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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorry Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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168 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Brawler
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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
5 - 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 Los Angeles, Jorry Benton!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cooper, pushing him back against the ropes.
Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benton misses with a two punch combination.
Cooper swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cooper gets caught flat footed, as Benton shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Benton is looking to work some ground and pound but Cooper has wrist control.
Benton stops Cooper from standing up.
Benton controls from within his opponent's guard.
Benton wants to pass the guard but Cooper is keeping the position.
Benton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cooper's head.
Benton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton chips away with some ground and pound.
Benton with a nice head shot there.
Benton won't allow Cooper to get back to his feet.
Cooper on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cooper tries to get out of the position.
Benton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cooper wants to stand but Benton is controlling the position.
Benton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cooper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Benton wants to control from the top but Cooper keeps moving.
Benton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cooper can't keep his opponent in guard - Benton advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cooper makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Cooper stuffs the takedown attempt from Benton. Benton gets slowly back to his feet.
Cooper misses with a series of wild punches.
Benton let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cooper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cooper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Jorry Benton has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benton fails with the takedown
and Cooper counters with a series of strikes that sends Benton to the canvas! Cooper follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Benton is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cooper.
Benton is still in real trouble! Can Cooper finish him?
Cooper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Benton trying to control the position here.
Benton throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Benton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benton seems to have recovered his senses.
Cooper stopping the sweep attempt from Benton.
Benton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Benton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Benton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton is just content to waste time from the top position. Cooper takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Benton prevents Cooper from getting back to his feet.
Benton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Benton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Benton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cooper is keeping the position for now.
Benton wants to control from the top but Cooper keeps moving.
Cooper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Benton is controlling him.
Cooper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Benton on the ground.
Benton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Benton told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Benton trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Benton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cooper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benton looking to sit in guard and control but Cooper gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We've been hearing that Cooper has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cooper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cooper throws a big elbow that misses.
Cooper wants to pass the guard but Benton is keeping the position.
Benton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Benton looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Cooper gets to his feet. Benton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jorry Benton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jorry Benton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Benton scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nice strikes from Benton there.
Benton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cooper is trying to stand.
Benton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Benton working Cooper over with strikes.
Benton looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Benton lands a nice short elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper tries to kick Benton off but Benton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Benton has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Benton lands with some strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Cooper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Benton working the ground and pound effectively.
Benton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cooper is rocked!
Cooper is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Oh Cooper is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benton looking to finish with strikes here!
Cooper seems to have got his legs back now.
Benton looking to ground and pound but Cooper is blocking nicely.
Cooper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cooper is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Benton raining down hammerfists from mount.
Benton looking to control and managing it successfully.
Benton lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton unloads with some shots from mount but Cooper bucks and avoids them well.
Benton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cooper is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Benton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Benton punching from mount but Cooper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Benton lands a big elbow - Cooper is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Cooper is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jorry Benton!
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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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