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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bob Cook (ranked 1440 p4p, 176 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 1523 p4p, 190 weight class). Cook comes to the ring accompanied by Lil Baby - Southside. The crowd seem to be enjoying Luzhin's choice of entrance music: Lil Baby - Narcs. Bob Cook has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 18 - 3, fighting out of New York, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Luzhin. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Cook does it's job there.
Luzhin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cook under the eye.
Cook 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.
A little jabbing left from Luzhin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Luzhin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A combination from Cook does no damage.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
Cook throws a right hand that Luzhin ducks under and follows up with a left that Luzhin also avoids with ease.
Luzhin lands a glancing blow to the side of Cook's head.
Luzhin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice shot lands for Cook.
Cook misses with a straight right.
As Cook backs off Luzhin throws a huge counter combo but Cook manages to avoid it all.
Cook throws a nice looking combination but Luzhin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Luzhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cook throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Luzhin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cook has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
A punch combination from Cook misses.
Luzhin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cook.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Cook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luzhin! But no joy.
Luzhin lands a jab.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cook.
Cook tries to work over Luzhin's front leg with a kick but Luzhin checks it.
Cook moves forwards but Luzhin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cook feints a jab promting Luzhin to slip. Cook then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Luzhin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Luzhin finds it's way through Cook's defenses.
Cook gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Luzhin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Luzhin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
Cook lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Cook as the two fighters clinch.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Cook.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Luzhin lands with a right to the head.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Cook.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Cook.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Cook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luzhin blocks a body shot from Cook.
Luzhin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin taking a breather.
Cook lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luzhin.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Cook.
Cook lands a shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cook as Luzhin tries to tie him up.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Cook is trying to force a seperation but Luzhin has the dominant position.
Luzhin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cook tries to break the clinch but Luzhin is controlling the position.
Luzhin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! Luzhin slams his shin into Cook's torso.
Cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cook fails to land with a series of punches.
Cook goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook misses with a two punch combination.
Luzhin lands an overhand right.
Luzhin clinches up with Cook and pushes him back against the ropes.
Cook throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Cook misses with a punch to the body.
Luzhin has Cook pressed against the ropes.
Cook lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luzhin stalling.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cook as Luzhin tries to tie him up.
Cook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luzhin is trying to stall.
Luzhin blocks a body shot from Cook.
Luzhin 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.
Luzhin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cook's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Cook.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Cook stalling.
Cook managing to block the knees to the body from Luzhin.
Luzhin wants to break free but Cook has control.
Cook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
Cook letting Luzhin take a breather here.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Cook.
Cook taking a breather.
Luzhin misses with the head strike.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but Luzhin avoids it by throwing Cook back against the ropes.
Cook working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luzhin.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Luzhin.
Luzhin blocks an uppercut.
Luzhin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luzhin lands with a kick to the temple. Cook shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cook walks into a stiff left hand from Luzhin.
Luzhin dodges the punch combination from Cook.
Cook slips under a jab from Luzhin.
Cook pivots, looking for a leg kick but Luzhin is out of range and Cook settles back down.
Cook lands a nice leg kick that just misses Luzhin's sensitive parts.
Luzhin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Cook throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Cook. Those never looked like landing.
Cook misses with a two punch combination.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cook on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cook showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luzhin.
Luzhin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Luzhin.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cook presses Luzhin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cook comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin throws a head punch that misses.
Cook's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cook swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luzhin throws out a loose jab but Cook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bob Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cook blocks a jab.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Luzhin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Luzhin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cook throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luzhin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cook had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin scores with the left hand. Cook knows he should have avoided that one.
Luzhin connects with a body shot that sends Cook's belly button to the back.
Luzhin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luzhin misses the shot to the body.
Luzhin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luzhin throws a wild body kick that Cook sees coming a mile off.
Cook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luzhin! But no joy.
Cook misses with a straight right.
A jab from Luzhin misses.
Luzhin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cook tries to bum rush Luzhin with a series of wild strikes but Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cook throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Luzhin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cook tries to bum rush Luzhin with a series of wild strikes but Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luzhin lands with a cross.
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!
Cook throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luzhin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luzhin rushes Cook and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Luzhin.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cook has had enough of the clinch but Luzhin keeps him there for the moment.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Cook tries to work over Luzhin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luzhin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cook's face.
Cook's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Cook. Those never looked like landing.
Cook throws a left and a right that both miss
and Luzhin counters with a straight right hand.
Cook throws a body shot but no joy.
Luzhin lands a head kick. Cook smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Luzhin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cook.
