PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renars Stunza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renars Stunza will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cooper
vs
Stunza

173 cm
25
205 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

198 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Hilo

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renars Stunza!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stunza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cooper is looking to clinch.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Stunza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cooper takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cooper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stunza.
Stunza connects with a looping right hand.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Stunza circles away.
Cooper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stunza.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cooper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stunza.
Stunza just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Adam Cooper has been cut.
Stunza misses with a hook
and Cooper cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stunza throws a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Stunza.
Stunza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stunza has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Stunza or perhaps it was just good defense by Cooper which made him look bad.
Stunza throws a right and a left that Cooper avoids nicely.
Renars Stunza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stunza.
Cooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Stunza misses.
Stunza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooper.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Stunza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Stunza drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stunza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stunza throwing strikes but missing.
Cooper throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Stunza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper looking to control.
Stunza is looking to work some ground and pound but Cooper has wrist control.
Stunza controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Stunza is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Stunza is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Stunza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cooper bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stunza's guard.
Cooper throws an elbow that misses. Stunza uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cooper's guard. Nice move by Stunza!
Stunza wants to control from the top but Cooper keeps moving.
Cooper wants to sweep but no luck.
Stunza throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooper tries to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stunza engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Stunza trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooper throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Cooper trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Cooper bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stunza's guard.
Cooper throwing strikes but missing.
Cooper throwing strikes but missing.
Cooper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stunza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stunza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cooper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stunza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cooper!
Stunza looking to ground and pound but Cooper is blocking nicely.
Stunza blocks Cooper's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Stunza lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stunza working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stunza punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cooper manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stunza landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stunza throwing shots but Cooper is blocking nicely.
Stunza drops an elbow to the side of Cooper's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renars Stunza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Cooper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stunza decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Stunza is keen to just control but Cooper is a slippery customer.
Cooper misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Stunza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Stunza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cooper wants to improve his position but Stunza is controlling well.
Cooper flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Stunza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cooper defending well though.
Cooper is trying to get back to full guard.
Cooper flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Stunza landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stunza is thwarting Cooper's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is trying to get back to full guard.
Stunza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stunza wants to take a breather but Cooper is having none of it.
Stunza tries to stand and escape but Cooper is controlling the position.
Cooper wants to control but Stunza is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Renars Stunza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stunza content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Stunza's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Renars Stunza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stunza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cooper defending well as Stunza loads up on a big left hand.

Stunza clinches up against the cage.
Cooper leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stunza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Renars Stunza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stunza fails to land the takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stunza. Cooper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooper shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Stunza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stunza moves away from the strike by Cooper.

Stunza shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stunza wants to control but Cooper is keeping him busy.
Cooper is pressing down on Stunza's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Stunza trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Cooper might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stunza throwing strikes from guard but Cooper blocks nicely.
Stunza looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunza wants to control from the top but Cooper keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cooper wants to sweep but no luck.
Cooper throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Stunza trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Renars Stunza hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Stunza keeps it at a distance.
Stunza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cooper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Stunza drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stunza preventing the sweep.
Stunza passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stunza avoids the strikes from the bottom by Cooper.

Stunza decides to stand back up.
Stunza fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stunza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooper at a distance.
Stunza is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cooper wants to clinch.
Stunza tests Cooper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot lands for Stunza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stunza doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooper circles away.
Stunza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renars Stunza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adam Cooper's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Stunza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stunza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper slips a straight right by Stunza.
Cooper displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stunza.
Cooper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but Stunza pushes him off.
Stunza misses with a left hand
and Cooper counters with a nice body shot.
The fighters circling - Stunza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Stunza takes the fight into the clinch.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stunza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Cooper fails to land.
Cooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Stunza controls his hands.
Cooper lands with a short shot to the head.
Cooper pushes Stunza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper tries to throw a body punch but Stunza avoids it by throwing Cooper back against the cage.
Stunza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Stunza manages to break the clinch.
Stunza listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Stunza.
Stunza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper throws a leg kick
and Cooper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stunza throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cooper is looking to clinch.

Stunza moves into range and clinches up with Cooper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Cooper fails to land.

Stunza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cooper connects with a body shot that sends Stunza's belly button to the back.
Stunza lands a jab to the head.
Cooper is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stunza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stunza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Stunza instigates a clinch.
Stunza looking to stall.
Stunza blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Cooper.
Stunza tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Cooper misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Stunza.
Stunza blocking some punches.
Stunza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stunza lands a right hand.

Adam Cooper's cut is getting worse.
A shot in the inside from Stunza.
Stunza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stunza digs a right hand underneath Cooper's ribcage. Cooper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stunza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cooper is keeping busy.
Cooper has a couple of punches blocked by Stunza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stunza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stunza can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cooper.
Stunza throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stunza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stunza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooper wants to stall.
Stunza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stunza gets through Cooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stunza.
A short right from Stunza on the inside.

Stunza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stunza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stunza throws a body punch but Cooper moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stunza drives through and clinches with Cooper against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Cooper scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
A head punch on the inside from Cooper fails to land.
Stunza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cooper misses with the head strike.
Stunza tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.

Stunza tightens his grip and picks Cooper up, before dumping him to the ground. Cooper manages to land in guard.
Stunza preventing the sweep.
Stunza slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cooper throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Adam Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Cooper is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stunza is aware though and is defending well.

Cooper is working an open guard so Stunza takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Stunza scores with a jab to the head.
Stunza throws a right and a left that Cooper avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renars Stunza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stunza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renars Stunza!