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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wallace Cobb (ranked 51 p4p, 106 weight class) and Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 11 p4p, 22 weight class). Cobb comes to the cage accompanied by Where's Wallace?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Wallace Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuruta misses with a straight left.
Cobb has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tsuruta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tsuruta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cobb.
Tsuruta throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tsuruta connects with the punch.
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tsuruta throws a jab but it's blocked by Cobb.
Cobb throwing a counter right hand but Tsuruta manages to avoid it.
Tsuruta throws a hook but Cobb blocks it.
Cobb connects with a single shot there.
Cobb takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tsuruta throws a hook but Cobb avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Tsuruta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tsuruta throws an off balance right hand
and Tsuruta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Cobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsuruta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cobb lands with a right hand.
Tsuruta throws a big shot that misses.
Cobb swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tsuruta 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.
Cobb tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Tsuruta.
Cobb tried to counter with a leg kick but Tsuruta avoided it.
A big right from Tsuruta misses.
Cobb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tsuruta loads up on a big right hand but Cobb slips the punch.
Cobb moves out of range of the strikes.
Cobb throws a hook but Tsuruta avoids it easily.
Tsuruta throws out a counter right but Cobb avoids it with no problem.
Cobb throws a lazy right hand but Tsuruta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tsuruta takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tsuruta misses with a lunging right hand
and Tsuruta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta missing with a left hand there. Cobb was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cobb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
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!
Tsuruta works the jab nicely.
Tsuruta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cobb's head.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb lands a nice shot to the body.
Cobb scores with a jab to the head.
Tsuruta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cobb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with a shot to the body
and Tsuruta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tsuruta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsuruta ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Tsuruta misses with a lunging right hand
and Cobb counters with a stiff right hand.
Tsuruta cracks Cobb with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cobb tests Tsuruta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses with a right hand
and Tsuruta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsuruta throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobb makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cobb fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tomomi Tsuruta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuruta connects with the punch.
Cobb slips under a jab from Tsuruta.
Cobb was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cobb throws a nice looking combination but Tsuruta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Cobb on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice uppercut lands for Cobb. That snapped Tsuruta's head back.
The fighters circling - Tsuruta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cobb slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cobb staying out of range there.
Cobb misses with a straight right.
Cobb moves out of range as Tsuruta strikes.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick and Tsuruta moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cobb lands a high kick!
A clash of legs there as Tsuruta blocks the low kick.
Tsuruta scores with a hook to the body. Cobb takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cobb takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tsuruta misses with a looping right.
Cobb is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tsuruta throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsuruta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Cobb lands with a good body shot.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsuruta works Cobb's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsuruta misses with a lunging right hand
and Cobb counters with a nice body shot.
Cobb takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tsuruta throws a looping overhand right but Cobb ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wallace Cobb will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tsuruta cracks Cobb with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wallace Cobb is winning the standup battle so far.
Tsuruta throws a lazy uppercut
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobb is looking to score with low kicks.
Cobb looks to land a right hand but Tsuruta moved out of range.
Cobb misses with a body shot.
Tsuruta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Cobb swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tsuruta digs a good body shot into Cobb's ribs.
Tsuruta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsuruta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tsuruta misses with a wild combination.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tsuruta misses with a left hand
and Cobb counters with a good, hard body kick but Tsuruta shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsuruta looks to throw the jab but Cobb is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cobb sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tsuruta lands with an uppercut that bounces Cobb off the cage and back into range.
Tsuruta misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsuruta is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cobb with a body shot.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tsuruta moves away.
Tsuruta swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cobb makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cobb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobb.
Cobb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsuruta scores with a jab.
Tsuruta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobb moves away.
Cobb throwing a counter right hand but Tsuruta manages to avoid it.
Tsuruta looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobb is just out of range.
Cobb slips a jab from Tsuruta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cobb lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tsuruta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tsuruta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cobb was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cobb takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cobb throws a leg kick but Tsuruta checks it.
Tsuruta misses with a looping left.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
Tsuruta checks the leg kick.
Cobb takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tsuruta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cobb throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobb misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
Tsuruta misses with a looping left.
Cobb with a nice cross.
Cobb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta throws a body punch but Cobb moves out of range.
It appears Cobb was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tsuruta lunges at Cobb with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cobb's hand.
Cobb swinging wildly here.
Cobb lands with a straight right. Tsuruta didn't see that one coming.
Tsuruta checks a low kick from Cobb.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb throws a low kick, looking for Tsuruta's leg but Tsuruta calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with a jab to the body
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobb blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Cobb misses its intended target.
Tsuruta scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb staying out of range there.
Tsuruta misses with a straight left.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Cobb misses.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick
and Tsuruta counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tsuruta looks to land a right hand but Cobb moved out of range.
A big left from Tsuruta misses.
Tsuruta fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cobb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsuruta throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tomomi Tsuruta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cobb scores with a hook.
Cobb slips a jab from Tsuruta.
Cobb misses with the combination.
Tsuruta lands a head shot.
Cobb avoids the body shot from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tsuruta misses with a lunging right hand
and Tsuruta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta thuds his right hand into Cobb's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cobb takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tsuruta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cobb walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb moves out of range as Tsuruta strikes.
Tsuruta lands a really nice looking cross but Cobb seems unphased.
Cobb lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tsuruta at a distance.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Cobb.
Tsuruta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsuruta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobb moves away.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsuruta was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
Cobb scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tsuruta swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Tsuruta walks into a stiff left hand from Cobb.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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!
Tsuruta's corner calls for a 1-2. Tsuruta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tsuruta throws a jab when Cobb was well out of range.
Cobb slips under a jab from Tsuruta.
Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
It appears Cobb was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tsuruta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tsuruta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Cobb misses its target.
Cobb is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tsuruta throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Cobb to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsuruta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cobb counters with a one-two to the body.
Tsuruta is rocked!
Tsuruta swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Cobb counter with a right hand.
Tsuruta is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?
Cobb is stalking Tsuruta. Tsuruta circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Cobb, and it's lights out! Tsuruta really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wallace Cobb!
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.
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hype
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