PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Cozart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arlovski has chosen Now I Lay Thee Down by Machine Head as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cozart
vs
Arlovski

194 cm
19
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
234 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Cozart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Arlovski!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cozart misses with a few strikes there.
Cozart misses with the combination.
Arlovski throws a head kick but Cozart moves out of range.
No joy there for Cozart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Arlovski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arlovski waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Cozart.
Cozart throws a left and a right that both miss
and Arlovski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Josh Cozart has been cut.
Cozart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arlovski throws a right hand that Cozart ducks under and follows up with a left that Cozart also avoids with ease.
Josh Cozart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arlovski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cozart throws a left and a right that both miss

and Arlovski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Arlovski breaks the clinch.
Arlovski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cozart.
Arlovski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Vladimir Arlovski has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cozart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arlovski fails to land with a series of punches.
Cozart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arlovski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cozart missing with a left hand there. Arlovski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arlovski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cozart.
Arlovski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cozart misses with a combination
and Arlovski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cozart is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cozart swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Arlovski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Arlovski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Arlovski stuns Cozart with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Arlovski scores with a jab to the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Arlovski. That snapped Cozart's head back.

Josh Cozart's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arlovski swinging wilding here.
Arlovski misses with a wild combination.
Arlovski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Arlovski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Josh Cozart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cozart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arlovski.
Arlovski looks to land a combination but Cozart avoids it well.
Arlovski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cozart has time to react.

Cozart is rocked!
Cozart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arlovski.
Oh Cozart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arlovski flashes Cozart a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Cozart's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Cozart crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Arlovski punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vladimir Arlovski!