PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Cooper (ranked 1991 p4p, 232 weight class) and Milan Zatopek (ranked 1524 p4p, 183 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cooper
vs
Zatopek

175 cm
23
152 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

169 cm
26
169 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milan Zatopek!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper slips a jab from Zatopek.
Zatopek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zatopek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooper manages to avoid it.
Zatopek misses with an uppercut.

Cooper has Zatopek up against the cage in a clinch.
Zatopek tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zatopek's brow.
Zatopek blocks an uppercut.
Zatopek will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cooper up against the cage.
Zatopek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zatopek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cooper darts in and clinches Zatopek up against the cage.
Cooper misses with the head strike.

Zatopek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winston Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zatopek counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
Zatopek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zatopek swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper wants to clinch.

Cooper has managed to clinch.

Zatopek breaks from the clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zatopek swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zatopek throws a jab when Cooper was well out of range.
Cooper tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zatopek manages to circle out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zatopek misses with a hook. Cooper ducked under it nicely.
Cooper takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zatopek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooper tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Zatopek counter with a right hand.
Zatopek swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Zatopek is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cooper with a body shot.

Cooper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zatopek.
Zatopek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zatopek lands a right hand.
Cooper looking to slow down the pace here.
Cooper misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zatopek blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Zatopek has Cooper pushed against the cage.
Zatopek pushes Cooper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zatopek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zatopek.
Cooper throws a head punch that misses.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Zatopek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooper looks to clinch
letting Zatopek counter with a right hand.
Zatopek misses with a straight left.
Zatopek loads up on a big right hand but Cooper slips the punch.
Cooper wants to clinch.
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but Zatopek pushes him off.
Zatopek throws an overhand right that lands on Cooper's shoulder, as Cooper tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Zatopek misses its intended target.
It looked like Cooper was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a jab.
Zatopek lands with a right hand.

Cooper is rocked!
Zatopek knocks out Cooper with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Zatopek before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Zatopek picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Milan Zatopek!