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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ras Li Judah (ranked 688 p4p, 112 weight class) and Matt Cooke (ranked 871 p4p, 137 weight class). Judah comes to the cage accompanied by Limb By Limb. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Matt Cooke enters the cage!
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203 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
27 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ras Li Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cooke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Judah gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cooke swings for the body but Judah moves out of range.
Judah tried to counter with a leg kick but Cooke avoided it.
Judah walks into a straight right hand from Cooke.
Judah gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cooke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Judah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cooke slips under a jab from Judah.
Cooke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cooke, as that shot connected.
Judah fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cooke on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice cross by Judah.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A jab from Cooke does it's job there.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooke has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah walks into a straight right hand from Cooke.
Judah scores with a jab to the body.
Judah is looking to land body kicks.
Cooke scores with a three punch combo!
Cooke connects with a single shot there.
Nice defenses there by Judah.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
Judah takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cooke connects with the punch.
Cooke rushes Judah and presses him up against the cage.
Judah blocks a body shot from Cooke.
Cooke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
Judah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cookes head.
Cooke lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke manages to break the clinch.
Cooke connects with a body shot.
Cooke throws a leg kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooke.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Cooke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Judah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooke thinking.
Cooke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Judah counters with a solid body kick.
Judah takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cooke thuds his right hand into Judah's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Judah avoids the body shot from Cooke.
An attempted straight right counter from Judah misses the target.
Judah throws the left hand but Cooke avoids the punch easily.
Cooke cracks the inside of Judah's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
It looked like Judah was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cooke has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Judah.
Judah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Judah's front leg but catches the back leg as Judah tries to avoid it.
Judah shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Judah moves forwards but Cooke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cooke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cooke scores with a leg kick.
Cooke lands a really nice looking cross but Judah seems unphased.
Nice uppercut there from Cooke.
Judah is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A combination from Cooke does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Judah there as he acknowledges the shot.
Judah misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah lands the left hand.
It looks like Matt Cooke has been cut.
Judah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke lands a leg kick that knocks Judah off balance momentarily.
Cooke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
Cooke throws out a powerful jab.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cooke throws a hook but Judah avoids it easily.
Cooke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judah defending well as Cooke loads up on a big left hand.
Judah looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Cooke slips a straight right by Judah.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judah throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Cooke's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cooke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cooke thows a leg kick but Judah checks it
and Judah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cooke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke jabs at Judah's body.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cooke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Judah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cooke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body kick from Cooke.
A punch lands to the side of Judah 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooke scores with a crisp jab that stopped Judah in his tracks.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judah takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cooke misses with a straight right.
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 Judah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Judah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cooke throws a shot from downtown. Judah moves away and avoids it.
Judah looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
Matt Cooke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Judah.
It looked like Judah was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Judah slips a jab from Cooke.
Cooke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
A leg kick checked by Judah.
Cooke tries to land a leg kick but Judah saw it coming and moves away.
It looked like Judah was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cooke.
Cooke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Judah slips a straight right by Cooke.
An attempted straight right counter from Judah misses the target.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooke was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Judah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cooke throws out the jab.
Judah appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts.
Cooke thuds his shin into the meat of Judah's side.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Judah checks it.
A good leg kick by Judah.
Cooke moves out of range of the body kick from Judah.
Cooke is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cooke moves out of range of the body kick.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Judah checks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke's corner calls for a 1-2. Cooke obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Judah slips a jab from Cooke.
Judah walks into a jab.
Judah will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cooke tries a quick counter leg kick but Judah is wise to it.
Judah moves out of range as Cooke strikes.
Cooke connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah slips a jab from Cooke.
Cooke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Judah on the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Cooke.
Cooke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cooke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Judah misses with a head kick.
Cooke follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Cooke uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Judah has time to react.
Cooke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Judah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Cooke looks to land a right hand but Judah moved out of range.
Cooke swings away with a body shot that misses
and Judah counters with a nice body kick.
Cooke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Judah cracks Cooke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Cooke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Judah doesn't seem phased though.
Cooke works Judah's body with a nice hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
Good leg kick by Cooke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good work by Cooke as he checks the leg kick.
Judah looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cooke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cooke lands a nice shot that snaps Judah's head back.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Cooke throws a chopping leg kick but Judah manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Judah misses with an attempted mid kick.
Judah's corner calls for a 1-2. Judah obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Judah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cooke looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Judah scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Cooke's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Judah loads up on a big right hand but Cooke slips the punch.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cooke moves into range and clinches up with Judah.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cooke breaks the clinch.
Judah gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cooke jabs at Judah's body.
Cooke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
Cooke bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Judah's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Cooke misses.
Cooke lands a jab to Judah's midsection.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Cooke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooke connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cooke takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cooke.
Cooke breaks from the clinch.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooke scores with a hook to the body. Judah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cooke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Judah moves in looking to clinch but Cooke pushes him off.
Cooke throws a hook but Judah blocks it.
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cooke can pounce on him.
Cooke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judah.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooke.
Judah lands a lovely overhand right.
Ras Li Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Cooke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke misses with a straight left.
Judah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooke.
Judah motions for Cooke to come forward. Judah throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Judah appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Cooke staying out of range there.
Cooke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Judah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooke manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Cooke throws a hook to the side of Judah's head but Judah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Judah avoids the body shot from Cooke.
Judah connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke staying out of range there.
Cooke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooke lands with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Judah.
Judah tries to land a front kick but Cooke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Judah misses the jab.
Judah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Judah checks a leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Judah tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooke tried to score with a low kick but Judah checks it.
Cooke works the jab nicely.
That kick from Cooke tenderised Judah's leg. Judah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke tries to work over Judah's front leg with a kick but Judah checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah checks a leg kick.
Cooke lands with a right hand.
Judah connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Judah takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
Cooke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Judah throws an off balance right hand
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooke blocks a head kick by Judah.
Cooke is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Crunch! Cooke slams his shin into Judah's torso.
Judah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cooke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Cooke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cooke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Cooke!
A very excited looking Matt Cooke rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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