PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Cooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladik Fedotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cooney
vs
Fedotov

180 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

184 cm
25
184 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Real Fighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jamie Cooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladik Fedotov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooney throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fedotov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooney checks it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooney.
Cooney misses with a lunging right hand
and Fedotov counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cooney shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fedotov sprawls well. Fedotov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cooney gets slowly back to his feet.
Fedotov tries to clinch but Cooney moves out of range.
Fedotov throws a lazy head kick
and Cooney counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fedotov's knee momentarily.
Fedotov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fedotov wants it to stay on the feet.
Fedotov tries to work over Cooney's front leg with a kick but Cooney checks it.
Cooney checks a leg kick nicely.
Fedotov throws a body kick that misses.
Cooney connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cooney tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fedotov is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooney tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fedotov slips under a jab.
Fedotov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cooney throws a hook but Fedotov avoids it easily.
Cooney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fedotov.
Cooney throws the kick towards the body but Fedotov avoids it.
Cooney lands a nice shot that snaps Fedotov's head back.
Cooney wants to slow Fedotov down by chopping away at his legs.

Fedotov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cooney, pushing him back against the cage.
Cooney misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooney misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fedotov throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooney tries to circle away but Fedotov has him pinned against the cage.
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.

Cooney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fedotov can pounce on him.
Cooney throws a lazy body kick
and Fedotov counters with a solid body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body kick there by Cooney.
Cooney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fedotov tries to work over Cooney's front leg with a kick but Cooney checks it.

Fedotov rushes Cooney and presses him up against the cage.
Fedotov throws an elbow but it misses.
Fedotov has Cooney pressed against the cage, preventing Cooney from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fedotov throws an elbow but misses.
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fedotov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cooney misses with a body punch.
Fedotov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jamie Cooney has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fedotov throws an elbow but misses.
Fedotov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooney.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooney avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fedotov's elbow.
Fedotov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fedotov misses with an elbow over the top.
Fedotov scores with a knee to the head.
Cooney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooney pushes Fedotov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fedotov looking to throw knees to the head but Cooney is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fedotov obliges.
Fedotov lands a damaging elbow.
Cooney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vladik Fedotov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jamie Cooney's cut.
That's time! Cooney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A big right from Cooney misses.
Fedotov tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooney wants to slow Fedotov down by chopping away at his legs.
Cooney throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fedotov blocks a jab.
Fedotov tries to clinch there but Cooney circles away.
Cooney circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Fedotov as Cooney shoots in.

Cooney dives in and scores a takedown into Fedotov's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fedotov wants to stand and escape but Cooney is having none of it.
Fedotov has Cooney pulled in close to control his posture.
Cooney throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooney wants to pass the guard but Fedotov is keeping the position.
Cooney trying to control but Fedotov is working from the bottom.
Cooney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cooney trying to control the position from guard on top but Fedotov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fedotov is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov seems keen to control Cooney's posture.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fedotov misses with a low kick.
Fedotov tries to clinch up.
Cooney lands a head shot.

Fedotov clinches.

Cooney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vladik Fedotov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fedotov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cooney finds it's way round the side to connect with Fedotov's head.
Fedotov checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooney misses the shot to the body.
Cooney fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov tries to clinch but Cooney is having none of it.
Fedotov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cooney connects with a leg kick. Fedotov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fedotov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fedotov tries to clinch but Cooney moves out of range.
Fedotov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cooney.
Cooney wants to land a leg kick but Fedotov is out of range.
Cooney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fedotov throws a low kick but Cooney avoids it.
Fedotov throws a low kick but Cooney moves out of range easily.
Cooney keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov throws a wild body kick that Cooney sees coming a mile off.
Fedotov leaves Cooney with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Cooney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fedotov keeps Cooney at a distance using the push kick.
Fedotov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fedotov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cooney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooney shoots in for a takedown but Fedotov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jamie Cooney is winning the standup battle so far.

Fedotov rushes Cooney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedotov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fedotov throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Cooney dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Cooney's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cooney connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fedotov. Fedotov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fedotov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cooney throws a solid leg kick but Fedotov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cooney.
Fedotov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fedotov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cooney fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fedotov avoids it really well and circles away.
Cooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooney looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good shot there by Cooney.
Fedotov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cooney.
Fedotov misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fedotov.
Fedotov scores with a head kick. Cooney tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fedotov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fedotov connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fedotov.
Fedotov lands a front kick.
Fedotov tries to clinch but Cooney moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cooney crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fedotov - the referee stops the clock and Cooney gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fedotov. Cooney manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fedotov is looking to chop away at Cooney's legs.
Fedotov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooney's sensitive parts.
Cooney shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fedotov sprawls well. Fedotov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cooney gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fedotov misses with a body kick.
That kick from Fedotov tenderised Cooney's leg. Cooney is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cooney pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fedotov lands a high kick!
Cooney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fedotov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cooney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fedotov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fedotov feints and then cracks Cooney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cooney down.
Fedotov blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Cooney.
Fedotov tries to clinch up but Cooney circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooney misses with a straight right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooney.
Cooney is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cooney throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fedotov.
Cooney throws a push kick but Fedotov slaps the foot to one side.

Fedotov tries to sprawl but Cooney drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fedotov tries to kick Cooney off but Cooney keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fedotov wants to control but Cooney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fedotov makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fedotov.
Fedotov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooney postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov pulls Cooney in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fedotov keeping moving, preventing Cooney from controlling successfully.
Cooney makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedotov has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladik Fedotov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fedotov 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladik Fedotov!
A victorious Vladik Fedotov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.