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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Cooper (ranked 25087 p4p, 24894 weight class) and Kenneth Hell (ranked 704 p4p, 756 weight class). Jeff Cooper could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kenneth Hell's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenneth Hell!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hell closes the distance and clinches up with Cooper, looking for a takedown. Hell pushes Cooper against the cage but Cooper circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hell keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper tries to clinch but Hell is having none of it.
Cooper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cooper goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hell prevents it.
Cooper wants the takedown. Hell is fighting it off but Cooper persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hell's guard against the cage.
Hell scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Cooper sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hell's guard.
Cooper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cooper is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hell wants to improve his position but Cooper is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is looking for a kimura here.
Cooper prevents Hell from improving his position.
Cooper slips a nice elbow through Hell's hands, connecting with Hell's forehead.
Hell tries to get to full guard but Cooper has control of the leg.
Hell trying to control here.
Cooper is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hell is just riding it out for now. Cooper eventually gives up the hold.
Hell is not content to let Cooper control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell is defending against the submission attempts here by Cooper.
Cooper is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hell has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cooper seems to be looking for submissions.
Hell is pressing down on Cooper's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hell working a defensive guard here.
Cooper is in close to Hell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper passes into half guard.
Hell is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Cooper lands with a punch from half guard.
Cooper is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Cooper is working for a kimura but Hell is defending it quite comfortably.
Cooper has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cooper avoids the attempt from Hell to control.
We've been informed that Hell has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hell is desperately trying to improve his position but Cooper has a good base and remains in mount.
Hell defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cooper.
Hell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cooper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cooper avoids the attempt from Hell to control.
Cooper is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hell can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Cooper throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cooper jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hell is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hell and Cooper has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Hell is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Cooper dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cooper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Hell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper is looking to clinch but Hell is avoiding it.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cooper tries to clinch but Hell is having none of it.
Cooper moves into the clinch.
Cooper has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hell can do to turn this around?
Cooper has hold of one of Hell's legs. Hell is fighting the takedown attempt but Cooper gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Hell wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper advances to half guard.
Hell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jeff Cooper overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cooper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cooper with a nice head shot there.
Cooper connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper drops back, looking for a kneebar! Hell looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Hell looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Hell!
Cooper can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooper on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cooper throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Cooper is looking to reverse the position.
Cooper takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hell scoring with punches from side control.
Hell scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cooper to see if he's OK.
Cooper manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Cooper wants to take a breather but Hell is having none of it.
Hell is defending against the submission attempts here by Cooper.
Cooper is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hell has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hell pulls Cooper in close to his closed guard and prevents Cooper from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cooper 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.
Cooper cracks Hell with a solid left hand.
Hell trying to control the position here.
Cooper passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper has an Americana. Hell didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Cooper is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Cooper hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jeff Cooper!
A victorious Jeff Cooper thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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