PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josh Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rendel Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rendel Gracie struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cooper
vs
Gracie

173 cm
22
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rendel Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie dives in and grabs Cooper's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cooper pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Cooper stuffs the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Cooper. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Josh Cooper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rendel Gracie.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Cooper catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Rendel Gracie has been cut.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Cooper.
Gracie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cooper circles away.
Rendel Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cooper.
Cooper misses the jab.
Cooper circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Gracie to the canvas! Gracie doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Cooper keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Cooper!