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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Escorre (ranked 1287 p4p, 1073 weight class) and Tyson Cobb (ranked 38 p4p, 34 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Escorre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyson Cobb!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobb lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Escorre throws a nice looking combination but Cobb bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escorre backing away here, and Cobb unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Escorre moved out of range nicely.
Cobb swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cobb moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jab by Cobb.
Cobb attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Escorre jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.
Escorre misses with a combination
and Cobb cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cobb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cobb has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Escorre fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cobb throws a looping overhand right but Escorre ducks down to avoid it.
Escorre throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cobb counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Cobb throws a low kick, looking for Escorre's leg but Escorre calmly moves out of range.
Escorre tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cobb manages to circle out of the way.
Escorre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cobb throws a poor cross that misses
and Escorre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cobb looks winded!
Escorre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cobb circles away quickly and effectively.
Cobb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escorre.
Cobb is looking to score with low kicks.
Cobb clobbers Escorre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Escorre lands a jab to the head.
Escorre throws a series of punches but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
Escorre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobb moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Escorre. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escorre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escorre misses with a straight right.
Escorre ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Escorre throws a big counter combination but Cobb scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Escorre seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cobb throws a leg kick
and Escorre counters with a one-two to the body.
Cobb slips a jab and a cross from Escorre.
Escorre takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Escorre tries to bum rush Cobb with a series of wild strikes but Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cobb turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Cobb. Beautiful body shot.
Escorre throws a series of punches but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb takes a swing at Escorre's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escorre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cobb counters with a nice low kick that buckles Escorre's knee momentarily.
Escorre connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cobb momentarily.
Escorre throws a good cross that connects.
Cobb works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Donk. Cobb catches Escorre right on the button with a cross.
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escorre is looking to wear down Cobb with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Escorre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cobb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cobb tests Escorre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cobb lands a jab to the head.
Cobb lands an overhand right.
Cobb is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Escorre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cobb has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That has opened up Tyson Cobb's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cobb jabs Escorre to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Escorre tries to clinch up but Cobb circles away and keeps his distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cobb - that will leave a mark!
Escorre missing with a left hand there. Cobb was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cobb just misses with a punch to the body.
Good shot there by Cobb.
Cobb is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Escorre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Escorre throws a nice looking combination but Cobb bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A cross from Cobb lands.
A jab from Cobb misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escorre manages to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Cobb as he connects with a hook.
Escorre misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Cobb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyson Cobb's cut.
That's time! Escorre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cobb attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cobb slips a jab and a cross from Escorre.
Cobb fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Escorre is out of range.
Oooooh!!! Escorre has knocked Cobb down with a huge combo! Escorre steps away and waves a wobbly Cobb back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Cobb is rocked!
Escorre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cobb is still on wobbly legs! Can Escorre finish him?
Cobb misses with a leg kick.
Cobb seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice body punch from Cobb.
Escorre checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cobb has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escorre takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cobb attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Escorre throws a big counter combination but Cobb scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Escorre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobb.
Cobb throws out a counter right but Escorre avoids it with no problem.
Cobb lands a body shot.
Escorre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cobb tries to counter with a clinch but Escorre shakes him off and moves away.
Escorre takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escorre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The cut above Tyson Cobb's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cobb misses with a wild combination.
Escorre seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cobb scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escorre misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Cobb misses.
Cobb slips a jab and a cross from Escorre.
Claudio Escorre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escorre blocks a low kick nicely.
Cobb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escorre throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Escorre has time to react.
Cobb tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cobb with the inside leg kick.
Escorre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escorre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Escorre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escorre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb stuns Escorre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Escorre checks a leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Escorre tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyson Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escorre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cobb.
Escorre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cobb pushes Escorre away with a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cobb throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escorre lands with a nice body punch.
Escorre tries to bum rush Cobb with a series of wild strikes but Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Escorre takes one on the button.
Escorre swinging wildly here.
Cobb darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cobb. That's going to slow Escorre down.
Cobb throws out a powerful jab.
Escorre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A shot to the liver by Escorre. Beautiful body shot.
Escorre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escorre was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
Cobb showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Escorre.
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 connects with a body shot.
Cobb lands a nice hook to Escorre's body. Escorre takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
A cross from Cobb lands.
Escorre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cobb on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cobb lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Escorre connects with a body shot.
Tyson Cobb seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escorre tries to bum rush Cobb with a series of wild strikes but Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cobb misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tyson Cobb will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tyson Cobb's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Escorre misses with the combination.
Escorre tries to clinch but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escorre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cobb misses the shot to the body.
Cobb connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Escorre misses with a two punch combination.
Escorre staying out of range there.
Escorre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Escorre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escorre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobb.
Cobb connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Escorre.
Cobb throws a leg kick which misses Escorre's front leg but catches the back leg as Escorre tries to avoid it.
Escorre slips under a jab from Cobb.
Escorre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
Cobb throws a leg kick that misses.
Cobb explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escorre takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cobb.
Escorre looks to land a combination but Cobb avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escorre. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobb throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escorre misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escorre darts in trying to clinch
and Cobb makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cobb swings for the body but Escorre moves out of range.
Cobb lands a really nice looking cross but Escorre seems unphased.
A big left from Cobb misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escorre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escorre ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb pivots, looking for a leg kick but Escorre is out of range and Cobb settles back down.
Cobb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escorre moves away.
It looked like Escorre was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cobb fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Escorre on the side of the head.
Cobb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Escorre misses.
Cobb swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cobb misses the shot to the body.
Cobb tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Escorre is able to avoid easily.
Escorre throws out a powerful jab.
Escorre avoids the body shot from Cobb.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escorre was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
As Cobb looks to move away, Escorre throws a big counter combo but Cobb just gets out of the way.
Escorre doesn't manage to clinch there - Cobb circles away.
Cobb wants to counter with a clinch but Escorre pushes him away.
Escorre misses with a body shot.
Cobb looks to land a right hand but Escorre moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Escorre misses its target.
Cobb looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Escorre checks the leg kick.
Escorre is looking for a counter combo.
Escorre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cobb counters with a slapping leg kick.
Escorre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cobb throws a hook but Escorre avoids it easily.
Escorre throws a big counter combination but Cobb scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cobb takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Escorre misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb walks into a straight right hand from Escorre.
Tyson Cobb's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tyson Cobb's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Claudio Escorre!
After winning the bout, Claudio Escorre 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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