PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wallace Cobb (ranked 423 p4p, 57 weight class) and John Brophy (ranked 940 p4p, 136 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Brophy's choice of entrance music: Last Caress - Metallica. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobb
vs
Brophy

185 cm
30
205 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

193 cm
39
213 lbs
32 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wallace Cobb!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobb fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brophy lands with a nice body punch.
Cobb misses with a double jab
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobb paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brophy lands a really nice looking cross but Cobb seems unphased.
Cobb misses with an uppercut
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Brophy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cobb is out of range.
A head kick misses from Brophy.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the body from Brophy misses
and Cobb counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cobb moves to clinch but Brophy breaks away
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cobb has time to react.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brophy slips a straight right by Cobb.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb defending well as Brophy loads up on a big left hand.
Cobb looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brophy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cobb thinks about countering with a head kick.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Cobb backing away here, and Brophy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cobb slips a straight right by Brophy.
Cobb slips a jab from Brophy.
Brophy lands a leg kick that knocks Cobb off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobb lunges at Brophy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brophy's hand.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
Cobb tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Brophy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brophy moves out of range as Cobb strikes.
Cobb fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cobb lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brophy throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb lands with an uppercut that bounces Brophy off the ropes and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cobb rushes Brophy and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Cobb tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.

Brophy breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Brophy misses.
Cobb stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Cobb misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Brophy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Cobb moved out of range.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brophy scores with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Brophy will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cobb avoids a kick to the body.
Brophy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cobb is out of range.
Cobb wants to clinch.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
Cobb bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brophy's head.

Cobb moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Cobb avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the ropes.
Cobb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brophy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Cobb.
Cobb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brophy is breathing heavily.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb is leaning against Brophy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cobb lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cobb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brophy.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Cobb.
Brophy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cobb has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cobb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Wallace Cobb has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobb lands a hook that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Cobb lands with a short shot to the head.
Cobb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Cobb as the two fighters clinch.
Brophy can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Cobb.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Cobb.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cobb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Cobb.
Cobb tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cobb pushes Brophy back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Cobb.
Cobb tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Cobb scores with a shoulder strike.
Cobb makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cobb working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cobb avoiding damage as Brophy throws knees to the body.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cobb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cobb is leaning against Brophy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cobb keeps control of Brophy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Cobb.
Cobb blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a head punch that misses.
Brophy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cobb lands with a left to the head.
Cobb misses with a body punch.
Cobb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Cobb.
A hook to the body from Cobb.
Cobb landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobb doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Cobb lands a nice shot to the body.
Cobb lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Cobb.
Cobb presses Brophy against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobb scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cobb.

Brophy is rocked!
Cobb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?
A shot in the inside from Cobb.
Nice body punch from Cobb - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cobb.
Cobb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brophy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cobb on the inside.
Cobb lands a big right hand that drops Brophy! The killer instinct kicks in and Cobb finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Cobb!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wallace Cobb!
Wallace Cobb is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Wallace Cobb thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.