PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Daly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper's entrance music is Eminem - Not Afraid . A fine choice. Daniel Cooper has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Cooper
vs
Daly

180 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyler Daly!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daly bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cooper on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cooper tries to get out of the position.
Cooper is not content to let Daly control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooper is trying to control Daly's posture but Daly avoids it.
Cooper gets back to half guard.
Cooper gets full guard.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Daly from controlling successfully.
Daly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cooper is trying to keep Daly in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cooper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cooper is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper wants to stand and escape but Daly is having none of it.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Daly from controlling successfully.
Daly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Daly trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Cooper shoots in and bounces Daly off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Daly wants to stand up but Cooper is controlling him.
Cooper wants to control from the top but Daly keeps moving.
Cooper is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daly wants to improve his position but instead Cooper has moved into half guard.
Cooper seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cooper drops an elbow to the side of Daly's head.
Cooper lands strikes from half guard.
Cooper slips a nice elbow through Daly's hands, connecting with Daly's forehead.
Daly tries to get to full guard but Cooper has control of the leg.
Daly wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daly's head.
Daly looks like he's trying to stand up.
Daly is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cooper works his foot free and advances to mount.
Cooper is landing with some decent strikes but Daly is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cooper breaks from Daly's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Cooper is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Daly has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Daly!
Daly trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cooper's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Daly doesn't defend quickly enough and Cooper has managed to lock this one up! Can Daly escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Cooper on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Daniel Cooper!
Post fight, an emotional Daniel Cooper said 'Thanks For Watching. To Camp And My Teammates Who Are Here.'.