PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joshua LImberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LImberg kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lunatic Fringe. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

LImberg
vs
Cooper

175 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
24
156 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua LImberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by LImberg.
LImberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
LImberg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooper. Cooper obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cooper lands a jab-cross combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Cooper scores with a four punch combination!
Joey Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cooper has closed the distance and engaged LImberg in a clinch.
LImberg definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
LImberg trying to control the position but instead, Cooper has worked for underhooks and has pushed LImberg into the cage.
The referee calls for Cooper to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cooper as LImberg tries to tie him up.
Cooper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Joshua LImberg has been cut.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cooper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cooper taking a breather.
LImberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LImberg jumps guard but Cooper turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cooper crunches a lovely knee into LImberg's ribcage.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Cooper crunches a lovely knee into LImberg's ribcage.
LImberg is breathing heavily.
Cooper is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
LImberg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cooper slows down the pace here.
Cooper lands a knee to the head.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
LImberg takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with LImberg.
LImberg is looking to control Cooper's arms but Cooper gets an underhook and turns him. Now LImberg has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cooper.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands with a cross.

Cooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. LImberg won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cooper obliges.
Cooper unloads a knee to the mid-section. LImberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cooper connects with a nasty looking knee right to LImberg's face.
LImberg takes a knee right on the jaw!

LImberg is rocked!
Cooper lands a knee to the head.
Oh LImberg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cooper told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
LImberg letting Cooper take a breather here.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Cooper unloads a knee to the mid-section. LImberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
LImberg seems to have got his legs back now.
Cooper with a knee to the head.
Cooper with a knee to the head.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. LImberg won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cooper scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Joshua LImberg's cut is getting worse.
Cooper avoiding damage.
Cooper scores with a knee to the head.
Cooper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cooper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Cooper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as LImberg backs up against the cage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooper.

Cooper clinches up with LImberg and pushes him back against the cage.
Cooper landing knees to the head.
Cooper landing knees to the head.
Cooper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Cooper.
LImberg looking to throw knees to the head but Cooper is blocking nicely.
Cooper connects with a knee to the head.
LImberg tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cooper smiles and moves away.
Cooper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooper throws a nice inside leg kick.
LImberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper lands a two punch combo.
Cooper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping LImberg at a distance.
Joey Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooper lands with a straight right. LImberg didn't see that one coming.
LImberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joshua LImberg's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooper, right into the meat.
Cooper stuns LImberg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cooper lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
LImberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.

Cooper moves into the clinch.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
LImberg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cooper blocks an elbow strike from LImberg.
Cooper scores with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cooper.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper connects with a knee to the head.
Cooper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning LImberg up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper lands a knee to the head.
Cooper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cooper just leaning against LImberg, taking a breather.
Cooper connects with a nasty looking knee right to LImberg's face.
Cooper connects with a knee to the head.
LImberg throws a knee to the head but misses.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cooper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Cooper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooper lands a nice elbow.

Cooper drops LImberg with a big knee straight up the middle! LImberg is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper throws a nice inside leg kick.

Cooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cooper connects with a nasty looking knee right to LImberg's face.

Joshua LImberg's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Cooper.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Cooper is pushing LImberg up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
LImberg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Cooper rushes LImberg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper lands an elbow just above LImberg 's eye.
Cooper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Cooper's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
LImberg throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cooper.
Cooper leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
LImberg tries to land a knee to the head but Cooper blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Cooper breaks the clinch.
LImberg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cooper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooper throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cooper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab, jab by Cooper - just one landing.
Cooper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cooper.

Jeez, Joshua LImberg's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Cooper has managed to clinch.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper just leaning against LImberg, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LImberg takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cooper throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
LImberg does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooper moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
LImberg is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cooper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cooper.
Cooper punishes LImberg's body with a nice straight punch.
Cooper jabs at LImberg's body.
Cooper stuns LImberg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Cooper moves into the clinch.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Cooper avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Cooper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Cooper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joshua LImberg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cooper with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cooper clobbers LImberg with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
LImberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooper circles away.
Joshua LImberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper scores with a punch to the head.
Jab from Cooper.
Joey Cooper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cooper connects with a good right hand that stumbles LImberg. LImberg circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Good work by Cooper as he checks the leg kick.
Cooper scores with a jab. LImberg acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cooper lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
LImberg tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
LImberg looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A head kick misses from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a double jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cooper!
Cooper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.

LImberg tries to keep at a distance but Cooper has taken the fight into the clinch.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
LImberg is looking to clinch.
Cooper clobbers LImberg with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cooper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cooper catches LImberg with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
LImberg is looking to clinch.

Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
Cooper with a knee to the head.
Cooper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cooper is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Cooper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper has LImberg pressed against the cage.
Cooper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cooper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that LImberg shrugs off.
LImberg stalling.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but LImberg blocks with his arms.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. LImberg won't want to take too many of those.
LImberg wants to stall.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
LImberg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper throws a nice looking combination but LImberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Cooper.
Cooper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cooper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
LImberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cooper - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
LImberg throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
LImberg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cooper stalling in the clinch but LImberg improves position.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooper cracks LImberg with a good jab.

Cooper gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joshua LImberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cooper darts in and clinches LImberg up against the cage.
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!
LImberg tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good body shot from Cooper.
A knee to the head by Cooper.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joshua LImberg's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joey Cooper!
A relieved looking Joey Cooper thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.