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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cooper Roos (ranked 102 p4p, 34 weight class) and Arthur Menezes (ranked 13 p4p, 6 weight class). Roos comes to the cage accompanied by EASY MONEY. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cooper Roos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Menezes!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menezes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Menezes punishes Roos's body with a nice straight punch.
Roos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Menezes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Menezes.
Menezes fails to land the takedown.
Roos lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Menezes works Roos's body with a nice hook.
Roos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Menezes fails with a takedown attempt.
Menezes's corner calls for a 1-2. Menezes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Menezes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Menezes jabs at Roos's body.
Roos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Menezes.
Menezes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roos lands a shoulder strike.
Menezes fails to pull guard.
Cooper Roos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Menezes.
A shot in the inside from Menezes.
Roos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Menezes moves to clinch but Roos breaks away
and Roos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Roos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Menezes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roos scrambles back to his feet.
Menezes just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Roos misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - Roos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Roos.
Roos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Menezes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roos lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Menezes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roos.
Roos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menezes tries to clinch
and Roos counters with a stiff right hand.
Menezes shoots and misses
and Menezes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Roos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Menezes sizes up Roos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Menezes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Roos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Menezes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A leg kick checked by Menezes.
Nice takedown defense from Roos. No joy for Menezes on that attempt.
Roos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The fighters circling - Roos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Menezes.
Menezes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes throws a poor cross that misses
and Roos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Menezes looks winded!
Menezes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Roos lands with a right hand.
Roos walks into a straight right hand from Menezes.
Menezes with a hook.
Roos misses with a straight right.
Menezes is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nice cross by Menezes.
Roos lets loose with a powerful body kick. Menezes will feel that in the morning.
Horrible takedown attempt by Menezes or perhaps it was just good defense by Roos, which made it look bad.
Menezes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Roos is looking to land body kicks.
And Menezes tries to counter it with a takedown but Roos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Roos misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circle momentarily. Menezes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Menezes rushes Roos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Menezes wants to stall.
Menezes stalling the fight.
Menezes digs a right hand into Roos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roos's gas tank.
Roos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Menezes lands a nice shot to the body.
Menezes throws a hook to the side of Roos's head but Roos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Menezes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Roos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roos slaps away a takedown attempt from Menezes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menezes lands a jab.
Roos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Menezes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arthur Menezes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Menezes punishes Roos's body with a nice straight punch.
Menezes tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Roos defends well and Menezes ends up having to push Roos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Roos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Menezes.
Roos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Menezes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roos.
Menezes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Menezes lands a jab.
Roos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menezes misses with a takedown attempt
and Roos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cooper Roos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Menezes.
Menezes lands with a nice body punch.
Roos slips a straight right by Menezes.
Roos is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Menezes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roos can pounce on him.
Menezes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roos as he jumps to the side.
Menezes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roos connects with a looping right hand.
Menezes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Menezes misses with a takedown attempt - Roos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Roos throws a body kick that misses.
Cooper Roos is winning the standup battle so far.
Roos takes a swing at Menezes's ribcage but misses.
Menezes blocks the body kick.
Menezes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roos connects with a right hand. Menezes shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donk. Menezes catches Roos right on the button with a cross.
Menezes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roos as he jumps to the side.
Menezes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roos throws out the jab.
Roos slips under a jab.
Menezes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Roos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Menezes cracks Roos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Menezes tries to clinch but Roos moves out of range.
Menezes takes one to the side of the head.
Menezes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Menezes looks to clinch
and Roos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Menezes is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Roos's waist but Roos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Menezes off to one side.
Menezes connects with a nice looking jab.
Menezes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Menezes changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Menezes lands a jab to Roos's midsection.
Menezes shoots and misses
and Roos counters with a crisp right hand that drops Menezes! Roos lets Menezes back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Menezes is still on wobbly legs! Can Roos finish him?
Menezes is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Menezes stuns Roos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roos lands a body shot.
Menezes seems to have recovered his senses.
Menezes slips a jab from Roos.
Roos slips under a jab.
Nice body punch from Menezes.
Menezes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Roos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good standup being displayed there by Menezes as he connects with a hook.
Cooper Roos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Menezes misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roos cracks Menezes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Menezes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roos throws a head kick but Menezes moves out of range.
Menezes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Menezes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Menezes swings for the body but Roos moves out of range.
Menezes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Menezes cracks Roos with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roos avoids the body shot from Menezes.
Roos is looking to counter punch.
A shot to the liver by Menezes. Beautiful body shot.
Roos lands a nice shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cooper Roos dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Roos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Roos misses the target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Menezes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roos moves away.
Menezes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roos was well out of range. Poor timing from Menezes.
Roos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab, jab by Roos - just one landing.
Roos throws a right and a left that Menezes avoids nicely.
Menezes moves out of range as Roos throws a body kick.
Menezes tests Roos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Menezes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Menezes misses with a hook
and Roos counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menezes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Arthur Menezes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Menezes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roos.
Menezes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Roos defends it well.
Menezes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roos cracks a nice hook into Menezes's ribs.
Roos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roos throws out the jab.
Roos's corner calls for a 1-2. Roos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Menezes closes the distance and clinches up with Roos, looking for a takedown. Menezes pushes Roos against the cage but Roos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Roos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Menezes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick step to the side and Roos tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Menezes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Menezes misses with a takedown
and Roos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooper Roos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Menezes.
Roos cracks Menezes on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Menezes falls backwards against the cage. Roos follows up with more strikes that drop Menezes to his knees. Roos keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Menezes! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cooper Roos!
Cooper Roos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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