Luzhin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cook circles away quickly and effectively.
Luzhin throws a big shot that misses.
Cook fails to land with a series of punches.
Luzhin cracks Cook with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cook has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Luzhin finds it's way round the side to connect with Cook's head.
Cook's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Luzhin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cook scrambles back to his feet.
Cook lands a lovely overhand right.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cook ducks under a wild hook from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a one two combo.
Cook throws a body shot but no joy.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bob Cook is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luzhin lands a head shot.
Cook misses with the combination.
Cook slips under a jab from Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a hook.
Luzhin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cook fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cook uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luzhin.
Luzhin catches Cook with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin dodges the punch combination from Cook.
Luzhin shoots in and drives through. Cook sprawls well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cook wants to clinch up but Luzhin keeps it at a distance.
Cook misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cook avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Cook looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luzhin drops his hands momentarily and Cook takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luzhin cracks a nice hook into Cook's ribs.
Luzhin shoots in but Cook avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bob Cook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luzhin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Luzhin cracks Cook with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cook wants to clinch but Luzhin slips to the side
enabling Luzhin to counter with a crisp jab.
Cook walks into a stiff left hand from Luzhin.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
Cook throws a combination that misses
and Luzhin counters with a straight right hand.
Nice jab there from Luzhin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook pushes Luzhin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cook gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cook blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cook's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cook.
A nice combination there by Cook.
Cook gets tackled into the ropes by Luzhin. Luzhin maintains the clinch.
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cook looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Luzhin stalling in the clinch.
Cook lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cook creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
Cook lands an elbow inside that Luzhin shrugs off.
Cook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cook throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cook looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cook forces Luzhin back against the ropes and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cook tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Luzhin tries to stall but Cook uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Luzhin avoids the elbow strike from Cook, against the ropes.
Luzhin wants to stall.
Luzhin avoids a wild elbow strike from Cook.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cook as Luzhin tries to tie him up.
Cook digs a right hand underneath Luzhin's ribcage. Luzhin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cook misses with a punch on the inside.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Cook.
Luzhin prevents Cook from breaking the clinch.
Luzhin blocks an elbow strike from Cook.
Luzhin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Cook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cook connects with a jab.
Cook moves out of range of the strikes.
Luzhin fails to land with a series of punches.
Cook ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cook darts in trying to clinch
and Luzhin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Luzhin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luzhin circles away quickly and effectively.
Cook connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Luzhin's hands.
Luzhin misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Luzhin.
Luzhin is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luzhin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cook - that will leave a mark!
Cook misses with an uppercut. Luzhin saw that one coming.
Bob Cook is winning the standup battle so far.
Cook jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Luzhin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cook's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Luzhin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cook scrambles back to his feet.
Luzhin thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Luzhin. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cook swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cook thuds a left hand into Luzhin's body.
Luzhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luzhin.
Cook appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cook scores with a nice body kick.
Luzhin clinches with his opponent.
Luzhin breaks the clinch.
Cook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Luzhin misses with a straight right.
Luzhin has Cook up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin breaks the clinch.
Luzhin blocks a leg kick.
Luzhin throws a body shot but no joy.
Cook throws a big counter combination but Luzhin scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cook throws a nice looking combination but Luzhin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cook closes the distance and clinches.
Cook lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cook scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cook wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luzhin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cook cracks Luzhin with a nice body shot.
Cook looking to slow down the pace here.
Luzhin misses with some punches.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Cook misses with an elbow over the top.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin 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.
Luzhin is looking to control Cook's arms but Cook gets an underhook and turns him. Now Luzhin has his back to the ropes.
Cook works on Luzhin's body with a couple of short punches.
Cook misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Cook on the inside.
Cook looking to stall.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Luzhin tries to circle away but Cook has him pinned against the ropes.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Cook works on Luzhin's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luzhin blocks the elbow strike.
Cook misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cook throws an elbow but misses.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cook's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cook tries to bum rush Luzhin with a series of wild strikes but Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luzhin lands the left hand.
Luzhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luzhin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cook fails to land with a series of punches.
Luzhin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cook throws a jab but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Cook uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luzhin.
Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cook.
Jab, jab by Luzhin - just one landing.
Cook scores with a jab. Luzhin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cook moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Cook throws the kick towards the body but Luzhin avoids it.
Cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cook swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin tries for a takedown but Cook sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cook wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook scores with a one two! Luzhin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cook tries to clinch up.
