PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Cobb (ranked 5194 p4p, 2481 weight class) and Jeremy Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobb
vs
Scott

181 cm
19
199
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
32
194
16 - 15 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Scott!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A quick step to the side and Cobb tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scott walks into a jab.
Scott is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Scott tries to bum rush Cobb with a series of wild strikes but Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Scott darts in and clinches Cobb up against the cage.
Scott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cobb gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Cobb manages to break the clinch.
Billy Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobb cracks Scott with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cobb scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Scott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Cobb lands.
Scott takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Cobb - just one landing.
Scott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cobb moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cobb misses with a looping right.
Cobb keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot by Cobb.
Cobb cracks Scott with a good jab.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Cobb. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cobb.
Cobb lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb throws out a loose jab but Scott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cobb stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cobb throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cobb attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cobb throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cobb misses with a looping left.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Scott's shoulder, as Scott tries to avoid the shot.
Cobb throws a nice looking combination but Scott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cobb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cobb misses with an uppercut. Scott saw that one coming.
Cobb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Scott.
Cobb lands a leg kick that knocks Scott off balance momentarily.
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!
Scott swinging wildly here.
Cobb lands a nice hook to Scott's body. Scott takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cobb circles away quickly and effectively.
Cobb is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
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.
Cobb connects with a crisp jab.
Cobb throws a hook to the side of Scott's head but Scott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Cobb scores with a jab. Scott acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cobb is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Cobb was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cobb moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cobb connects with a jab.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Scott throws a counter combo.
Decent striking displayed by Cobb there.
Scott walks into a stiff left hand from Cobb.
Cobb misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobb scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice straight punches there by Cobb. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cobb.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cobb lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Scott wants to clinch up but Cobb keeps it at a distance.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cobb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Cobb lands a slapping body shot.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Cobb pushes him off.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cobb keeps the fight on the outside.
Cobb throws a hook but Scott blocks it.
Scott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cobb fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cobb missing with a left hand there. Scott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cobb lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott is looking to clinch.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Scott's shoulder, as Scott tries to avoid the shot.
Cobb jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scott is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Scott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Scott has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Cobb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cobb circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scott moves forwards but Cobb connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Scott.
Cobb misses with an uppercut.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch but Cobb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Cobb misses the target.
Cobb looks to land a right hand but Scott moved out of range.
Cobb scores with a nice head shot.
Cobb connects with a crisp jab.
Scott takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cobb misses with a straight right.
Scott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cobb throws a one two combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cobb throws a hook but Scott avoids it easily.

Scott forces Cobb back against the cage and clinches.
Scott is pushing Cobb up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Cobb dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cobb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cobb misses with a hook.
Cobb fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Scott looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cobb lands a lovely overhand right.
Scott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Scott shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cobb eats them both and turns towards Scott to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cobb wants to land a leg kick but Scott is out of range.
Cobb connects with a right hand. Scott shakes it off.

Scott moves into range and clinches up with Cobb.
Scott changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cobb fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cobb lands a two punch combo.
Jeremy Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb moves out of range as Scott strikes.
Scott misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Cobb. That snapped Scott's head back.
Scott on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Scott throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Scott throws a right and a left that Cobb avoids nicely.
Scott tries to clinch but Cobb is having none of it.
Cobb fails with a takedown attempt.
Scott throws a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb scores with a jab. Scott acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cobb throws a solid leg kick but Scott takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cobb.
Scott with a jab.
Scott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cobb was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cobb looks for a takedown but Scott sprawls well.
Cobb dips to his left and cracks Scott with an uppercut!
Scott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cobb slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Scott takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
An inside leg kick from Cobb misses.
Scott bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Scott is looking to clinch but Cobb is avoiding it.
Scott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobb throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Scott lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A shot to the liver by Cobb. Beautiful body shot.
Scott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cobb throws out the jab.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Cobb pushes him off.
Cobb changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Scott tries to avoid it but Cobb manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Scott to the ground. Scott escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Cobb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cobb looks to throw the jab but Scott is out of range.
Scott has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Scott there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cobb rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cobb connects with a right hand. Scott shakes it off.
Cobb stuns Scott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Scott throws a jab when Cobb was well out of range.
Cobb seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Scott takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Scott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scott slips under a jab from Cobb.
A little jabbing left from Scott on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scott bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Scott moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cobb scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cobb thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scott throws a series of strikes that have Cobb backpedaling.
Nice shot by Cobb.
Scott misses with a straight right.
Cobb throws a jab when Scott was well out of range.
Cobb scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cobb throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Cobb pushes him off.

