PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Milton Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Whiteman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Whiteman struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.0lbs 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. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cooper
vs
Whiteman

172 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milton Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Whiteman!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cooper clinches up against the cage.

Cooper gets control of Whiteman's arms and successfully pulls guard. Cooper will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Cooper can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Whiteman controls the pace.
Cooper wants to stand and escape but Whiteman is having none of it.

Cooper has his feet on Whiteman's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Cooper has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Whiteman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cooper sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cooper rushes Whiteman and presses him up against the cage.
Cooper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whiteman's face.

Cooper manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet but Whiteman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiteman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cooper is proving hard to escape from.
Whiteman trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cooper has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Whiteman is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Whiteman is trying to pull guard but Cooper turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cooper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cooper lands a knee to the body.
Whiteman looks winded!
Whiteman taking a breather.
Cooper working Whiteman over with knees to the body.
Cooper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cooper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Whiteman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cooper with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whiteman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cooper scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Cooper.
Cooper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Cooper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is pushing Whiteman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cooper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cooper lands a big knee! That's hurt Whiteman! Oh, he's all over the place! Cooper lands another knee that sends Whiteman to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milton Cooper!