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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Cobos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and brandon rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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147 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucas Cobos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, brandon rios!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobos leaves rios with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
rios fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cobos clinches up against the cage.
Cobos lands a takedown into guard.
Cobos trying to control the position from guard on top but rios is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cobos postures up in rios's guard and throws a big left but rios blocks it.
rios is trying to keep Cobos in close.
Cobos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
rios is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cobos stands up over rios, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cobos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
rios looking for a sweep. Not yet rios, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cobos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cobos lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cobos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cobos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cobos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cobos has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
rios looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
rios looks gassed!
Cobos trying to control the position from guard on top but rios is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cobos stands up over rios, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
rios 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.
Cobos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cobos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cobos stands and steps away. rios gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
rios shoots in but no luck this time.
Lucas Cobos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of brandon rios.
Cobos scores a takedown into full mount!
Cobos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish rios?
rios keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cobos working rios over with strikes here.
Cobos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cobos lands with some strikes.
Cobos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. rios looks a forlorn figure.
Cobos punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Cobos.
Cobos landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobos looking to finish rios with some ground and pound. This is bad for rios!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cobos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
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!
Cobos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish rios?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
rios is in a horrible position here. Cobos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cobos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of rios's face.
Cobos lands a heavy elbow.
Cobos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cobos unloading with bombs!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
rios takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
rios is in a horrible position here. Cobos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
rios is in a horrible position here. Cobos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Cobos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cobos 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.
Cobos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cobos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cobos postures up in rios's guard and throws a big left but rios blocks it.
Cobos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cobos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cobos working some strikes from top position.
rios is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
rios preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cobos wants to control from the top but rios keeps moving.
Cobos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of rios's head.
Cobos postures up and lands a big shot to rios's brow.
Cobos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
rios is working an open guard so Cobos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Cobos drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cobos stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lucas Cobos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lucas Cobos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
rios tries to get to full guard but Cobos has control of the leg.
Cobos controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cobos connects with a nice short shot to rios's temple.
rios manages to get to full guard.
Cobos with a nice head shot there.
Cobos working some strikes from top position.
Cobos stands and steps away. rios gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
rios gets caught flat footed, as Cobos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
rios has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cobos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cobos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
rios is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cobos works over rios with some ground and pound from guard.
Cobos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cobos pushes down on rios's leg and manages to get into half guard.
rios is looking to control Cobos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can rios avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cobos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks rios with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cobos lands strikes from half guard.
Cobos slips a nice elbow through rios's hands, connecting with rios's forehead.
Cobos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that rios can do to turn this around?
Cobos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
rios has hold of Cobos's hands but Cobos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cobos connects with a nice short shot to rios's temple.
rios taking some punishment here, with Cobos in his half guard.
Cobos lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Cobos dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Cobos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cobos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
rios loads up on a big right hand but Cobos slips the punch.
rios tries for a takedown but Cobos circles away easily
and Cobos counters with a single leg into guard. rios didn't expect that.
Cobos is in close to rios's body, working some short punches and elbows.
rios wants to stand but Cobos is controlling the position.
Cobos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cobos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cobos postures up and lands a big shot to rios's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobos thows a big elbow that misses.
Cobos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cobos postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cobos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cobos working some strikes from top position.
Cobos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cobos landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cobos stays in close to rios's body and controls the position.
Cobos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cobos drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cobos stands and steps away. rios gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cobos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with rios but rios pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cobos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Cobos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
rios stuffs the takedown attempt from Cobos. Cobos gets slowly back to his feet.
rios tries to clinch up.
Cobos wants to clinch
and rios counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
rios trying to control the position from guard on top but Cobos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cobos pushes rios off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
rios wants to clinch
and Cobos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for rios!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cobos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
rios is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
rios is looking to get to half guard.
Cobos lands a big elbow.
Cobos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of rios's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobos lands a big shot there that rocks rios but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cobos blocks rios's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Cobos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cobos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Cobos!
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energy
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RATING
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