PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between DB Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philippe Allaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Cooper
vs
Allaire

169 cm
23
134 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DB Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Philippe Allaire!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Allaire.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cooper bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Allaire's head backwards.

Allaire has Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper tries for a takedown but Allaire manages to get underhooks.

Allaire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Allaire lands with a slapping head kick.

Allaire clinches with his opponent.
Cooper has been working on his balance at Kalashnikov MMA Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Allaire.

Allaire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cooper catches Allaire with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Cooper tries to keep at a distance but Allaire has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Allaire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Allaire.
Allaire throws a head kick that Cooper semi-blocks.

Cooper is rocked!

Allaire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allaire lands an elbow inside that Cooper shrugs off.
Allaire lands a big knee! That's hurt Cooper! Oh, he's all over the place! Allaire lands another knee that sends Cooper to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philippe Allaire!
Philippe Allaire decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.