PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sheldon Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cooper's choice of entrance music: star trek theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Cooper

183 cm
35
183 lbs
11 - 16 - 1

190 cm
34
175 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sheldon Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stone tries to keep at a distance but Cooper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Cooper blocks it.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. Stone won't want to take too many of those.
A short left from Cooper.

Cooper breaks the clinch.

Cooper closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.
Cooper told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Stone takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ben Stone has been cut.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Cooper lands a left hand.
Cooper scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone letting Cooper take a breather here.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Cooper blocks with his arms.
Cooper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Stone tries to stall but Cooper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone is looking to control Cooper's arms but Cooper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stone has his back to the cage.
Cooper displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stone up against the cage.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cooper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cooper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Cooper with a knee to the head.
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!

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
Stone dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper is looking to control Stone's arms but Stone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cooper has his back to the cage.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cooper just leaning against Stone, taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.
Cooper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cooper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper trying to land knees to the body.
Cooper is struggling to control the position.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Cooper blocks it.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.

Cooper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cooper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone trying to control the position but instead, Cooper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stone into the cage.
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
Cooper scores a nice knee to the body.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cooper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stone up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.

Cooper clinches with his opponent.
Cooper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stalling in the clinch from Cooper.
Cooper pushes Stone back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cooper as Stone tries to tie him up.
Cooper connects with a knee to the head.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cooper lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cooper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sheldon Cooper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Stone's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cooper looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cooper blocks a jab.
Stone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Cooper moves into the clinch.

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cooper closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.
Cooper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cooper avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper just leaning against Stone, taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a knee strike.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cooper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cooper landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cooper stalling the fight.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Cooper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Cooper.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. Stone won't want to take too many of those.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Cooper taking a breather.
Stone taking a breather.
Stone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cooper crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
Cooper lands a good knee to the midsection. Stone won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.

Ben Stone's cut is getting worse.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Sheldon Cooper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cooper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Cooper.
Stone trying to control the position but instead, Cooper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stone into the cage.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cooper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper is pushing Stone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Cooper breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Stone.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Cooper throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cooper ducks right into an uppercut from Stone.

Cooper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cooper.

Cooper has managed to clinch.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone misses the jab.
Cooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cooper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Cooper has Stone up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Stone tries a knee to the head but Cooper blocks it.

Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper fails with the takedown.
Ben Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sheldon Cooper.

Cooper gets a clinch.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Cooper manages to break the clinch.
Sheldon Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cooper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Stone in his tracks for a moment.

Ben Stone's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Cooper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sheldon Cooper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ben Stone's cut.
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 has closed the distance and engaged Stone in a clinch.

Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Stone has managed to clinch.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cooper avoiding damage.

Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cooper has closed the distance and engaged Stone in a clinch.
Cooper avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.

Cooper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooper.
Sheldon Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Cooper instigates a clinch.

Cooper breaks from the clinch.

Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Cooper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cooper breaks the clinch.
Good leg kick by Cooper there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Stone gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Cooper blocks it.
Stone tries to stall but Cooper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cooper blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Cooper.
Stone being controlled against the cage.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee calls for Cooper to work.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Cooper avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.

Jeez, Ben Stone's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Cooper is struggling to control the position.
Stone stalling against the cage.

Cooper drops Stone with a big knee straight up the middle! Stone is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Stone is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ben Stone's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sheldon Cooper!
Sheldon Cooper took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Wild Ones Apparel (Fightwear and Laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.