PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shane Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cook might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalif. Irons comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Get On Your Knees - Age Against the Machine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cook
vs
Irons

167 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Irons!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irons tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Irons will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irons misses with the combination.

Cook shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Irons napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cook working the head and body with strikes.
Cook wants to lay and pray for a moment but Irons keeps working.
Irons manages to get back to half guard.
Irons is looking for a sweep. Cook is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cook is looking to advance position but Irons won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cook thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Irons's head.

Irons looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cook lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Irons looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons is looking to improve his position.
Irons avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cook.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Irons missing with a left hand there. Cook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cook shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Irons but Irons pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cook moves away from the strike by Irons.
Irons swinging wildly here.
Irons throws a right hand that Cook ducks under and follows up with a left that Cook also avoids with ease.
Irons throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cook.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Irons is looking to clinch.
Cook shoots in and drives through. Irons sprawls well.
Irons displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Cook has managed to clinch.
Irons fails to pull guard.

Cook lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Irons keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cook lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cook is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cook trying to pass the guard but Irons defending well.
Cook trying to control from half guard but Irons is working away.

Cook is looking for a kimura but Irons is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cook to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons moves into full guard.
Cook throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Irons works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cook is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cook accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Irons throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cook is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cook scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cook wants to control from the top but Irons keeps moving.
Cook scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Irons working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cook.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cook trying to control but Irons is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irons looking for a sweep. Not yet Irons, not yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cook wants to clinch.
Irons tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Cook counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Irons looking to control.

Irons is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cook defends well.

Irons had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cook defends it easily.
Cook advances to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cook looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cook working Irons over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Cook dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cook tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Irons swivels and escapes.
Irons throws a hook but Cook avoids it easily.
Irons misses with a double jab

and Cook counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Irons's guard now.
Cook throwing strikes from guard but Irons blocks nicely.
Cook trying to control but Irons is working from the bottom.

Irons looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cook wants to control from the top but Irons keeps moving.
Cook has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cook controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Irons wants to sweep here but Cook controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cook wants to control from the top but Irons keeps moving.
Cook trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Irons trying to control the position.
Cook scoring with punches to the head and body.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Irons paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cook looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Irons is fending him off so far but Cook persists. Nope, Irons circles away and we're back to standing.
A punch combination from Irons misses.
Irons misses with a few strikes there.
Irons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cook moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cook.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Cook. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Irons gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Cook counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cook distracts Irons with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cook with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cook thows a big elbow that misses.

Irons is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Irons has his foot on Cook's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cook works his way back into a safe position though.
Shane Cook overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Irons working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cook.
Cook postures up and lands a big shot to Irons's brow.

Irons has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Cook is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Irons.
Cook working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook looks up at the clock and then as Irons takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cook smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Irons avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cook.
Irons can't do much from the bottom here.
Cook lands an elbow.
Cook wants to lay and pray for a moment but Irons keeps working.
Cook working the head with strikes.
Irons is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cook is looking to take a break and control but Irons is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Irons avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Irons regains full guard. Nicely done.

Irons looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Irons utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cook missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cook with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cook wants to control from the top but Irons keeps moving.

Irons has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cook off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch but Irons swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cook shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cook drops an elbow to the side of Irons's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Cook dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Irons lands the left hand.
Irons lands a really nice looking cross but Cook seems unphased.
Irons misses with a wild combination.
Irons scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Irons darts in trying to clinch

and Cook counters with a single leg into guard. Irons didn't expect that.
Cook trying to control the position from guard on top but Irons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cook throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Irons trying to control the position here.
Cook in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cook lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cook seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cook takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Irons wants to get back to full guard.
Cook working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Irons blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cook.
Cook wants to control but Irons is keeping him busy.
Cook performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cook not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Irons looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cook lands with a punch from half guard.
Cook missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Irons keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Irons throws a series of punches but Cook moves out of range.
Irons wants to clinch but Cook slips to the side

and Cook counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cook.
Cook wants to control from the top but Irons keeps moving.
Cook in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cook working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Irons looking for a triangle here. Cook is fighting it but it looks tight! Irons pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Cook is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Frank Irons!