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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yeriel Colon (ranked 6038 p4p, 686 weight class) and Phil Cosby (ranked 110 p4p, 26 weight class). Cosby comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Want Your Sex 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 cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yeriel Colon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Cosby!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Colon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cosby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Colon tries to clinch up but Cosby circles away and keeps his distance.
Yeriel Colon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Colon is looking to clinch but Cosby is avoiding it.
Colon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cosby looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Colon is fending him off so far but Cosby persists. Nope, Colon circles away and we're back to standing.
Colon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cosby.
Colon moves in looking to clinch but Cosby pushes him off.
Colon moves into the clinch successfully.
Colon prevents the takedown attempt.
Yeriel Colon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Cosby.
Cosby has Colon pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Colon manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Colon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Colon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cosby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cosby changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cosby misses with a looping left.
Cosby looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cosby missing with a left hand there. Colon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Colon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cosby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cosby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Colon tries to clinch up but Cosby circles away and keeps his distance.
Cosby misses with a two punch combination.
Colon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colon doesn't manage to clinch there - Cosby circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Colon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Colon wants to clinch.
A big right from Cosby misses.
Colon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cosby with the counter takedown but Colon avoids it easily.
Cosby shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Colon pinned against the cage. Colon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Cosby was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Colon tries to escape but Cosby is in control.
Colon is not content to let Cosby control the position.
Cosby has hold of Colon's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Colon tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Cosby cranks the arm and Colon screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Colon, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Phil Cosby!
After winning the bout, Phil Cosby 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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