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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Percival Sherington (ranked 5391 p4p, 3635 weight class) and Samuel Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooke has chosen Harm's Way - Warriors Will Reign as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Samuel Cooke enters the cage!
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155
26 - 29 - 1 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Percival Sherington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sherington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sherington lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sherington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sherington misses with a wild body shot.
Sherington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooke is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sherington just misses with a punch to the body.
Sherington misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sherington throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sherington takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Sherington has Cooke up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke has hold of one of Sherington's legs. Sherington is fighting the takedown attempt but Cooke gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Cooke drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cooke jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cooke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cooke drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cooke jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cooke passes Sherington's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cooke seems to be working for a kimura but Sherington defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sherington has his hands clasped together around Cooke's back. He's all about the action.
Cooke 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherington is defending against the submission attempts here by Cooke.
Sherington tries to roll over but Cooke keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke seems to be looking for submissions.
Sherington is trying to control but can't.
Cooke is looking for a kimura here.
Sherington wants to control but Cooke is keeping busy.
Cooke is working for a submission of some sort.
Sherington looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sherington looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sherington tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Cooke has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Cooke is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Sherington has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Sherington!
Cooke throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cooke lands a decent punch to the body there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Percival Sherington will probably get the nod.
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.
Sherington darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sherington wants to pass to mount but Cooke is defending the position.
Sherington is looking for a kimura here.
Cooke is pressing down on Sherington's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sherington looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherington is concentrating on defense, preventing Cooke from advancing position.
Cooke is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Sherington is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Samuel Cooke!
During a confident post fight interview, Samuel Cooke thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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