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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ravi Vamoosh (ranked 1383 p4p, 159 weight class) and Coco Cobb (ranked 3864 p4p, 368 weight class). Vamoosh kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Roaring Tiger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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158 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
21 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ravi Vamoosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Coco Cobb!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vamoosh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vamoosh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cobb's sensitive parts.
Cobb ducks right into an uppercut from Vamoosh.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
Cobb cracks Vamoosh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vamoosh connects with a nice looking jab.
Vamoosh throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobb moves out of range of the body kick from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh punishes Cobb's body with a nice straight punch.
Cobb throws a body kick that misses
and Cobb takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vamoosh misses with a wild body shot.
Vamoosh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vamoosh throws a leg kick but Cobb sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vamoosh throws a sloppy head kick and Cobb moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vamoosh clinches.
Vamoosh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cobb presses Vamoosh against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vamoosh lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cobb or not.
Vamoosh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vamoosh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vamoosh's elbow.
Cobb is working Vamoosh over against the ropes.
Vamoosh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cobb's elbow.
A short right from Vamoosh.
Cobb tries to throw a body punch but Vamoosh avoids it by throwing Cobb back against the ropes.
Cobb tries to break free but Vamoosh pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Vamoosh working aggressively here.
Vamoosh tries to work over Cobb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobb obliges.
Cobb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vamoosh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vamoosh misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vamoosh throws a head punch that misses.
Vamoosh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobb struggles to land a body shot inside as Vamoosh controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Vamoosh fails to land.
A short right from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb takes a shot to the head.
Cobb breaks the clinch.
Vamoosh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cobb.
Vamoosh lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vamoosh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobb.
Cobb throws a leg kick but Vamoosh sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cobb walks into a jab.
Vamoosh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobb keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ravi Vamoosh dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vamoosh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobb.
Vamoosh fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cobb just manages to avoid it.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vamoosh checks a leg kick nicely.
Vamoosh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cobb can do to turn this around?
Vamoosh tries to clinch up but Cobb circles away and keeps his distance.
Cobb slips a straight right by Vamoosh.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vamoosh checks a leg kick.
Vamoosh throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobb counters by clinching up.
Vamoosh prevents a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb is working Vamoosh over against the ropes.
Vamoosh prevents a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vamoosh avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vamoosh avoids it.
Vamoosh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cobb blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobb breaks the clinch.
Cobb takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cobb misses with an uppercut.
Cobb takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vamoosh throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheers as Vamoosh lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cobb doesn't seem phased though.
Vamoosh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cobb counters with a body kick.
Cobb goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ravi Vamoosh is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Vamoosh misses
and Cobb counters with a good low kick that Vamoosh was not able to check.
Cobb thows a leg kick but Vamoosh checks it
and Vamoosh counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cobb misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vamoosh was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vamoosh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobb.
Cobb turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vamoosh smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cobb throws a right hand that misses
letting Vamoosh counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vamoosh throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cobb! But no joy.
Vamoosh lands a really nice looking cross but Cobb seems unphased.
It looks like Vamoosh has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Vamoosh thumps Cobb with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vamoosh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cobb takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vamoosh throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cobb counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cobb misses with a shot to the body
and Vamoosh counters with a stiff right hand.
Cobb keeps Vamoosh at a distance using the push kick.
Vamoosh gets tackled into the ropes by Cobb. Cobb maintains the clinch.
Cobb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vamoosh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vamoosh lands with a right to the head.
Vamoosh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vamoosh managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Ravi Vamoosh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vamoosh tries to work over Cobb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cobb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vamoosh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobb moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ravi Vamoosh dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Cobb moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Coco Cobb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vamoosh is looking to clinch but Cobb is avoiding it.
Vamoosh feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cobb's calf.
Vamoosh scores with a shot to the body.
Vamoosh checks a leg kick nicely.
Cobb takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vamoosh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobb.
Vamoosh lands a jab to the nose.
Cobb closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Vamoosh tries a body shot but Cobb blocks it.
Vamoosh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cobb lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Vamoosh.
Vamoosh misses with some punches.
Vamoosh misses with a punch to the body.
Vamoosh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cobbs head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vamoosh working aggressively here.
Vamoosh blocks a body shot from Cobb.
A body shot lands from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh stalls.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vamoosh.
Cobb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vamoosh tries a body shot but Cobb blocks it.
Cobb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Cobb scores with a shoulder strike.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Cobb misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb blocks a body shot from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Vamoosh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Vamoosh blocks an uppercut.
Cobb tries to throw a body punch but Vamoosh avoids it by throwing Cobb back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vamoosh - that landed with a thud.
Vamoosh can't find room to land a body shot as Cobb controls the action.
Cobb tries to work over Vamoosh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Vamoosh.
Nice body punch from Cobb - that landed with a thud.
Vamoosh misses with a body punch.
Vamoosh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
Vamoosh blocks an uppercut.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Cobb as the two fighters clinch.
Vamoosh lands with a short shot to the head.
Vamoosh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vamoosh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vamoosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vamoosh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobb struggles to land a body shot inside as Vamoosh controls his hands.
Vamoosh throws a head punch that misses.
Ravi Vamoosh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vamoosh lands a nice shot to the body.
Cobb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ravi Vamoosh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vamoosh has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ravi Vamoosh!
During a confident post fight interview, Ravi Vamoosh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Coco Cobb stepped up to the mic, saying 'Eleventeen times I askcha u name...and this what I get?'.
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