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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between King Cozzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JP Sopa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cozzy comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't no Stoppin us now. JP Sopa looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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169 cm
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139 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Cozzy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JP Sopa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cozzy scores with a one two! Sopa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like JP Sopa has been cut.
Cozzy lands a head kick. Sopa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cozzy feints and as Sopa raises his hands in defense, Cozzy changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sopa is rocked!
Cozzy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sopa looks gassed!
Cozzy trying to control the action but Sopa is working from the bottom.
Cozzy goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sopa rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Cozzy's guard! Nice work there by Sopa!
Sopa prevents Cozzy from getting back to his feet.
Sopa wanted to stand there but Cozzy had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sopa postures up.
Cozzy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sopa is controlling him.
Sopa decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cozzy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sopa defends it nicely.
Cozzy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sopa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sopa looks to score with a jab to the body but Cozzy is just out of range.
Cozzy takes the fight into the clinch.
Cozzy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cozzy throws a sloppy head kick and Sopa moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sopa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cozzy ducks under a wild hook from Sopa.
Sopa tries to score with a low kick but Cozzy moves his leg out of the way.
Sopa swats away the attempt to clinch by Cozzy.
Sopa throws a combination that misses
and Cozzy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sopa throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Cozzy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cozzy.
Cozzy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cozzy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sopa keeping moving, preventing Cozzy from controlling successfully.
Sopa is working an open guard so Cozzy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cozzy cracks the inside of Sopa's front leg.
Sopa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
JP Sopa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sopa throws out a loose jab but Cozzy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cozzy lands a nice looking body kick.
Sopa gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cozzy counters with a two punch combo.
Cozzy looks to land a combination but Sopa avoids it well.
Sopa misses with an uppercut. Cozzy saw that one coming.
Cozzy scores with a nice head shot.
Cozzy looks to score with a jab to the body but Sopa is just out of range.
No joy there for Sopa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cozzy shoots for a double leg takedown but Sopa sprawls well. He's pushed Cozzy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cozzy closes the distance and clinches.
Sopa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sopa prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Cozzy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cozzy cracks Sopa with a nice body shot.
Cozzy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sopa.
Cozzy is trying to break the clinch but Sopa has him pressed against the cage.
Sopa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Sopa fails to land.
Cozzy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sopa wants to break free but Cozzy has control.
Sopa is trying to stall.
Sopa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sopa trying to stall but Cozzy improves his position.
Cozzy is trying to break the clinch but Sopa is controlling him.
Cozzy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King Cozzy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Sopa does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Cozzy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JP Sopa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cozzy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sopa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sopa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cozzy can pounce on him.
Cozzy scores with a jab to the body.
Cozzy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sopa throws a nice looking combination but Cozzy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sopa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cozzy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cozzy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cozzy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cozzy cracks Sopa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice body punch from Cozzy.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sopa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nice body kick from Cozzy.
Sopa throws a head kick that misses.
Cozzy throws a head kick that Sopa semi-blocks.
Cozzy connects with a high kick.
Cozzy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sopa throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sopa throws a head kick that misses.
Cozzy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sopa throws the left hand but Cozzy avoids the punch easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cozzy!
Cozzy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sopa sprawls well. Sopa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cozzy gets slowly back to his feet.
Sopa throws out a loose jab but Cozzy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cozzy lands a slapping body shot.
Sopa misses with a hook. Cozzy ducked under it nicely.
Sopa throws a head kick that misses
and Cozzy counters with a stiff right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Sopa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sopa is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sopa throws a head kick that misses
and Cozzy counters with a straight right hand.
Sopa keeps the fight on the outside.
Cozzy rushes Sopa and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cozzy wants to break free but Sopa has control.
Cozzy can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Cozzy.
Cozzy tries to break free but Sopa pushes him back against the cage.
Sopa can't break the clinch.
Sopa being controlled against the cage.
Cozzy stalling in the clinch but Sopa improves position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sopa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cozzy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cozzy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cozzy tries to circle away but Sopa has him pinned against the cage.
Sopa keeps control of Cozzy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sopa is trying to break free.
Cozzy has had enough of the clinch but Sopa keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cozzy manages to break the clinch.
Sopa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cozzy moves away.
Cozzy lands with a slapping head kick.
Cozzy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cozzy tries to clinch up.
Cozzy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sopa tries to avoid it but Cozzy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sopa to the ground. Sopa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Cozzy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sopa throws a leg kick
so Cozzy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sopa wriggles free and stands up.
Cozzy looks to land a combination. Sopa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sopa throws a chopping leg kick but Cozzy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sopa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cozzy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cozzy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sopa on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sopa wants to get back to his feet.
Cozzy wants to get back to his feet.
Cozzy wants to pass to mount but Sopa is defending the position.
Cozzy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Cozzy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on JP Sopa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cozzy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sopa.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cozzy.
Cozzy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cozzy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sopa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cozzy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sopa, up you get!
Cozzy moves into the clinch.
Cozzy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cozzy.
Sopa avoids the head kick by Cozzy.
Sopa swings for the body but Cozzy moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cozzy has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cozzy lands a body shot.
Cozzy lands an elbow that stopped Sopa in his tracks for a moment.
Sopa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sopa is trying to break free.
Sopa tries to break the clinch but Cozzy is controlling the position.
Cozzy tightens his grip and picks Sopa up, before dumping him to the ground. Sopa manages to land in guard.
Sopa pushes Cozzy off and scrambles back to his feet.
Cozzy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cozzy scores with a leg kick.
Cozzy misses with a looping left.
King Cozzy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sopa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sopa misses with a body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cozzy. Sopa shrugs it off though.
Cozzy slips a jab from Sopa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cozzy scores with a head kick.
Sopa moves out of range of the body kick from Cozzy.
Sopa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sopa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sopa stuffs the takedown attempt from Cozzy. Cozzy gets slowly back to his feet.
Cozzy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sopa throws a looping overhand right but Cozzy ducks down to avoid it.
Sopa takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sopa throws a jab but it's blocked by Cozzy.
Cozzy scores with a three punch combo!
Cozzy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sopa's half guard.
Cozzy is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Sopa as he works his way to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sopa wants to stand but Cozzy is controlling the position.
Sopa keeping moving, preventing Cozzy from controlling successfully.
Cozzy won't allow Sopa to get back to his feet.
Cozzy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cozzy wants to stand but Sopa has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sopa pushes Cozzy off and gets back to his feet.
Sopa looks to score with a jab to the body but Cozzy is just out of range.
Cozzy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sopa's head.
Sopa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cozzy counters with a nice body shot.
Sopa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cozzy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sopa circles away quickly and effectively.
Cozzy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
JP Sopa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King Cozzy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cozzy lands with a nice body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
King Cozzy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cozzy 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Cozzy!
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