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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cosbey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gray Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cosbey comes to the cage accompanied by NJJD. Maynard has chosen Kickstart as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bill Cosbey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gray Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maynard shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Maynard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cosbey is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Maynard pulls his head out easily.
Maynard with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Maynard is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cosbey has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cosbey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cosbey is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Maynard pulls his head out easily.
Maynard passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cosbey!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Maynard.
Maynard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cosbey hang on?
Cosbey is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Maynard's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Maynard lands with some strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maynard controlling the position easily from mount.
Maynard unloading with bombs!
Maynard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Maynard landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard with good strikes from the mount here!
Maynard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
It looks like Maynard might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Cosbey is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maynard lands a nice shot to the head.
Maynard breaks from Cosbey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maynard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maynard lands a big shot there that rocks Cosbey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gray Maynard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Maynard scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Maynard trying to control the action but Cosbey is working from the bottom.
Maynard moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Cosbey on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Maynard just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cosbey takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Maynard goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Cosbey rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Maynard's guard! Nice work there by Cosbey!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosbey is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Maynard is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Maynard has escaped and now he's on top!
Cosbey is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Maynard has his hands clasped together but Cosbey extends an breaks Maynard's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Cosbey.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bill Cosbey!
A relieved looking Bill Cosbey thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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