PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Cooperman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark comes to the cage accompanied by Chris Clark - Ted . John Cooperman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Clark
vs
Cooperman

186 cm
21
223 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
27
215 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Cooperman!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooperman looks to land a right hand but Clark moved out of range.
Cooperman swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.

Clark clinches up with Cooperman and pushes him back against the cage.
Cooperman throws a head punch that misses.
Clark throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cooperman is trying to break the clinch but Clark has him pressed against the cage.
Cooperman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooperman controls his hands.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Cooperman avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Cooperman avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Cooperman prevents a body shot from Clark.
Cooperman misses with some punches.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Cooperman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cooperman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooperman prevents a body shot from Clark.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is leaning against Cooperman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clark misses with some punches.
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Cooperman.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cooperman.
A hook to the body from Clark.
Clark lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooperman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Clark lands a nice uppercut.
Cooperman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cooperman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clark.
Clark misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cooperman throws a head punch that misses.
Cooperman can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Cooperman swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooperman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Clark blocking some punches.
Cooperman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clark up against the cage.
Cooperman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooperman is trying to break the clinch but Clark is controlling him.
Cooperman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Clark digs a right hand into Cooperman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cooperman's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Clark.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooperman.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooperman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cooperman blocks a body shot from Clark.
Clark lands with a right to the head.
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooperman stalling in the clinch but Clark improves position.
Clark makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooperman misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Cooperman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cooperman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooperman's elbow.
Cooperman can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cooperman or not.
Cooperman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cooperman.
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooperman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Clark.
Clark swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooperman uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Clark dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Clark moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clark fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cooperman on the side of the head.
Clark throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooperman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Cooperman ducks down to avoid it.
Cooperman slips a jab from Clark.
Clark thuds a left hand into Cooperman's body.
Cooperman ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooperman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clark was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooperman.
Cooperman swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark lands with a nice body punch.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark lands with an uppercut that bounces Cooperman off the cage and back into range.

Clark gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooperman stalling in the clinch but Clark improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark blocking some punches.
Cooperman struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.

Cooperman breaks from the clinch.
Cooperman with a hook.
Clark dodges the punch combination from Cooperman.
Clark lands with a straight right. Cooperman didn't see that one coming.
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooperman.
Clark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooperman.
Clark moves out of range as Cooperman strikes.
Cooperman walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
Cooperman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooperman misses with an uppercut. Clark saw that one coming.

Cooperman gets tackled into the cage by Clark. Clark maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooperman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooperman is working Clark over against the cage.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooperman stalls.
Cooperman taking a breather.
Clark lands an uppercut.
Clark keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cooperman's efforts to push away.
Clark working aggressively here.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooperman wants to stall.
Cooperman blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cooperman on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark blocks a body shot from Cooperman.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Cooperman prevents a body shot from Clark.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooperman controls his hands.
Cooperman blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Clark blocking some punches.
Cooperman throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Cooperman on the inside.
Clark swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooperman uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Clark.
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like John Cooperman has been cut.
Clark throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clark.
Cooperman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooperman controls his hands.
Cooperman blocks a body shot from Clark.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooperman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clark working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Clark dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Cooperman's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Clark misses the jab.
Clark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Clark avoids the body shot from Cooperman.
Clark misses with a hook. Cooperman ducked under it nicely.
Clark on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cooperman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cooperman throws a lazy right hand but Clark sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooperman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clark.
Clark works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clark darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Clark changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cooperman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooperman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chris Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Clark throws a jab when Cooperman was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark slips a jab from Cooperman.
Cooperman misses with a wild body shot.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cooperman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Clark misses the jab.

Cooperman gets tackled into the cage by Clark. Clark maintains the clinch.
Clark lands a right hand.
Cooperman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cooperman misses with some punches.

Cooperman manages to break the clinch.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooperman.
Clark misses with a wild combination.
Cooperman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
John Cooperman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.

Clark clinches up with Cooperman and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Cooperman prevents a body shot from Clark.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Cooperman avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Cooperman lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Cooperman leaning against his opponent.
Cooperman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Cooperman slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clark.

Cooperman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Cooperman's shoulder, as Cooperman tries to avoid the shot.
Cooperman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clark throws a shot to the body.
Cooperman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clark was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooperman.
Cooperman ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Cooperman throws a series of strikes that have Clark backpedaling.
Clark scores with a jab. Cooperman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooperman.
Clark misses with a hook. Cooperman ducked under it nicely.
Clark takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cooperman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cooperman counters with a straight right hand.
Chris Clark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clark pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cooperman back to the cage. Clark follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooperman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clark tries to clinch but Cooperman moves out of range.
Cooperman slips a jab and a cross from Clark.
Cooperman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clark throws out the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cooperman stalling in the clinch but Clark improves position.
Cooperman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chris Clark.
Well Clark has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Clark!
Chris Clark made sure to mention his sponsor, Steel Penn's Laundry 93% in his post fight interview.