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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Beznisko (ranked 138 p4p, 22 weight class) and Matt Cooke (ranked 256 p4p, 40 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
21 - 13 - 1 |
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203 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Sergey Beznisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beznisko takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beznisko.
Beznisko closes the distance and clinches.
Cooke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bezniskos head.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike.
Beznisko stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cooke fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cooke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beznisko drops his hands momentarily and Cooke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cooke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cooke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Beznisko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
Beznisko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Beznisko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooke throws a body punch but Beznisko moves out of range.
Beznisko tried to counter with a leg kick but Cooke avoided it.
Beznisko tries to clinch up but Cooke circles away and keeps his distance.
Cooke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beznisko gets a clinch.
Cooke throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Beznisko.
Beznisko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Cooke misses
and Beznisko counters with a stiff right hand.
Beznisko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Beznisko throws the left hand but Cooke avoids the punch easily.
Beznisko throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
Beznisko scores with a hook to the body. Cooke takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cooke slips under a jab from Beznisko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooke scores with a body shot.
Matt Cooke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooke keeps the fight on the outside.
A low kick from Cooke misses
and Beznisko counters with a straight right hand.
Cooke tries to clinch there but Beznisko circles away.
Beznisko connects with an inside leg kick.
Beznisko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beznisko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beznisko lands a body shot.
Cooke lands a glancing blow to the side of Beznisko's head.
Beznisko throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Beznisko misses with a straight left.
Cooke has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Beznisko throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Cooke.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cooke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke checks a low kick from Beznisko.
Beznisko moves away from the strike by Cooke.
Cooke throws a hook to the side of Beznisko's head but Beznisko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beznisko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooke has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A big left from Beznisko misses.
Cooke digs a good hook to Beznisko's body.
Beznisko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beznisko doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooke circles away.
Nice shot lands for Cooke.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beznisko slips a jab from Cooke.
Cooke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooke.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Beznisko throws a hook but Cooke avoids it easily.
Beznisko ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a body punch
enabling Beznisko to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beznisko was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooke.
Beznisko just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Cooke misses.
Cooke loads up on a big right hand but Beznisko slips the punch.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Cooke cracks Beznisko with a good jab.
Cooke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Cooke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cooke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cooke scores with a jab. Beznisko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cooke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice straight punches there by Cooke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cooke.
Cooke thumps Beznisko with a low kick.
Cooke throws a low kick but Beznisko avoids it.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Beznisko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beznisko is looking for a counter combo.
Cooke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beznisko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cooke keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cooke connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko swings widly with a right hand
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beznisko swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooke.
Beznisko seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
Cooke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beznisko checks it well.
Cooke throws a lazy uppercut
and Beznisko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cooke misses with a straight left.
Beznisko appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
Beznisko changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Cooke feints and then cracks Beznisko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beznisko down.
Cooke lands a nice shot that snaps Beznisko's head back.
Cooke throws out a powerful jab.
Cooke feints and then cracks Beznisko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beznisko down.
Cooke thows a leg kick but Beznisko checks it
and Beznisko counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cooke won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beznisko misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Beznisko scores with a couple of short elbows.
Beznisko lands a decent elbow from side control.
Beznisko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Beznisko in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beznisko looks to land a strike but Cooke avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Beznisko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Beznisko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beznisko preventing the sweep.
Beznisko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cooke is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cooke keeping moving, preventing Beznisko from controlling successfully.
Beznisko cracks Cooke with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beznisko is looking to work some ground and pound but Cooke has wrist control.
Beznisko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beznisko is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Beznisko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Beznisko trying to control but Cooke is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Beznisko has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cooke moves away from the strike by Beznisko.
Beznisko throws an overhand right that lands on Cooke's shoulder, as Cooke tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Cooke lands with a right hand.
Beznisko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooke.
Cooke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooke.
Beznisko wants to clinch up but Cooke keeps it at a distance.
Cooke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beznisko.
Beznisko is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cooke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beznisko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Beznisko slips under a jab.
Beznisko slips under a jab.
Beznisko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
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!
Beznisko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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.
That's time! Beznisko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Beznisko throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beznisko walks into a straight right hand from Cooke.
Beznisko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Beznisko checks it.
Cooke misses with an uppercut
and Beznisko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
Beznisko misses with a double jab
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke motions for Beznisko to come forward. Cooke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Cooke.
Cooke throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beznisko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooke scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cooke.
A little feinted left hand from Beznisko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cooke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cooke fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beznisko misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
Beznisko loads up on a big right hand but Cooke slips the punch.
Beznisko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beznisko tries to clinch but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke throws a body punch but Beznisko moves out of range.
A jab from Beznisko misses.
Beznisko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko throws a body shot but no joy.
Beznisko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooke.
Beznisko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beznisko lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beznisko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooke.
Sergey Beznisko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beznisko looks to land a left hand but Cooke moved out of range nicely.
Cooke scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooke swings widly with a right hand
and Cooke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cooke moves out of range as Beznisko strikes.
Beznisko misses with a straight left.
Beznisko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beznisko moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke connects with a looping right hand.
Beznisko tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooke cracks the inside of Beznisko's front leg.
Cooke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Beznisko rushes Cooke and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cooke fails to land.
Cooke pushes Beznisko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Cooke.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beznisko moves away.
Beznisko drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cooke sprawls and moves away.
Cooke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cooke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cooke throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke misses with an uppercut.
Cooke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beznisko misses with a straight right.
That kick from Cooke tenderised Beznisko's leg. Beznisko is trying to keep his angry face on.
Beznisko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beznisko slips under a jab.
Cooke misses with a wild body shot.
Cooke throws a right hand that Beznisko ducks under and follows up with a left that Beznisko also avoids with ease.
Cooke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good exchange - Cooke coming out on top.
Cooke goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cooke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beznisko was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooke.
Beznisko gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cooke.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Cooke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cooke winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Cooke!
In his post fight interview, Matt Cooke started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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