209 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 Montreal, JW Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lucas Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
Armstrong's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cooper connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Armstrong scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Lucas Armstrong has been cut.
Armstrong has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
A jab from Cooper does it's job there.
Armstrong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooper falls off balance throwing a combination

and Armstrong moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage.
Cooper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Cooper is trying to push Armstrong away but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Armstrong missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.
Cooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cooper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cooper is trying to force a seperation but Armstrong has the dominant position.
Cooper is trying to force a seperation but Armstrong has the dominant position.
Armstrong misses with a punch to the body.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooper wants to break free but Armstrong has control.
Armstrong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cooper or not.
Cooper is trying to break free.
Cooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Armstrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper can't break the clinch.
Armstrong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cooper's efforts to push away.
Cooper is trying to force a seperation but Armstrong has the dominant position.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cooper tries to break the clinch but Armstrong is controlling the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Armstrong.
Cooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Armstrong crunches a lovely knee into Cooper's ribcage.
Cooper tries to break free but Armstrong pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Armstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Cooper wants to break free but Armstrong has control.
Armstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Armstrong.

It looks like JW Cooper has been cut.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Cooper working hard to break the clinch.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but Armstrong is controlling him.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.
Armstrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooper.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cooper blocks an elbow strike.
Armstrong is leaning against Cooper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Armstrong misses with a knee to the head.
Cooper wants to get back to striking at distance but Armstrong won't allow it.
Armstrong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cooper blocks it with crossed arms.
Cooper managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.
Armstrong keeps control of Cooper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Armstrong missing with knees to the body.
Cooper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage.
Cooper is trying to force a seperation but Armstrong has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cooper wants to break free but Armstrong has control.
Armstrong tries to land knees in the clinch but Cooper avoids the damage to the body.
Armstrong has Cooper pressed against the cage, preventing Cooper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cooper avoids the elbow strike from Armstrong, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Cooper wants to break free but Armstrong has control.
Cooper tries to break the clinch but Armstrong is controlling the position.
Armstrong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Armstrong swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the cage.
Cooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage.
Cooper tries to circle away but Armstrong has him pinned against the cage.
Cooper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Armstrong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cooper's efforts to push away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper is trying to force a seperation but Armstrong has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Armstrong dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Cooper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A looping hook to the body misses from Cooper. Armstrong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Armstrong lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
JW Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cooper misses with a combination

and Armstrong holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Armstrong lands an elbow inside that Cooper shrugs off.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Cooper misses the shot to the body.
Armstrong tries to clinch up
and Cooper counters with a one-two to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Cooper scores with a four punch combination!
Armstrong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper scores with a sloppy right hand. Armstrong should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper fails to land with a series of punches.
Armstrong slips a jab and a cross from Cooper.
Armstrong blocks a jab.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper throws a body shot but no joy.
Armstrong tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armstrong is looking to clinch.
Cooper connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Armstrong momentarily.

That has opened up Lucas Armstrong's cut even more.

Armstrong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cooper tries to break free but Armstrong pushes him back against the cage.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Armstrong.
A frustrated look appears on Cooper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Armstrong.
Armstrong lands an elbow inside.
Cooper avoiding damage as Armstrong throws knees to the body.
Cooper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lucas Armstrong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cooper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cooper has had enough of the clinch but Armstrong keeps him there for the moment.
Cooper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Armstrong lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong tries a knee to the head but Cooper blocks it.
Armstrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Armstrong obliges.
Cooper wants to get back to striking at distance but Armstrong won't allow it.
Armstrong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.
Cooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Armstrong has Cooper pressed against the cage, preventing Cooper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Armstrong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Armstrong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
Armstrong looking to throw knees to the head but Cooper is blocking nicely.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but Armstrong is controlling him.
Cooper takes an elbow to the temple.
Armstrong keeps control of Cooper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cooper tries to break the clinch but Armstrong is controlling the position.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Armstrong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Armstrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but Armstrong is controlling him.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cooper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cooper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cooper throws a right and a left that Armstrong avoids nicely.
Cooper misses with a few strikes there.
Cooper scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Armstrong takes the fight into the clinch.
Armstrong tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Armstrong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Armstrong misses with a knee strike.
Cooper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Armstrong working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lucas Armstrong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Armstrong moves away from the strike by Cooper.
As Cooper backs off Armstrong throws a huge counter combo but Cooper manages to avoid it all.
Cooper lands a jab to the nose.
Cooper misses with a straight right.
Cooper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Armstrong defending well as Cooper loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong dodges the punch combination from Cooper.
Armstrong doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooper lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Cooper misses.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armstrong takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cooper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cooper swinging wildly here.
Cooper takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.
Cooper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Armstrong counter with a right hand.
Armstrong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooper.
A nice side step and Armstrong releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Armstrong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong drops his hands momentarily and Cooper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
JW Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper misses with a few strikes there.
Cooper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
Armstrong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Armstrong.
Armstrong is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Cooper moves away
and Cooper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The cut above Lucas Armstrong's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper looks to land a combination but Armstrong avoids it well.
Cooper stalks Armstrong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Armstrong's face. Armstrong staggers backwards, shaken.
Armstrong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cooper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Armstrong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armstrong doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooper circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from Cooper misses its target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Armstrong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Armstrong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Armstrong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armstrong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Armstrong is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A jab from Cooper misses.
Cooper feints a jab promting Armstrong to slip. Cooper then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Armstrong slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Cooper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Lucas Armstrong's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jab, jab by Cooper - just one landing.
Cooper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Armstrong is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Armstrong tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong tries to clinch up.

Armstrong darts in and clinches Cooper up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Armstrong has him pressed against the cage.
Armstrong misses with a body punch.
Armstrong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cooper is trying to break free.
Cooper avoids a wild elbow strike from Armstrong.
Armstrong working aggressively here.
Cooper is looking to break free of the clinch but Armstrong has double underhooks.
Cooper is trying to break free.
Armstrong tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Armstrong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cooper's efforts to push away.
Armstrong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
JW Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
JW Cooper showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Armstrong has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lucas Armstrong!