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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 3645 p4p, 380 weight class) and Aspen Springfield (ranked 3123 p4p, 339 weight class). Cooper's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, s.mouse - slap my elbow. This should be a great matchup!
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
16 - 9 - 3 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 35 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aspen Springfield!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper tries to clinch up
and Springfield counters with a low kick, right behind Cooper 's knee.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooper checks a leg kick.
Cooper tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Springfield manages to circle out of the way.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Springfield keeps it at a distance.
Springfield flicks out a counter leg kick but Cooper steps away.
Cooper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Springfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper clinches with his opponent.
Cooper is trying to maintain a safe position but Springfield gets an underhook and turns Cooper into the cage.
Springfield tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Cooper just leaning against Springfield, taking a breather.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
I was talking to Cooper's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cooper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Springfield manages to break the clinch.
Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Springfield tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Springfield blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Cooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Springfield controls his hands.
Springfield manages to break the clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
Cooper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Springfield being controlled against the cage.
Springfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Springfield will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cooper up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Cooper is struggling to control the position.
Springfield avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Springfield dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Springfield breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper drives through and clinches with Springfield against the cage.
Cooper misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Cooper.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Springfield takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Springfield looks winded!
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Springfield avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
A short right from Cooper on the inside.
Cooper lands a right hand.
Cooper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cooper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Springfield has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Springfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cooper misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cooper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Springfield shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springfield tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Springfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Springfield.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper is trying to maintain a safe position but Springfield gets an underhook and turns Cooper into the cage.
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Springfield in his tracks for a moment.
Cooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Springfield controls his hands.
Cooper pushes Springfield back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Springfield breaks from the clinch.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Springfield circles away.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Springfield keeps it at a distance.
Springfield tries a quick counter leg kick but Cooper is wise to it.
Cooper moves into the clinch.
Springfield avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Cooper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Springfield leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper misses with a body punch.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cooper - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooper.
Cooper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Springfield backwards.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Springfield leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper tries to throw a body punch but Springfield avoids it by throwing Cooper back against the cage.
Cooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Springfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooper working aggressively here.
Springfield lands with a left to the head.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Cooper dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Springfield blocks a leg kick.
Springfield fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
Cooper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Springfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Springfield circles away from the clinch attempt
and Springfield counters with a three punch combo that has Cooper backing up. Cooper nods at Springfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Springfield checks a leg kick.
Cooper tries to clinch but Springfield is having none of it.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper looks to clinch
and Springfield counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooper thinking.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Springfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Springfield throws out a counter right but Cooper avoids it with no problem.
Springfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Springfield counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cooper thinking.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Springfield can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Springfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cooper moves to clinch but Springfield breaks away
and Springfield counters with a leg kick.
Springfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Springfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper moves to clinch but Springfield breaks away
and Cooper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Springfield circles away.
Cooper has Springfield up against the cage in a clinch.
Springfield can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Cooper.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands a nice elbow.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Springfield is leaning against Cooper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Springfield manages to break the clinch.
Springfield motions for Cooper to come forward. Springfield throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper moves into range and clinches up with Springfield.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Springfield misses with a short punch on the inside.
Springfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Cooper tries a body shot but Springfield blocks it.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles Cooper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Springfield takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Springfield as Cooper tries to tie him up.
Springfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Springfield lands with a short shot to the head.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Springfield manages to break the clinch.
Cooper is looking to clinch but Springfield is avoiding it.
Springfield was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper wants to clinch but Springfield slips to the side
and Springfield counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Springfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper tries to clinch but Springfield moves out of range.
Cooper tries to clinch up but Springfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Springfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Springfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Cooper has Springfield up against the cage in a clinch.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Springfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Springfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cooper tries to clinch up
enabling Springfield to counter with a crisp jab.
Cooper tries to clinch but Springfield is having none of it.
Springfield takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper tries to clinch but Springfield is having none of it.
Cooper takes one on the button.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Springfield was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charles Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aspen Springfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Cooper tries to clinch up
enabling Springfield to counter with a crisp jab.
Cooper rushes Springfield and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper lands a nice elbow.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Springfield tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Springfield tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Springfield can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Cooper misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Springfield creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Springfield's elbow.
Springfield dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Springfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Springfield takes an elbow to the forehead.
Springfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cooper has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper misses with an elbow over the top.
Springfield dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A body shot lands from Springfield.
Springfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Springfield avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Cooper is leaning against Springfield and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Springfield lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooper is trying to stall.
Springfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Springfield.
Springfield takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Springfield's brow.
Cooper stalling in the clinch but Springfield improves position.
Springfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
Springfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooper tries to clinch up but Springfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Springfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Springfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Springfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Charles Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Springfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Springfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Springfield keeps it at a distance.
Cooper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Springfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Springfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Springfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper closes the distance but Springfield moves to the side
and Springfield counters with an inside leg kick.
Springfield lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cooper takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springfield connects with an inside leg kick.
Cooper moves into the clinch.
Cooper swings wildly with an uppercut but Springfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Springfield tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cooper tries to stall but Springfield uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Springfield's brow.
Springfield avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Springfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Springfield lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Springfield.
Springfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Springfield keeps it at a distance.
Springfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cooper walks into a left hand.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Springfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooper has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Springfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Springfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A leg kick checked by Springfield.
Cooper tries to clinch
and Springfield counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cooper's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Springfield throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Springfield closes the distance and pushes Cooper back into the cage.
Springfield digs a right hand into Cooper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cooper's gas tank.
Cooper is trying to maintain a safe position but Springfield gets an underhook and turns Cooper into the cage.
Springfield avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Springfield blocks an elbow strike.
Springfield avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Springfield breaks from the clinch.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Springfield keeps it at a distance.
Springfield appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Springfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Springfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aspen Springfield comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Springfield has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aspen Springfield!
After winning the bout, Aspen Springfield thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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