PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ebeneezer McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cosmo Oarsman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Cosmo Oarsman enters the cage!

McCoy
vs
Oarsman

195 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
222 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ebeneezer McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cosmo Oarsman!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oarsman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oarsman motions for McCoy to come forward. Oarsman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McCoy checks a leg kick.
McCoy fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCoy checks a leg kick.
Oarsman pulls out of a head kick attempt.

McCoy rushes Oarsman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McCoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman lands a damaging elbow.
Oarsman lands an elbow that stopped McCoy in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ebeneezer McCoy has been cut.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oarsman as McCoy tries to tie him up.
Oarsman managing to block the knees to the body from McCoy.
Oarsman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oarsman working McCoy over with knees to the body.
McCoy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McCoy avoiding damage as Oarsman throws knees to the body.
Oarsman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCoy avoids it.
A bit of stalling here from McCoy.
McCoy looking to slow down the pace here.
Maybe McCoy would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Oarsman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McCoy backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McCoy takes an elbow to the temple.
McCoy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oarsman crunches a lovely knee into McCoy's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oarsman trying to land knees to the body.
Oarsman avoids a wild elbow strike from McCoy.
McCoy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oarsman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCoy throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman blocks an elbow strike.
Come on McCoy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oarsman unloads a knee to the mid-section. McCoy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCoy is breathing heavily.
McCoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oarsman lands an elbow just above McCoy 's eye.
Oarsman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCoy is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oarsman obliges.
Oarsman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Oarsman obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oarsman.
Oarsman lands a shot to the body.
McCoy blocks a body shot from Oarsman.
Oarsman trying to land knees to the body.
McCoy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oarsman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCoy blocks it with crossed arms.
McCoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McCoy avoiding damage as Oarsman throws knees to the body.
Oarsman trying to land knees to the body.
McCoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McCoy takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCoy tries a body shot but Oarsman blocks it.
Oarsman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oarsman tries a body shot but McCoy blocks it.
Oarsman avoids the elbow strike from McCoy, against the cage.
McCoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oarsman tries to land knees in the clinch but McCoy avoids the damage to the body.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oarsman.
A nice left hand lands by McCoy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oarsman managing to block the knees to the body from McCoy.
McCoy is looking to control Oarsman's arms but Oarsman gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCoy has his back to the cage.
McCoy has a couple of punches blocked by Oarsman.
McCoy misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Oarsman.
McCoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McCoy lands a nice knee to the body.
Oarsman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McCoy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McCoy blocking some punches.
McCoy throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCoy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oarsman dodges an elbow strike from McCoy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Oarsman connects with a knee to the head.
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 Ebeneezer McCoy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McCoy is looking to clinch but Oarsman is avoiding it.

Oarsman closes the distance and clinches.
McCoy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Cosmo Oarsman has been cut.
Oarsman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCoy lands with a light punch inside.
Oarsman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCoy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McCoy working Oarsman over with knees to the body.
Oarsman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCoy.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oarsman avoids it.
Oarsman misses with an elbow over the top.
Oarsman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oarsman misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oarsman blocks an elbow strike.
Oarsman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCoy's elbow.
Oarsman tries to land knees in the clinch but McCoy avoids the damage to the body.
McCoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oarsman letting McCoy take a breather here.
McCoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oarsman throws an elbow but it misses.
Oarsman lands an uppercut.
McCoy misses with an elbow over the top.
McCoy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cosmo Oarsman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCoy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oarsman up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McCoy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oarsman managing to block the knees to the body from McCoy.
Oarsman misses with an elbow over the top.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that McCoy shrugs off.
McCoy wants to stall.
McCoy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with McCoy for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
McCoy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McCoy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Oarsman.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oarsman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oarsman missing with knees to the body.
McCoy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oarsman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCoy blocks the elbow strike.
Oarsman lands a good knee to the midsection. McCoy won't want to take too many of those.
Oarsman missing with knees to the body.
Oarsman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oarsman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oarsman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCoy is defending well for now.
Oarsman blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy trying to land knees to the body.
Oarsman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oarsman trying to land knees to the body.
Oarsman connects with a nasty looking knee right to McCoy's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oarsman.
A short right from Oarsman.
Oarsman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCoy blocks it with crossed arms.
Oarsman lands an elbow that stopped McCoy in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
Oarsman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Oarsman fails to land.
Oarsman blocks an elbow strike from McCoy.
Oarsman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oarsman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oarsman lands a knee to the body.
McCoy tries a knee to the head but Oarsman blocks it.
A short left from Oarsman.

McCoy is rocked!
Oarsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCoy's defenses.
Oh McCoy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops McCoy! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Oarsman.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cosmo Oarsman!