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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sleight Of Hand (ranked 313 p4p, 481 weight class) and Matt Cooke (ranked 49 p4p, 67 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sleight Of Hand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Of Hand checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cooke lands a right hook to the body.
Cooke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Of Hand looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooke is just out of range.
Cooke tries to move into range but Of Hand moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cooke fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice jab there from Of Hand.
Of Hand connects with a body shot.
Of Hand misses with a body shot.
Cooke throws a solid leg kick but Of Hand takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cooke.
Of Hand scores with a nice head shot.
Cooke throws an overhand right that lands on Of Hand's shoulder, as Of Hand tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooke lands a jab to the nose.
Cooke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Of Hand bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cooke's head backwards.
Of Hand connects with a solid leg kick.
Of Hand misses with a hook
and Cooke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Of Hand's knee momentarily.
Of Hand throws a lazy uppercut
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Of Hand looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cooke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Of Hand wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Of Hand throws a sloppy head kick and Cooke moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Hand tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooke was well out of range. Poor timing from Of Hand.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Of Hand throws a looping overhand right but Cooke ducks down to avoid it.
Cooke throws out a counter right but Of Hand avoids it with no problem.
Of Hand looks to land a right hand but Cooke moved out of range.
Of Hand tests Cooke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cooke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Of Hand moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Of Hand scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cooke in his tracks.
Of Hand moves out of range of the body kick from Cooke.
Of Hand swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Of Hand backing away here, and Cooke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cooke throws a body shot but no joy.
Of Hand is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cooke misses with a body shot.
Of Hand scores with a spinning back kick!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Of Hand checks a leg kick.
Of Hand feints and then cracks Cooke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cooke down.
Of Hand just misses with a punch to the body.
Of Hand rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cooke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Of Hand lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cooke takes a step back to recover.
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!
Of Hand takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Hand takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Of Hand ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Of Hand checks a leg kick.
Of Hand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooke.
Cooke unleashes a big counter combination but Of Hand bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A punch lands to the side of Cooke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Of Hand.
Of Hand lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cooke takes a step back to recover.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Of Hand.
A counter left hand to the body from Of Hand misses its target.
Of Hand is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Of Hand with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cooke scores with a body shot.
Cooke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Of Hand throws a head kick that half lands.
Cooke avoids a kick to the body.
Cooke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Of Hand throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooke gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cooke misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Of Hand counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Hand looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Of Hand is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Of Hand appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cooke is looking to clinch.
Cooke misses with a low kick as Of Hand jumps back.
Of Hand delivers a nice body kick.
Of Hand moves out of range as Cooke throws a body kick.
Of Hand takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cooke defending well as Of Hand loads up on a big left hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cooke.
Of Hand throws a body shot but no joy.
Of Hand lands with a straight right. Cooke didn't see that one coming.
Cooke lands with a good body shot.
Cooke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Of Hand.
Cooke feints and then cracks Of Hand's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Of Hand down.
Of Hand throws a sloppy head kick
and Cooke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
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!
Cooke checks a low kick from Of Hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Of Hand. That's going to slow Cooke down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Of Hand moves away.
Of Hand misses with a low kick.
Cooke moves away from the strike by Of Hand.
Cooke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Of Hand rather than just go for the knockout.
Of Hand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooke feints a counter leg kick.
A combination from Of Hand does no damage.
A low kick lands for Of Hand.
Cooke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cooke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cooke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cooke throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cooke throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Of Hand throws a leg kick but Cooke sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Of Hand. Those never looked like landing.
Of Hand is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooke.
Cooke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Of Hand.
A cross from Of Hand lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sleight Of Hand dominated that round.
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.
Cooke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cooke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cooke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Of Hand is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cooke can do to turn this around?
Of Hand throws a body kick that misses.
Of Hand throws a right hand that misses
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Of Hand swinging wildly here.
Of Hand takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Of Hand closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cooke throws a right and a left that Of Hand avoids nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cooke might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Of Hand has got the better of the exchanges.
Of Hand misses with a hook.
Of Hand jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Hand lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooke at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooke.
Cooke walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Hand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cooke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Of Hand can pounce on him.
Cooke misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke tries to land a front kick but Of Hand steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Of Hand connects with a body shot.
Of Hand throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Of Hand throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cooke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Of Hand misses with a two punch combination.
It seemed like Cooke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooke misses the target.
It appears Of Hand was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sleight Of Hand is winning the standup battle so far.
Of Hand misses with a low kick.
Cooke misses with a looping left.
