PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Coco Cobb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tero Karhula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karhula is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Will Smith - Men In Black. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobb
vs
Karhula

181 cm
25
158 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

176 cm
30
162 lbs
13 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Coco Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Karhula!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cobb has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Karhula's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobb keeps control of Karhula as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Karhula on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karhula is trying to break the clinch but Cobb has him pressed against the cage.
Karhula looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Karhula wants to take the fight to the mat but Cobb manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tero Karhula has been cut.
Karhula tries to break the clinch but Cobb is controlling the position.
Cobb drops down looking for an ankle pick but Karhula pulls his leg out and moves away.
Karhula misses with a wild combination.
Cobb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cobb.
Cobb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karhula.
Karhula shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karhula. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karhula changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cobb tries to clinch there but Karhula circles away.
Cobb misses with a kick to the body.
Cobb takes one to the side of the head.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cobb.
Cobb tries to work over Karhula's front leg with a kick but Karhula checks it.
Karhula takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karhula takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cobb on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Karhula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cobb defends it nicely.
Coco Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Karhula.
Cobb fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karhula on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobb looks to land a body kick but Karhula moved away.
Cobb tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karhula paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karhula scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cobb tries a head kick but it misses.
Cobb takes one to the side of the head.
Cobb throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Karhula throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karhula misses with a shot to the body
and Cobb counters with a low kick, right behind Karhula 's knee.
Donk. Karhula catches Cobb right on the button with a cross.
Karhula throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobb cracks the inside of Karhula's front leg.
Cobb dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karhula. That did some damage!
Karhula throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karhula takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobb is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhula steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cobb.
Cobb throws a wild body kick that Karhula sees coming a mile off.
Cobb tries to clinch up.
Cobb turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karhula throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
Cobb has a takedown stuffed.
Cobb thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Karhula if he has to take too many more of those.
A big right from Karhula misses.
Cobb throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick and Karhula moves out of range easily.
A jab from Karhula misses.
Karhula takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobb changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Karhula tries to avoid it but Cobb manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Karhula to the ground. Karhula escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhula shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cobb pinned against the cage. Cobb gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Karhula has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobb.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb lands a front kick.
Karhula's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Karhula shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Karhula was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cobb is looking for a sweep.
Cobb struggling a bit here.
Karhula throwing strikes but Cobb manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karhula is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cobb off and has taken his back!
You can see the frustration on Cobb's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coco Cobb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tero Karhula'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 scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Cobb clinches with his opponent.
Karhula misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Cobb.
Karhula misses with the head strike.
Karhula is trying to break the clinch but Cobb is controlling him.
Cobb gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Karhula.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cobb lands a knee to the head.
Cobb lands a good knee to the midsection. Karhula won't want to take too many of those.
Karhula tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.
Karhula is trying to break the clinch but Cobb has him pressed against the cage.
Cobb landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Cobb scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karhula is breathing heavily.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobb working Karhula over with knees to the body.
Cobb content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cobb lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Cobb lands a knee to the head.
Cobb landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobb is pressed up against the cage. Karhula has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cobb down to the mat. Cobb avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
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 feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karhula's calf.
Cobb lands a nice looking kick to the body. Karhula takes a step back to recover.
Cobb fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Karhula has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cobb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cobb misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Karhula if he has to take too many more of those.
Cobb connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses.
Karhula misses with a few strikes there.
Karhula has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobb.
Cobb tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karhula paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Karhula is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cobb's half guard.
Cobb manages to get to full guard.
Karhula won't allow Cobb to sweep him here.
Cobb wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhula throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cobb works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cobb bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Karhula's guard.
Cobb preventing the sweep.
Cobb slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Karhula looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cobb trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cobb is pushing down on Karhula's leg trying to pass to half guard. Karhula is fighting to maintain full guard but Cobb has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhula is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Karhula is looking to control Cobb's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Karhula avoid being mounted?
Karhula is staying active underneath Cobb, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Karhula kicks Cobb off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karhula swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cobb. That's going to slow Karhula down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coco Cobb dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tero Karhula's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cobb dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karhula. That did some damage!
Cobb lands with a kick to the temple. Karhula shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karhula.
Cobb lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cobb lands a front kick.

Cobb gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cobb landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cobb lands a knee to the head.
Cobb with a knee to the head.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
A knee to the head by Cobb.
Karhula takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cobb scores a nice knee to the body.
Cobb scores with a knee to the head.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobb has Karhula pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Karhula manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A knee to the head by Cobb.
Cobb scores with a knee to the head.

