PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Cobb (ranked 671 p4p, 350 weight class) and Gauthier Delsarte (ranked 24 p4p, 12 weight class). Delsarte is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ah Non Cest Terrible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobb
vs
Delsarte

178 cm
33
265
22 - 8 - 0

225 cm
34
293
25 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Shadow Warrior Nutrition
SynCity Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Gauthier Delsarte!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delsarte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Cobb misses the target.

Delsarte fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cobb, pushing him back against the cage.
Delsarte takes a shot to the head.

Delsarte manages to break the clinch.
Cobb lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Delsarte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Delsarte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Delsarte.
Cobb misses with a punch to the body.
Delsarte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cobb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delsartes head.
A shot in the inside from Cobb.
Cobb scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cobb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb throws a punch but it's blocked by Delsarte.
Cobb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobb is working Delsarte over against the cage.

Delsarte breaks the clinch.
Cobb shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cobb 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.
Cobb is looking to slow Delsarte down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Cobb.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cobb.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Cobb.

It looks like Gauthier Delsarte has been cut.
Delsarte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Delsarte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cobb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Delsarte throws out the jab.
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 tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Delsarte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Delsarte scores with a hook.

It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.
Cobb scoring well with a low kick there.
Delsarte takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Delsarte throws the left hand but Cobb avoids the punch easily.
Delsarte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Delsarte slips a straight right by Cobb.
Delsarte throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delsarte throws a sloppy body shot
and Cobb counters with a nice uppercut.
Cobb dips to his left and cracks Delsarte with an uppercut!
Delsarte throws a body punch but Cobb moves out of range.
Delsarte swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb is looking to score with low kicks.
Delsarte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Delsarte avoids the head kick by Cobb.
Delsarte appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Delsarte throws a body shot but no joy.
We've been informed that Delsarte has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Delsarte swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Delsarte at a distance.
Cobb finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Delsarte was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gauthier Delsarte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delsarte looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobb is just out of range.
Delsarte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses.
Delsarte scores with a hook.
Delsarte on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cobb pivots, looking for a leg kick but Delsarte is out of range and Cobb settles back down.
Both fighters circling a little - Cobb finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Delsarte scores with a kick to the body.

Delsarte fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cobb, pushing him back against the cage.
Delsarte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands an uppercut.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Delsarte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Cobb misses the target.

Cobb moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cobb.
Delsarte looks winded!
Cobb avoiding damage.
Delsarte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cobb's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Delsarte.
Cobb lands a shot to the body.
Cobb lands a nice uppercut.
Delsarte tries to work over Cobb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Delsarte misses with some punches.
Cobb working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cobb tries to work over Delsarte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Delsarte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Delsarte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Delsarte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Delsarte struggles to land a body shot inside as Cobb controls his hands.
Delsarte is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Cobb digs a right hand underneath Delsarte's ribcage. Delsarte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delsarte.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delsarte struggles to land a body shot inside as Cobb controls his hands.
Cobb scores with a nice hook to the head.

That has opened up Gauthier Delsarte's cut even more.
Delsarte struggles to land a body shot inside as Cobb controls his hands.
Cobb blocking some punches.
Cobb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobb lands a hook that snaps the head of Delsarte backwards.

Delsarte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cobb lands a really nice looking cross but Delsarte seems unphased.
Delsarte loads up on a big right hand but Cobb slips the punch.
Delsarte takes one on the button.

Delsarte clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cobb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobb misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobb lands a nice shot to the body.
Delsarte working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Delsarte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Delsarte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cobb dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Delsarte connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cobb throws a leg kick that is checked
and Delsarte counters with a straight right hand.
Cobb with the inside leg kick.
Cobb closes the distance but Delsarte moves to the side
and Delsarte counters with a nice uppercut.

Cobb clinches up with Delsarte and pushes him back against the cage.
Delsarte misses with some punches.
Delsarte swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Cobb.
Delsarte has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cobb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cobb cracks Delsarte with a nice body shot.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Delsarte can do to turn this around?
Cobb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tyson Cobb has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cobb gets through Delsarte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cobb presses Delsarte against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cobb works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cobb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cobb digs a right hand underneath Delsarte's ribcage. Delsarte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Delsarte is breathing heavily.
Cobb dips a shoulder and cracks Delsarte with a mighty uppercut! Delsarte falls back against the cage and Cobb unloads with a barrage of strikes! Delsarte is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Cobb screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyson Cobb!
A very excited looking Tyson Cobb 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.