PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hias Dreckspecht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Dreckspecht
vs
Cooper

170 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hias Dreckspecht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Dreckspecht.
Dreckspecht tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Cooper throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dreckspecht's waist but Dreckspecht gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cooper off to one side.
Cooper shoots in for a takedown but Dreckspecht shows good takedown defense.
Dreckspecht fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dreckspecht scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dreckspecht throws a head kick that misses.
Cooper keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hias Dreckspecht has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Cooper.
Dreckspecht looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dreckspecht tries to clinch there but Cooper circles away.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Dreckspecht circles away.

Cooper drives through and clinches with Dreckspecht against the cage.
Dreckspecht has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Dreckspecht wants to stall.
Dreckspecht is breathing heavily.

Cooper pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cooper working for a triangle but Dreckspecht defends it easily.
Dreckspecht preventing the sweep.
Dreckspecht would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cooper is looking for a triangle but Dreckspecht pushes his legs off easily.
Dreckspecht stopping the sweep attempt from Cooper.
Cooper manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dreckspecht manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cooper passes Dreckspecht's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Cooper seems to be looking for submissions.
Dreckspecht is trying to stand up here but Cooper is controlling him well.
Cooper wants to free his trapped foot but Dreckspecht is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dreckspecht is trying to stand.

Cooper is working for a kimura but Dreckspecht is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dreckspecht is trying to stand up here but Cooper is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Cooper.

Cooper is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dreckspecht defends it well.

Cooper decides to return to a standing position.

Cooper feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Cooper gets to his feet - Dreckspecht follows without any prompting.
Dreckspecht tries to clinch

and Cooper counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cooper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper is in close to Dreckspecht's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cooper is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Cooper gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dreckspecht tries to clinch but Cooper moves away

and Cooper counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dreckspecht won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooper trying to control the position but Dreckspecht is working away.

Cooper tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cooper has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cooper controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Cooper dominated that 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.

Dreckspecht closes the distance but Cooper moves to the side

and Cooper counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cooper slips nicely into half guard.

Cooper seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Dreckspecht is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Max Cooper!