PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chapa Coco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Roper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chapa Coco had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Coco
vs
Roper

180 cm
27
178 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

182 cm
27
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

El Zoido's Feeble Fightwear *** ROUPA DOS BROTHER*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chapa Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Roper!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Coco counters by moving into the clinch.
Coco is trying to drag Roper to the mat but Roper just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Roper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Roper wants to break free but Coco has control.
Roper is trying to break free.
Coco looking for a takedown.
Roper is trying to force a seperation but Coco has the dominant position.
Roper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Roper is trying to break the clinch but Coco has him pressed against the ropes.
Roper is trying to break the clinch but Coco is controlling him.
Coco tries to pull guard but Roper holds him up against the ropes and eventually Coco drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chapa Coco. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Coco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Coco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Coco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roper scores with the left hand. Coco knows he should have avoided that one.
Roper scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roper stuffs the takedown attempt from Coco. Coco gets slowly back to his feet.
Roper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roper scores with a punch to the head.

Roper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roper keeping moving, preventing Coco from controlling successfully.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Coco postures up and lands a big shot to Roper's brow.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Coco stops Roper from standing up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Roper looks winded!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Coco cracks Roper with a solid left hand.
Coco chips away with some ground and pound.
Roper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Coco is controlling him.
Roper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Roper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coco.
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco postures up and lands a big shot to Roper's brow.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Coco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roper's head.
Roper wants to stand and escape but Coco is having none of it.
Coco works over Roper with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Coco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco is looking to work some ground and pound but Roper has wrist control.
Roper wants to stand up but Coco is controlling him.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Coco is working Roper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Coco throws a big elbow that misses.
Coco keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roper's head.
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco throwing strikes but missing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Coco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Coco landing with the ground and pound.
Roper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Coco postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Coco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Coco throws a big elbow that misses.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Roper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coco.
Roper wants to stand up but Coco is controlling him.
Coco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roper has momentary wrist control but Coco slips an elbow through the middle.
Coco scoring with punches to the head and body.
Coco stops Roper from standing up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Coco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Coco is controlling him.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throwing strikes but missing.
Coco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Coco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roper is keeping the position for now.
Coco trying to control the position from guard on top but Roper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coco chips away with some ground and pound.
Coco wants to control from the top but Roper keeps moving.
Coco stops Roper from standing up.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Coco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roper wants to stand and escape but Coco is having none of it.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Coco connects with a couple of short punches.
Coco throws a big elbow that misses.
Coco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roper keeping full guard, as Coco tries to pass.
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco trying to control but Roper is working from the bottom.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
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!
Coco working some strikes from top position.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Roper keeping moving, preventing Coco from controlling successfully.
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Coco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Coco wants to pass the guard but Roper is keeping the position.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Roper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roper wants to stand up but Coco is controlling him.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Coco wants to control from the top but Roper keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chapa Coco dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Coco looks for a takedown but Roper sprawls well.
A punch combination from Roper misses.
Roper throws a right and a left that Coco avoids nicely.
Roper misses with a series of wild punches.
Roper swings for the body but Coco moves out of range.
Roper tries to bum rush Coco with a series of wild strikes but Coco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roper misses with a wild combination.

Roper gets caught napping as Coco dives in and scores a takedown. Roper manages to retain guard.
Chapa Coco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco trying to control but Roper is working from the bottom.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco passes into half guard.
Roper is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roper is trying to stand up here but Coco is controlling him well.
Coco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roper is trying to stand.
Coco lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco slips a nice elbow through Roper's hands, connecting with Roper's forehead.
Roper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Roper pushes Coco off looking to stand but Coco dives back in and keeps control.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roper wants to get back to his feet.
Coco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coco tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roper knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Roper is trying to stand.
Coco throwing shots but Roper is blocking nicely.
Roper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coco.
Roper looks like he's trying to stand up.
Coco keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Roper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coco.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Roper is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Coco throwing shots but Roper is blocking nicely.
Coco throwing shots but Roper is blocking nicely.
Roper is not content to let Coco control the position.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Coco looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Roper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coco.
Roper is trying to stand back up but Coco is controlling him
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Roper is trying to stand back up but Coco is controlling him

Coco is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Roper is trying to stand up here but Coco is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco working the head and body with strikes.
Roper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coco.
Coco throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coco stops Roper from getting back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco working over Roper with some ground and pound. Roper looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coco thows a huge punch but Roper dodges it nicely.
Coco throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roper tries to kick Coco off but Coco keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Coco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Coco tries to stand and escape but Roper is controlling the position.
Coco trying to control the action but Roper is working from the bottom.

Coco is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Coco thows a huge punch but Roper dodges it nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Roper tries to kick Coco off but Coco keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
It looks like Coco is going to stand back up.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roper is trying to stand back up but Coco is controlling him
Coco thows a huge punch but Roper dodges it nicely.
Roper is looking to escape.
Roper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coco.

Roper makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Coco fails with the takedown.
Roper misses with a series of wild punches.
Roper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coco shoots in for a takedown but Roper shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chapa Coco. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Coco avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coco is defended easily by Roper.
Roper ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Roper scores with a hook to the body. Coco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roper throws a right hand that Coco ducks under and follows up with a left that Coco also avoids with ease.
Roper connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco shoots in and drives through. Roper sprawls well.
Scott Roper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coco slips a jab and a cross from Roper.
Roper misses with a wild combination.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Coco slips a jab and a cross from Roper.
Coco fails with the takedown.
Chapa Coco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Coco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roper misses with a two punch combination.
Roper throws a combination that misses
and Coco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Coco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scott Roper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Coco circles away quickly and effectively.
Coco wants to clinch up but Roper keeps it at a distance.
Coco misses with a few strikes there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Roper.
Sloppy strikes from Roper. Those never looked like landing.
Roper stalks Coco and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Coco's face. Coco staggers backwards, shaken.
Coco shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roper defends it nicely.
Roper misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Roper. Those never looked like landing.
Coco dodges the punch combination from Roper.
No joy there for Roper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Coco closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco drags him back down.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Coco connects with a decent elbow.
Roper pushes Coco away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Coco gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Roper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Coco landing strikes.
Coco works to advance to full mount. Roper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Roper wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Coco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Coco breaks from Roper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Roper is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Coco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Roper?

Roper is rocked!
Coco won't let Roper get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Roper is still in real trouble! Can Coco finish him?
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!
Coco breaks from Roper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Coco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Coco thowing shots but they're missing.
Roper's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Scott Roper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chapa Coco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roper flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chapa Coco showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Coco 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Chapa Coco!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Chapa Coco!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Chapa Coco!

Chapa Coco wins by unanimous decision!