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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cash Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper has chosen big things poppin as his entrance music. Junior Dos Santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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193 cm
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239 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
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225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cash Cooper! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Cooper. Cooper gets slowly back to his feet. Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cooper counters with a nice double leg into half guard. The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup. Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cooper moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dos Santos throws a low kick but Cooper moves out of range easily. Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos dips to his left and cracks Cooper with an uppercut!
It looks like Cash Cooper has been cut. Dos Santos throws a right and a left that Cooper avoids nicely. Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet. Dos Santos swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Cooper fails with a takedown attempt. Junior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cash Cooper.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cooper counters with a left and a right that stings Dos Santos. Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss. Junior Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Cooper looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dos Santos! This has been an exciting period of action! You get the feeling that Dos Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Cooper is stalling here but it's allowed Dos Santos to get half guard.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up here but Cooper is controlling him well. Cooper should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Cash Cooper hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Cooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos feints with a jab and clips Cooper right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Cooper is sent crashing into the canvas and Dos Santos leaps in for the kill! Cooper tries to get to his feet but Dos Santos is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Cooper is in need of a savior and steps in!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Dos Santos!
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C
A |
G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
30% |
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