PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eero Jukola (ranked 1039 p4p, 116 weight class) and Winston Cooper (ranked 2624 p4p, 262 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jukola
vs
Cooper

165 cm
21
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
152 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Eero Jukola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Cooper!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Jukola misses.
Cooper is looking to clinch but Jukola is avoiding it.
Jukola misses with a wild body shot.
Cooper tries to clinch but Jukola moves out of range.
Cooper is looking to clinch.

Jukola gets the takedown into side control.
Cooper tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jukola wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jukola has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
A lull in the action here as Jukola stalls from top position.
Jukola cracks Cooper with a big elbow.
Cooper struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper is letting Jukola control him for a moment.

Jukola looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jukola has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Jukola is trying to get an arm triangle but Cooper is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Jukola is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
A nice elbow there by Jukola.
Cooper tries to hold on but Jukola pushes him away.
Jukola connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jukola working Cooper over with strikes here.
Jukola looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Cooper covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eero Jukola!