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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Cooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake has chosen Blitzkrieg Bop as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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180 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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175 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Dangerous GnP
Good low kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jamie Cooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nick Drake!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cooney counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Drake's guard now.
Drake working a defensive guard here.
Cooney slips nicely into half guard.
Cooney stalling away here and it's allowed Drake to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Drake has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake keeping moving, preventing Cooney from controlling successfully.
Cooney wants to pass the guard but Drake is keeping the position.
Cooney's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Drake keeping full guard, as Cooney tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jamie Cooney.
Cooney shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Drake is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cooney trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooney throws a big right hand that misses.
Drake has a closed guard, preventing Cooney from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cooney postures up in Drake's guard and throws a big left but Drake blocks it.
Cooney lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cooney is fighting to break Drake's control of his arms but Drake is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cooney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drake swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cooney darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooney trying to control the action but Drake is working from the bottom.
Drake is trying to control but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, if Cooney is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Cooney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Cooney dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cooney has closed the distance and engaged Drake in a clinch.
Cooney lands a takedown into guard.
Jamie Cooney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cooney being controlled here momentarily.
Cooney is looking to work some ground and pound but Drake has wrist control.
Cooney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Drake trying to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooney wants to control from the top but Drake keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cooney gets a takedown into half guard.
Drake manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cooney wants to pass the guard but Drake is keeping the position.
Cooney trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drake wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Drake has his hands on Cooney's head, controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jamie Cooney.
Cooney shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Drake napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cooney tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cooney has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooney stands up and we're back to a striking position.
A head kick misses from Drake.
Cooney shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cooney showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooney throws a strike but Drake avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Cooney dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Cooney shoots in and gets a takedown into Drake's guard.
Cooney wants to pass the guard but Drake is keeping the position.
Cooney trying to control the position from guard on top but Drake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drake has his hands on Cooney's head, controlling the position.
Cooney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drake swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jamie Cooney.
Cooney closes the distance and clinches.
Cooney taking a breather.
Cooney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooney lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Drake on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Drake blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cooney.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooney seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Drake does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nick Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cooney wants to free his trapped foot but Drake is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Drake avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cooney.
Cooney trying to control the action but Drake is working from the bottom.
Jamie Cooney has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Cooney changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Drake looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooney slows the pace down.
Cooney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drake can do to turn this around?
Cooney tries to move to full mount but Drake actually manages to regain half guard.
Cooney is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cooney is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooney trying to control the action but Drake is working from the bottom.
Cooney working the head and body with strikes.
Drake is not content to let Cooney control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake trying to hold on to Cooney's head to control him but Cooney postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Cooney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cooney has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Cooney!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
28% |
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