PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Brascoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Cope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cope has chosen land of my fathers as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Brascoe
vs
Cope

177 cm
20
188 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Brascoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Cope!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cope with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cope displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brascoe throws out the jab.
Brascoe fails with a takedown attempt.
Cope displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Brascoe.
Nice takedown defense from Cope. No joy for Brascoe on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Brascoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cope.
Cope lands a jab to Brascoe's midsection.
Brascoe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cope lands a head shot.

It looks like Don Brascoe has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brascoe walks straight into a right hand from Cope - that's dropped him! Cope jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Brascoe from any more punishment! Brascoe complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Francis Cope!
Francis Cope really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [WOT] Inner Beast Nutrition And Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.