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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Coco Cobb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jock Sleed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sleed is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm An Individual. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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159 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Coco Cobb!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jock Sleed!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sleed. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobb avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sleed avoids the body shot from Cobb.
Sleed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sleed checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sleed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sleed steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cobb. That one must have hurt.
A shot to the liver by Sleed. Beautiful body shot.
Good work by Cobb as he checks the leg kick.
Sleed stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sleed wants it to stay on the feet.
Cobb connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cobb buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sleed throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
Cobb cracks the inside of Sleed's front leg.
Cobb shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sleed pinned against the cage. Sleed gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb throws a head kick that misses.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleed lands a right hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Cobb there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sleed throws a right hand that Cobb ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobb also avoids with ease.
Cobb is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sleed swinging wildly here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cobb. That's going to slow Sleed down.
Sleed stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coco Cobb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cobb moves in looking to clinch but Sleed pushes him off.
Cobb moves into range and clinches up with Sleed.
Cobb gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Cobb is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sleed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sleed has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sleed working to try and regain half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Cobb there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Cobb will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sleed wants to control but Cobb is having none of it.
Sleed is trying to escape the mount.
Sleed keeps trying to improve his position.
Cobb tries to control but Sleed wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cobb.
Cobb looking to control but Sleed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sleed is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cobb misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Cobb looking to control but Sleed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sleed is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cobb has hold of Sleed's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sleed manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb controlling the pace for now.
Cobb throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cobb is working for a guillotine from mount but Sleed frees his head quite easily.
Cobb is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sleed can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cobb jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Sleed is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Sleed and Cobb has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Coco Cobb dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sleed connects with a body shot that sends Cobb's belly button to the back.
Cobb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sleed throws out the jab.
Sleed takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cobb has closed the distance and engaged Sleed in a clinch.
Cobb tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sleed breaks the clinch.
Cobb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses.
Cobb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cobb throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cobb throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sleed checks the leg kick.
Cobb throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleed blocks the body kick.
Cobb tries to clinch up but Sleed circles away and keeps his distance.
Cobb tries to land a front kick but Sleed steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cobb takes one on the button.
Cobb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cobb lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sleed will feel that in the morning.
A solid body kick from Cobb.
Sleed misses with a shot to the body
and Cobb counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Coco Cobb is winning the standup battle so far.
Sleed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cobb's hands.
Sleed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobb goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Jock Sleed has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sleed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobb shoots in looking for a takedown but Sleed manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cobb's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleed scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sleed throws a series of punches but Cobb avoids them all with ease.
Cobb has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cobb there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sleed chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cobb can pounce on him.
Jock Sleed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sleed 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.
A low kick from Sleed misses
and Cobb counters with a low kick, right behind Sleed 's knee.
Sleed takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Sleed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sleed with a hook.
Sleed is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cobb rather than just go for the knockout.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
Sleed has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cobb.
Cobb moves away from the strike by Sleed.
Sleed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Sleed lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cobb doesn't seem phased though.
Cobb misses with a shot to the body
so Sleed counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Cobb wants to hit a switch here but Sleed passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Cobb there!
Sleed looking to control but Cobb is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cobb is looking to get to half guard.
Cobb tries to hold on but Sleed pushes him away.
Cobb regains half guard.
Cobb actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cobb looking to control.
Sleed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cobb is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sleed wants to control from the top but Cobb keeps moving.
Cobb looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sleed is one step ahead there.
Sleed is in close to Cobb's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobb lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sleed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sleed defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cobb.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Coco Cobb will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jock Sleed's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cobb goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice sprawl there from Cobb as Sleed shoots in.
Sleed fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cobb on the side of the head.
Sleed looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobb is just out of range.
Sleed looks to throw the jab but Cobb is out of range.
Cobb looks for the body kick but Sleed saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cobb.
Cobb fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cobb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sleed lands with a good body shot.
Sleed will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cobb leaves Sleed with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cobb lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cobb stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cobb wants it to stay on the feet.
Coco Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jock Sleed.
Sleed thows a body shot but no joy.
Sleed fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cobb on the side of the head.
Sleed misses the shot to the body.
Sleed checks the leg kick.
Sleed takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sleed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sleed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sleed blocks a leg kick.
Cobb looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sleed takes a step back to recover.
Cobb will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sleed takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Sleed jabs Cobb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sleed missing with a left hand there. Cobb was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sleed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cobb shoots in and drives through. Sleed sprawls well.
Cobb avoids the body shot from Sleed.
Sleed takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Sleed is just out of range.
Cobb moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed lands a nice hook to Cobb's body. Cobb takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sleed scores with a jab. Cobb acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cobb throws a head kick that Sleed semi-blocks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sleed darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cobb throws a hook but Sleed avoids it easily.
Cobb tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sleed looks to land a right hand but Cobb moved out of range.
Sleed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body kick from Cobb.
