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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hironobu Uematsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, s.mouse - slap my elbow. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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22 - 17 - 0 |
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203 lbs
17 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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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
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hironobu Uematsu!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uematsu gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Uematsu misses with some punches.
Cooper looking to stall.
Uematsu has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Uematsu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Uematsu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Uematsu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Uematsu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Uematsu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Uematsu avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cooper.
It looks like Hironobu Uematsu has been cut.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Uematsu blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
I was talking to Cooper's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Uematsu has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
A short left from Uematsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Cooper - that landed with a thud.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Uematsu avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Uematsu has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Cooper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Uematsu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Uematsu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coopers head.
Cooper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Uematsu throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooper.
Uematsu lands an uppercut.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Uematsu throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Uematsu's defenses.
Uematsu pushes Cooper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uematsu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Uematsu working aggressively here.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper can't find room to land a body shot as Uematsu controls the action.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Uematsu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Uematsu's defenses.
Cooper misses with a body punch.
Uematsu lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Cooper.
A head punch on the inside from Uematsu fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Uematsu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cooper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Uematsu's defenses.
That has opened up Hironobu Uematsu's cut even more.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cooper tries a body shot but Uematsu blocks it.
Uematsu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uematsu misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Uematsu or not.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Cooper.
Cooper just leaning against Uematsu, taking a breather.
Cooper pushes Uematsu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Cooper.
Cooper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Uematsu backwards.
Uematsu lands a left hand.
Uematsu dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
A head punch on the inside from Uematsu fails to land.
Uematsu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Uematsu swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Uematsu blocks an elbow strike.
Uematsu misses with the head strike.
Uematsu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Uematsu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Uematsu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Uematsu.
Cooper gets through Uematsu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The cut above Hironobu Uematsu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Uematsu has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Uematsu.
Uematsu misses with some punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cooper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooper lands an elbow inside that Uematsu shrugs off.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper lands with a right to the head.
Cooper pushes Uematsu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
Hironobu Uematsu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hironobu Uematsu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Charles Cooper!
Charles Cooper was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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