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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Imen Cognito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Fin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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235 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Imen Cognito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Fin!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cognito shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fin but Fin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fin doesn't manage to clinch there - Cognito circles away.
Cognito shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fin thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Fin trying to strike off his back.
Fin striking from the bottom.
Cognito won't allow Fin to get back to his feet.
Cognito chips away with some ground and pound.
Cognito has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fin is proving hard to escape from.
Cognito postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fin is looking to stand up but Cognito isn't so interested in that idea.
Fin striking off his back but it's not causing Cognito any problems.
Fin is looking to stand up but Cognito isn't so interested in that idea.
Cognito with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cognito landing with the ground and pound.
Fin keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Fin looks gassed!
Fin wants to stand but Cognito is controlling the position.
Cognito knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fin on the ground.
Fin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fin throwing short punches from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cognito's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cognito connects with a couple of short punches.
Cognito is in close to Fin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cognito stands up over Fin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fin wants to sweep here but Cognito controlling him for the moment.
Cognito has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cognito lands a couple of elbows.
Fin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cognito postures up and lands a big shot to Fin's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cognito's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cognito is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cognito is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cognito keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fin's head.
Cognito postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fin is looking to stand up but Cognito isn't so interested in that idea.
Fin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fin striking off his back but it's not causing Cognito any problems.
Fin trying to strike off his back.
Cognito working some strikes from top position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fin tries to bum rush Cognito with a series of wild strikes but Cognito uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fin misses with a takedown attempt
and Cognito counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fin punching from the bottom.
Fin scores with a few weak punches.
Fin is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Fin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fin punching from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fin moves into full guard.
Fin keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Fin throwing short punches from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fin looks to clinch
and Cognito counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Fin's guard now.
Cognito with a nice head shot there.
Cognito is working Fin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fin is looking to stand up but Cognito isn't so interested in that idea.
Cognito lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fin wants to stand but Cognito is controlling the position.
Cognito working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cognito fails with the takedown.
Cognito drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fin is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Fin striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Fin misses with a strike from the bottom.
Fin manages to get back to half guard.
Fin wants to get back to his feet.
Cognito looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cognito takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fin misses with a takedown attempt
and Cognito counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fin keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imen Cognito dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fin with a poor takedown
and Cognito counters with a single leg into guard. Fin didn't expect that.
Fin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Imen Cognito overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fin will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Fin doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Cognito stops Fin from standing up.
Cognito postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fin wants to stand up but Cognito is controlling him.
Fin trying to strike off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fin wriggles free and stands up.
Cognito closes the distance and clinches up with Fin, looking for a takedown. Cognito pushes Fin against the cage but Fin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cognito feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fin striking off his back but it's not causing Cognito any problems.
Fin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fin striking from the bottom here.
Fin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fin has momentary wrist control but Cognito slips an elbow through the middle.
Fin tries to strike from the bottom.
Fin trying to strike off his back.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cognito fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cognito tries to clinch there but Fin circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fin shoots and misses
and Cognito counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fin is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Fin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cognito is looking to work some ground and pound but Fin has wrist control.
Fin lands a decent shot there.
Cognito working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fin striking from his own guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cognito scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cognito won't allow Fin to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cognito keeps the fight on the outside.
Cognito misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Imen Cognito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fin shoots for a takedown but Cognito saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fin has closed the distance and engaged Cognito in a clinch.
Fin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fin with a knee to the head.
Fin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fin looking to stall.
Cognito manages to break the clinch.
Cognito misses with a takedown attempt - Fin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fin misses with a takedown
and Cognito counters with a shoot takedown. Fin fights it but they end up in guard.
Fin tries to strike from the bottom.
Fin lands a decent shot there.
Fin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cognito postures up and lands a big shot to Fin's brow.
Fin striking off his back but it's not causing Cognito any problems.
Cognito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fin can do to turn this around?
Cognito cracks Fin with a solid left hand.
Fin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Fin lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cognito closes the distance and clinches up with Fin, looking for a takedown. Cognito pushes Fin against the cage but Fin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fin fails with the takedown
and Cognito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cognito working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fin striking off his back, scoring a few points.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cognito here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Fin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Fin throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cognito lands a couple of elbows.
Fin wants to stand up but Cognito is controlling him.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fin shoots and misses
and Cognito counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Fin's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imen Cognito dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cognito drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cognito lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fin wants to stand but Cognito is controlling the position.
Fin is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cognito stands up out of Fin's guard for a moment - Fin manages to land a nice upkick.
Cognito prevents Fin from getting back to his feet.
Fin wants to sweep here but Cognito controlling him for the moment.
Fin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cognito!
Cognito tries to reverse the position but Fin maintains control.
Cognito taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fin is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Cognito is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bob Fin!
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energy
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hype
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