PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quade Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valko Hai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cooper
vs
Hai

184 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
27
163 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quade Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valko Hai!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hai takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Valko Hai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hai.

Hai feints and as Cooper raises his hands in defense, Hai changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hai throwing strikes from guard but Cooper blocks nicely.

Cooper is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hai defends well.
Hai connects with a couple of short punches.
Hai sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hai postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hai is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hai has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Cooper is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hai is aware though and is defending well.
Hai trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hai pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cooper is keeping the position for now.
Hai's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cooper is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hai thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hai throws a big right hand that misses.
Cooper is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Cooper isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hai stacks Cooper on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Hai!

Hai goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Cooper rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hai's guard! Nice work there by Cooper!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper won't allow Hai to sweep him here.
Hai wants to control the position but Cooper says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Hai trying to control but Cooper postures up.
Hai is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Cooper is staying active.

Hai looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cooper seems to be looking for submissions.
Hai wants to control the action here but instead Cooper manages to pass to full mount!
Cooper can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hai is looking to escape.
Hai slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hai is just riding it out for now. Cooper eventually gives up the hold.
Cooper is stalling here. Hai is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cooper seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hai has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Cooper is looking to reverse the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hai has hold of Cooper's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Cooper tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Hai cranks the arm and Cooper screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Cooper, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Valko Hai!
Our winner, Valko Hai, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.