Cobb gets tackled into the cage by Scott. Scott maintains the clinch.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scott can do to turn this around?

Cobb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobb throws a solid leg kick but Scott takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cobb.
Cobb throws a hook but Scott avoids it easily.
Cobb throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scott's waist but Scott gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cobb off to one side.
Scott throws a counter combo.
Cobb circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cobb cracks Scott with an open hand slap.
Scott doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cobb manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Cobb.
Billy Cobb is winning the standup battle so far.
Scott throws a leg kick but Cobb sees it coming and moves out of range.
It looked like Cobb wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cobb throws a hook but Scott avoids it easily.
Scott tries to clinch there but Cobb circles away.
Scott throws a right hand that Cobb ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobb also avoids with ease.
Cobb swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb digs a good body shot into Scott's ribs.
Scott throws a right and a left that Cobb avoids nicely.
Cobb catches Scott with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cobb cracks Scott with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cobb throws a hook but Scott avoids it easily.
Scott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobb.
Scott's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cobb connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scott scrambles back to his feet.
Cobb fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Scott is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobb throws a leg kick but Scott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cobb scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Scott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobb.
Scott staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Cobb dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Scott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.
Cobb throws a shot from downtown. Scott moves away and avoids it.
Cobb scores with a hook.
Scott takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cobb misses with an uppercut.
Cobb thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scott staying out of range there.
Cobb with a nice calf kick.
Scott does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cobb bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cobb lands with a good body shot.

Cobb tries to keep at a distance but Scott has taken the fight into the clinch.

Scott manages to break the clinch.
Cobb throws a low kick but Scott avoids it.
Scott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cobb.
Scott tries to clinch but Cobb is having none of it.
Scott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb feints a jab promting Scott to slip. Cobb then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Scott slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cobb misses with the combination.
Scott lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb misses with a straight right.
Good work by Scott as he checks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Scott on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.
Cobb misses with a looping right.
Scott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cobb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Scott.
A combination from Scott does no damage.
Cobb lands a nice shot that snaps Scott's head back.
Cobb displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Scott moves into the clinch successfully.

Scott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cobb misses with a hook. Scott ducked under it nicely.
Cobb works Scott's body with a nice hook.
Scott misses with a series of wild punches.
Cobb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scott circles away quickly and effectively.
Cobb catches Scott with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Scott avoids a kick to the body.
Scott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cobb to score with a decent uppercut.
Scott walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cobb slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cobb connects with the punch.
Scott moves out of range as Cobb strikes.
Cobb keeps the fight on the outside.
Cobb punishes Scott's body with a nice straight punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cobb.
Cobb cracks Scott with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb looks to land a combination but Scott avoids it well.
Cobb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scott tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Scott gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Scott walks into a left hand.
Scott misses with a two punch combination.
Scott misses with a two punch combination.
Cobb misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by Cobb.
Scott looks to land a combination. Cobb sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cobb lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cobb lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cobb's corner calls for a 1-2. Cobb obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cobb misses with a looping right.
Scott moves out of range of the strikes.
A slow jab from Cobb misses its intended target.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
Cobb tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Scott is able to avoid easily.
Cobb slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
Scott ducks right into an uppercut from Cobb.
Cobb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scott.
Cobb tries a low kick but Scott avoids it.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cobb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cobb feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cobb throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobb bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Scott moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Scott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cobb misses with an uppercut. Scott saw that one coming.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Scott moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cobb to score with a decent uppercut.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Scott's shoulder, as Scott tries to avoid the shot.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Jeremy Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Billy Cobb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scott was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Cobb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cobb, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Cobb!
After the fight, Billy Cobb was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Jeremy Scott had this to say: 'I have been beating alot of contenders while being undersized for the division. This was my last fight under contract might be time to go somewhere that has my weight class. Its time to make the move to 170'.