PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between KC Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kjell Sword (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper comes to the cage accompanied by Renegade by Jay-Z & Eminem. Cooper is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cooper
vs
Sword

207 cm
26
257 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

188 cm
26
280 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KC Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kjell Sword!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sword tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Sword.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Sword misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Cooper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sword looks to land a left hand but Cooper moved out of range nicely.
Cooper ducks under a wild hook from Sword.
A big right from Sword misses.
Sword throws a hook but Cooper avoids it easily.
Sword ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooper moves away.
Sword misses with a wild body shot.
Cooper slips a jab from Sword.

Sword shoots in and gets a takedown into Cooper's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sword is working Cooper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sword showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sword makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Sword from controlling successfully.
Cooper will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sword must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sword is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sword connects with a couple of short punches.
Sword cracks Cooper with a solid left hand.
Sword slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sword keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cooper's head.
Sword makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sword keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cooper's head.

Cooper is rocked!
Sword loads up on a big left hand. Cooper felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sword looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Cooper can't hide his disappointment, as Sword celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kjell Sword!
Kjell Sword decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.