PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Semmy Cobb (ranked 2195 p4p, 235 weight class) and Hulk Butane (ranked 2714 p4p, 291 weight class). Cobb comes to the cage accompanied by You dropped the Bomb on me. Butane has chosen Genesis as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Cobb
vs
Butane

212 cm
31
265 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

197 cm
34
255 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Semmy Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hulk Butane!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Butane.
Butane dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cobb. That did some damage!
Butane scores with a decent looking hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Butane!
Cobb looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Butane fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cobb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cobb staying out of range there.
Cobb chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Butane can pounce on him.
Cobb gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Butane lands a body shot.
Butane's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cobb under the eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Butane throws a jab when Cobb was well out of range.
A big left from Cobb misses.
Butane doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Butane lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cobb's sensitive parts.
Cobb uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Butane has time to react.
Butane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cobb throws out the jab.
Butane flicks out a counter leg kick but Cobb steps away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Butane.
Butane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cobb checks the leg kick.
Cobb was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cobb lands a really nice looking cross but Butane seems unphased.
Cobb checks a low kick from Butane.
Butane throws the left hand but Cobb avoids the punch easily.
Butane slips a jab from Cobb.
Hulk Butane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobb throws a left and a right that both miss
and Butane counters with a body kick.
Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Butane.
Butane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cobb throws a right and a left that Butane avoids nicely.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cobb slips a jab and a cross from Butane.
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!
Cobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cobb appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Butane ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Butane slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Butane.
Butane misses with a body shot.
Cobb swinging wildly here.
Cobb avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cobb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Butane blocks a jab.
Cobb throws a hook but Butane blocks it.
Butane misses with a low kick.
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Butane is just out of range.
Butane is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cobb with a body shot.
Butane throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobb throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Butane.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands with an overhand left.
An inside leg kick from Butane misses.
Cobb throwing a counter right hand but Butane manages to avoid it.
Cobb throws the left hand but Butane avoids the punch easily.
Butane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cobb.
Butane defending well as Cobb loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Butane was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cobb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Butane sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Butane misses with a hook.
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cobb misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cobb. Butane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Butane moves out of range of the strikes.
Butane looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cobb looks to throw the jab but Butane is out of range.
Butane slips under a jab from Cobb.
Cobb is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Butane is just out of range.
Butane looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butane scores with a jab. Cobb acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Butane lands a lovely overhand right.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Butane thows a left - swing and a miss!
Butane throws a looping overhand right but Cobb ducks down to avoid it.
Butane misses with an uppercut
and Cobb counters with a stiff right hand.
Cobb throws a shot from downtown. Butane moves away and avoids it.
Butane appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cobb moves out of range as Butane strikes.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
Butane rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Cobb counter with a right hand.
Butane dodges the punch combination from Cobb.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Butane was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
Butane throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Semmy Cobb will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Butane scores with a decent looking hook.
Butane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cobb.
Cobb waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Butane.
Cobb slips a jab from Butane.
A thudding body kick lands there by Butane!
Butane throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Butane tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butane lands with a good body shot.
Cobb lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Butane backs up against the cage.
Hulk Butane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cobb blocks a jab.
Cobb throwing a counter right hand but Butane manages to avoid it.
Butane throws a body punch but Cobb moves out of range.
Semmy Cobb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cobb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Butane sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Butane slips a jab and a cross from Cobb.
Cobb misses the shot to the body.
Cobb throws a lazy right hand but Butane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Despite the aggression on Butane's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cobb.
Butane appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Butane bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cobb's head backwards.
Butane misses with an uppercut
and Cobb counters with a nice uppercut.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Butane manages to avoid it.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Butane was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
Butane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Butane is looking to chop away at Cobb's legs.
Cobb scores with a sloppy right hand. Butane should have avoided that one.
Butane lands a glancing blow to the side of Cobb's head.
Cobb misses the jab.
Cobb misses with a hook. Butane ducked under it nicely.
Butane misses with a lunging right hand
and Cobb counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Butane misses with a looping right.
Cobb misses with a combination
and Butane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butane jabs Cobb right on the nose. Cobb blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Semmy Cobb has been cut.
Cobb just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Butane throws a body shot but no joy.
Butane waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Cobb throws a big counter combination but Butane scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Butane connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Butane slips under a jab from Cobb.
Butane avoids the body shot from Cobb.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Butane manages to avoid it.
Butane connects with a crisp jab.
Butane swings widly with a right hand
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Butane drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cobb tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Butane chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cobb rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Butane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butane scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Butane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.
Butane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cobb keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Butane.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cobb!
A punch lands to the side of Cobb 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Butane throws a leg kick but Cobb sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cobb is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Butane scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Cobb is rocked!
Butane catches Cobb with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oh Cobb is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Cobb. Those never looked like landing.
Cobb looks up at the clock. Bad move! Butane lands a right hand from hell, dropping Cobb. Butane pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hulk Butane!
An intense looking Hulk Butane took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I was looking forward to knockin this sucka out with a combo.'.
In defeat, Semmy Cobb stepped up to the mic, saying 'I like ice cream and cookies'.