PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Willgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cooper
vs
Willgren

170 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Willgren!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Cooper both land. Nice combination.
Willgren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooper.
Willgren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Willgren takes one on the button.
Cooper throws a right and a left that Willgren avoids nicely.
Cooper lunges at Willgren with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Willgren's hand.
A combination from Cooper does no damage.
Cooper throws a right hand that Willgren ducks under and follows up with a left that Willgren also avoids with ease.
A big left from Cooper misses.
Willgren lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cooper misses with a two punch combination.
Willgren is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooper. Willgren does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Willgren.
Cooper throws a shot from downtown. Willgren moves away and avoids it.
Willgren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a wild combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Willgren misses.
Cooper throws a right hand that misses
and Willgren counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooper takes a swing at Willgren's ribcage but misses.
Cooper lands with a hook. Willgren tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cooper throws a lazy right hand but Willgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooper throws a hook but Willgren blocks it.
Cooper misses with a left hand

and Willgren moves into the clinch.
Willgren manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Willgren manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willgren ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
A slow jab from Cooper misses its intended target.
Willgren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cooper scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Willgren looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cooper misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper misses with a combination
and Willgren makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cooper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Willgren.
Despite the aggression on Willgren's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A big left from Cooper misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper missing with a left hand there. Willgren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cooper looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
John Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Cooper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cooper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Willgren throws a counter combo.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Willgren avoids them all with ease.
Willgren counters with a body kick.
Cooper throws a shot from downtown. Willgren moves away and avoids it.
Willgren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooper.
Willgren is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cooper misses with a looping right.
Willgren throws a counter combo.
Willgren has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cooper lands a jab.
Cooper cracks Willgren with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Cooper throws a lazy right hand but Willgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Willgren circles away quickly and effectively.
Willgren slips under a jab from Cooper.
Cooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper misses with a right hand
enabling Willgren to counter with a crisp jab.
Willgren tries to move into range but Cooper moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cooper is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper tests Willgren's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Willgren ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
Willgren blocks a jab.
Willgren now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooper throws a poor cross that misses
and Willgren counters with a left and a right that stings Cooper.
Willgren ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cooper dominated that round.
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 throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice side step and Willgren releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cooper misses with a left hand
and Willgren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooper loads up on a big right hand but Willgren slips the punch.
Cooper is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cooper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Willgren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Willgren is trying to stall.

Willgren escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper misses with a hook
and Willgren counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cooper loads up on a big right hand but Willgren slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Willgren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cooper throws a right hand that misses
letting Willgren counter with a right hand.
Cooper throws a lazy uppercut
and Willgren counters with a three punch combo that has Cooper backing up. Cooper nods at Willgren to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a series of wild punches.
Cooper just misses with a punch to the body.
Willgren steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a straight left.
A jab lands there for Cooper.
Willgren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooper.
Willgren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooper.
Willgren unleashes a big counter combination but Cooper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cooper looks to land a combination but Willgren avoids it well.
Willgren steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cooper.
Cooper takes a swing at Willgren's ribcage but misses.
Cooper lands with a right hand.
A punch combination from Cooper misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Willgren counters by moving into the clinch.
Willgren taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Willgren looking to slow down the pace here.
Willgren is stalling here.
Willgren is struggling to control the position.
Willgren has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Willgren stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Victor Willgren.
Cooper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper throws a combination that misses
and Willgren counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
John Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Willgren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a two punch combination.
Willgren appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Willgren showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a straight right.
As Cooper backs off Willgren throws a huge counter combo but Cooper manages to avoid it all.
Cooper throws a jab but it's blocked by Willgren.
Despite the aggression on Willgren's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willgren can do to turn this around?
Cooper throws out a loose jab but Willgren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooper throws a big shot that misses.
Willgren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cooper.
Willgren unleashes a big counter combination but Cooper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A big left from Cooper misses.
Cooper misses with a hook.
Willgren throws a big counter head kick but Cooper avoids it with no problem.
Willgren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooper.
A countering left hand to the body from Willgren misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willgren ducks under a wild hook from Cooper.
Cooper throws an overhand right that lands on Willgren's shoulder, as Willgren tries to avoid the shot.
A nice side step and Willgren releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cooper misses with a series of wild punches.
Willgren wants to counter the offense by Cooper and move into the clinch position.
Cooper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Willgren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Willgren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cooper up against the ropes.
Willgren holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Cooper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Willgren's elbow.

Willgren breaks from the clinch.
Cooper misses with a double jab
and Willgren counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Cooper will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cooper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Willgren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Willgren moves out of range of the strikes.
Cooper misses with a wild body shot.
Willgren steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cooper.
Cooper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Willgren shapes to counter with a head kick.
Cooper misses with a wild combination.
Willgren wants to counter with a clinch but Cooper pushes him away.
Cooper throws a right hand that misses
and Willgren counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooper thinking.
Cooper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Willgren.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper misses with a series of wild punches.
Cooper throws a lazy right hand but Willgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willgren now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Willgren.
A left lands for Cooper.
Cooper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Willgren counters with a three punch combo that has Cooper backing up. Cooper nods at Willgren to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab from Cooper misses.
Willgren tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cooper looks to land a right hand but Willgren moved out of range.
Cooper sets himself, and Willgren steps forward looking for the clinch! Cooper avoids it this time.
Cooper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Willgren.
Cooper misses with a straight left.
As Cooper backs off Willgren throws a huge counter combo but Cooper manages to avoid it all.
Cooper swings widly with a right hand
and Willgren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cooper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
John Cooper is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Cooper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Willgren throws a counter combo.
Willgren avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willgren is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cooper with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willgren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooper.
Cooper misses with the combination.
Willgren unleashes a big counter combination but Cooper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Cooper misses the target.
Cooper takes a swing at Willgren's ribcage but misses.
Cooper missing with a left hand there. Willgren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cooper misses with an uppercut. Willgren saw that one coming.
Willgren slips under a jab from Cooper.
Willgren unleashes a big counter combination but Cooper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cooper looks to score with a jab to the body but Willgren is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cooper misses.
A jab from Cooper misses.
Willgren staying out of range there.
Willgren throws a counter combo.
Cooper works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cooper throws a big shot that misses.
Willgren is looking for the big counter here.
Some wild striking there from Cooper.
Willgren let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Willgren slips a straight right by Cooper.
Willgren avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willgren wants to counter with a clinch but Cooper pushes him away.
Willgren staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Willgren lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cooper darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cooper misses with a hook. Willgren ducked under it nicely.
Cooper throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Willgren to counter with a crisp jab.
Cooper throws a jab when Willgren was well out of range.
Cooper goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Willgren.
As Cooper backs off Willgren throws a huge counter combo but Cooper manages to avoid it all.
A slow jab from Cooper misses its intended target.
Despite the aggression on Willgren's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cooper looks to land a left hand but Willgren moved out of range nicely.
Despite the aggression on Willgren's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
John Cooper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cooper throws a combination that misses
and Willgren counters with a one-two to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Cooper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cooper, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for John Cooper!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for John Cooper!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for John Cooper!

John Cooper wins by unanimous decision!
John Cooper really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Bushido Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.