PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damien Cooler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yusuf Akumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yusuf Akumi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cooler
vs
Akumi

184 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damien Cooler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yusuf Akumi!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akumi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cooler avoids it really well and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Akumi is defended easily by Cooler.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cooler.
Akumi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Akumi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cooler.
Akumi looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooler.
Cooler connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akumi's calf.
Cooler lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cooler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Akumi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooler thuds his shin into the meat of Akumi's side.
Akumi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cooler. That one must have hurt.
Akumi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooler. Cooler obviously looking to wear him down.
Akumi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Akumi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cooler - the referee stops the clock and Akumi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cooler. Akumi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
Cooler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Akumi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooler scores with a nice body kick.
Damien Cooler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akumi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooler.
Akumi shoots in looking for a takedown. Cooler tries to sprawl out of it but Akumi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cooler manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Damien Cooler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yusuf Akumi.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cooler. That's going to slow Akumi down.
Cooler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooler feints and then cracks Akumi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akumi down.
Cooler delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cooler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akumi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cooler is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Akumi.
Cooler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cooler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cooler cracks the inside of Akumi's front leg.
Cooler cracks the inside of Akumi's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooler, right into the meat.
Cooler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akumi's calf.
Akumi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cooler plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Cooler.
Damien Cooler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cooler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Akumi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cooler.
Cooler feints and then cracks Akumi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akumi down.
Cooler scores with a kick to the body.
Cooler delivers a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Akumi.
Cooler feints and then cracks Akumi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akumi down.
Cooler throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cooler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cooler throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Akumi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cooler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cooler is looking to slow Akumi down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akumi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
Nice body kick from Cooler.
Cooler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akumi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cooler is looking to slow Akumi down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akumi's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooler.
Akumi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice body kick there by Cooler.
Cooler cracks the inside of Akumi's front leg.
Cooler scores with a nice body kick.
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
Cooler throws a head kick that Akumi semi-blocks.
Cooler lands a high kick!
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
Akumi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cooler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Akumi. That did some damage!
Cooler scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooler scores with a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cooler.
Cooler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Cooler dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cooler scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cooler scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice body kick there by Cooler.
Cooler thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Akumi if he has to take too many more of those.
Cooler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cooler feints and then cracks Akumi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akumi down.
Cooler delivers a nice body kick.
Cooler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooler.
Cooler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Akumi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooler.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooler.
Cooler is looking to slow Akumi down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Akumi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cooler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooler lands a front kick.
Cooler lands a nice looking body kick.
Cooler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooler, right into the meat.
Cooler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Akumi can do to turn this around?
Cooler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Akumi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooler.
Cooler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akumi's calf.
Akumi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooler.
Cooler throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Akumi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Akumi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cooler has got the better of the exchanges.
Cooler thumps Akumi with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
Cooler chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
Cooler throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Yusuf Akumi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooler lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Akumi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cooler scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooler thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Akumi if he has to take too many more of those.
Akumi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooler throws a nice head kick!
Cooler thumps Akumi with a low kick.
Cooler connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooler lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cooler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Akumi.
Akumi dives in and grabs Cooler's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cooler pushes down on Akumi's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cooler. Akumi shrugs it off though.
Cooler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Akumi. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick lands from Cooler.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooler.
Cooler connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cooler. Akumi shrugs it off though.
Akumi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Akumi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cooler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cooler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooler, right into the meat.
Cooler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cooler.
Cooler scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooler connects with a high kick.
Akumi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cooler can pounce on him.
Cooler goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cooler throws a head kick that half lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooler, right into the meat.
Akumi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Akumi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cooler circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cooler.
Akumi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooler. Cooler obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akumi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooler lands a nice looking body kick.
Damien Cooler is winning the standup battle so far.
Cooler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cooler lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Cooler dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Akumi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooler scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
Akumi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cooler.
Cooler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Akumi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooler.
Good leg kick by Cooler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Akumi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooler. Cooler obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cooler thows a body kick. Akumi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cooler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cooler.
Akumi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cooler.
Cooler scores with a kick to the midsection.
Akumi shoots in for a takedown but Cooler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooler.
Good leg kick by Cooler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooler fakes the leg kick and cracks Akumi in the body.
Cooler throws a head kick that half lands.
Cooler connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooler thumps Akumi with a low 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!
Akumi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cooler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akumi's calf.
Akumi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cooler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cooler explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Damien Cooler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooler throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooler.
Cooler thumps Akumi with a low kick.
Cooler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooler feints and then cracks Akumi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akumi down.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
Akumi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cooler can pounce on him.
Akumi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooler.
A good leg kick by Cooler.
Cooler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooler scores with a leg kick.
Akumi shoots in looking for a takedown. Cooler tries to sprawl out of it but Akumi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cooler manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cooler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akumi's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooler moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Cooler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooler throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
Cooler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cooler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akumi's sensitive parts.
Cooler throws a leg kick which misses Akumi's front leg but catches the back leg as Akumi tries to avoid it.
Cooler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooler.
Cooler scores with a head kick.
Cooler thumps Akumi with a low kick.
Akumi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cooler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cooler throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Akumi's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cooler. Akumi shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooler goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cooler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooler.
Cooler throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cooler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akumi's calf.
Akumi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Akumi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cooler. That one must have hurt.
Cooler throws a nice head kick!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cooler - that will leave a mark!
Cooler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Akumi.
Cooler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooler leaves Akumi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Damien Cooler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yusuf Akumi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooler scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cooler, right into the meat.
Yusuf Akumi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick lands from Cooler.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Cooler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cooler has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:24
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Cooler!