PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Itshak Rabinovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Cosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cosby has chosen Hikky Burr as his entrance music. Itshak Rabinovitch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bill Cosby's chin.

Rabinovitch
vs
Cosby

182 cm
31
194 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

185 cm
28
192 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Itshak Rabinovitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Cosby!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses.
Cosby with the counter takedown but Rabinovitch avoids it easily.
Rabinovitch misses with a straight left.
Cosby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rabinovitch sprawls well. Rabinovitch wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cosby gets slowly back to his feet.
Rabinovitch keeps the fight on the outside.
Cosby misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosby finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rabinovitch 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.
Cosby stuns Rabinovitch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cosby tried to score with a low kick but Rabinovitch checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosby misses with a body punch
and Rabinovitch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cosby misses with a body shot.
Cosby tries to clinch but Rabinovitch moves away
and Rabinovitch counters with a big head kick but Cosby shrugs it off.
Cosby misses with a body shot.
Rabinovitch throwing a counter right hand but Cosby manages to avoid it.
Rabinovitch motions for Cosby to come forward. Rabinovitch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cosby is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rabinovitch rather than just go for the knockout.
Cosby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rabinovitch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cosby fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cosby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Rabinovitch misses the target.
Rabinovitch keeps Cosby at a distance using the push kick.
Cosby moves away from the strike by Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rabinovitch as he jumps to the side.
Cosby throws a head kick that misses.
Cosby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rabinovitch lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rabinovitch throws out a loose jab but Cosby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rabinovitch motions for Cosby to come forward. Rabinovitch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cosby wants to counter the offense by Rabinovitch and move into the clinch position.
Cosby checks a low kick from Rabinovitch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rabinovitch connects with a jab.

Cosby fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rabinovitch, pushing him back against the cage.
Rabinovitch misses with some punches.
Rabinovitch throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cosby blocks it with crossed arms.
Rabinovitch looking to throw knees to the head but Cosby is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosby lands a nice shot to the body.
Cosby managing to block the knees to the body from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cosby tries to pull guard but Rabinovitch won't allow it.
Itshak Rabinovitch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Cosby.
Cosby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rabinovitch looking to throw knees to the head but Cosby is blocking nicely.
Rabinovitch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cosby avoids it.
Cosby prevents Rabinovitch from breaking the clinch.
Cosby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rabinovitch blocking some punches.
Rabinovitch looking to throw knees to the head but Cosby is blocking nicely.

Cosby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cosby throws a right hand that Rabinovitch ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabinovitch also avoids with ease.
Rabinovitch defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cosby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cosby.
A head kick misses from Rabinovitch.

Cosby moves into range and clinches up with Rabinovitch.
Cosby drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rabinovitch gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cosby takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Bill Cosby has been cut.

Cosby is trying to trip Rabinovitch. He has hold of a leg but Rabinovitch is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Cosby persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rabinovitch wriggles free and stands up.
Itshak Rabinovitch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rabinovitch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rabinovitch throws the kick towards the body but Cosby avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Itshak Rabinovitch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bill Cosby's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rabinovitch throws a right hand that misses
and Cosby counters with a three punch combo that has Rabinovitch backing up. Rabinovitch nods at Cosby to acknowledge the strikes.
Cosby lands a head shot.
A jab lands there for Rabinovitch.
Cosby connects with a high kick.
Cosby avoids the head kick by Rabinovitch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rabinovitch. Cosby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Cosby is rocked!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Rabinovitch! Cosby is out on his feet! Rabinovitch rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Cosby is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Cosby is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Itshak Rabinovitch!
The defeated Bill Cosby had this to say: 'I'd like to thank my sponsors, "Jello Pudding Pops" and "Quaalude."'.