PBP Commentary

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

Cooney
vs
Huge

180 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

177 cm
26
176 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Huge!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooney takes a kick to the side of the head.

Huge instigates a clinch.
Huge tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Huge working aggressively here.
Huge slows down the pace here.
Cooney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cooney managing to block the knees to the body from Huge.

Cooney manages to break the clinch.
Huge misses with a few strikes there.
Nice uppercut there from Cooney.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooney lands a leg kick that knocks Huge off balance momentarily.
Cooney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cooney gets a double leg takedown into Huge's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cooney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cooney avoids a series of strikes thrown by Huge.
Cooney is in all sorts of trouble here.
Huge scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cooney?
Cooney avoids a series of strikes thrown by Huge.
Huge thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Cooney tries to reverse the position but Huge maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huge looking to finish with strikes here!
Huge avoids the attempt from Cooney to control.
Huge landing punches.
Poor strikes thrown by Huge there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
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!
Cooney slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Huge trying to control from half guard but Cooney is working away.
Huge throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Huge looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Huge is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cooney doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Huge.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooney slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Huge trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Huge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Huge must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Huge trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cooney working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Huge.
Huge trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huge trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cooney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Huge wants to control from the top but Cooney keeps moving.
Huge has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cooney is proving hard to escape from.
Cooney wants to sweep here but Huge controlling him for the moment.
Huge wants to control from the top but Cooney keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Matt Huge.

Huge instigates a clinch.
Huge misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Huge dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Huge pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cooney back to the cage. Huge follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Huge tries to clinch there but Cooney circles away.
Huge misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cooney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cooney keeps the fight on the outside.

Huge moves into the clinch.
Huge tries to land knees in the clinch but Cooney avoids the damage to the body.

Cooney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooney swats away the attempt to clinch by Huge.
Huge pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Huge throws a hook to the side of Cooney's head but Cooney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick by Huge misses
and Cooney counters with a big head kick but Huge shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Cooney.

Huge clinches up with Cooney and pushes him back against the cage.
Huge tries to break the clinch but Cooney is controlling the position.
Huge misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge tries a knee to the head but Cooney blocks it.
Huge tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Huge using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cooney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cooney taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cooney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huge with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Huge wants to get back to striking at distance but Cooney won't allow it.
Huge throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huge is breathing heavily.
Cooney pushes Huge back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooney lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Huge misses with a knee strike.
Huge with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Huge throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huge tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Come on Cooney - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cooney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matt Huge seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Huge pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matt Huge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooney changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Huge tries to avoid it but Cooney manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Huge to the ground. Huge escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Huge swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cooney counters with a good low kick that Huge was not able to check.

Cooney closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooney is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Cooney throws an elbow but Huge slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooney is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Huge will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Huge parries the strikes from Cooney easily there. Cooney is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Huge to escape.
Huge is looking to get back to his feet here but Cooney is keeping cool and he's managed to take Huge's back.
Cooney lands with a hammerfist to the side of Huge's head.
Jamie Cooney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooney trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Huge takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Cooney lands punches and elbows.
Cooney controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooney punches the canvas rather than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Cooney dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cooney misses with a low kick.
Huge throws an overhand right that lands on Cooney's shoulder, as Cooney tries to avoid the shot.
Cooney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Huge throws out the jab.
Huge moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Huge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Huge tries to clinch
and Cooney counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cooney tries to land a front kick but Huge steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cooney is looking to land body kicks.
Cooney smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Huge is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Huge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Huge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huge moves out of range of the body kick from Cooney.
Huge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Huge gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooney is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Huge is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cooney slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Huge shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cooney eats them both and turns towards Huge to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooney lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cooney scoring well with a low kick there.
Huge misses with a double jab.
Huge throws a sloppy head kick and Cooney moves out of range easily.
Huge takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Huge throws a half hearted mid kick.

Cooney manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Huge on his heels. He'll look to pass Huge's guard now, I'm sure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooney forces his way into half guard.
Cooney is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cooney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooney is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Huge!
Cooney trying to control but Huge is having none of it.
Huge is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Cooney scoring with strikes but Huge is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooney working Huge over with strikes here.
Huge wants to try and get back to his feet.
Cooney controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Cooney.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poor strikes thrown by Cooney there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Cooney showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cooney 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Cooney!