PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Curry
vs
Cooper

180 cm
20
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Colin Cooper!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry swinging wilding here.
Cooper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Curry swivels and escapes.
Cooper misses with an attempted mid kick.

Curry drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Curry trying to control the position but Cooper is working away.
Cooper prevents Curry from improving position.

Curry is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cooper is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cooper is trying to get back to half guard.
Curry tries to advance to mount but Cooper denies him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Curry taking a breather here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cooper thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Curry if he has to take too many more of those.
Cooper shoots in but Curry avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Curry gets the takedown into side control.
Cooper looks gassed!
You can see the frustration on Cooper's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Curry has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Curry moves out of range of the body kick.

Curry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Curry is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cooper flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is refusing to be controlled, as Curry sits in half guard.
Curry passes the guard and advances to mount!
Curry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cooper is squirming around, avoiding Curry's attempts to control the action.
Curry landing punches.
Curry landing strikes from the mount.
Curry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cooper wants to control but Curry is having none of it.
Curry lands with some strikes.
Cooper wants to hold on but Curry pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Curry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cooper tries to lock up and control but Curry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet.
Curry lands a big shot there that rocks Cooper but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Curry controlling his opponent.
Curry has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Curry with the ground and pound from mount.
Curry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Curry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cooper on the ground.
Curry looking to control but Cooper is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cooper tries to reverse the position but Curry maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Curry dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cooper tries to clinch up but Curry circles away and keeps his distance.

Cooper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Curry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Curry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Curry postures up and lands a big shot to Cooper's brow.
Cooper looking to control.
Curry pushes down on Cooper's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Curry seems to be working for a kimura but Cooper defends the submission attempt.
Curry drops an elbow to the side of Cooper's head.
Curry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooper on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cooper makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Arthur Curry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Curry swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
A head kick misses from Curry.
Curry lands a jab to Cooper's midsection.
Curry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Curry misses with a wild body shot.
Curry throws a head kick but Cooper moves out of range.

Curry scores a takedown into full mount!
Curry landing shots from mount.
Cooper is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry dominating with strikes here.
Cooper flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Cooper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Curry unloading with bombs!
Curry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!Cooper tries to hold on but Curry pushes him away.
Curry content just to control the position here.
Curry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cooper is looking to improve his position but Curry isn't that keen on the idea.
Curry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Curry cracks Cooper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Curry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Curry lands with some strikes.
Curry content just to control the position here.
Cooper is working to get back to half guard.
Cooper sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Curry tries to pass to full mount but Cooper defends it.
Curry drops an elbow to the side of Cooper's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooper wants to control but Curry is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry is taking a breather. Cooper says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cooper tries to get to full guard but Curry has control of the leg.
Curry scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Cooper actively working from the bottom here.
Cooper looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooper wants to control but Curry is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Curry throws a leg kick but Cooper sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Curry dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cooper shoots in but no luck this time.
Colin Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curry's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Curry duly obliges.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Curry keeps it at a distance.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cooper forces Curry back against the cage and clinches.
Curry has Cooper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cooper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cooper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curry.
Cooper misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper drops down looking for an ankle pick but Curry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Curry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cooper as he avoids it easily.

Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
Cooper stops a takedown attempt from Curry.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Curry. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry wants to get back to striking at distance but Cooper won't allow it.
Cooper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Curry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper fails to pull guard.
Cooper looking to slow down the pace here.

Curry pulls Cooper into guard.
Curry lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cooper!
Curry landing strikes from the mount and Cooper is in trouble!
Cooper is looking to get to half guard.
Curry is landing with some decent strikes but Cooper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Curry trying to control but Cooper is having none of it.
Arthur Curry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Curry wants to finish this one by submission but Cooper is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Curry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cooper?
Curry controlling the position easily from mount.
Cooper manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Curry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cooper trying to control but Curry postures up.
Curry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cooper trying to hold on to Curry's head to control him but Curry postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry trying to control the action but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Curry is thwarting Cooper's attempts to control the position.
Curry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cooper trying to control here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cooper stuffs the takedown.

Cooper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Curry, pushing him back against the cage.
Cooper gets underhooks to prevent Curry's takedown attempt.
Curry has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cooper avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Curry wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cooper looking to stall.
Curry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Curry wants to break free but Cooper has control.
Curry drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cooper gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Curry wants to get back to striking at distance but Cooper won't allow it.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but Curry blocks it.
Curry has had enough of the clinch but Cooper keeps him there for the moment.
Cooper drops down looking for an ankle pick but Curry pulls his leg out and moves away.
A punch combination from Curry misses.
Cooper scoring well with a low kick there.

Cooper moves into the clinch successfully.
Colin Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Colin Cooper.
I think Curry has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Curry!