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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pita Liva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class MT
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pita Liva!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liva.
Liva throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liva avoids the body shot from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a takedown attempt - Liva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cooke changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Liva tries to avoid it but Cooke manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Liva to the ground. Liva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cooke gets the takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Liva wants to control but Cooke postures up.
Liva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cooke haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Liva is looking for a sweep.
Cooke tries for a kimura but Liva is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooke has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Liva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cooke 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liva is in a horrible position here. Cooke smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Liva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Cooke.
Cooke is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cooke has control of Liva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Liva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Cooke postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Liva badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Cooke around the waist but Cooke pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Cooke is the winner by TKO! Cooke jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Cooke!
During a confident post fight interview, Eric Cooke thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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