PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suriname Bambele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cooper
vs
Bambele

182 cm
25
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Suriname Bambele!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper throws a nice looking combination but Bambele bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cooper changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bambele tries to avoid it but Cooper manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bambele to the ground. Bambele escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cooper tries for a takedown but Bambele sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cooper misses with a takedown attempt - Bambele sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bambele appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Cooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bambele pushes Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Andrew Cooper has been cut.
Cooper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Bambele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bambele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bambele putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cooper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bambele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bambele drops Cooper with a big knee straight up the middle! Cooper is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Cooper is rocked!

Bambele closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bambele lands a knee to the head.
Bambele lands a knee to the body.
Cooper takes a knee right on the jaw!

Andrew Cooper's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bambele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bambele unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bambele connects with a knee to the head.
Bambele lands a big knee to the head and Cooper goes down! Bambele pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suriname Bambele!
A very excited looking Suriname Bambele rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.