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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerico Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cooper might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Misfits - Last Caress. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerico Smith!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith prevents Cooper from breaking the clinch.
Cooper wants a takedown but no success here.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith wants to clinch up but Cooper keeps it at a distance.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith avoids the body shot from Cooper.
Smith scores a takedown into full mount!
Smith throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cooper because Smith loaded up on that one.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith tries to control but Cooper wriggling away.
Smith with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Cooper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocks Cooper's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Cooper can't escape the position.
Smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Cooper is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cooper has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Cooper tries to buck Smith off but Smith takes his back!
Smith throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Cooper tries to roll but Smith sticks to his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Smith doesn't have the hooks in and Cooper manages to turn into his guard.
Smith looks gassed!
Smith looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A combination from Cooper does no damage.
Smith throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cooper swinging wilding here.
Cooper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooper lands a slapping body shot.
Cooper misses with a few strikes there.
Nice body punch from Cooper.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Cooper fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but Cooper sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a few strikes there.
Cooper connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cooper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Cooper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cooper scores with a three punch combo!
Cooper wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cooper throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
A jab from Cooper does it's job there.
Cooper throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cooper throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cooper misses with a wild combination.
Smith clinches up with Cooper and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Cooper lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Cooper looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cooper lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Smith shoots in and bounces Cooper off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cooper managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jerico Smith will probably get the nod.
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.
Cooper takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cooper misses with a wild combination.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Cooper throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cooper as he jumps to the side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cooper, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper misses with the combination.
Cooper fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Cooper does no damage.
Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cooper to the mat! Cooper manages to get full guard.
Cooper is pulling down on Smith's head to control his posture.
Cooper working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Smith doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Cooper is tightening it up a little... Smith has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Smith reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Smith taps out! nice BJJ there by Cooper!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Steven Cooper!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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