Karhula is rocked!
Karhula takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karhula is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?
Cobb is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Coco Cobb has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.
Cobb scores with a knee to the head.
Cobb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karhula in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.
Cobb leaning against his opponent.
Cobb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cobb prevents a body shot from Karhula.
Cobb lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb with a knee to the head.
Cobb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karhula wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobb has him pressed against the cage.
Karhula seems to have recovered his senses.
Cobb has Karhula pressed against the cage, preventing Karhula from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobb throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karhula blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobb scores with a knee to the head.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the head but Karhula blocks with his arms.
Cobb lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobb lands a knee to the body.
Karhula looking to slow down the pace here.
Karhula is trying to break the clinch but Cobb has him pressed against the cage.
Cobb landing knees to the body.
Karhula has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cobb.
Karhula is looking for a takedown.
Coco Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Karhula.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Karhula is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cobb gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cobb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Karhula fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb lands a good knee to the midsection. Karhula won't want to take too many of those.
Cobb lands a nice knee to the body.
Karhula takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.
Cobb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karhula lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobb scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Tero Karhula's cut even more.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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 using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karhula looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.
Karhula drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cobb pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhula swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobb.
Cobb is looking to clinch but Karhula is avoiding it.
Karhula throws a right hand that Cobb ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobb also avoids with ease.
Cobb dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karhula. That did some damage!

Cobb has closed the distance and engaged Karhula in a clinch.
Karhula misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cobb lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karhula changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cobb fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cobb misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coco Cobb clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tero Karhula's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cobb has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the head but Karhula blocks with his arms.
Karhula has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cobb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karhula is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cobb pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Karhula tries for a takedown but Cobb manages to get underhooks.
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.
Cobb lands a knee to the body.
Karhula tries to break free but Cobb pushes him back against the cage.
Cobb using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.
Karhula is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobb misses with a knee to the head.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Karhula wants a takedown but no success here.
Coco Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Karhula.
Cobb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb scores with a knee to the head.
Cobb connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karhula's face.
Cobb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cobb crunches a lovely knee into Karhula's ribcage.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karhula can do to turn this around?
Cobb connects with a knee to the head.
Cobb landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cobb with a knee to the head.

Cobb tightens his grip and picks Karhula up, before dumping him to the ground. Karhula manages to land in guard.

Cobb drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cobb jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb trying to control the position from guard on top but Karhula is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cobb forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb wants to control but Karhula is keeping him busy.
Coco Cobb overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cobb is really struggling to control Karhula but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Karhula is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Karhula is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cobb is trying to control. Karhula wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb wants to free his trapped foot but Karhula is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Karhula is refusing to be controlled, as Cobb sits in half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Coco Cobb just wasn't active enough.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cobb.
Cobb throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cobb tries to clinch there but Karhula circles away.
Karhula takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karhula lands with an uppercut that bounces Cobb off the cage and back into range.
Karhula scores with a hook to the body. Cobb takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karhula.
Cobb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karhula.
A swing and a miss from Karhula.
Cobb throws a wild body kick that Karhula sees coming a mile off.
Cobb moves away from the strike by Karhula.
Karhula misses with a hook. Cobb ducked under it nicely.
Karhula throws an overhand right that lands on Cobb's shoulder, as Cobb tries to avoid the shot.
Karhula connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karhula misses the jab.
Karhula lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cobb takes one to the side of the head.
Cobb throws the kick towards the body but Karhula avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coco Cobb had his way with Tero Karhula in that round.
The cut man is working on Tero Karhula's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cobb is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karhula checks a leg kick.
Cobb throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cobb is looking to slow Karhula down with leg kicks.
Karhula on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cobb moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Karhula connects with a body shot that sends Cobb's belly button to the back.
Cobb lands with a kick to the temple. Karhula shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cobb.
Cobb scoring well with a low kick there.
Karhula goes for a double leg but Cobb avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cobb continues to drive forward.
Karhula lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cobb lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb misses with a knee strike.
Cobb has Karhula pressed against the cage, preventing Karhula from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobb prevents the takedown attempt.
Karhula managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karhula looking for a takedown.
Coco Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Karhula.
Karhula is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Cobb blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Karhula's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karhula tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cobb takes a swing at Karhula's ribcage but misses.
Cobb looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No joy there for Karhula, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cobb slips under a jab.
Cobb is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhula lands a nice hook to Cobb's body. Cobb takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Karhula moves out of range of the body kick.

Cobb clinches up against the cage.
Cobb misses with some punches.
Karhula tries to break the clinch but Cobb is controlling the position.

Karhula is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Cobb can't fight it off and eventually Karhula manages to take the fight to the floor. Cobb looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karhula stopping the sweep attempt from Cobb.
Karhula in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Cobb working for a guillotine from mount but Karhula is in no mood to give up.
Cobb moves to take his opponent's back.
Cobb controlling well, preventing Karhula from escaping the position.
Tero Karhula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Karhula preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Cobb.
Cobb is hanging on to Karhula's back as he tries to escape.
Coco Cobb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cobb really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Karhula.
You can see the frustration on Karhula's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

And that's the end of the fight!
Coco Cobb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cobb has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:45
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Coco Cobb!
In his post fight interview, Coco Cobb started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Tero Karhula had this to say: 'Well, these things happen.'.