Cook drops his hands momentarily and Luzhin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luzhin misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
Cook misses with a few strikes there.
Cook uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a straight left.
Cook throws a one two combo.
A slow jab from Luzhin misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut there from Luzhin.
Some wild striking there from Luzhin.
Nice cross by Cook.
Luzhin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Cook was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Luzhin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cook swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luzhin throws out a counter right but Cook avoids it with no problem.
Luzhin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cook on the side of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cook misses with a wild combination.
Luzhin misses with a looping left.
Cook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Luzhin dodges the punch combination from Cook.
Luzhin shoots in but Cook avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bob Cook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikolai Luzhin.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
Cook doesn't manage to clinch there - Luzhin circles away.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cook.
Luzhin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cook sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cook fails to land with a series of punches.
Luzhin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cook.
Nice jab there from Cook.
Cook throws a series of punches but Luzhin avoids them all with ease.
Luzhin throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Cook dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A jab from Cook finds it's way through Luzhin's defenses.
Luzhin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Cook.
Cook loads up on a big right hand but Luzhin slips the punch.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cook defending well as Luzhin loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Cook.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cook is looking to clinch but Luzhin is avoiding it.
Cook slips a jab and a cross from Luzhin.
Cook tries to bum rush Luzhin with a series of wild strikes but Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cook throws a series of punches but Luzhin moves out of range.
Cook lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cook scores with the left hand. Luzhin knows he should have avoided that one.
Cook slips a straight right by Luzhin.
Luzhin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook throws a right and a left that Luzhin avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from Luzhin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luzhin's corner calls for a 1-2. Luzhin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cook lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Luzhin is rocked!
Luzhin shoots in but Cook avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Luzhin connects with a looping right hand.
Luzhin keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook tries to bum rush Luzhin with a series of wild strikes but Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luzhin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cook back to the ropes. Luzhin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Luzhin has closed the distance and engaged Cook in a clinch.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
Cook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luzhin avoids the elbow strike from Cook, against the ropes.
Cook is leaning against Luzhin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Luzhin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cook pushes off an throws an elbow but Luzhin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cook tries to work over Luzhin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cook misses with a punch on the inside.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Cook.
Luzhin trying to stall but Cook improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cook.
A right hand to the body from Cook.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cook misses with an elbow over the top.
Luzhin lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luzhin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cook as Luzhin tries to tie him up.
Luzhin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cook lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Luzhin or not.
Luzhin blocks a body shot from Cook.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but Luzhin avoids it by throwing Cook back against the ropes.
Cook tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cook misses with a punch to the body.
Cook is working Luzhin over against the ropes.
Cook's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cook clinches up against the ropes.
Cook lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cook has had enough of the clinch but Luzhin keeps him there for the moment.
Luzhin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cook breaks the clinch.
Luzhin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Luzhin misses.
Luzhin keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook tries to clinch but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luzhin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Luzhin with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cook throws a combination. Luzhin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
Luzhin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cook is looking to score with low kicks.
Luzhin connects with the punch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries to clinch up.
Cook was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Luzhin misses with a looping right.
Cook throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Luzhin.
Cook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin connects with a crisp jab.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luzhin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luzhin tests Cook's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cook throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luzhin throws the left hand but Cook avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Cook. Those never looked like landing.
Cook tries to clinch but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cook wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cook walks into a stiff left hand from Luzhin.
Cook misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luzhin! But no joy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luzhin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cook pinned against the ropes. Cook gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Luzhin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cook uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luzhin.
Cook dodges the punch combination from Luzhin.
Cook swinging wildly here.
A countering left hand to the body from Luzhin misses.
Cook lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Luzhin misses the target.
Cook lands the left hand.
Cook throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Luzhin is still on wobbly legs! Can Cook finish him?
Cook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cook feints and then cracks Luzhin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luzhin down.
Luzhin checks the leg kick nicely there.
A punch lands to the side of Cook 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Luzhin moves into range and clinches up with Cook.
Cook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luzhin seems to have recovered his senses.
Cook throws a head punch that misses.
Cook lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.
Luzhin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cook's face.
Luzhin blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin stalling in the clinch but Cook improves position.
A short right from Cook.
Cook content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luzhin's brow.
A right hook to the body lands for Cook.
A short right from Cook.
Cook lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Luzhin on the inside.
Cook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cook avoiding damage as Luzhin throws knees to the body.
Cook drops Luzhin onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Luzhin is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cook lands a nice elbow.
Luzhin lands a left hand.
