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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jayne Cobb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cobb's entrance music is The Hero of Canton. A fine choice. Jayne Cobb could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Howard's chin.
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194 cm
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198 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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178 cm
30
192 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jayne Cobb! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Howard! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cobb throws a right hand that Howard ducks under and follows up with a left that Howard also avoids with ease. Howard moves to clinch but Cobb breaks away and Cobb counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Howard gets in close and instigates a clinch. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. A right hook to the body lands for Cobb.
Howard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cobb up against the cage. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Cobb tries to score a body lock takedown but Howard shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Howard working hard to break the clinch. Howard blocks an uppercut.
Cobb lands a shot to the body. Cobb stalling.
Howard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cobb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cobb has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cobb there as he acknowledges the shot. Howard throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Cobb lands with a slapping head kick. Howard tries to clinch up. A punch lands to the side of Cobb 's head but he takes it in his stride. Cobb moves away from the strike by Howard. A head kick from Cobb lands but Howard takes it in his stride. Howard looks to land a left hand but Cobb moved out of range nicely. Howard is looking to clinch but Cobb is avoiding it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Howard throws a hook but Cobb avoids it easily. Cobb darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. 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. Cobb connects with a nice short shot to Howard's temple. Howard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cobb. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Howard is refusing to be controlled, as Cobb sits in half guard. Nice strikes from Cobb there. Howard wants to control but Cobb is keeping busy.
Cobb throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Howard trying to control here.
Cobb seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Howard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Cobb working Howard over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cobb slips a nice elbow through Howard's hands, connecting with Howard's forehead. Cobb working over Howard with some ground and pound. Howard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Howard is looking to control Cobb's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Howard avoid being mounted? Howard avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cobb. Howard has hold of Cobb's hands but Cobb slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Cobb trying to control the action but Howard is working from the bottom. Howard is looking for a sweep. Cobb is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Cobb perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Cobb seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Howard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Cobb passes the guard and advances to mount! Cobb lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Cobb breaks from Howard's wrist control and lands an elbow. Cobb pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Cobb controlling from the full mount. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cobb cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Cobb landing shots from mount. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Cobb lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cobb breaks from Howard's wrist control and lands an elbow. Cobb scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Howard is rocked! Cobb thowing shots but they're missing. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jayne Cobb dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cobb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howard. Howard misses with a jab to the body
and Cobb counters with a nice body kick. Howard getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Howard misses with a hook. A slow jab from Howard misses its intended target. Cobb moves out of range as Howard strikes. Cobb is trying hard to land a takedown here. Howard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Howard misses the shot to the body. Howard looks to clinch and Cobb counters with a flying knee that drops Howard! Howard is still in real trouble! Can Cobb finish him? We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Howard can do anything to dispel that myth. This has been an exciting period of action! Cobb postures up in Howard's guard and throws a big left but Howard blocks it. Howard keeping moving, preventing Cobb from controlling successfully. Cobb postures up in Howard's guard and throws a big left but Howard blocks it. Howard seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cobb is looking to work some ground and pound but Howard has wrist control. Cobb throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Howard works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Cobb slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Cobb is looking to work some ground and pound but Howard has wrist control. Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howard can do to turn this around? Cobb postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Cobb is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Cobb trying to control but Howard is working from the bottom. Cobb 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cobb looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Howard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Cobb wants to control from the top but Howard keeps moving.
We're going to have a standup here because Jayne Cobb wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Howard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Howard tries to clinch but Cobb is having none of it. Cobb throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Cobb slips under a jab from Howard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cobb lands a nice leg kick that just misses Howard's sensitive parts. Cobb ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Howard is breathing heavily. Howard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Howard looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobb is just out of range. Howard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Howard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Howard there as he acknowledges the shot. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Howard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobb. Cobb dodges the punch combination from Howard.
A big head kick from Cobb and Howard is sent sprawling to the canvas! Cobb postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Howard covers up, he's hurt! Cobb keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Cobb and the ref steps in to end the fight! Cobb can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jayne Cobb!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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