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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marco Vermeer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Cook told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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144 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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146 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Vermeer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Cook!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook throws a lazy right hand but Vermeer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vermeer misses with a low kick.
Vermeer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vermeer 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.
Vermeer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vermeer tries to land a leg kick but Cook saw it coming and moves away.
Cook looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A telegraphed right hand from Cook misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vermeer throws a sloppy head kick and Cook moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Vermeer.
Cook wants to counter the offense by Vermeer and move into the clinch position.
Cook blocks a leg kick.
Cook scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Marco Vermeer has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vermeer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vermeer misses with a leg kick
and Cook counters with an inside leg kick.
Marco Vermeer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vermeer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cook counters with a good low kick that Vermeer was not able to check.
Vermeer tries to work over Cook's front leg with a kick but Cook checks it.
Vermeer tries to keep at a distance but Cook has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vermeer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vermeer misses with a knee strike.
Cook pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Vermeer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.
Vermeer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cook gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cook is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vermeer trying to land knees to the body.
Cook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cook stalling.
Cook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vermeer misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook misses with an elbow strike.
Vermeer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cook lands an elbow just above Vermeer 's eye.
Marco Vermeer's cut is getting worse.
Cook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vermeer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cook managing to block the knees to the body from Vermeer.
Vermeer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vermeer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cook blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cook leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Vermeer looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vermeer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.
Vermeer trying to control the position but instead, Cook has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vermeer into the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cook throws an elbow but misses.
Cook avoiding damage as Vermeer throws knees to the body.
Vermeer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vermeer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cook blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vermeer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cook slowing the pace effectively.
Cook wants to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vermeer obliges.
Cook comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vermeer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Vermeer.
Nice elbow from Cook.
Cook trying to control the position but instead, Vermeer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cook into the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vermeer tries to land knees in the clinch but Cook avoids the damage to the body.
Cook throws an elbow but it misses.
Cook lands a nice elbow.
Marco Vermeer's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Vermeer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cook is defending well for now.
Cook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cook.
Jeez, Marco Vermeer's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marco Vermeer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bob Cook!
During a confident post fight interview, Bob Cook thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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