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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dillian Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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176 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brad Cooper! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dillian Bone! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cooper tries to clinch up and Bone counters with a nice leg kick. Cooper looks to clinch and Bone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Bone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Cooper tries to clinch up and Bone counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cooper's knee momentarily. Cooper tries to clinch and Bone counters with a three punch combo that has Cooper backing up. Cooper nods at Bone to acknowledge the strikes. Bone connects with a high kick. Bone jabs Cooper to the body, keeping him at a distance. Bone throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Cooper instigates a clinch. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Cooper trying to stall but Bone improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cooper's brow. Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bone's efforts to push away. Cooper landing knees to the head.
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It looks like Dillian Bone has been cut.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Bone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bone is trying to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling him. Bone takes an elbow to the forehead. Bone is trying to break the clinch but Cooper has him pressed against the cage. Bone tries to land knees in the clinch but Cooper avoids the damage to the body. Cooper has Bone pressed against the cage, preventing Bone from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Bone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Cooper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bone blocks it with crossed arms. Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bone's defenses. Cooper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Bone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. A frustrated look appears on Bone's face as he tries to break the clinch. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bone has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Bone throws a sloppy head kick and Cooper moves out of range easily. Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Nice takedown defense from Cooper. No joy for Bone on that attempt. Bone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Bone shoots in for a double leg but Cooper sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cooper has closed the distance and engaged Bone in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bone tries to break free but Cooper pushes him back against the cage. Bone wants to break free but Cooper has control.
Bone wants to get back to striking at distance but Cooper won't allow it.
Cooper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Cooper lands a nice knee to the body. Bone looks winded! Cooper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Cooper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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Bone is rocked! Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bone's defenses. Bone is still on wobbly legs! Can Cooper finish him? Cooper lands a nice knee to the body. Cooper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Bone 's eye. Cooper jerks Bone's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Bone drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Cooper goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Cooper because Bone was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Brad Cooper!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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