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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyo Kusanagi (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.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ziggy Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyo Kusanagi!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper jabs Kusanagi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kusanagi throws out a leg kick but Cooper moves out of range and Kusanagi only half commits.
Cooper lands a right hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kusanagi, right into the meat.
Kusanagi avoids the body shot from Cooper.
Cooper scores with a hook.
Kusanagi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cooper counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cooper takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kusanagi is trying to maintain the position but Cooper is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooper lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kusanagi is trying to maintain the position but Cooper is very close to passing his half guard.
Cooper passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooper content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cooper scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kusanagi wants to hold on but Cooper pushes him away.
Cooper landing punches.
Cooper 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.
Cooper putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cooper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kusanagi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kusanagi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kusanagi can't escape the position.
Cooper landing shots from mount.
Cooper is landing with some decent strikes but Kusanagi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cooper lands a couple of good shots and Kusanagi has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper scores with punches to the body.
Cooper is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Cooper lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Kusanagi.
Cooper could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cooper connects with a big shot to the side of Kusanagi's head.
What can Kusanagi do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Cooper has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kusanagi covers up after that shot from Cooper.
Kusanagi looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Kusanagi looks winded!
Kusanagi takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Cooper lands punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper biding his time, looking for the opening.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Cooper.
Cooper has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Kusanagi.
Cooper is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Cooper gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Cooper gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Cooper apologises and we restart here on the feet.
That kick from Cooper tenderised Kusanagi's leg. Kusanagi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cooper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kusanagi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An inside leg kick from Kusanagi misses.
Decent striking displayed by Cooper there.
Cooper throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kusanagi doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooper circles away.
Kusanagi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kusanagi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kusanagi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper dives in and scores a takedown into Kusanagi's guard.
Cooper seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cooper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cooper engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ziggy Cooper just wasn't active enough.
Cooper looks to score with a jab to the body but Kusanagi is just out of range.
Cooper looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ziggy Cooper dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cooper throws a leg kick but Kusanagi moved away.
Cooper misses with a low kick.
Kusanagi just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kusanagi can do to turn this around?
Cooper scores with a jab.
Kyo Kusanagi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Kusanagi.
Cooper slaps away a takedown attempt from Kusanagi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A combination from Kusanagi does no damage.
Kusanagi checks a leg kick.
Kusanagi misses with a leg kick.
Cooper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kusanagi is out of range.
Kusanagi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooper stuns Kusanagi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kusanagi avoids the body shot from Cooper.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper throws a front kick aimed at Kusanagi's knee but Kusanagi avoids it well.
A leg kick checked by Kusanagi.
Cooper throws a low kick, looking for Kusanagi's leg but Kusanagi calmly moves out of range.
Cooper lands a head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kusanagi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kusanagi avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Cooper uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooper. Kusanagi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kusanagi scores with a shot to the body.
Ziggy Cooper is winning the standup battle so far.
Cooper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kusanagi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cooper throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands an overhand right.
Cooper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kusanagi.
Kusanagi tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cooper defends well and Kusanagi ends up having to push Cooper into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kusanagi tries to pull guard but Cooper won't allow it.
Ziggy Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyo Kusanagi.
Kusanagi is breathing heavily.
Kusanagi jumps guard but Cooper stands there with Kusanagi around his waist. Kusanagi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kusanagi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kusanagi has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cooper after a bit of a struggle.
A short left from Cooper.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Cooper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kusanagi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a chopping leg kick but Kusanagi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kusanagi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cooper thuds a left hand into Kusanagi's body.
Cooper is looking to wear down Kusanagi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cooper tries a low kick but Kusanagi avoids it.
Cooper swinging wildly here.
Kusanagi shoots for a takedown but Cooper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A big right from Cooper misses.
Some wild striking there from Kusanagi.
Cooper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Kusanagi's face as Cooper controls the position.
Cooper is working Kusanagi over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Check out the look on Cooper's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper cracks Kusanagi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Cooper advances to mount.
Cooper lands with some strikes.
Cooper content just to control the position here.
Cooper landing strikes from the mount and Kusanagi is in trouble!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kusanagi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cooper raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ziggy Cooper dominated that second 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!
Cooper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kusanagi manages to avoid it.
Cooper throws a low kick but Kusanagi moves out of range easily.
Cooper throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooper throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kusanagi.
Cooper throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kusanagi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cooper scores with a hook to the body. Kusanagi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kusanagi shoots and misses
and Cooper counters with a left to the body.
Kusanagi misses with a takedown attempt
and Cooper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooper scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kusanagi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kusanagi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooper throws a shot to the body.
Cooper is looking to score with low kicks.
A clash of legs there as Cooper blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a low kick.
Kusanagi blocks a leg kick.
Cooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kusanagi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kusanagi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cooper pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kusanagi tries for a takedown but Cooper circles away easily
and Cooper counters with a takedown into side control.
Ziggy Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyo Kusanagi.
Cooper landing a few strikes.
Cooper lands a nice forearm strike.
Cooper is chipping away with strikes.
Kusanagi trying to remain calm as Cooper controls from the top position.
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!
Kusanagi is looking to regain half guard here but Cooper keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper working the head with strikes.
Cooper in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cooper in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cooper grinds an elbow into Kusanagi's temple.
Cooper moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cooper taking a breather here.
Kusanagi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cooper working the ground and pound.
Cooper lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cooper working the ground and pound.
Cooper is working Kusanagi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cooper controls the position.
Kusanagi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cooper connects with a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kusanagi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cooper moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Cooper landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cooper happy to just control the position for now.
Cooper scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kusanagi being controlled for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kusanagi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ziggy Cooper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cooper 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ziggy Cooper!
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FIGHT
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