PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cosmo Oarsman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalem Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oarsman
vs
Best

190 cm
18
222 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cosmo Oarsman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kalem Best!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oarsman.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Best paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oarsman tries to clinch but Best is having none of it.

Oarsman moves into the clinch successfully.
Oarsman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Best is looking to take this one to the mat.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oarsman.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Best blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.
Nice elbow from Oarsman.

It looks like Kalem Best has been cut.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oarsman connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Oarsman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oarsman.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oarsman looking to throw knees to the head but Best is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Oarsman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oarsman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Best in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Best looks gassed!
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Oarsman lands with a left to the head.
Oarsman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Best tries to pull guard but Oarsman forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Oarsman landing knees to the head.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oarsman.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oarsman obliges.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Oarsman.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman lands an elbow that stopped Best in his tracks for a moment.
Oarsman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oarsman landing knees to the body.
Oarsman lands an elbow that stopped Best in his tracks for a moment.
Oarsman landing knees to the body.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman lands an elbow that stopped Best in his tracks for a moment.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.
Still in the clinch, Oarsman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Oarsman.
Oarsman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Best takes an elbow to the temple.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.
Best takes an elbow to the temple.
Oarsman landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.
Oarsman working Best over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oarsman lands a nice uppercut.
Oarsman with a knee to the head.
Oarsman lands a good knee to the midsection. Best won't want to take too many of those.
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Oarsman lands a knee to the head.
Best takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oarsman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cosmo Oarsman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kalem Best's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oarsman moves into the clinch successfully.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Best takes an elbow to the temple.
Oarsman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Best's face.
Oarsman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Best struggles to land a body shot inside as Oarsman controls his hands.
Oarsman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Best's face.
A knee to the head by Oarsman.

Best is rocked!
Oarsman lands a damaging elbow.
Best is still on wobbly legs! Can Oarsman finish him?
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Best seems to have recovered his senses.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.

That has opened up Kalem Best's cut even more.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Best is breathing heavily.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Oarsman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oarsman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Oarsman.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman landing knees to the head.
Oarsman lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oarsman stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oarsman lands a knee to the body.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oarsman.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cosmo Oarsman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above Best 's eye.

The cut above Kalem Best's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oarsman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Oarsman.
Best takes a knee right on the jaw!
Best tries to pull guard but Oarsman won't allow it.
Oarsman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Best can do to turn this around?
Oarsman lands a damaging elbow.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman misses with a body punch.
Oarsman lands an elbow that stopped Best in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Oarsman.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Oarsman.
A short right from Oarsman on the inside.
Oarsman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Kalem Best's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Oarsman has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Best - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Oarsman, and another! Best is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Cosmo Oarsman!