PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Butterbean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Butterbean
vs
Cooper

225 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
299 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Advantage XXX nutrition
Advantage XXX nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Butterbean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Butterbean has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cooper gets underhooks to prevent Butterbean's takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Butterbean throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Butterbean lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Harry Cooper has been cut.
Butterbean scores with a knee to the head.
Cooper wants to break free but Butterbean has control.
Butterbean is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Butterbean landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Butterbean.
Knees to the body from Butterbean.
Cooper tries to pull guard but Butterbean holds him up against the cage and eventually Cooper drops back down to his feet.

Butterbean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Butterbean gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cooper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper walks forward, straight into a front kick from Butterbean.
A head kick misses from Cooper.
Butterbean tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooper looks gassed!

Butterbean closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Butterbean.
Cooper tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Butterbean just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brock Butterbean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Cooper.

Butterbean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Butterbean misses with a takedown attempt - Cooper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Butterbean throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Butterbean fails in his attempt to clinch.

Butterbean moves into range and clinches up with Cooper.
Butterbean with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cooper tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Butterbean just stands there and leans against the cage.

Butterbean manages to break the clinch.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Butterbean avoids them all with ease.
Butterbean tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Cooper misses.
Butterbean clinches but Cooper breaks the clinch
and Cooper counters with a left and a right that stings Butterbean.
Cooper throws a lazy head kick
and Butterbean counters with a leg kick.

Butterbean clinches up with Cooper and pushes him back against the cage.
Butterbean throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Butterbean.
Cooper is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Butterbean pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cooper tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cooper is working for takedown but Butterbean is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cooper is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cooper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Butterbean throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cooper blocks it with crossed arms.
Cooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Butterbean is pressed up against the cage. Cooper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Butterbean down to the mat. Butterbean avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cooper sizes up Butterbean with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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!
Butterbean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Butterbean is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper misses with a head kick.
Cooper fails to land with a series of punches.
Butterbean drops his hands momentarily and Cooper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Butterbean is rocked!
Cooper throws a lazy head kick

and Butterbean moves into the clinch.
Butterbean missing with knees to the body.
Cooper tries to break the clinch but Butterbean is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Butterbean with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cooper tries to pull guard but Butterbean holds him up against the cage and eventually Cooper drops back down to his feet.
Butterbean stalling.
Butterbean lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Butterbean is stalling here.
Cooper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Butterbean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harry Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper misses with the combination.
Cooper misses with a two punch combination.

Butterbean drives through and clinches with Cooper against the cage.
Butterbean taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cooper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Butterbean drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cooper gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cooper prevents the takedown attempt.
Butterbean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cooper's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper fails to pull guard.
Butterbean scores with a knee to the head.
Butterbean lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Butterbean.
Cooper prevents a takedown attempt there.
Butterbean gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cooper.
Cooper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cooper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Butterbean prevents Cooper from breaking the clinch.
Butterbean wants to stall.
Cooper tries for a takedown. No joy.
Butterbean wants a takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cooper jumps guard and drags Butterbean to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Cooper throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Cooper seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brock Butterbean will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harry Cooper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cooper fails to land the takedown.
Harry Cooper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cooper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Butterbean gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Butterbean takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Butterbean shoots for a double leg takedown but Cooper sprawls well. He's pushed Butterbean's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cooper keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cooper stuffs the takedown.
Butterbean tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Butterbean.
Cooper throws out a powerful jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooper walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Butterbean drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Cooper swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Butterbean's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Cooper!