Cook keeps control of Luzhin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luzhin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cook throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luzhin throws the left hand but Cook avoids the punch easily.
Cook loads up on a big right hand but Luzhin slips the punch.
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cook throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Luzhin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cook throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luzhin.
Cook's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Luzhin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cook scrambles back to his feet.
Cook swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Cook.
Cook connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cook swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cook sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luzhin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cook scores with the left hand. Luzhin knows he should have avoided that one.
Cook throws a series of punches but Luzhin avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Cook clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cook misses with a shot to the body
and Luzhin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cook throws a right and a left that Luzhin avoids nicely.
Cook tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Luzhin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luzhin avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Cook misses.
Cook gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luzhin.
Cook misses with a body shot.
Cook throws a nice looking combination but Luzhin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luzhin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Luzhin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cook pinned against the ropes. Cook gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Luzhin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin cracks Cook with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cook misses with a hook
enabling Luzhin to counter with a crisp jab.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good standup being displayed there by Luzhin as he connects with a hook.
Luzhin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cook will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luzhin misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
Luzhin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luzhin throws a good cross that connects.
Cook throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Luzhin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cook scores with a one two! Luzhin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook connects with a solid leg kick.
Luzhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luzhin cracks Cook with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook looks to land a right hand but Luzhin moved out of range.
Cook misses with a two punch combination.
Luzhin throws a big shot that misses.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luzhin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cook under the eye.
Luzhin works the jab nicely.
Cook lands a nice shot to the body.
Luzhin connects with a crisp jab.
Luzhin works the jab nicely.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luzhin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Cook does no damage.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Luzhin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cook.
Cook will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luzhin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cook manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cook scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cook gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cook.
Jab from Cook.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cook.
Luzhin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cook.
Cook wants to clinch but Luzhin slips to the side
letting Luzhin counter with a right hand.
Cook scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Luzhin dodges the punch combination from Cook.
Luzhin throws a head kick but Cook moves out of range.
Luzhin throws a big shot that misses.
Cook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab from Cook.
Some wild striking there from Cook.
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!
Cook takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Luzhin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cook has time to react.
Cook closes the distance and clinches.
Luzhin is trying to stall.
Luzhin takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Nikolai Luzhin has been cut.
A body shot lands from Cook.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cook lands an elbow that stopped Luzhin in his tracks for a moment.
Cook lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
Still in the clinch, Luzhin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cook stalling in the clinch but Luzhin improves position.
Cook struggles to land a body shot inside as Luzhin controls his hands.
Cook is trying to force a seperation but Luzhin has the dominant position.
A nice left hand lands by Cook.
Luzhin blocks an elbow strike.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cook can't find room to land a body shot as Luzhin controls the action.
Cook misses with an elbow over the top.
Luzhin landing knees to the head.
Cook working aggressively here.
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cook lands an elbow that stopped Luzhin in his tracks for a moment.
Luzhin misses with the head strike.
Luzhin working aggressively here.
Luzhin manages to break the clinch.
Cook takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A punch combination from Cook misses.
Luzhin with a nice cross.
Cook is looking to clinch but Luzhin is avoiding it.
Luzhin throws a jab but it's blocked by Cook.
Cook is looking for a counter combo.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luzhin connects with a right hand. Cook shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook throws a series of punches but Luzhin avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Cook, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cook gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cook breaks from the clinch.
Luzhin throws an overhand right that lands on Cook's shoulder, as Cook tries to avoid the shot.
Luzhin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
Luzhin scores with a nice strike.
Cook swinging wildly here.
Luzhin tries to clinch up.
Jab from Luzhin.
Cook throws a combination that misses
and Luzhin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cook throws a right and a left that Luzhin avoids nicely.
Cook misses with a looping left.
Cook shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cook lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luzhin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cook takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cook throws a one two combo.
Luzhin tries to clinch but Cook moves out of range.
Luzhin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Luzhin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Luzhin misses.
Cook staying out of range there.
Luzhin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luzhin tries to keep at a distance but Cook has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cook tries to stall but Luzhin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Luzhin is trying to stall.
Luzhin is trying to stall.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Cook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cook lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cook is stalling here.
Cook misses with some punches.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cook lands an elbow inside that Luzhin shrugs off.
Cook throws a big uppercut that drops Luzhin! More strikes from Cook and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Luzhin lies dazed against the ropes as Cook celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Cook!
Bob Cook 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.
In defeat, Nikolai Luzhin stepped up to the mic, saying 'yeah Well i'm old af what did you expect'.
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