PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cobweb Cooter (ranked 1542 p4p, 2079 weight class) and Pit Canthropus Jr (ranked 203 p4p, 259 weight class). Cooter comes to the cage accompanied by Porch Honky. Canthropus Jr has chosen Austin Powers - Daddy Wasn't There as his entrance music. Cobweb Cooter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pit Canthropus Jr's chin.

Cooter
vs
Canthropus Jr

169 cm
36
157
18 - 15 - 0

175 cm
33
165
17 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cobweb Cooter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pit Canthropus Jr!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canthropus Jr blocks the body kick.
Despite the aggression on Canthropus Jr's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cooter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Canthropus Jr slips a jab from Cooter.
Canthropus Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cooter misses with an uppercut
and Canthropus Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Canthropus Jr avoids the body shot from Cooter.
Cooter tries to land a front kick but Canthropus Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cooter misses with a hook
and Canthropus Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cooter connects with an inside leg kick.
Cooter thows a left - swing and a miss!
A countering left hand to the body from Canthropus Jr misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooter scores with a shot to the body.
Cooter throws a leg kick which misses Canthropus Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as Canthropus Jr tries to avoid it.
Cooter throws a wild body kick that Canthropus Jr sees coming a mile off.
Canthropus Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cooter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobweb Cooter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooter misses with the body kick
and Canthropus Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cooter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Canthropus Jr counters with a body kick.
Cooter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Canthropus Jr moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooter. Canthropus Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Canthropus Jr counters with a nice body shot.
A slow jab from Cooter misses its intended target.
Cooter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cooter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooter throws a poor cross that misses
and Canthropus Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Canthropus Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cooter works Canthropus Jr's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr misses with a looping right.
Cooter swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Canthropus Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cooter dives in for a single leg takedown but Canthropus Jr sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Canthropus Jr let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Cooter controls the action.
Canthropus Jr misses with a body punch.
Cooter tries a body shot but Canthropus Jr blocks it.
Cooter has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Canthropus Jr after a bit of a struggle.
Canthropus Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cooter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canthropus Jr's efforts to push away.
Cooter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Canthropus Jr backwards.
Cooter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Canthropus Jr misses with a body punch.
Canthropus Jr pushes Cooter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Canthropus Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Cooter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cooter backwards.
Canthropus Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooter's elbow.
Canthropus Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cooter or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooter.

Canthropus Jr breaks the clinch.
Cooter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Canthropus Jr takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cooter scores with a spinning back kick!
Canthropus Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cooter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Canthropus Jr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cooter cracks Canthropus Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cooter gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Canthropus Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Canthropus Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooter thows a body kick. Canthropus Jr tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Canthropus Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooter moves away.
Canthropus Jr avoids the body shot from Cooter.
Cooter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Canthropus Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooter.
Canthropus Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cooter misses with a shot to the body
letting Canthropus Jr counter with a right hand.
Cooter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Canthropus Jr counters with a body kick.
Cooter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Canthropus Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooter.
Canthropus Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooter. Canthropus Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Canthropus Jr doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooter throws a push kick but Canthropus Jr slaps the foot to one side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Canthropus Jr! But no joy.
Cooter wants to slow Canthropus Jr down by chopping away at his legs.
Canthropus Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cobweb Cooter will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cooter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cooter looks to land a combination but Canthropus Jr avoids it well.
Canthropus Jr is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cooter with a body shot.
Cooter scores with a sloppy right hand. Canthropus Jr should have avoided that one.
Cooter misses with a body punch
and Canthropus Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Canthropus Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Canthropus Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Cooter throws a hook but Canthropus Jr blocks it.
Cooter misses the body punch
and Canthropus Jr counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Cobweb Cooter has been cut.

Cooter drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cooter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Canthropus Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cooter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cooter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Canthropus Jr wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cooter's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cooter trying to control the position from guard on top but Canthropus Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Canthropus Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr pulls Cooter in close to his closed guard and prevents Cooter from doing any damage or advancing position.
Canthropus Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cooter is one step ahead there.
Cooter throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooter throws a big right hand that misses.
Cooter throwing strikes but missing.
Cooter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Canthropus Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Canthropus Jr sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cooter's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooter is looking to improve his position.
Canthropus Jr stalling.
Cooter is trying to get back to full guard.
Cooter is working hard here to advance position.
Cooter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cooter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Canthropus Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooter has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cooter wants to hit a sweep here but Canthropus Jr passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Cooter there!
Canthropus Jr wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Cooter is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cooter is desperately trying to improve his position but Canthropus Jr has a good base and remains in mount.
Canthropus Jr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cooter can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooter wants to hold on but Canthropus Jr pushes him away.
Canthropus Jr controlling from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cooter wants to control but Canthropus Jr is having none of it.
Pit Canthropus Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cooter is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pit Canthropus Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cobweb Cooter's cut.
That's time! Cooter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cooter.
Canthropus Jr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cooter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice body punch from Cooter.
Canthropus Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Cooter misses the shot to the body.
Cooter fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Canthropus Jr avoids it really well and circles away.
Canthropus Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr throws out a counter right but Cooter avoids it with no problem.
Canthropus Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooter.
Canthropus Jr raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Nice straight punches there by Cooter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cooter.
Canthropus Jr throws the left hand but Cooter avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooter misses with a looping left.
Canthropus Jr connects with a nice looking jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cooter.
Cooter misses with a hook
and Cooter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Canthropus Jr blocks the body kick.
Cooter looks to score with a jab to the body but Canthropus Jr is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Cooter.
A low kick from Cooter is predictable there
and Canthropus Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cooter misses with a lunging right hand
and Canthropus Jr counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cooter connects with a crisp jab.
Canthropus Jr staying out of range there.
Canthropus Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Both fighters circling a little - Canthropus Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Canthropus Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooter.
Cooter misses with a hook to the body
and Canthropus Jr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cooter misses with a lunging right hand
and Canthropus Jr finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cooter.
It seemed like Canthropus Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cobweb Cooter is winning the standup battle so far.
Cooter works the jab nicely.
Cooter just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr throws a right and a left that Cooter avoids nicely.
Canthropus Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little jabbing left from Canthropus Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cooter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cooter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Canthropus Jr.
A nice side step and Canthropus Jr releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Canthropus Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Canthropus Jr misses with a hook.
Cooter throws a shot to the body.
Cooter throws a leg kick but Canthropus Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cooter takes one on the button.
Cooter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Canthropus Jr moves away.
Canthropus Jr connects with a right hand. Cooter shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooter misses with a hook
and Canthropus Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cooter swings widly with a right hand
and Canthropus Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooter connects with a right hand. Canthropus Jr shakes it off.
Canthropus Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooter moves away.
Cooter throws an off balance right hand
and Canthropus Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Cooter.
Cooter lands a right hook to the body.
Cooter misses with a body kick.
Canthropus Jr throws out a counter right but Cooter avoids it with no problem.
Canthropus Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Cooter lands a right hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pit Canthropus Jr.
I think Canthropus Jr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pit Canthropus Jr!
Pit Canthropus Jr made sure to mention his sponsor, Kato in his post fight interview.
Cobweb Cooter spoke after the fight, saying 'Im feeling lower than a doodle bug right about now.'.