PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Solomon Cook (ranked 23809 p4p, 2007 weight class) and Jesus Robbo (ranked 594 p4p, 238 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cook
vs
Robbo

200 cm
42
231
32 - 20 - 0

192 cm
44
210
11 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Hot Spunk
Conquer

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 32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Solomon Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesus Robbo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cook on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Solomon Cook has been cut.
Robbo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cook throws out the jab.
Cook keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cook scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Robbo doesn't seem bothered though.
Cook fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cook throws a sloppy head kick and Robbo moves out of range easily.
Cook slips under a jab from Robbo.
Cook misses with a leg kick
and Robbo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Robbo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cook.
Robbo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Cook showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robbo.
Cook avoids a punch combination nicely.
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!
Cook jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robbo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cook slips a jab and a cross from Robbo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook lands with a nice body punch.
Robbo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cook.
Robbo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cook half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cook with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Solomon Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robbo.
Cook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robbo throws out the jab.
Cook misses with a kick to the body.
Robbo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Robbo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cook throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cook connects with the punch.
Cook scores with a punch to the head.
Robbo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cook has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Razor Sharp Training Systems in the buildup to the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A leg kick checked by Robbo.
Cook tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cook misses with a straight left.
Cook throws a shot from downtown. Robbo moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Robbo scores with a jab. Cook acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cook just misses with a punch to the body.
Robbo scores with a nice strike.
Cook swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cook throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Robbo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cook takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cook tries a head kick but it misses.
Robbo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cook appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Robbo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbo wants to clinch.
Cook swings widly with a right hand
and Robbo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Solomon Cook will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Solomon Cook's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A slapping body kick lands there for Robbo.
Cook lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robbo moves away.
Cook throws out a loose jab but Robbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbo connects with a right hand. Cook shakes it off.
Cook tries to clinch but Robbo moves out of range.
Robbo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cook jabs at Robbo's body.
Robbo misses with a wild body shot.
Nice cross by Cook.
Robbo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cook.
Cook throws a hook but Robbo blocks it.
Cook misses with an uppercut
enabling Robbo to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook misses with a left hand
and Robbo counters with a straight right hand.
Robbo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cook sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cook uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robbo.
Robbo throws a chopping leg kick but Cook manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Robbo is looking to chop away at Cook's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cook.
A lazy left from Cook finds it's target.
Cook throws a head kick that misses.
Cook misses with a low kick.
Cook looks to land a left hand but Robbo moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Robbo! But no joy.
Cook swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Robbo misses the target.
Cook throws a right hand that misses
and Robbo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cook throws a looping overhand right but Robbo ducks down to avoid it.
Robbo throws out a powerful jab.
Robbo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Robbo lands a jab to the nose.
A big right from Cook misses.
Robbo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cook's jab looks to have found its range, popping Robbo under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robbo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cook throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbo takes a swing at Cook's ribcage but misses.
Solomon Cook is winning the standup battle so far.
Cook throws out a loose jab but Robbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbo misses with a low kick.
Cook throws an overhand right that lands on Robbo's shoulder, as Robbo tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Cook misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Robbo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cook slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Robbo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Cook scores with a crisp jab that stopped Robbo in his tracks.
Cook lands a leg kick that knocks Robbo off balance momentarily.
Robbo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Robbo avoids the body shot from Cook.
A jab from Cook misses.
Cook throws a jab when Robbo was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cook rushes Robbo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Robbo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cook works on Robbo's body with a couple of short punches.
Robbo lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Cook dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Solomon Cook's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cook looks to land a left hand but Robbo moved out of range nicely.
Robbo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jesus Robbo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cook rushes Robbo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Robbo throws a punch but it's blocked by Cook.
Robbo blocks a body shot from Cook.
Robbo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Robbo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robbo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robbo prevents a body shot from Cook.
Robbo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cook's elbow.
Cook working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Robbo blocks a body shot from Cook.
Cook has a couple of punches blocked by Robbo.
Cook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbo misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Robbo.
Robbo lands a body shot.
Robbo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robbo tries a body shot but Cook blocks it.
Robbo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Robbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbo is leaning against Cook and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Robbo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robbo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robbo scores with a hook to the body.
Robbo lands a body punch.
Robbo scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Robbo.
Robbo throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cook.
Robbo misses with an elbow strike.
Jesus Robbo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Robbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robbo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cook seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Robbo can turn it around.
Robbo struggles to land a body shot inside as Cook controls his hands.
Robbo is leaning against Cook and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cook misses with some punches.
Robbo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cook backwards.
Cook prevents a body shot from Robbo.
Robbo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Robbo misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robbo scores with a shot to the side of Cook's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robbo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cook backwards.
Robbo scores with a shot to the side of Cook's head.
Robbo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robbo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cook misses with some punches.
Robbo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Robbo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Robbo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cook manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Robbo.

Solomon Cook's cut is getting worse.
Robbo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cook stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Robbo cracks Cook with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Robbo closes the distance and catches Cook with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Cook is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Cook is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Cook is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Robbo takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jesus Robbo!
A pretty intense looking Jesus Robbo took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.