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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooper (ranked 619 p4p, 1825 weight class) and Monty Milano (ranked 37 p4p, 89 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Monty Milano!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Milano misses the target.
Cooper is looking to counter punch.
Cooper takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Matt Cooper has been cut.
Milano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Milano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Milano throws a hook but Cooper blocks it.
Milano throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooper throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Milano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooper thinking.
Cooper 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.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cooper with a nice calf kick.
Cooper moves into range and connects with a jab.
Milano looks to land a right hand but Cooper moved out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Milano blocks the leg kick.
Milano misses with an uppercut
and Cooper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Milano throws a jab when Cooper was well out of range.
Cooper went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Milano throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Cooper counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milano tries to clinch up but Cooper circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Milano.
Milano misses with a body shot
and Cooper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooper checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milano misses the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Milano.
Cooper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Milano.
Milano throws a big shot that misses.
Milano misses with a wild body shot.
Cooper defending well as Milano loads up on a big left hand.
Milano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cooper lands a nice looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Cooper as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Monty Milano has been cut.
Cooper throws a hook to the side of Milano's head but Milano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Milano throws a series of punches but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Milano as he avoids it easily.
Milano is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A slow jab from Cooper misses its intended target.
Milano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cooper counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Milano misses.
Milano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Milano wants to counter the offense by Cooper and move into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Milano has time to react.
Milano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooper.
Cooper misses with a looping left.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Cooper.
Milano misses the shot to the body.
Cooper moves away from the strike by Milano.
Milano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cooper throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Milano misses the target.
Monty Milano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooper misses with a few strikes there.
Cooper misses the jab.
Cooper dips to his left and cracks Milano with an uppercut!
Monty Milano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper misses with an uppercut.
Cooper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Milano swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Milano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milano throws an off balance right hand
and Cooper counters with a left to the body.
Milano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Milano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Milano cracks a nice hook into Cooper's ribs.
Cooper throws the left hand but Milano avoids the punch easily.
Milano is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cooper digs a good hook to Milano's body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cooper. That's going to slow Milano down.
Milano throws a looping overhand right but Cooper ducks down to avoid it.
Milano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooper.
Milano misses with a looping right.
Milano lands the left hand.
Cooper feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Milanos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Milano misses with a looping right.
Milano drops his hands momentarily and Cooper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Milano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Milano looks to throw the jab but Cooper is out of range.
Cooper misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a wild body shot.
Milano scores with a sloppy right hand. Cooper should have avoided that one.
Cooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cooper jabs Milano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Milano lands a really nice looking cross but Cooper seems unphased.
Cooper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Milano manages to avoid it.
Milano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Cooper misses its target.
Cooper needs to keep his hands up - Milano had a free shot at his head there.
Milano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Milano takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cooper wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milano throws an ugly left hook that misses
so Cooper counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Milano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cooper throwing strikes from guard but Milano blocks nicely.
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 Matt Cooper will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooper. Milano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooper fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Milano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cooper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Milano just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Milano misses with a two punch combination.
Milano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Milano slips a jab from Cooper.
Milano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Cooper was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Milano.
Milano throws an overhand right that lands on Cooper's shoulder, as Cooper tries to avoid the shot.
Milano throws a jab when Cooper was well out of range.
Milano takes one to the side of the head.
Matt Cooper is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooper misses with a hook. Milano ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Cooper misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cooper. That's going to slow Milano down.
Cooper just misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milano throws a hook to the side of Cooper's head but Cooper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper throws a quick inside leg kick.
Milano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Milano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cooper's hands.
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
Milano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Milano's hands.
Milano looks to land a left hand but Cooper moved out of range nicely.
Milano throws a lazy uppercut
and Cooper counters with a nice body shot.
Milano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Milano swings widly with a right hand
and Cooper counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A big left from Cooper misses.
Cooper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Milano.
Milano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milano is working Cooper over against the ropes.
Milano misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Milano is defending well for now.
Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper throws a big shot that misses.
Milano wants to counter with a clinch but Cooper pushes him away.
Good exchange - Milano coming out on top.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooper.
Milano throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Milano throws out a powerful jab.
Cooper scores with a body shot.
Milano misses the jab.
Cooper throwing a counter right hand but Milano manages to avoid it.
Cooper connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Milano avoids the body shot from Cooper.
Cooper looks to throw the jab but Milano is out of range.
Milano swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a straight left.
Milano blocks a jab.
Milano tries to counter with a clinch but Cooper shakes him off and moves away.
Milano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooper.
Milano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cooper to score with a decent uppercut.
Cooper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Milano.
Cooper connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Milano. That's going to slow Cooper down.
Milano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Milano throws a hook to the side of Cooper's head but Cooper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cooper feints and as Milano raises his hands in defense, Cooper changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cooper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Milano working a defensive guard here.
Cooper slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Milano tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cooper wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper trying to control the action but Milano is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Milano is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sloppy strikes there by Cooper.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Cooper scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cooper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Milano keeps working.
Cooper lands a few punches from side control.
Milano struggling a bit here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooper dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Milano looks to land a right hand but Cooper moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Milano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Cooper misses the target.
Cooper throws a hook to the side of Milano's head but Milano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Milano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Milano misses with an uppercut.
Milano misses with a straight left.
Milano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooper.
Cooper with a poor takedown
and Milano counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Milano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Milano moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Milano misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Milano scores with a jab to the head.
Cooper fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Milano on the side of the head.
A jab from Milano finds it's way through Cooper's defenses.
Milano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper fails with a takedown attempt.
Milano misses with a jab to the body
and Cooper counters with a low kick, right behind Milano 's knee.
Cooper drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Milano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Milano's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cooper under the eye.
Milano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cooper misses with a looping left.
The crowd cheers as Cooper lands an impressive looking overhand right. Milano doesn't seem phased though.
Milano looks to land a left hand but Cooper moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Milano misses.
Milano misses with a double jab
and Cooper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Milano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper lands a lovely overhand right.
Milano uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cooper has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Milano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooper.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Milano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Milano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooper.
Cooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper looks to land a right hand but Milano moved out of range.
Cooper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cooper stalks Milano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Milano's face. Milano staggers backwards, shaken.
Milano throws a jab when Cooper was well out of range.
Cooper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milano throws out the jab.
Cooper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Milano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Milano tries to counter with a clinch but Cooper shakes him off and moves away.
A jab from Milano misses.
Cooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper tests Milano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cooper misses with an uppercut. Milano saw that one coming.
Cooper looks to land a left hand but Milano moved out of range nicely.
Milano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooper.
Milano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a shot from downtown. Milano moves away and avoids it.
Milano looks to land a left hand but Cooper moved out of range nicely.
As Milano looks to move away, Cooper throws a big counter combo but Milano just gets out of the way.
Cooper ducks under a wild hook from Milano.
Cooper throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Milano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Milano throws out a loose jab but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooper moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Milano misses the target.
Milano throws a hook but Cooper blocks it.
Cooper digs a good body shot into Milano's ribs.
Milano misses with a hook.
Milano just misses with a punch to the body.
Milano misses with an uppercut.
Milano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooper.
Milano ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
Cooper fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Milano misses.
Milano takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milano throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Milano finds it's way through Cooper's defenses.
Cooper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cooper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Milano misses with an uppercut.
Monty Milano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Cooper misses.
Donk. Milano catches Cooper right on the button with a cross.
Matt Cooper's cut is getting worse.
Milano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Milano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Milano wants to clinch.
Matt Cooper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milano misses with an uppercut
and Cooper moves into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Cooper.
Well Cooper has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Cooper!
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hype
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