PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobarre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cosby comes to the cage accompanied by Hikky Burr. Escobarre has chosen Xzibit- Alcoholic as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cosby
vs
Escobarre

185 cm
30
192 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

185 cm
27
187 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Cosby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Escobarre!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobarre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Escobarre rushes Cosby and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobarre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cosby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Escobarre misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cosby throws an elbow but misses.
Escobarre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Escobarre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cosby or not.
Cosby stalling in the clinch but Escobarre improves position.
Still in the clinch, Escobarre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cosby tries to land a knee to the head but Escobarre blocks with his arms.
Cosby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobarre.
A body shot lands from Escobarre.
Escobarre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cosby as Escobarre tries to tie him up.
Escobarre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cosby tries to land a knee to the head but Escobarre blocks with his arms.
Cosby goes for a takedown attempt but Escobarre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Escobarre throws a body punch but Cosby moves out of range.
Cosby tried to counter with a leg kick but Escobarre avoided it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobarre cracks Cosby with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosby bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bill Cosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Escobarre as he jumps to the side.
Escobarre swats away the attempt to clinch by Cosby.
Escobarre lands a glancing blow to the side of Cosby's head.
Escobarre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Pablo Escobarre has been cut.
Escobarre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cosby wants to clinch up but Escobarre keeps it at a distance.

Cosby tries to keep at a distance but Escobarre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cosby blocks a body shot from Escobarre.
Cosby working Escobarre over with knees to the body.
Cosby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobarre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cosby is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Cosby. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosby 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!
Cosby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Escobarre lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Escobarre.
Escobarre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escobarre lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Escobarre gets through Cosby's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escobarre struggles to land a body shot inside as Cosby controls his hands.
Cosby looking to throw knees to the head but Escobarre is blocking nicely.
Escobarre holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cosby tries to land a knee to the head but Escobarre blocks with his arms.

Cosby gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Escobarre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cosby defends it easily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Escobarre holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Escobarre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Escobarre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cosby is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cosby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Cosby decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cosby throws an overhand right that lands on Escobarre's shoulder, as Escobarre tries to avoid the shot.
Escobarre throws an overhand right that lands on Cosby's shoulder, as Cosby tries to avoid the shot.
Escobarre digs a good body shot into Cosby's ribs.

Cosby gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Escobarre to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Escobarre stays in close to Cosby's body and controls the position.
Escobarre passes Cosby's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Escobarre is looking for a kimura but Cosby is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Escobarre to get the leverage.
Escobarre lands with a punch from half guard.
Cosby trying to hold on to Escobarre's head to control him but Escobarre postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobarre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Escobarre's cut.
That's time! Cosby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A cross from Escobarre lands.

Escobarre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cosby did well to prevent Escobarre getting side control.
Escobarre trying to control from half guard but Cosby is working away.

Escobarre is looking for a kimura here.
Cosby is not content to let Escobarre control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobarre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosby has hold of Escobarre's hands but Escobarre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escobarre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cosby does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Escobarre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cosby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cosby trying to control from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Escobarre lands a nice short elbow.

Escobarre is looking for a kimura here.
Escobarre trying to control the action but Cosby is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosby moves into full guard.
Cosby has control of Escobarre's left arm, preventing Escobarre from doing any damage.
Cosby wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cosby holds on and takes a little breather.
Cosby keeping moving, preventing Escobarre from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosby fails with the takedown

and Escobarre counters by clinching up.
Escobarre throws a head punch that misses.
Pablo Escobarre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cosby tries to work over Escobarre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobarre misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobarre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cosby throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobarre.
Our sources have told us that Cosby has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Cosby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cosby.
Escobarre avoids a wild elbow strike from Cosby.
Cosby is working for takedown but Escobarre is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cosby throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escobarre blocks it with crossed arms.
Escobarre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cosby throws a knee to the head but misses.

Cosby breaks from the clinch.
Cosby misses with a head kick.
Escobarre scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobarre checks the leg kick.
Bill Cosby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Cosby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Escobarre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobarre scores with a jab to the body.
Cosby has his takedown stuffed
and Escobarre counters with a nice uppercut.
Escobarre uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cosby has time to react.
Escobarre connects with a crisp jab.

Cosby is rocked!
Escobarre lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Cosby head around and knocks him out cold! Escobarre hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pablo Escobarre!
Pablo Escobarre is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Pablo Escobarre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Bill Cosby had this to say: '"I'd like to thank my sponsors, "Jello Pudding Pops" and "Quaalude."'.