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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Cooke (ranked 2372 p4p, 268 weight class) and Tanner Pounds (ranked 2284 p4p, 256 weight class). Cooke comes to the cage accompanied by Harm's Way - Warriors Will Reign. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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161 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
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150 lbs
24 - 10 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tanner Pounds!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Pounds.
Pounds misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
Cooke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pounds manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooke.
Cooke changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pounds looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pounds can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooke is looking to take a break and control but Pounds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooke working the body and head with strikes.
Pounds is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pounds is not content to let Cooke control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounds can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooke working the ground and pound but Pounds is defending the strikes.
Cooke just content to control the position.
Cooke has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pounds!
Cooke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pounds is looking to escape.
Cooke cracks Pounds with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cooke takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! Cooke connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cooke scoring with strikes but Pounds is staying in there.
Cooke tries to control but Pounds wriggling away.
Cooke will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The referee warns Pounds that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cooke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pounds is looking to get to half guard.
Cooke putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cooke lands a big shot there that rocks Pounds but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cooke lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cooke breaks from Pounds's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pounds has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Cooke is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Pounds knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Pounds for a finish.
Cooke throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounds just trying to survive but Cooke is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Cooke is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Pounds up.
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 working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Cooke throwing sloppy strikes.
Pounds looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Cooke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pounds misses with a left hand
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cooke moves out of range of the body kick from Pounds.
Cooke slips under a jab from Pounds.
Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pounds.
Pounds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A jab from Pounds does it's job there.
Cooke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooke throws a body punch but Pounds moves out of range.
Pounds throws out a loose jab but Cooke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooke looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cooke throws the left hand but Pounds avoids the punch easily.
Cooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pounds can do to turn this around?
Cooke lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cooke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Pounds checks it.
Pounds throws a leg kick but Cooke sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Cooke on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Some wild striking there from Cooke.
Pounds throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke tries to score with a low kick but Pounds moves his leg out of the way.
Cooke slips a straight right by Pounds.
Pounds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tanner Pounds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pounds dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pounds on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cooke tries to clinch there but Pounds circles away.
Cooke is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cooke misses with a hook. Pounds ducked under it nicely.
Cooke throws a head kick but Pounds moves out of range.
Cooke slips under a jab.
Pounds scores with a nice strike.
No joy there for Pounds, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A leg kick checked by Pounds.
A jab lands there for Pounds.
Cooke moves out of range of the strikes.
Pounds swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooke.
Samuel Cooke is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pounds.
Pounds looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. Pounds looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pounds misses with a body kick.
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 lands a head kick!
Pounds lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooke's sensitive parts.
Pounds throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooke.
Cooke has managed to clinch.
Pounds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooke throws a solid leg kick but Pounds takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cooke.
Pounds avoids the head kick by Cooke.
Pounds missing with a left hand there. Cooke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cooke throws a series of punches but Pounds moves out of range.
Cooke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cooke closes the distance but Pounds moves to the side
and Pounds counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounds misses the shot to the body.
Cooke feinted with a counter takedown.
Pounds throws a big shot that misses.
Cooke misses with a looping left.
Pounds looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooke is just out of range.
Cooke throws a head kick but Pounds moves out of range.
Pounds is looking for the big counter here.
Cooke takes a swing at Pounds's ribcage but misses.
Cooke moves into the clinch.
Pounds has had enough of the clinch but Cooke keeps him there for the moment.
Pounds lands a left hand.
Cooke throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooke misses with a body punch.
Cooke trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pounds.
Pounds can't find room to land a body shot as Cooke controls the action.
Pounds is fighting off a takedown attempt but Cooke is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Pounds to the mat. Pounds regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Cooke is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke trying to control but Pounds is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pounds holds on and takes a little breather.
Cooke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Samuel Cooke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pounds wants to sweep but no luck.
Cooke showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pounds keeping moving, preventing Cooke from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Cooke dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cooke blocks a jab.
Pounds throws a leg kick but Cooke moved away.
Cooke is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pounds's half guard.
Pounds trying to control but Cooke postures up.
Cooke is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Pounds reverses the position - he's now on top in Cooke's guard.
Cooke has Pounds pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cooke working for a triangle but Pounds defends it easily.
Cooke looking for a sweep. Not yet Cooke, not yet.
Pounds controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cooke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pounds postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
Cooke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pounds works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cooke moves out of range of the strikes.
Cooke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pounds.
Cooke moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke tries to work over Pounds's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pounds lands with a right to the head.
Pounds takes a shot to the head.
Pounds working aggressively here.
Cooke landing knees to the head.
Pounds blocks the elbow strike.
Cooke misses with some punches.
Pounds struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooke controls his hands.
Cooke takes a shot to the head.
Cooke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pounds fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Pounds.
Samuel Cooke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Pounds.
Pounds throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cookes head.
Cooke trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pounds creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cooke misses with an elbow over the top.
Cooke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pounds lands a shoulder strike.
Cooke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounds dodges an elbow strike from Cooke.
A short left from Pounds.
Pounds lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooke throws an elbow that misses.
Cooke missing with knees to the body.
Pounds can't find room to land a body shot as Cooke controls the action.
Pounds lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pounds on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pounds misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Samuel Cooke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pounds swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pounds lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cooke tries a body shot but Pounds blocks it.
Pounds swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pounds misses with the head strike.
Tanner Pounds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pounds lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tanner Pounds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Cooke!
Samuel Cooke thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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