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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desean Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gareth McLellan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McLellan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Soulja Boy(crank that)-Soulja Boy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
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220 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Desean Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gareth McLellan!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooper is looking to clinch but McLellan is avoiding it.
Cooper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McLellan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cooper throws a right and a left that McLellan avoids nicely.
Cooper misses with a double jab.
Cooper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooper throws a body punch but McLellan moves out of range.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
McLellan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cooper.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper instigates a clinch.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but McLellan has him pressed against the cage.
McLellan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cooper tries to break free but McLellan pushes him back against the cage.
McLellan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooper misses with a double jab
and McLellan counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLellan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cooper's efforts to push away.
McLellan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooper misses with the combination.
Cooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and McLellan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McLellan.
Cooper tries to break free but McLellan pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McLellan crunches a lovely knee into Cooper's ribcage.
McLellan is struggling to control the position.
Cooper is trying to break free.
McLellan slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLellan keeps control of Cooper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Desean Cooper dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cooper throws a nice looking combination but McLellan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cooper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McLellan moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from McLellan.
McLellan breaks the clinch.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper throws a right hand that McLellan ducks under and follows up with a left that McLellan also avoids with ease.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper falls off balance throwing a combination
and McLellan counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLellan breaks from the clinch.
McLellan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Desean Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and McLellan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McLellan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cooper working hard to break the clinch.
McLellan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McLellan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper takes a swing at McLellan's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - McLellan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McLellan avoids the body shot from Cooper.
Cooper swinging wildly here.
McLellan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
Desean Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLellan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooper is looking to wear down McLellan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McLellan keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a straight left.
McLellan tries to clinch but Cooper is having none of it.
McLellan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper throws a series of punches but McLellan avoids them all with ease.
McLellan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McLellan breaks the clinch.
Cooper misses the shot to the body.
McLellan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cooper is trying to break the clinch but McLellan has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is trying to force a seperation but McLellan has the dominant position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McLellan breaks from the clinch.
Cooper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McLellan counters with a big head kick but Cooper shrugs it off.
Cooper misses with a double jab.
Cooper throws a series of punches but McLellan avoids them all with ease.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth McLellan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cooper misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Cooper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cooper looks to land a combination but McLellan avoids it well.
Cooper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cooper throws a right and a left that McLellan avoids nicely.
Cooper looks to score with a jab to the body but McLellan is just out of range.
Cooper throws a series of punches but McLellan moves out of range.
Cooper throws a body punch but McLellan moves out of range.
Cooper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - McLellan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cooper throws a combination that misses
and McLellan counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLellan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McLellan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McLellan tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
McLellan pushes Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
McLellan prevents Cooper from breaking the clinch.
Cooper is trying to break free.
McLellan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLellan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McLellan misses with a knee strike.
McLellan has Cooper pressed against the cage, preventing Cooper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McLellan breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLellan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McLellan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McLellan dodges the punch combination from Cooper.
Cooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and McLellan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McLellan.
McLellan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McLellan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLellan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McLellan is looking to clinch.
Cooper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McLellan.
Cooper misses with a combination
and McLellan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cooper is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A combination from Cooper does no damage.
Cooper misses the shot to the body.
McLellan doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooper circles away.
Cooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and McLellan counters by clinching up.
McLellan missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gareth McLellan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McLellan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gareth McLellan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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