PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Ninja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ninja has chosen Astro Zombies as his entrance music. Charles Cook has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cook
vs
Ninja

174 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Ninja!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cook gets the takedown into side control.

Cook is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ninja knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Cook thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ninja is pushing Cook's head away, looking to escape. Cook manages to hold on to the position though.

Cook working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Cook wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ninja, who protects the arm well.

Cook is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ninja knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Cook is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ninja is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Cook tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cook has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cook looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ninja is trying to get back to his feet.

Cook looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Cook tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cook has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Cook tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Cook looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cook is trying to get an arm triangle but Ninja is defending well.

Cook is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ninja is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ninja prevents Cook from moving into mount.
Ninja is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Cook has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Cook thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ninja gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ninja wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ninja looks gassed!

Ninja defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cook.

Cook is working for a guillotine from mount but Ninja frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cook looking for a guillotine from mount but Ninja is having none of it.

Cook is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ninja can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Cook looking to secure an arm triangle but Ninja defends it well.

Cook is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ninja is surviving well by controlling Cook's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cook working for a guillotine from mount but Ninja is in no mood to give up.

Cook looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ninja really wants to buck Cook off and get back to his feet.

Cook is working for a guillotine from mount but Ninja frees his head quite easily.

Cook has hold of Ninja's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ninja manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Cook wants to finish this one by submission but Ninja is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Cook.

Cook with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cook dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cook shoots in looking for a takedown. Ninja tries to sprawl out of it but Cook keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ninja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Cook darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Cook wants to work for an arm triangle but Ninja is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Cook is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ninja is trying to stand up here but Cook is controlling him well.

Cook is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ninja is breathing heavily.

Ninja is defending against the submission attempts here by Cook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninja is trying to stand up here but Cook is controlling him well.

Cook looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Cook seems to be working for a kimura but Ninja defends the submission attempt.

Cook is working for a kimura but Ninja is defending it quite comfortably.

Cook is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ninja doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cook.

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.

Cook seems to be looking for submissions.

Cook is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ninja doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cook.

Cook looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cook wants to work for an arm triangle but Ninja is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ninja is looking to escape.

Cook is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

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

Cook is looking for a kimura here.
Cook moves into full mount! Ninja won't be happy about that!

Cook looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ninja defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cook.

Cook with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Cook is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ninja to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ninja shrugs it off.
Ninja is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Cook dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Ninja. No joy for Cook on that attempt.

Cook looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Cook is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cook won't allow Ninja to get back to his feet.

Cook drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cook jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Cook is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Cook drops back looking for a leg! Ninja is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ninja manages to kick Cook off! Cook jumps back into Ninja's guard.

Cook drops back looking for a leg! Ninja is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ninja manages to kick Cook off! Cook jumps back into Ninja's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cook thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Cook is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Cook thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cook tries to free his leg and advance position but Ninja is retaining full guard.

Cook drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cook jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ninja wants to stand but Cook is controlling the position.
Cook has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cook pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ninja is keeping the position for now.
Cook stops Ninja from standing up.
Cook might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

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.

Cook is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Cook drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cook jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cook prevents Ninja from getting back to his feet.

Cook thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cook pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ninja is keeping the position for now.

Cook is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cook stands and throws Ninja's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Cook tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cook has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Cook wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ninja, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cook wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ninja, who protects the arm well.

Cook is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ninja has escaped the position, nice work there.

Cook tries for a kimura but Ninja is defending well.
Cook prevents Ninja from escaping the position.

Cook has hold of Ninja's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ninja tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Cook cranks the arm and Ninja screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ninja, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Charles Cook!