PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Cooper (ranked 6705 p4p, 0 weight class) and Congo Kok (ranked 4796 p4p, 0 weight class). Kok has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cooper
vs
Kok

223 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Congo Kok!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kok closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cooper quickly recovers to half guard.
Cooper holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Kok thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kok throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kok is working away from the top position though.
Kok thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cooper's head.
Cooper is controlling Kok's trapped leg to prevent Kok from advancing to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper is staying active underneath Kok, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cooper is holding on to half guard well.
Kok sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cooper defending well though.
Cooper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kok.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kok not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cooper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kok.
Cooper controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kok not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cooper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cooper is positioning himself well to prevent Kok advancing to mount.
Kok thows a huge punch but Cooper dodges it nicely.
Cooper keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kok missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cooper is refusing to be controlled, as Kok sits in half guard.
Cooper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cooper wants to control but Kok is keeping busy.
Kok not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Cooper looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kok sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cooper defending well though.
Kok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cooper controlling the position well.
Cooper works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Kok from controlling successfully.
Kok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Kok thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Kok from controlling successfully.
Cooper managing to control the position.
Cooper has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cooper is on top in guard.

Kok utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cooper trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is in close to Kok's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cooper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cooper will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cooper postures up.
Cooper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kok works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kok is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cooper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cooper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cooper's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cooper really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cooper throws a big elbow that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cooper postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cooper throws a strike but Kok rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kok trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Congo Kok dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kok turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kok.
Cooper changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Kok lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cooper takes a step back to recover.

Kok drives through with a takedown into Cooper's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kok must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kok in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cooper wants to sweep here but Kok controlling him for the moment.
Kok has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cooper pulls Kok in close to prevent any damage.
Cooper controls Kok momentarily but Kok frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kok is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kok throwing strikes from guard but Cooper blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Kok from controlling successfully.
Cooper wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cooper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cooper holds on and takes a little breather.
Kok working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cooper wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Kok gets a clinch.
Cooper looking for a takedown.
Kok creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cooper's defenses.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kok has managed to clinch.
Cooper looking to stall.
Kok stalling.
Cooper goes for a takedown attempt but Kok pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ed Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Donk. Kok catches Cooper right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Ed Cooper has been cut.

Cooper tries to keep at a distance but Kok has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kok lands a nice elbow.

Kok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kok clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kok gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cooper.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ed Cooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cooper tries to pull guard but Kok holds him up against the cage and eventually Cooper drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kok prevents the takedown attempt.
Kok lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cooper is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kok lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Kok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kok closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper fails to pull guard.
Cooper is looking for a takedown.

Kok gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Cooper regains guard.
Cooper not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kok preventing the sweep.
Kok engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kok postures up in Cooper's guard and throws a big left but Cooper blocks it.
Cooper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kok.
Kok postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kok trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Cooper preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kok trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Congo Kok showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ed Cooper's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Kok chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Kok closes the distance and clinches.

Kok pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kok closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cooper did well to prevent Kok getting side control.

Kok seems to be looking for submissions.

Kok 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.
Cooper is trying is best to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper is trying to maintain the position but Kok is very close to passing his half guard.
Congo Kok has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cooper throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is positioning himself well to prevent Kok advancing to mount.

Kok is looking for a kimura but Cooper is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kok to get the leverage.
Kok takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kok is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kok is trying to work for a kimura but Cooper is defending well.
Kok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cooper is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kok's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kok's back!

Kok defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Cooper's arms.

Cooper working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cooper working for the choke.
Kok looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Cooper lands strikes to the head.

Cooper tightening his grip on Kok, looking for the choke.
Kok covering up well under a series of strikes from Cooper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cooper looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Kok taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ed Cooper!
Congo Kok was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you for all your support.'.