PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Joseph Proudhon (ranked 928 p4p, 711 weight class) and Bill Cosby (ranked 138 p4p, 109 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Proudhon
vs
Cosby

188 cm
35
193
25 - 13 - 0

185 cm
30
206
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Core Combat

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Joseph Proudhon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Cosby!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cosby with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cosby throws a leg kick that misses.
Proudhon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Proudhon walks into a jab.
Cosby is looking to clinch but Proudhon is avoiding it.
Cosby misses with a body punch
and Proudhon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cosby throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Proudhon on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Cosby misses its intended target.
Proudhon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Proudhon ducks under a wild hook from Cosby.
Cosby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Proudhon moves away.
Proudhon slips under a jab.
Cosby finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A cross from Proudhon lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Proudhon blocks a jab.
It looked like Proudhon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Proudhon looks to throw the jab but Cosby is out of range.
Cosby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Proudhon slips a straight right by Cosby.
Cosby misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Proudhon. Cosby does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosby catches Proudhon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cosby looks to throw the jab but Proudhon is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cosby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Proudhon misses with a hook.
Cosby throws out a loose jab but Proudhon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Proudhon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Proudhon moves away from the strike by Cosby.
Cosby throws a shot from downtown. Proudhon moves away and avoids it.
Cosby looks to land a right hand but Proudhon moved out of range.
Proudhon connects with a body shot that sends Cosby's belly button to the back.
Cosby misses the jab.
Cosby scoring well with a low kick there.
Pierre Joseph Proudhon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Proudhon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Proudhon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cosby.
Proudhon ducks under a wild hook from Cosby.
Cosby swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Proudhon counters with a nice uppercut.
Cosby with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cosby throws a body shot but no joy.
Proudhon is looking to counter punch.
Cosby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Proudhon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cosby keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Proudhon lands a lovely overhand right.
Cosby 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.
Cosby throws a hook but Proudhon blocks it.
Proudhon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A slow jab from Proudhon misses its intended target.
Proudhon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Proudhon just misses with a punch to the body.
Cosby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Proudhon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Proudhon lands a right hook to the body.
Proudhon misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Cosby misses its intended target.
Proudhon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cosby.
Cosby throws a looping overhand right but Proudhon ducks down to avoid it.
Proudhon cracks Cosby with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cosby connects with a good right hand that stumbles Proudhon. Proudhon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cosby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cosby misses with a looping left.
Cosby throws a low kick, looking for Proudhon's leg but Proudhon calmly moves out of range.
Proudhon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bill Cosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Proudhon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cosby.
Proudhon throws a big shot that misses.
Cosby closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Proudhon to counter with a crisp jab.
Proudhon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cosby in his tracks.
Cosby takes a swing at Proudhon's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Proudhon misses its target.
Good shot there by Proudhon.

It looks like Bill Cosby has been cut.
Proudhon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cosby.
Cosby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosby throws out a powerful jab.
Cosby throws a hook to the side of Proudhon's head but Proudhon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon takes a swing at Cosby's ribcage but misses.

Cosby shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Proudhon is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cosby controlling the action here.
Oh Proudhon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Proudhon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cosby.
Cosby lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Proudhon quite badly. Proudhon pulls Cosby in close trying to recover. Cosby postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Proudhon on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Proudhon doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Cosby!
Bill Cosby is the new light heavyweight champion!
Bill Cosby spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.