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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 1063 p4p, 168 weight class) and Mick Dundee (ranked 1920 p4p, 275 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Matt Cooke has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Matt Cooke seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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212 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Dundee!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dundee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dundee is looking to slow Cooke down with leg kicks.
Cooke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cooke fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dundee misses with an uppercut. Cooke saw that one coming.
Cooke has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Cooke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cooke lands a head shot.
Dundee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cooke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cooke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cooke throws the left hand but Dundee avoids the punch easily.
Cooke slips under a jab from Dundee.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dundee.
Cooke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooke lands the left hand.
Dundee misses with a straight right.
Cooke is looking to clinch but Dundee is avoiding it.
A big right from Dundee misses.
Dundee blocks a jab.
Dundee wants to slow Cooke down by chopping away at his legs.
Dundee connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooke throws a hook to the side of Dundee's head but Dundee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dundee let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dundee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dundee 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.
Dundee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dundee ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
A nice side step and Dundee releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cooke misses with the combination.
A jab from Cooke misses.
Cooke feints and then cracks Dundee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dundee down.
Dundee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cooke circles away quickly and effectively.
Cooke lands a jab to the head.
Cooke is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooke. Dundee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dundee is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cooke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dundee throws a solid leg kick but Cooke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dundee.
Dundee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dundee manages to avoid it.
Cooke fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooke. Dundee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dundee throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dundee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dundee takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cooke throws a hook but Dundee avoids it easily.
Cooke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cooke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dundee throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooke.
Dundee checks the leg kick.
Dundee appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cooke checks the leg kick.
Cooke is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dundee.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Dundee's front leg but catches the back leg as Dundee tries to avoid it.
Dundee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dundee on the side of the head.
Dundee lands a body shot.
Dundee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dundee ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Dundee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dundee there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cooke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dundee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dundee tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dundee doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dundee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cooke misses with an uppercut
and Cooke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Decent striking displayed by Cooke there.
Cooke tries to keep at a distance but Dundee has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dundee misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dundee.
Cooke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cooke stalling.
Dundee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dundee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cooke or not.
Dundee blocks an uppercut.
Dundee presses Cooke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cooke prevents a body shot from Dundee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dundee.
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dundee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dundee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooke's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dundee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dundee misses with the head strike.
Cooke can't find room to land a body shot as Dundee controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Cooke fails to land.
Cooke blocks an uppercut.
Cooke slows down the pace here.
Cooke misses with some punches.
Cooke is leaning against Dundee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Cooke.
Cooke tries to throw a body punch but Dundee avoids it by throwing Cooke back against the cage.
Dundee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dundee misses with a body punch.
Dundee misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cooke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dundee blocks an uppercut.
Dundee misses with some punches.
Dundee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooke blocks a body shot from Dundee.
Dundee misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dundee scores with the left hand. Cooke knows he should have avoided that one.
Dundee tries to clinch but Cooke is having none of it.
Dundee misses the jab.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dundee moves away.
Cooke misses with a body shot
and Dundee counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheers as Cooke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dundee doesn't seem phased though.
Cooke feints and then cracks Dundee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dundee down.
Cooke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Cooke blocks the leg kick.
Cooke fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dundee just manages to avoid it.
Matt Cooke is winning the standup battle so far.
Dundee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cooke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cooke 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 Dundee has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dundee and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cooke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dundee takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dundee tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dundee avoids the body shot from Cooke.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Cooke checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dundee avoids the body shot from Cooke.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dundee, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dundee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cooke defending well as Dundee loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Dundee.
Cooke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dundee misses with an uppercut.
Cooke misses with a leg kick
and Dundee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cooke has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dundee misses with a low kick.
Cooke lunges at Dundee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dundee's hand.
Dundee throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Cooke wants to slow Dundee down by chopping away at his legs.
Dundee checks a leg kick.
Dundee checks a leg kick.
Dundee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cooke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dundee scrambles back to his feet.
Cooke lands a lovely overhand right.
Dundee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dundee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dundee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dundee looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dundee throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dundee's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Cooke misses.
Dundee throws a hook but Cooke avoids it easily.
Dundee loads up on a big right hand but Cooke slips the punch.
