PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Cooke (ranked 1629 p4p, 200 weight class) and Juan Fonseca (ranked 1494 p4p, 187 weight class). Cooke comes to the cage accompanied by Harm's Way - Warriors Will Reign. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cooke
vs
Fonseca

184 cm
25
165 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

178 cm
24
167 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Juan Fonseca!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fonseca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cooke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Fonseca misses with a straight right.
Fonseca misses with a wild combination.

Cooke darts in and clinches Fonseca up against the cage.
Cooke wants a takedown but no success here.
Cooke trying to stall but Fonseca improves his position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cooke misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fonseca breaks the clinch.
Fonseca misses with an uppercut. Cooke saw that one coming.
Cooke tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Cooke shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke trying to control but Fonseca is working from the bottom.
Cooke definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cooke slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke trying to control the position from guard on top but Fonseca is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooke slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cooke is fighting to break Fonseca's control of his arms but Fonseca is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cooke wants to pass the guard but Fonseca is keeping the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fonseca being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Fonseca misses with a body kick.
Fonseca cracks the inside of Cooke's front leg.
Fonseca has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cooke is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fonseca.
Cooke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cooke throws a series of punches but Fonseca avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Cooke.
Cooke throws a hook to the side of Fonseca's head but Fonseca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fonseca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cooke fails with the takedown.
It seemed like Fonseca was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fonseca attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca throws a right and a left that Cooke avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Fonseca as he connects with a hook.
Cooke scores with a head kick.
Fonseca throws a jab when Cooke was well out of range.

Cooke shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fonseca napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cooke content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Cooke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fonseca keeps working.
Cooke happy to just control the position for now.
Fonseca is not content to let Cooke control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fonseca can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke controls the position.

Cooke is trying to get an arm triangle but Fonseca is defending well.
Fonseca seems a little lost for a moment, as Cooke dominates the positioning.

Cooke tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cooke has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cooke taking a breather here.
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 Samuel Cooke will probably get the nod.
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.

Fonseca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fonseca misses with a double jab.
Cooke shoots in but Fonseca avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cooke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fonseca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cooke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fonseca.
It seemed like Fonseca was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooke throws a head kick but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca lands a really nice looking cross but Cooke seems unphased.
Cooke tries a head kick but it misses.
Fonseca tries to score with a low kick but Cooke moves his leg out of the way.

Cooke moves into the clinch successfully.
Cooke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fonseca is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fonseca is trying to break the clinch but Cooke has him pressed against the cage.

Fonseca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fonseca misses with a right hand
and Cooke counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fonseca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fonseca throws out a loose jab but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Cooke wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke moves away from the strike by Fonseca.
Cooke slips under a jab from Fonseca.

Cooke shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cooke showed some decent athleticism there.
Cooke performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cooke is looking to take a break and control but Fonseca is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cooke is looking to advance position but Fonseca won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is keen to just control but Fonseca is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fonseca is trying to maintain the position but Cooke is very close to passing his half guard.
Nice strikes from Cooke there.

Cooke is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fonseca is looking for a sweep. Cooke is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is controlling the pace.
Cooke working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Cooke looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cooke in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cooke is pressing down on Fonseca's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fonseca is holding on for now.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fonseca does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooke throws a quick counter kick to the body but Fonseca avoids it.
Cooke is looking to slow Fonseca down with leg kicks.
Fonseca misses with a looping left.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooke slips a jab from Fonseca.
Cooke appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Cooke dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cooke throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Cooke.
Fonseca misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fonseca thumps Cooke with a low kick.
Cooke shoots for a double leg takedown but Fonseca sprawls well. He's pushed Cooke's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fonseca thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cooke tries to land a front kick but Fonseca steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cooke throws a body punch but Fonseca moves out of range.
Fonseca misses with an uppercut
and Cooke counters with a nice body shot.

Cooke dives in and scores a takedown into Fonseca's guard.
Fonseca keeping moving, preventing Cooke from controlling successfully.
Cooke engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Cooke trying to control but Fonseca is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonseca wants to sweep but no luck.
Cooke controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fonseca is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fonseca not doing much here.
Juan Fonseca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cooke keeping hold of Fonseca's head, controlling as best he can.
Cooke wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke wants to control but Fonseca is keeping busy.
Cooke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fonseca's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fonseca's back!
Cooke is hanging on to Fonseca's back as he tries to escape.
Fonseca is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Cooke.
Cooke is landing with strikes from the back.
Cooke controlling from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samuel Cooke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Cooke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cooke, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Cooke!
Samuel Cooke thanked the fans post fight for their support.