|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 1151 p4p, 188 weight class) and The Mighty Quinn (ranked 1451 p4p, 223 weight class). Quinn has chosen Mighty Quinn as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
30
203 lbs
19 - 9 - 1 |
|
185 cm
38
206 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
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 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Mighty Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quinn. That did some damage!
A low kick from Cooke misses
and Quinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cooke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Quinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooke is just out of range.
Cooke misses with a wild combination.
Quinn looks to land a right hand but Cooke moved out of range.
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Cooke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Quinn throws an off balance right hand
and Cooke counters with a leg kick.
Cooke lands with an uppercut that bounces Quinn off the cage and back into range.
Cooke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quinn misses with an uppercut.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quinn throws out the jab.
Cooke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quinn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cooke throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quinn. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Quinn misses.
A good leg kick by Cooke.
Quinn avoids a kick to the body.
Quinn ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Quinn now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Quinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Quinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Quinn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quinn misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
Quinn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cooke checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big right from Cooke misses.
Cooke cracks the inside of Quinn's front leg.
Quinn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big right from Quinn misses.
Cooke tries a head kick but it misses.
Quinn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cooke to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke cracks a nice hook into Quinn's ribs.
Cooke has been working on his boxing with his coaches at AK Beasties in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quinn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooke.
Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quinn.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Quinn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooke throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cooke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cooke slips a jab from Quinn.
Cooke thuds his right hand into Quinn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice jab there from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a body shot.
Cooke throws a front kick aimed at Quinn's knee but Quinn avoids it well.
Quinn looks to land a left hand but Cooke moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooke misses the target.
Quinn let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Quinn checks a low kick from Cooke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice uppercut there from Cooke.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Quinn's front leg but catches the back leg as Quinn tries to avoid it.
Quinn throws a chopping leg kick but Cooke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cooke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Quinn's calf.
Quinn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Quinn throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Quinn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cooke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooke lands a lovely overhand right.
Cooke slips under a jab from Quinn.
Cooke lands a nice looking body shot.
Cooke is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cooke digs a good body shot into Quinn's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quinn.
Cooke misses with an uppercut. Quinn saw that one coming.
Quinn is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooke.
The fighters circling - Quinn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quinn takes one to the side of the head.
Cooke connects with a jab.
Quinn swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Quinn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quinn.
Quinn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke thumps Quinn with a low kick.
Cooke throws a low kick but Quinn moves out of range easily.
Cooke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cooke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cooke is looking to slow Quinn down with leg kicks.
Quinn misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke moves out of range of the leg kick from Quinn.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cooke. Quinn shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
That's time! Cooke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A slow jab from Quinn misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick from Quinn misses.
Quinn scores with a decent looking hook.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Cooke.
Cooke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Quinn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooke, right into the meat.
Matt Cooke is winning the standup battle so far.
Quinn throws a hook but Cooke avoids it easily.
Cooke feints and then cracks Quinn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Quinn down.
Cooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quinn can do to turn this around?
Cooke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quinn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Quinn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quinn tries to move into range but Cooke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Quinn looks to land a right hand but Cooke moved out of range.
A big right from Quinn misses.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Quinn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quinn throws an overhand right that lands on Cooke's shoulder, as Cooke tries to avoid the shot.
Quinn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Quinn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cooke throws a front kick that sends Quinn stumbling back into the cage.
Cooke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke wants to slow Quinn down by chopping away at his legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Quinn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
Cooke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quinn just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
Cooke misses with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Cooke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Quinn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with an uppercut.
Quinn missing with a left hand there. Cooke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cooke lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Quinn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cooke throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Quinn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke drops his hands momentarily and Quinn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Quinn throws an off balance right hand
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
Cooke sizes up Quinn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Quinn looks to land a left hand but Cooke moved out of range nicely.
Cooke throwing a counter right hand but Quinn manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Cooke throws a nice head kick!
Quinn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Quinn's front leg but catches the back leg as Quinn tries to avoid it.
Quinn throws an overhand right that lands on Cooke's shoulder, as Cooke tries to avoid the shot.
Quinn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cooke.
Quinn moves out of range of the strikes.
Quinn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Quinn throws a lazy uppercut
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quinn is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cooke with a body shot.
Quinn takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Cooke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cooke throws out a leg kick but Quinn moves out of range and Cooke only half commits.
Quinn lunges at Cooke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cooke's hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooke.
Quinn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cooke missing with a left hand there. Quinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quinn misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Quinn counters with a left to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke lands with a shot to the body.
Cooke staying out of range there.
Quinn throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cooke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quinn checks the leg kick.
Cooke misses with a body kick.
Cooke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cooke tries to work over Quinn's front leg with a kick but Quinn checks it.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quinn.
Quinn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Quinn checks a low kick from Cooke.
Cooke swings for the body but Quinn moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Matt Cooke will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Quinn misses with a straight right.
As Quinn backs away, Cooke returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Quinn takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Cooke scores with a nice right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Quinn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cooke - the referee stops the clock and Quinn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cooke. Quinn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cooke lands a head shot.
Cooke cracks the inside of Quinn's front leg.
Cooke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Quinn walks into a stiff left hand from Cooke.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooke, right into the meat.
Cooke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Quinn throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quinn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cooke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice side step and Quinn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
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 throws out a loose jab but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Quinn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cooke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cooke misses with an attempted mid kick.
A low kick from Quinn is predictable there
and Cooke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Quinn's knee momentarily.
Cooke misses with a right hand
and Quinn counters with a stiff right hand.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke moves out of range as Quinn strikes.
Quinn throws a looping overhand right but Cooke ducks down to avoid it.
Cooke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quinn. That did some damage!
Cooke feints and then cracks Quinn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Quinn down.
Quinn throws a hook but Cooke avoids it easily.
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Quinn.
Quinn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Mighty Quinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooke swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Quinn counter with a right hand.
Quinn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quinn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cooke throws a front kick aimed at Quinn's knee but Quinn avoids it well.
Quinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quinn takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cooke misses with a wild body shot.
Cooke throws a body shot but no joy.
Quinn throws out a loose jab but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Quinn's calf.
Quinn throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
Quinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
Quinn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cooke cracks Quinn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cooke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quinn.
Jab from Cooke.
Cooke lands with a cross.
A low kick from Cooke misses
and Quinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Quinn's front leg but catches the back leg as Quinn tries to avoid it.
Quinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooke.
Quinn throws a jab when Cooke was well out of range.
Cooke lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cooke catches Quinn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quinn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cooke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quinn throws out the jab.
Quinn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooke is just out of range.
Cooke lands a front kick.
Cooke connects with a solid leg kick.
Quinn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quinn swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke scores with a nice body kick.
Quinn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooke.
Cooke thows a leg kick but Quinn checks it
letting Quinn counter with a right hand.
Cooke tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Quinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quinn throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cooke.
Quinn throws out a leg kick but Cooke moves out of range and Quinn only half commits.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Cooke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cooke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Cooke!
Matt Cooke bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
75% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
