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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rupert Blasts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Cooke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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203 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rupert Blasts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Cooke. Beautiful body shot.
Cooke throws a push kick but Blasts slaps the foot to one side.
Blasts checks a leg kick.
Blasts does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Blasts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blasts throws a leg kick that misses.
Blasts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooke checks a leg kick nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Cooke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cooke cracks Blasts with a good jab.
Blasts lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Cooke misses.
Blasts tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blasts.
Cooke looks to land a right hand but Blasts moved out of range.
Blasts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blasts wants to slow Cooke down by chopping away at his legs.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blasts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blasts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cooke throws an off balance right hand
and Blasts counters with a good low kick that Cooke was not able to check.
Cooke throws a shot from downtown. Blasts moves away and avoids it.
Blasts seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cooke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Blasts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cooke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooke punishes Blasts's body with a nice straight punch.
Cooke lunges at Blasts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blasts's hand.
Blasts dodges the punch combination from Cooke.
Cooke scores with the left hand. Blasts knows he should have avoided that one.
Cooke throws a hook but Blasts avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blasts throws a leg kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke checks a low kick from Blasts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooke.
Cooke misses with an uppercut. Blasts saw that one coming.
Blasts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooke.
Blasts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blasts fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cooke is out of range.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blasts.
Cooke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blasts scores with a leg kick.
Blasts tries to land a leg kick but Cooke saw it coming and moves away.
Blasts tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blasts throws a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooke! But no joy.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blasts.
Cooke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blasts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
Blasts half committed to a counter leg kick.
Blasts connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooke misses the jab.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blasts manages to avoid it.
Cooke has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blasts.
Some wild striking there from Cooke.
Blasts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Blasts tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cooke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blasts checks it well.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a stiff right hand.
Blasts wants to slow Cooke down by chopping away at his legs.
Blasts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cooke. That did some damage!
Blasts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cooke. That did some damage!
Cooke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cooke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blasts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blasts misses with a leg kick.
Cooke swings for the body but Blasts moves out of range.
Cooke looks for the body kick but Blasts saw that one coming.
Cooke checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blasts moves away.
Cooke looks to land a right hand but Blasts moved out of range.
Cooke checks a leg kick.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a solid body kick.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Cooke sees it coming and moves out of range.
Blasts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cooke misses with a straight left.
Cooke with a nice cross.
Blasts has taken the fight to the clinch.
Blasts misses with a punch to the body.
Blasts with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blasts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke is looking to control Blasts's arms but Blasts gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cooke has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cooke thuds a left hand into Blasts's body.
Blasts changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blasts thuds a left hand into Cooke's body.
Blasts connects with a leg kick. Cooke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blasts clinches up with Cooke and pushes him back against the cage.
Cooke swings wildly with an uppercut but Blasts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooke manages to break the clinch.
Cooke tests Blasts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blasts misses with a low kick.
Cooke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blasts. Cooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blasts tries to clinch there but Cooke circles away.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Cooke scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Blasts misses with a low kick as Cooke jumps back.
Cooke throws a jab but it's blocked by Blasts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasts is looking to score with low kicks.
Cooke tries a quick counter leg kick but Blasts is wise to it.
Good work by Cooke as he checks the leg kick.
Cooke looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Blasts throws a big shot that misses.
Cooke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blasts is out of range and Cooke settles back down.
Blasts feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cooke's calf.
Blasts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cooke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Blasts backing away here, and Cooke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Blasts throws a low kick but Cooke avoids it.
Blasts moves in looking to clinch but Cooke pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooke misses the target.
Blasts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Cooke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blasts is able to avoid easily.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blasts appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blasts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blasts seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Blasts scoring well with a low kick there.
Blasts moves forwards but Cooke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cooke misses with a right hand
and Blasts counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blasts avoids the head kick by Cooke.
Cooke blocks a low kick nicely.
Blasts ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Blasts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Cooke.
Blasts throws a chopping leg kick but Cooke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cooke loads up on a big right hand but Blasts slips the punch.
Blasts fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cooke just manages to avoid it.
Cooke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blasts's hands.
Cooke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cooke moves out of range of the leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cooke is out of range and Blasts settles back down.
Blasts is looking to wear down Cooke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blasts thumps Cooke with a low kick.
Blasts clinches with his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blasts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cooke lands with a light punch inside.
Cooke stalling the fight.
Blasts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke has had enough of the clinch but Blasts keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooke.
Blasts with a knee to the head.
Blasts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blasts trying to land knees to the body.
Blasts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A hook to the body from Cooke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blasts throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke throws a low kick but Blasts avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Cooke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Cooke jabs Blasts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blasts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. Blasts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blasts lands a right hook to the body.
Blasts thuds a left hand into Cooke's body.
Matt Cooke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blasts checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blasts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke throws a hook but Blasts avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blasts lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cooke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cooke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cooke digs a good hook to Blasts's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Matt Cooke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cooke throws an overhand right that lands on Blasts's shoulder, as Blasts tries to avoid the shot.
Blasts clinches.
Cooke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cooke looking to slow down the pace here.
Blasts misses with a body punch.
Cooke managing to block the knees to the body from Blasts.
Cooke taking a breather.
Blasts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts misses with a knee strike.
Blasts tries a body shot but Cooke blocks it.
Cooke tries to work over Blasts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blasts lands a body shot.
Blasts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cooke backwards.
Cooke avoiding damage as Blasts throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blasts backwards.
Cooke taking a breather.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Cooke managing to block the knees to the body from Blasts.
Blasts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Blasts lands a nice shot to the body.
Blasts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blasts softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blasts looking to throw knees to the head but Cooke is blocking nicely.
Cooke looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Blasts.
Blasts takes a shot to the head.
Blasts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cooke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blasts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rupert Blasts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Blasts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke prevents a body shot from Blasts.
Cooke is trying to break the clinch but Blasts has him pressed against the cage.
Cooke is trying to break the clinch but Blasts has him pressed against the cage.
Cooke lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Blasts on the inside.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Blasts letting Cooke take a breather here.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Cooke pushes Blasts back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cooke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooke keeps the fight on the outside.
A big left from Cooke misses.
Blasts misses with a low kick.
Blasts wants to land a leg kick but Cooke is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts throws a leg kick that misses.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Blasts tried to score with a low kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blasts. Cooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooke checks a low kick from Blasts.
A bone on bone clash there as Cooke blocks the leg kick.
Blasts shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick from Cooke lands but Blasts takes it in his stride.
Blasts on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Blasts connects with a leg kick. Cooke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blasts gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blasts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooke takes a swing at Blasts's ribcage but misses.
Matt Cooke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Cooke.
Blasts is looking to clinch but Cooke is avoiding it.
Cooke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blasts.
Blasts tries to score with a low kick but Cooke moves his leg out of the way.
Cooke tries a quick counter leg kick but Blasts is wise to it.
Cooke misses with a head kick.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Blasts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooke.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blasts. That's going to slow Cooke down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blasts, right into the meat.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blasts ducks right into an uppercut from Cooke.
Cooke moves out of range of the leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rupert Blasts.
I think Cooke 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Matt Cooke!
Matt Cooke spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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