PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bill Beukeboom (ranked 1387 p4p, 1586 weight class) and Marciano Cobb (ranked 207 p4p, 234 weight class). Cobb comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Beukeboom
vs
Cobb

185 cm
33
194
27 - 19 - 0

180 cm
37
187
35 - 21 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bill Beukeboom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marciano Cobb!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobb tries to close the distance and clinch but Beukeboom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beukeboom walks into a left hand.
Beukeboom misses with a looping left.
Beukeboom takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cobb moves out of range of the strikes.
Beukeboom avoids the head kick by Cobb.
An attempted straight right counter from Beukeboom misses the target.
Beukeboom throws a big shot that misses.
Marciano Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cobb instigates a clinch.
Cobb tries a body shot but Beukeboom blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beukeboom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Cobb scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beukeboom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beukeboom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cobb has a couple of punches blocked by Beukeboom.
Cobb swings wildly with an uppercut but Beukeboom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beukeboom lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Beukeboom.
Cobb has a couple of punches blocked by Beukeboom.
We've been informed that Cobb has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Beukeboom scores with a hook to the body.
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Beukeboom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cobb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cobb tries to work over Beukeboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cobb swings wildly with an uppercut but Beukeboom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cobb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beukeboom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cobb struggles to land a body shot inside as Beukeboom controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beukeboom.
Cobb blocks a body shot from Beukeboom.
Cobb lands a nice shot to the body.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the head but Beukeboom blocks with his arms.
I was talking to Beukeboom's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Cobb on the inside.
Cobb lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beukeboom backwards.
Beukeboom blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cobb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.

Cobb manages to break the clinch.
Cobb is looking to clinch but Beukeboom is avoiding it.
A counter left hand to the body from Beukeboom misses its target.
Beukeboom lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beukeboom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beukeboom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Cobb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beukeboom swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Beukeboom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cobb tries a head kick but it misses.
Cobb throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beukeboom throws a looping overhand right but Cobb ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beukeboom takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beukeboom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Cobb looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cobb connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beukeboom's hands.
Beukeboom lands with a nice body punch.
Beukeboom misses with an uppercut
and Cobb counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cobb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beukeboom.
Beukeboom misses with a looping right.
Cobb misses with an uppercut.
Beukeboom throws a jab when Cobb was well out of range.
Cobb throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cobb looks to throw a body kick
and Beukeboom counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom misses with a lunging right hand
and Cobb cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beukeboom throws an off balance right hand
enabling Cobb to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beukeboom swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Beukeboom misses the shot to the body.
Cobb scores with a nice strike.
Beukeboom blocks a head kick by Cobb.
Cobb misses with a head kick.
Beukeboom throws an overhand right that lands on Cobb's shoulder, as Cobb tries to avoid the shot.
Cobb thinks about the counter body kick.
A left and a right from Cobb both land. Nice combination.
Beukeboom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beukeboom throws a good cross that connects.
Beukeboom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marciano Cobb will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cobb feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beukebooms jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Some wild striking there from Cobb.
Marciano Cobb seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cobb misses with a head kick.
Beukeboom throwing a counter right hand but Cobb manages to avoid it.
Beukeboom throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beukeboom looks to land a left hand but Cobb moved out of range nicely.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Beukeboom's shoulder, as Beukeboom tries to avoid the shot.
Beukeboom lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cobb at a distance.
Beukeboom thuds a left hand into Cobb's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Beukeboom moved out of range nicely.
Cobb is looking to slow Beukeboom down with leg kicks.
Beukeboom sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Beukeboom scores with a decent looking hook.
Cobb lunges at Beukeboom with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Beukeboom's hand.
Cobb misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Beukeboom throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cobb lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cobb slips a jab from Beukeboom.
Cobb throws a counter combo.
Cobb blocks a jab.
Beukeboom throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beukeboom takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cobb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beukeboom.
Beukeboom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobb.
Cobb wants to clinch up but Beukeboom keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom throws a hook to the side of Cobb's head but Cobb sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beukeboom throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
Beukeboom ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb throws an off balance right hand
enabling Beukeboom to counter with a crisp jab.
Beukeboom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cobb raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Beukeboom throws a hook but Cobb blocks it.
Beukeboom misses with a body punch
enabling Cobb to counter with a crisp jab.
Beukeboom ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb throws a hook but Beukeboom avoids it easily.
Cobb takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Beukeboom loads up on a big right hand but Cobb slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb scores with a hook to the body. Beukeboom takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good shot there by Beukeboom.
A swing and a miss from Cobb.
Cobb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beukeboom.
Cobb lands a leg kick that knocks Beukeboom off balance momentarily.
Beukeboom misses with a straight left.
Cobb scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beukeboom scores with a decent looking hook.
A shot to the body from Cobb misses

and Beukeboom counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Cobb to the mat! Beukeboom runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Cobb is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Beukeboom scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Cobb to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Beukeboom away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Cobb got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!

Cobb is rocked!
Beukeboom rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cobb connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cobb is still on wobbly legs! Can Beukeboom finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cobb can pounce on him.
Cobb seems to have recovered his senses.
Beukeboom blocks a jab.
Cobb tries to get into range but Beukeboom steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Cobb! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Beukeboom scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bill Beukeboom!
Bill Beukeboom retains his middleweight title!