PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cooper Roos (ranked 83 p4p, 204 weight class) and Chip Nickel (ranked 12 p4p, 28 weight class). Roos comes to the cage accompanied by EASY MONEY. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nickel's choice of entrance music: TISM - Greg the Stop Sign. Chip Nickel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cooper Roos's chin.

Roos
vs
Nickel

185 cm
33
195
23 - 7 - 0

189 cm
37
186
38 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
© Trap House

NARCOS
Conviction

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 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cooper Roos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chip Nickel!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roos throws a right hand that misses
and Nickel counters with an inside leg kick.
Chip Nickel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roos ducks under a wild hook from Nickel.
Roos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nickel misses with an uppercut. Roos saw that one coming.
Nickel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Roos checks it well.
Roos throws a big counter combination but Nickel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A head kick misses from Roos.
Nickel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nickel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Roos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roos takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roos blocks a jab.
Roos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nickel. Nickel obviously looking to wear him down.
Roos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Nickel throws out a loose jab but Roos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roos tries to counter by clinching up but Nickel breaks away and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel misses with a body kick.
Roos misses with a straight right.
Nickel throws a shot from downtown. Roos moves away and avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Roos tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nickel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roos tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nickel manages to circle out of the way.
Nickel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nickel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nickel connects with an inside leg kick.
Nickel misses with an attempted mid kick.
It looked like Roos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nickel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roos swings widly with a right hand
and Nickel counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickel swings for the body but Roos moves out of range.
Nickel connects with a leg kick.
Roos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nickel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roos scrambles back to his feet.
Roos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickel.
Roos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nickel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Roos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nickel.
Roos tries to land a front kick but Nickel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roos misses the body punch
and Nickel counters with a straight right hand.
Nickel cracks Roos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roos swings for the body but Nickel moves out of range.
Nickel was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nickel throws a big shot that misses.
Roos wants to clinch
and Nickel counters with a stiff right hand.
Nickel throws a big shot that misses.

Roos clinches up with Nickel and pushes him back against the cage.
Roos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nickel avoids it.
Nickel working hard to break the clinch.
Nickel tries to break free but Roos pushes him back against the cage.
Roos can't find room to land a body shot as Nickel controls the action.
Nickel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roos working aggressively here.
Roos has Nickel pressed against the cage, preventing Nickel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Nickel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nickel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickel throws a jab but it's blocked by Roos.
Nickel is looking to slow Roos down with leg kicks.
Jab by Nickel.
Nickel throws a body shot but no joy.
Roos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nickel lands a right hook to the body.
Nickel lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roos avoids a kick to the body.
Roos tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nickel manages to circle out of the way.
Nickel lands a right hook to the body.
Nickel scores with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chip Nickel dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nickel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nickel just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRoos.
A low kick from Roos misses
and Nickel counters with a nice uppercut.
Nickel connects with a body shot.
Roos throws a body punch but Nickel moves out of range.
Roos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roos wants to clinch.
Nickel appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nickel momentarily.

It looks like Chip Nickel has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roos misses with a hook to the body
and Nickel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nickel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Roos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nickel throws a jab when Roos was well out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nickel.
Nickel misses with a hook. Roos ducked under it nicely.
Nickel works Roos's body with a nice hook.
Roos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nickel.
Nickel throws a hook but Roos avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roos avoids a kick to the body.
Nickel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roos misses with an uppercut
and Nickel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nickel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nickel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Roos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickel.
It appears Roos was looking to counter with a kick there.

Roos has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Roos.
Roos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nickel can't break the clinch.

Nickel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nickel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nickel misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel throws a leg kick
and Roos counters with a body kick.
Nickel is breathing heavily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nickel.
Roos throws the left hand but Nickel avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Roos.
Good leg kick by Nickel.

Roos forces Nickel back against the cage and clinches.
Nickel managing to block the knees to the body from Roos.
Roos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roos can't find room to land a body shot as Nickel controls the action.
Nickel has a couple of punches blocked by Roos.
Roos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roos throws a punch but it's blocked by Nickel.
Roos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nickel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roos lands a nice shot to the body.
Roos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nickel wants to break free but Roos has control.
Nickel is looking to break free of the clinch but Roos has double underhooks.
Roos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Roos.
Roos lands a shoulder strike.
Roos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roos throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roos.
Roos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roos lands a right hand.
Roos misses with some punches.
Roos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Roos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roos lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Roos.
Roos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nickel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Roos.
Roos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Roos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cooper Roos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chip Nickel's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nickel throws a leg kick
and Roos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nickel throws a leg kick but Roos sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Nickel gets tackled into the cage by Roos. Roos maintains the clinch.
Roos missing with knees to the body.
Roos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nickels head.

Nickel breaks from the clinch.
Nickel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roos thinks about countering with a body kick.
Roos throws a body shot but no joy.
Nickel lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nickel.
Nickel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roos manages to avoid it.
Roos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nickel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nickel counters with a straight right hand.
Nickel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Roos moves out of range as Nickel strikes.
Roos is looking to counter the offense by Nickel and move into the clinch.
Nickel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nickel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big left from Nickel misses.
Nickel lands a leg kick that knocks Roos off balance momentarily.
Nickel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Roos under the eye.
Nickel throws a leg kick but Roos sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roos misses with a right hand
and Nickel counters with a straight right hand.
Roos throws a jab but it's blocked by Nickel.
Roos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick misses from Nickel.
Roos half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nickel throws a body shot but no joy.
Nickel misses with a leg kick.
Roos throws out a loose jab but Nickel uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nickel misses with an uppercut
and Roos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roos.
Nickel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel missing with a left hand there. Roos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Roos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nickel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Roos is out of range.
Roos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chip Nickel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nickel throws a hook but Roos blocks it.
Nickel misses with a shot to the body
and Roos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Roos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nickel throws out the jab.
Roos moves out of range as Nickel strikes.
As Nickel backs away, Roos returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nickel walks into a jab.
Roos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nickel keeps the fight on the outside.
Roos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Roos blocks the leg kick.
Roos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nickel counters with a stiff right hand.
Nickel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nickel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roos doesn't seem bothered though.
A clash of legs there as Nickel blocks the low kick.
Roos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nickel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nickel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roos.
Roos throws a quick counter head kick but Nickel was just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Roos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chip Nickel.
I think Nickel 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Cooper Roos!
A victorious Cooper Roos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.