Sleed misses with a wild body shot.
Cobb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cobb wants to clinch up but Sleed keeps it at a distance.
Cobb tries to clinch there but Sleed circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb checks a leg kick.
Sleed misses with a hook.
Cobb tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sleed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Sleed misses the target.
Cobb misses with a body kick.
Cobb with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sleed lunges at Cobb with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cobb's hand.
Sleed misses the shot to the body.
Horrible takedown by Cobb or perhaps it was just good defense by Sleed which made him look bad.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sleed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cobb slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Coco Cobb did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Jock Sleed's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cobb doesn't manage to clinch there - Sleed circles away.
Sleed scores with a jab.
The fighters circling - Cobb throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cobb attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cobb lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cobb avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sleed misses with a wild body shot.
Cobb takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Cobb misses.
Cobb scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut there from Sleed.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cobb.
Sleed misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb shoots in for a double leg but Sleed sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cobb moves out of range as Sleed strikes.
Cobb throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sleed stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sleed lands a nice hook to Cobb's body. Cobb takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sleed sizes up Cobb with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sleed misses with an uppercut.
Sleed looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobb is just out of range.
Cobb tries to clinch but Sleed is having none of it.
Cobb throws a head kick but Sleed moves out of range.
Sleed misses with a straight left.
Cobb defending well as Sleed loads up on a big left hand.
Sleed has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleed throws out a powerful jab.
Cobb tries to clinch up but Sleed circles away and keeps his distance.
Cobb lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sleed's sensitive parts.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sleed crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cobb - the referee stops the clock and Sleed gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cobb. Sleed manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cobb changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sleed tries to avoid it but Cobb manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sleed to the ground. Sleed escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sleed swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sleed. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sleed lands a nice looking body shot.
Sleed shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cobb but Cobb pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sleed is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A jab from Sleed misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed defending well as Cobb loads up on a big left hand.
Cobb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sleed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sleed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobb moves away.
Both fighters circling a little - Cobb finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cobb turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cobb lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sleed's sensitive parts.
Sleed throws a nice looking combination but Cobb bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sleed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cobb moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cobb fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cobb thumps Sleed with a low kick.
Cobb moves into range and clinches up with Sleed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sleed wants to take the fight to the mat but Cobb manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sleed misses with a punch to the body.
Sleed swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sleed cracks Cobb with a nice body shot.
Sleed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cobb tries a knee to the head but Sleed blocks it.
Sleed working aggressively here.
Sleed can't find room to land a body shot as Cobb controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cobb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sleed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobb with a knee to the head.
Cobb manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Coco Cobb had his way with Jock Sleed in that round.
The cut man is working on Jock Sleed's cut.
That's time! Cobb's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cobb tries to clinch but Sleed moves out of range.
Sleed avoids a kick to the body.
Cobb tries for a takedown but Sleed sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sleed scores with a hook to the body. Cobb takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cobb lands a nice looking body kick.
Sleed goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cobb thows a body kick. Sleed tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sleed avoids the body shot from Cobb.
Sleed connects with the punch.
Cobb fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sleed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.
Cobb closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cobb connects with a leg kick. Sleed looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Cobb as Sleed shoots in.
Sleed is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Cobb closes the distance and clinches.
Sleed misses with a body punch.
Cobb content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sleed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sleed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
Sleed lands with a good body shot.
Cobb lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cobb fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sleed checks it well.
Cobb scoring well with a low kick there.
Sleed avoids a kick to the body.
Cobb tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sleed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleed shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cobb but Cobb pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sleed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sleed throws a right hand that Cobb ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobb also avoids with ease.
Sleed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cobb takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cobb wants to land a leg kick but Sleed is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Cobb there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cobb takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cobb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sleed.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cobb.
Sleed dips to his left and cracks Cobb with an uppercut!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sleed crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cobb - the referee stops the clock and Sleed gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cobb. Sleed manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed dives in and grabs Cobb's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cobb pushes down on Sleed's head and hops out.
Coco Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jock Sleed.
Sleed misses with an uppercut. Cobb saw that one coming.
Sleed shoots in for a double leg but Cobb sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Sleed is just out of range.
Cobb moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cobb lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cobb pushes Sleed up against the cage in a clinch.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Sleed is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobb has double underhooks.
Cobb jumps guard but Sleed stands there with Cobb around his waist. Cobb gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cobb using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sleed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jock Sleed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sleed's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sleed working aggressively here.
Sleed lands with a left to the head.
Sleed is trying to drag Cobb to the mat but Cobb just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Coco Cobb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sleed wants a takedown but no success here.
Sleed gets through Cobb's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cobb has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sleed uses from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sleed working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cobb working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sleed doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Cobb is tightening it up a little... Sleed has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Sleed reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Sleed taps out! Nice BJJ there by Cobb!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Coco Cobb!
Coco Cobb retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Coco Cobb thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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