PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Winston Cooper (ranked 6689 p4p, 535 weight class) and Marcus Harris (ranked 7119 p4p, 544 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Cooper
vs
Harris

175 cm
21
152 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Harris!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cooper instigates a clinch.
Harris looking for a takedown.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Cooper lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Marcus Harris has been cut.
Cooper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Harris jumps guard but Cooper turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nice elbow from Cooper.
A head punch on the inside from Cooper fails to land.
Harris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cooper just stands there and leans against the cage.
Winston Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Harris.
Cooper has Harris pressed against the cage.
Cooper misses with a body punch.
Harris jumps guard but Cooper stands there with Harris around his waist. Harris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris jumps guard but Cooper turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is looking to take this one to the mat.
Harris wants a takedown.
Cooper has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Cooper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Cooper is pressed up against the cage. Harris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cooper down to the mat. Cooper avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.

Cooper clinches.
Cooper lands a shoulder strike.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cooper trying to stall but Harris improves his position.
Cooper taking a breather.
Cooper gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a body punch.
Cooper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cooper stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooper lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Harris prevents a body shot from Cooper.
Harris goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cooper prevents it.
Cooper stalls.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cooper lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Cooper swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cooper just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harris has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cooper after a bit of a struggle.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cooper stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
Harris looks winded!
Cooper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cooper misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Harris drags the fight down to the ground.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Cooper from controlling successfully.
Cooper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.

Harris looking for subs off his back but Cooper has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cooper is working for a kimura but Harris is defending it quite comfortably.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cooper looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Cooper is trying for a kimura here. Harris looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Cooper wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Winston Cooper!
Winston Cooper spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.