PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rizvan Abdurashidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper's entrance music is my baby girl - kalo kalo man. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Abdurashidov's choice of entrance music: Ali Dimaev. The key to victory for Charles Cooper has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cooper
vs
Abdurashidov

178 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
166 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

PWNAGE™ (WOT)

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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 Helsinki, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rizvan Abdurashidov!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abdurashidov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Abdurashidov keeps it at a distance.

Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
Cooper misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper is trying to maintain a safe position but Abdurashidov gets an underhook and turns Cooper into the cage.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses.
Abdurashidov takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cooper tries to land knees in the clinch but Abdurashidov avoids the damage to the body.
Abdurashidov tries to score a body lock takedown but Cooper shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cooper is trying to maintain a safe position but Abdurashidov gets an underhook and turns Cooper into the cage.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Abdurashidov dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Abdurashidov wants to take the fight to the mat but Cooper manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Abdurashidov blocks with his arms.
Abdurashidov avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Abdurashidov blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Abdurashidov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cooper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Charles Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rizvan Abdurashidov.
Cooper throws a nice looking combination but Abdurashidov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abdurashidov needs to keep his hands up - Cooper had a free shot at his head there.
Abdurashidov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cooper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper scoring well with a low kick there.
Charles Cooper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cooper clinches.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Abdurashidov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Abdurashidov has Cooper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cooper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cooper misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Abdurashidov is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cooper is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abdurashidov's defenses.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Abdurashidov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper lands a right hand.
Cooper gets underhooks to prevent Abdurashidov's takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper landing knees to the head.
Abdurashidov looks gassed!
Cooper stalling in the clinch but Abdurashidov improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abdurashidov's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abdurashidov's brow.
Abdurashidov goes for a takedown attempt but Cooper pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Cooper throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cooper slaps away a takedown attempt from Abdurashidov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cooper throws a front kick that sends Abdurashidov stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdurashidov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Abdurashidov keeps it at a distance.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch but Abdurashidov is having none of it.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abdurashidov avoids a kick to the body.
Cooper is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
A short uppercut from Cooper.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abdurashidov's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
Cooper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cooper is defending well against a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cooper dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Abdurashidov swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abdurashidov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Charles Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cooper forces Abdurashidov back against the cage and clinches.
Abdurashidov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cooper missing with knees to the body.
Cooper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Abdurashidov 's eye.
Abdurashidov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cooper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Abdurashidov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abdurashidov avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Abdurashidov is breathing heavily.
Cooper pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Abdurashidov tries to keep at a distance but Cooper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Abdurashidov blocks with his arms.
Abdurashidov dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper scores with a knee to the head.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abdurashidov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cooper pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Rizvan Abdurashidov has been cut.
Cooper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cooper stalling.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cooper.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Abdurashidov 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Abdurashidov in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cooper.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Abdurashidov being controlled against the cage.
Cooper tries to land knees in the clinch but Abdurashidov avoids the damage to the body.
Cooper tries to land a knee to the head but Abdurashidov blocks with his arms.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooper is pressed up against the cage. Abdurashidov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cooper down to the mat. Cooper avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Charles Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rizvan Abdurashidov.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch but Abdurashidov is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Abdurashidov gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
Abdurashidov blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abdurashidov blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.

Abdurashidov gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Cooper regains guard.
Abdurashidov preventing the sweep.

Abdurashidov drops back looking for a leg! Cooper is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cooper manages to kick Abdurashidov off! Abdurashidov jumps back into Cooper's guard.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet but Abdurashidov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper has his feet on Abdurashidov's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooper darts in trying to clinch

so Abdurashidov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cooper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rizvan Abdurashidov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Abdurashidov swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Abdurashidov circles away.
Cooper tries to clinch but Abdurashidov is having none of it.
Cooper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abdurashidov can do to turn this around?
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but Abdurashidov pushes him off.

Cooper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cooper prevents the takedown attempt.
Abdurashidov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cooper pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Abdurashidov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abdurashidov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cooper smiles and moves away.
Charles Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rizvan Abdurashidov.
Cooper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Abdurashidov circles away.
Abdurashidov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Abdurashidov shoots in and bounces Cooper off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cooper wants to improve his position but instead Abdurashidov has moved into half guard.
Cooper is looking for a sweep. Abdurashidov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cooper trying to control but Abdurashidov postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdurashidov is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Abdurashidov jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Cooper is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Cooper and Abdurashidov has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Abdurashidov is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cooper has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdurashidov working the strikes but Cooper uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Abdurashidov is working for a kimura but Cooper is defending it quite comfortably.
Cooper is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Abdurashidov is looking for a kimura but Cooper is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Abdurashidov to get the leverage.
Rizvan Abdurashidov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abdurashidov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rizvan Abdurashidov.
I think Cooper 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Cooper!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Charles Cooper waved his t-shirt featuring PWNAGE™ (WOT)'s logo in front of the cameras.