Dundee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooke.
Cooke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cooke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooke.
Cooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dundee can do to turn this around?
Dundee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dundee throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
Dundee stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cooke throws a big shot that misses.
Dundee tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cooke is able to avoid easily.
Dundee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cooke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cooke swats away the attempt to clinch by Dundee.
Dundee checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cooke throws a chopping leg kick but Dundee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A jab from Dundee misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dundee loads up on a big right hand but Cooke slips the punch.
Cooke 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.
Dundee lands a body shot.
Dundee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dundee misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
Dundee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooke.
Dundee misses with a straight right.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dundee misses with a hook.
Dundee looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooke is just out of range.
Cooke checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dundee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cooke misses with a wild body shot.
Cooke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooke misses with a straight right.
Dundee misses with a body shot.
Dundee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dundee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dundee connects with a crisp jab.
Cooke slips a jab from Dundee.
Dundee with a nice cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dundee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cooke checks the leg kick.
Dundee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cooke throws a big shot that misses.
Dundee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dundee.
Cooke swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cooke swings widly with a right hand
and Dundee counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dundee.
Dundee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooke lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dundee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooke's elbow.
Dundee can't find room to land a body shot as Cooke controls the action.
Dundee throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooke.
Dundee scores with a shoulder strike.
Dundee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mick Dundee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Dundee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooke.
Dundee tries to work over Cooke's front leg with a kick but Cooke checks it.
It looked like Cooke wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dundee throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke counters with a slapping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
A punch lands to the side of Dundee 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cooke throws a body punch but Dundee moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dundee checks a leg kick.
Dundee throws an overhand right that lands on Cooke's shoulder, as Cooke tries to avoid the shot.
Dundee misses with an uppercut.
Cooke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big left from Dundee misses.
Dundee misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Dundee misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dundee is looking to clinch but Cooke is avoiding it.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Dundee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dundee tried to score with a low kick but Cooke checks it.
Dundee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cooke misses with an uppercut.
Dundee throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dundee misses the jab.
Dundee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dundee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cooke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Cooke checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cooke misses with a hook.
Dundee clobbers Cooke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dundee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dundee tries to clinch but Cooke moves out of range.
Dundee avoids the body shot from Cooke.
Cooke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dundee is able to avoid easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dundee! But no joy.
Cooke blocks a low kick nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Cooke misses its target.
Cooke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dundee counters with a right hand to the body.
Cooke looks to land a left hand but Dundee moved out of range nicely.
Crunch! Cooke slams his shin into Dundee's torso.
Dundee throws a series of punches but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dundee cracks Cooke with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
Cooke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dundee gets a clinch.
Dundee lands a shoulder strike.
Cooke misses with a punch to the body.
Dundee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dundee pushes Cooke back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dundee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooke lands with a left to the head.
Dundee throws a head punch that misses.
Dundee tries to work over Cooke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dundee lands a shoulder strike.
Cooke breaks the clinch.
Dundee motions for Cooke to come forward. Dundee throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke connects with a jab.
Cooke lands a nice looking body shot.
Dundee 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 misses the shot to the body.
Cooke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a shot to the body.
Dundee misses with a few strikes there.
Cooke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cooke misses with a body shot.
Cooke wants to clinch up but Dundee keeps it at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooke.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dundee throws out the jab.
Cooke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dundee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cooke scrambles back to his feet.
Dundee thows a left - swing and a miss!
A bone on bone clash there as Cooke blocks the leg kick.
Dundee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cooke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dundee is able to avoid easily.
Dundee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cooke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
Cooke tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Dundee counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dundee with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dundee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Dundee moved away.
Cooke swings for the body but Dundee moves out of range.
Dundee tries to counter with a clinch but Cooke shakes him off and moves away.
Cooke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dundee.
Dundee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cooke missing with a left hand there. Dundee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dundee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dundee swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cooke. That's going to slow Dundee down.
Cooke staying out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Cooke blocks the low kick.
Dundee slips a jab from Cooke.
Cooke 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.
Dundee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cooke on the side of the head.
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 Matt Cooke.
I think Cooke has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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