PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Mad Onion (ranked 694 p4p, 603 weight class) and Matt Cooper (ranked 30 p4p, 25 weight class). Matt Cooper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mad Onion
vs
Cooper

192 cm
36
275
40 - 26 - 0

195 cm
25
270
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Akuma Wear
Voodoo Nutrition

Close Combat Fight gear
AVALON

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Mad Onion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Mad Onion.
Mad Onion chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooper avoids the head kick by Mad Onion.
Mad Onion throws a wild body kick that Cooper sees coming a mile off.
Cooper takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Matt Cooper has been cut.
Mad Onion tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper throws an overhand right that lands on Mad Onion's shoulder, as Mad Onion tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Mad Onion. Those never looked like landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mad Onion throws a leg kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Mad Onion misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Cooper on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cooper has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cooper stalling against the cage.
Cooper is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mad Onion with a knee to the head.
Mad Onion landing knees to the body.
Cooper takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper avoiding damage as Mad Onion throws knees to the body.
Mad Onion lands a good knee to the midsection. Cooper won't want to take too many of those.
Cooper looks winded!
Mad Onion lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mad Onion prevents a body shot from Cooper.
Mad Onion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mad Onion gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Matt Cooper's cut even more.
Mad Onion creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cooper's defenses.

The cut above Matt Cooper's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Matt Cooper's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luke Mad Onion!
During a confident post fight interview, Luke Mad Onion thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.