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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghazi Okah (ranked 3451 p4p, 20673 weight class) and Isaiah Cooley (ranked 440 p4p, 693 weight class). Okah comes to the cage accompanied by Rock Stone. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Lethal high kicks
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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 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ghazi Okah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaiah Cooley!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okah forces Cooley back against the cage and clinches.
Cooley is struggling to control the position.
Cooley avoiding damage.
Cooley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Cooley misses.
Good exchange - Okah coming out on top.
It looks like Isaiah Cooley has been cut.
Okah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooley.
Okah throws a left that rocks Cooley and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Okah dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Cooley regain composure!
Cooley is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooley is looking to regain half guard here but Okah keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooley is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Okah is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Okah get's back to his feet.
Cooley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Okah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Okah. Cooley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Okah throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cooley counters with a nice uppercut.
Okah connects with a body shot.
Okah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cooley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cooley throws a right and a left that Okah avoids nicely.
Okah scores with a jab to the body.
Okah scores with a nice head shot.
That has opened up Isaiah Cooley's cut even more.
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!
Okah jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cooley fails to land with a series of punches.
Okah is looking to wear down Cooley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okah misses with a wild body shot.
Okah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cooley momentarily.
Cooley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Okah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cooley counters with a stiff right hand.
Cooley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A left and a right from Cooley both land. Nice combination.
Cooley lands with a good body shot.
Ghazi Okah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooley drops his hands momentarily and Okah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Okah doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooley circles away.
Okah looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooley is just out of range.
Okah lands a jab to Cooley's midsection.
Okah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooley manages to avoid it.
Cooley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okah throws a right hand that misses
enabling Cooley to counter with a crisp jab.
Okah lands a glancing blow to the side of Cooley's head.
Okah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cooley.
Cooley avoids the body shot from Okah.
Okah takes a swing at Cooley's ribcage but misses.
It looks like Okah has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Okah lands with a hook. Cooley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The cut above Isaiah Cooley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cooley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Okah backs up against the cage.
Okah looks to land a left hand but Cooley moved out of range nicely.
Okah lands with a good body shot.
Okah lands a front kick.
Okah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okah's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Okah duly obliges.
Okah displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cooley.
Okah is looking for a counter combo.
Ghazi Okah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Isaiah Cooley.
Okah scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Okah getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Isaiah Cooley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Donk. Okah catches Cooley right on the button with a cross.
Okah tries to bum rush Cooley with a series of wild strikes but Cooley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cooley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Okah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Okah just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooley misses with a series of wild punches.
Okah throws a right and a left that both miss.
Okah connects with the punch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Isaiah Cooley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ghazi Okah!
A relieved looking Ghazi Okah thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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