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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cornell Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cornell Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Felipe Santos!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cook stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santos.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cook counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Santos thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos fails with the takedown
and Cook counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Cook counters by moving into the clinch.
Cook slows down the pace here.
Cook jumps guard.
Cook scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Cook was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Cook is just out of range.
Santos shoots in but Cook avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cornell Cook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Santos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a leg kick but Cook moved away.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Santos throws a series of punches but Cook moves out of range.
Santos clinches up against the cage.
Cook slowing the pace effectively.
Cook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cook is struggling to control the position.
Cook tries to pull guard but Santos won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos taking a breather.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cook lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cook slowing the pace effectively.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Cook won't allow it.
Cook jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Cook gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Felipe Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cook's head backwards.
It looks like Cornell Cook has been cut.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Cook, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Cook against the cage but Cook circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cook pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cook throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Cook is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cook is pushing Santos's head away, looking to escape. Santos manages to hold on to the position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos misses with the ground and pound.
Santos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Felipe Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cornell Cook's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cornell Cook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Cook looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Cook shoots in but Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cook fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cook counters with a nice body kick.
Santos tries to clinch but Cook is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santos is defended easily by Cook.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cornell Cook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Santos.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cook counters with a three punch combo that has Santos backing up. Santos nods at Cook to acknowledge the strikes.
Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cook thinks about countering with a head kick.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cook tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cook to the ground. Cook escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Cook looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cook gets to his feet - Santos follows without any prompting.
Santos misses with a takedown
and Cook counters with a nice kick to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Santos does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Santos throws a solid leg kick but Cook takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Santos.
Santos moves into range and clinches up with Cook.
Cook breaks the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch up
and Cook counters with a left and a right that stings Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cook counters with a three punch combo that has Santos backing up. Santos nods at Cook to acknowledge the strikes.
Cook fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos looks to clinch
letting Cook counter with a right hand.
Cook shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but Cook manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cook clinches.
Cook lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cornell Cook dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cornell Cook's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cook closes the distance and clinches.
Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Cook shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Santos is trying to push Cook away but Cook has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santos wants to break free but Cook has control.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Cook is controlling him.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Cook has double underhooks.
Cook holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Cook gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Cook blocks the leg kick.
Santos just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cornell Cook is winning the standup battle so far.
Cook is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cook throws a big counter combination but Santos scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cook checks a leg kick.
Cook throws a big counter combination but Santos scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Santos looks for a takedown but Cook sprawls well.
As Santos tries to get set, Cook tries to push him back and clinch up but Santos manages to avoid the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos tries to clinch but Cook moves away
and Cook counters with a left and a right that stings Santos.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cook sprawls well. Cook wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Cornell Cook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Santos.
Cook throws a sloppy head kick
and Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos effectively controlling the action here.
Santos trying to stall but Cook improves his position.
Cook jumps guard but Santos stands there with Cook around his waist. Cook gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants a takedown.
Cook wants to break free but Santos has control.
Santos prevents Cook from breaking the clinch.
Cook displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santos up against the cage.
A short right from Santos.
Santos leaning against his opponent.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Cook keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cook on his heels. He'll look to pass Cook's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cook throwing short punches from the bottom.
Cook really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cook is proving hard to escape from.
Cook is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Santos is aware though and is defending well.
Cook has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Santos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Felipe Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felipe Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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