Cooper-Harrison Dominant At PFL 6
Tonight the Professional Fighter’s League regular season continues in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as Ray Cooper III looks to remain a top of the heap, and Kayla Harrison looks to remain undefeated as a pro MMA Fighter
Former two time Olympic Gold Medalist, Harrison remained undefeated inside the cage, as she would finish off opponent Jozette Cotton within three rounds on Thursday night.
The ground and pound gets it done! A third round TKO moves @Judo_Kayla to 2-0. #PFL6 #PFLmma pic.twitter.com/RPUJYVQ4E8
— #PFLmma (@ProFightLeague) August 17, 2018
Harrison would look comfortable as she would work Cotton over with takedowns in the opening round. In the second round would show dominance in the round, and in the third Harrison would not want leave it up to the scorecards as she would stop Cotton with a ground and pound in the final round.
“I’m still trying to get all the issues out of the game plan, but overall I’m happy,” Harrison said in her post-fight interview.
“I never want it to go three rounds, but it’s good to know that I can go three, or five, or 10, or however long it takes to put somebody away.”
Main card (NBC Sports at 10 p.m. ET)
Ray Cooper III def. Pavlo Kusch by knockout in round one
Magomed Magomedkerimov def. Bojan Velickovic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Kayla Harrison def. Jozette Cotton via TKO (strikes) at 1:24 of round three
Abubakar Nurmagomedov def. Jonatan Westin via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Joao Zeferino def. Yuri Villefort via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:10 round three
Undercard (Facebook at 7 p.m. ET)
Rick Story def. Carlton Minus via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:55 of round two
Jake Shields def. Herman Terrado via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bruno Santos def. John Howard via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Abusupiyan Magomedov def. Anderson Goncalves via TKO (strikes) at 1:27 of round one
Shamil Gamzatov def. Rex Harris via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Louis Taylor def. Andre Lobato via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Gasan Umalatov def. Eddie Gordon via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)