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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badr Al Din (ranked 18 p4p, 33 weight class) and Wallace Cobb (ranked 2 p4p, 8 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Al Din might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to RUNNING BACK. Cobb has chosen Where's Wallace? as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Badr Al Din!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wallace Cobb!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Din moves away from the strike by Cobb.
Cobb swings for the body but Al Din moves out of range.
Cobb throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Al Din on the side of the head.
Al Din looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Al Din misses with a straight left.
Cobb rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Al Din connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cobb connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Badr Al Din has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb misses with a looping right.
Al Din lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cobb at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Din staying out of range there.
Al Din is looking to counter with a body kick.
Al Din takes one to the chin there.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Al Din's shoulder, as Al Din tries to avoid the shot.
Al Din looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick and Al Din moves out of range easily.
Al Din tried to counter with a leg kick but Cobb avoided it.
Al Din ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Al Din throws a quick counter kick to the body but Cobb avoids it.
Wallace Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Din lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cobb moves away from the strike by Al Din.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Din throws a hook but Cobb blocks it.
Al Din forces Cobb back against the cage and clinches.
Cobb tries to break the clinch but Al Din is controlling the position.
Cobb tries to break free but Al Din pushes him back against the cage.
Al Din working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Al Din lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
Al Din misses with a body punch.
Cobb is trying to push Al Din away but Al Din has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cobb working hard to break the clinch.
Cobb blocking some punches.
Cobb wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Al Din prevents Cobb from breaking the clinch.
Cobb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cobb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Cobb on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cobb throws a hook but Al Din blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Din cracks Cobb with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Al Din's shoulder, as Al Din tries to avoid the shot.
Al Din uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cobb.
Cobb throws a poor cross that misses
and Al Din counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Al Din uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cobb has time to react.
Al Din misses with a hook. Cobb ducked under it nicely.
Cobb appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cobb misses with a lunging right hand
and Al Din counters with a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Din misses with a looping right.
Cobb connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Al Din's hands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cobb darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Al Din just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb scores with a jab.
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!
Cobb walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cobb swings widly with a right hand
and Al Din counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Din. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badr Al Din dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Badr Al Din's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cobb fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Al Din looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cobb throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Al Din bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A big left from Al Din misses.
Cobb throws a lazy head kick
and Al Din counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb 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.
Al Din thows a leg kick but Cobb checks it
and Cobb counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Din lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Wallace Cobb has been cut.
Cobb lands a lovely overhand right.
Cobb might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Al Din moves into the clinch successfully.
Al Din keeps control of Cobb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Al Din.
Al Din gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Al Din throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobb.
Cobb is trying to break free.
Al Din lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cobb is trying to push Al Din away but Al Din has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb breaks from the clinch.
Cobb lands a big head kick that sends Al Din tumbling to the mat! Cobb takes a step backwards and waves Al Din back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Al Din is rocked!
Badr Al Din's cut is getting worse.
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!
Cobb throws a hook but Al Din avoids it easily.
Al Din fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cobb, pushing him back against the cage.
Al Din lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cobb or not.
Al Din doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Cobb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Al Din ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cobb takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Al Din.
Cobb misses the jab.
The crowd cheers as Al Din lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cobb doesn't seem phased though.
Cobb takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cobb is breathing heavily.
Al Din slips under a jab from Cobb.
Al Din is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cobb takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Al Din goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb loads up on a big right hand but Al Din slips the punch.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb lands a head kick!
Al Din has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cobb finds it's way round the side to connect with Al Din's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Din lands a jab to the nose.
Al Din closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Badr Al Din will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Al Din. Cobb shrugs it off though.
A low kick from Al Din misses
and Cobb counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cobb has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Al Din.
Al Din scores with a decent looking hook.
Cobb blocks the body kick.
Al Din throws a sloppy head kick and Cobb moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Cobb was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Al Din.
Al Din throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Al Din uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobb.
Cobb misses with a left hand
and Al Din counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cobb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cobb tries to keep at a distance but Al Din has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cobb looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Din keeps control of Cobb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Al Din has Cobb pressed against the cage, preventing Cobb from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Al Din throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobb.
Cobb is trying to break free.
Cobb is trying to push Al Din away but Al Din has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
A nice left hand lands by Al Din.
A short right from Al Din.
Cobb is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Al Din lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
Al Din lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Din lands a hook that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
Al Din goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Din.
Cobb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cobb throws a shot to the body.
Cobb swings widly with a right hand
and Al Din counters with a crisp right hand that drops Cobb! Al Din lets Cobb back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Cobb is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Din cracks Cobb with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cobb is still on wobbly legs! Can Al Din finish him?
Nice uppercut lands for Cobb. That snapped Al Din's head back.
Cobb seems to have recovered his senses.
Al Din avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cobb throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Din.
Al Din lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Din manages to avoid it.
Cobb moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Din fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Al Din misses with an uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Cobb. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cobb.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Al Din feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cobb uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Al Din has time to react.
Badr Al Din's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Al Din scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badr Al Din clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Al Din darts in and clinches Cobb up against the cage.
Cobb looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Al Din is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cobb can do to turn this around?
A body shot lands from Al Din.
Al Din misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Din keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cobb's efforts to push away.
Cobb breaks the clinch.
Cobb lands a jab to Al Din's midsection.
Wallace Cobb seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Al Din with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Din misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cobb scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cobb lands a big head kick that sends Al Din tumbling to the mat! Cobb takes a step backwards and waves Al Din back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Al Din is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cobb knocks out Al Din with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Cobb before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Cobb picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wallace Cobb!
Wallace Cobb is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Wallace Cobb 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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