PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rooster Cogburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Cogburn
vs
Marshall

180 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rooster Cogburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Andrei Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cogburn darts in and clinches Marshall up against the cage.
Marshall pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cogburn lands an uppercut.
Cogburn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marshall looks gassed!

Cogburn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cogburn throws a head kick that Marshall semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cogburn takes the fight into the clinch.

Cogburn breaks the clinch.
Marshall swats away the attempt to clinch by Cogburn.
Cogburn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cogburn darts in trying to clinch
and Cogburn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cogburn moves in looking to clinch but Marshall pushes him off.

Cogburn has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cogburn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cogburn could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cogburn wants to clinch
and Marshall counters with a nice uppercut.
Cogburn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marshall darts in trying to clinch

and Cogburn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses.
Cogburn lands a nice elbow.
Cogburn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marshall avoids it.
Cogburn lands a good knee to the midsection. Marshall won't want to take too many of those.
Cogburn pushes Marshall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cogburn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Cogburn.
Marshall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cogburn scores with a knee to the head.
Marshall looking to throw knees to the head but Cogburn is blocking nicely.
Cogburn lands an elbow inside.
Cogburn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cogburn scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cogburn lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cogburn obliges.

Cogburn jumps into guard, dragging Marshall to the mat.
Marshall postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cogburn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marshall is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cogburn is working an open guard so Marshall takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Cogburn tries to close the distance and clinch but Marshall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marshall misses with a takedown
and Cogburn counters with a one-two to the body.

Cogburn clinches up with Marshall and pushes him back against the cage.
Cogburn pushes Marshall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cogburn lands an elbow that stopped Marshall in his tracks for a moment.
Marshall throws an elbow that misses.
Cogburn gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cogburn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Cogburn breaks the clinch.
Cogburn wants to clinch up but Marshall keeps it at a distance.

Cogburn clinches up with Marshall and pushes him back against the cage.
Cogburn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marshall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right handed body shot lands from Cogburn.
Cogburn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cogburn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cogburn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cogburn avoiding damage as Marshall throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Cogburn.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cogburn obliges.
Marshall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Cogburn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marshall circles away from the clinch attempt

and Marshall counters with a takedown into side control.
Cogburn wants to control but Marshall postures up.
Marshall has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cogburn is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Marshall scores with punches from side control.
Cogburn tries to buck Marshall off but Marshall is having none of it.
Cogburn is working to avoid the ground and pound but Marshall connects with a decent elbow.
Cogburn struggling a bit here.
Cogburn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cogburn tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Marshall landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cogburn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marshall on the ground.
Cogburn tries to bench press Marshall off him but Marshall keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marshall connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cogburn some visible discomfort.
Cogburn taking a bit of punishment here - Marshall scoring with strikes.
Marshall working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall is putting a hurting on Cogburn here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cogburn is pushing Marshall's head away, looking to escape. Marshall manages to hold on to the position though.
Marshall working the ground and pound.
Marshall is looking to take a break and control but Cogburn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cogburn wants to get back to his feet but Marshall drags him back down.
Marshall lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rooster Cogburn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cogburn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cogburn scores with a knee to the head.

Marshall lands a takedown into guard.
Marshall stopping the sweep attempt from Cogburn.
Marshall with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Marshall preventing the sweep.
Marshall stops Cogburn from standing up.
Marshall postures up.
Marshall advances position into side control!
Cogburn is looking to regain half guard here but Marshall keeps moving and retains side control.
Marshall working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cogburn on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall lands a decent elbow from side control.
Marshall lands an elbow.
Cogburn struggling a bit here.
Cogburn is looking to regain half guard here but Marshall keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cogburn wants to get back to his feet.

Marshall has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Cogburn is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Marshall yanks on the arm and Cogburn is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Marshall.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andrei Marshall!