PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Travis Copeland (ranked 2575 p4p, 1587 weight class) and Ramazan Jainar (ranked 310 p4p, 196 weight class). Ramazan Jainar has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Copeland
vs
Jainar

175 cm
25
165
12 - 8 - 0

175 cm
30
155
16 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramazan Jainar!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jainar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Copeland. Jainar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Copeland swings for the body but Jainar moves out of range.
Jainar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Copeland scores with a nice right hand.
Jainar feints and then cracks Copeland's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Copeland down.
Jainar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Copeland's sensitive parts.
Jainar misses with a body kick.
Copeland lands a two punch combo.
Jainar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jainar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Copeland backs up against the cage.
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!
Jainar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jainar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Copeland has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Copeland looks to land a right hand but Jainar moved out of range.
Copeland will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jainar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Copeland.

Copeland instigates a clinch.
Copeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jainar is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Copeland throws an elbow but misses.
Copeland pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jainar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Copeland's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jainar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Copeland lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Copeland digs a right hand underneath Jainar's ribcage. Jainar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Copeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jainar throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Copeland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jainar is defending well for now.
Jainar swings wildly with an uppercut but Copeland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jainar misses with some punches.
Copeland taking a breather.
Jainar lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jainar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jainar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jainar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Copeland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Copeland went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jainar keeps the fight on the outside.
Copeland jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jainar looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Jainar forces Copeland back against the cage and clinches.
Jainar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jainar misses with the head strike.
Jainar throws a head punch that misses.
Jainar misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copeland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Copeland.
Copeland misses with an elbow over the top.
Copeland lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Copeland.
Copeland misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jainar.
Copeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jainar is defending well for now.
A short right from Jainar on the inside.
Copeland stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Copeland blocks a body shot from Jainar.
Copeland lands an elbow just above Jainar 's eye.
Copeland scores with a knee to the head.

Jainar is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Copeland.
Jainar is still on wobbly legs! Can Copeland finish him?
Jainar takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jainar working aggressively here.
Copeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Copeland is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Copeland misses with an elbow over the top.
Copeland putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jainar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Copeland creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Jainar! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Copeland.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Copeland!
Our winner, Travis Copeland, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.