Of Hand throwing a counter right hand but Cooke manages to avoid it.
Cooke with the inside leg kick.
Of Hand looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
Of Hand lands with a kick to the temple. Cooke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Of Hand missing with a left hand there. Cooke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cooke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Of Hand thuds his right hand into Cooke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Of Hand fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cooke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Of Hand misses the jab.
Cooke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Of Hand tries to land a front kick but Cooke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cooke tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooke throws a front kick that sends Of Hand stumbling back into the cage.
Of Hand waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooke.
Cooke now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cooke misses with a looping right.
Of Hand misses with a body kick.
Cooke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Of Hand.
Of Hand throws a big shot that misses.
Cooke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matt Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Of Hand sizes up Cooke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cooke with a nice calf kick.
A jab from Of Hand does it's job there.
Of Hand jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cooke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Of Hand's sensitive parts.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Of Hand checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Of Hand misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
Cooke throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Hand jabs at Cooke's body.
Cooke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Of Hand manages to avoid it.
Of Hand appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A combination from Cooke does no damage.
Good leg kick by Cooke.
Nice body punch from Of Hand.
Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Of Hand.
Cooke scores with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick from Of Hand misses.
Of Hand throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooke connects with a body shot.
Cooke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cooke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Of Hand throws a head kick but Cooke moves out of range.
Of Hand connects with a solid leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooke checks a leg kick.
Cooke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Of Hand counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooke is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Cooke tenderised Of Hand's leg. Of Hand is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Of Hand moves away.
Cooke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Of Hand avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cooke misses with an uppercut.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Of Hand lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Of Hand connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Of Hand misses the jab.
Cooke gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cooke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Of Hand.
Of Hand lands with an overhand left.
Cooke defending well as Of Hand loads up on a big left hand.
Cooke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Of Hand staying out of range there.
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Of Hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sleight Of Hand dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Cooke swinging wildly here.
Cooke swings for the body but Of Hand moves out of range.
Of Hand misses with a straight left.
Of Hand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Of Hand throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Of Hand thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Of Hand moves away.
Of Hand scores with a sloppy right hand. Cooke should have avoided that one.
Cooke checks a low kick from Of Hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Of Hand checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Hand lands a nice shot to the body.
Of Hand scores with a jab to the head.
Of Hand moves out of range of the body kick.
Of Hand was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cooke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke moves out of range as Of Hand throws a body kick.
Cooke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Hand is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Of Hand bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Of Hand lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cooke will feel that in the morning.
Cooke has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Of Hand.
Cooke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot to the body from Cooke misses
and Of Hand counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooke thinking.
Cooke on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cooke throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Of Hand stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cooke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Of Hand connects with a single shot there.
Of Hand scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cooke in his tracks.
Cooke avoids a punch combination nicely.
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!
Nice uppercut lands for Of Hand. That snapped Cooke's head back.
Cooke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cooke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Hand fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cooke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Of Hand throws out a leg kick but Cooke moves out of range and Of Hand only half commits.
Of Hand lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooke's sensitive parts.
Of Hand scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A head kick misses from Cooke.
Cooke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Of Hand swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Of Hand scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cooke tries to clinch there but Of Hand circles away.
Cooke wants to slow Of Hand down by chopping away at his legs.
Cooke misses with a wild body shot.
Of Hand uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Of Hand looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cooke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Of Hand finds it's way through Cooke's defenses.
Of Hand scores with a jab to the jaw.
Of Hand throws a good cross that connects.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Of Hand - that will leave a mark!
Cooke tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke delivers a nice body kick.
Of Hand lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Of Hand jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Of Hand lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cooke throws a sloppy head kick and Of Hand moves out of range easily.
Of Hand blocks a jab.
Of Hand scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cooke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Of Hand tests Cooke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
Of Hand lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooke swings for the body but Of Hand moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Of Hand.
Of Hand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
Of Hand works Cooke's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Of Hand throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cooke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Of Hand. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Of Hand.
Cooke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cooke is looking to slow Of Hand down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Of Hand.
Cooke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Of Hand.
Cooke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cooke needs to keep his hands up - Of Hand had a free shot at his head there.
Cooke takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A punch combination from Cooke misses.
Good work by Of Hand as he checks the leg kick.
Cooke misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Of Hand moves out of range of the body kick from Cooke.
Of Hand cracks Cooke with a good jab.
Cooke throws the left hand but Of Hand avoids the punch easily.
Of Hand connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sleight Of Hand showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Of Hand has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sleight Of Hand!
Sleight Of Hand bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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