PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Cobb (ranked 557 p4p, 73 weight class) and Maxim Menshikov (ranked 667 p4p, 91 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cobb might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Redman - Time 4 Sum Aksion. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobb
vs
Menshikov

178 cm
25
265 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

189 cm
25
275 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Menshikov!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cobb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Menshikov, pushing him back against the cage.
Cobb unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Menshikov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cobb gets through Menshikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cobb.
A short right from Menshikov.
Menshikov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cobb lands with a right to the head.
Cobb lands a shoulder strike.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menshikov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Menshikov lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menshikov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Our sources have told us that Cobb has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Cobb lands with a short shot to the head.
Menshikov lands a nice uppercut.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Menshikov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Menshikov.
Menshikov tries to throw a body punch but Cobb avoids it by throwing Menshikov back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb crunches a lovely knee into Menshikov's ribcage.
Cobb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobb tries to land knees in the clinch but Menshikov avoids the damage to the body.
Menshikov can't find room to land a body shot as Cobb controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Cobb fails to land.
Cobb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Menshikov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Menshikov looks winded!
Cobb tries to land knees in the clinch but Menshikov avoids the damage to the body.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Cobb.
Menshikov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cobb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cobb misses with some punches.
Cobb lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Cobb scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Menshikov swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menshikov throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobb.
Menshikov swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb keeps control of Menshikov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Menshikov.
Cobb lands with a short shot to the head.
Cobb pushes Menshikov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Menshikov is trying to break free.
A shot in the inside from Cobb.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Cobb lands a knee to the body.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menshikov avoids it.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobb lands a good knee to the midsection. Menshikov won't want to take too many of those.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Cobb crunches a lovely knee into Menshikov's ribcage.
Cobb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Menshikov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cobb gets through Menshikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cobb landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Menshikov backwards.
Cobb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Menshikovs head.
Cobb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menshikov.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menshikov avoids it.
Menshikov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cobb has Menshikov pressed against the cage, preventing Menshikov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Menshikov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cobb lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cobb.
Cobb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menshikov is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.
Menshikov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cobb scores with a shot to the side of Menshikov's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cobb.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cobb.
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cobb gets through Menshikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Menshikov backwards.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobb scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobb obliges.
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cobb scores with a shoulder strike.
Menshikov has had enough of the clinch but Cobb keeps him there for the moment.
Cobb lands with a light punch inside.
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Menshikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobb lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Menshikov is rocked!
Cobb lands with a short shot to the head.
Menshikov is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?

Cobb floors Menshikov with a big punch on the inside! Menshikov is trying to recover but Cobb dives into side control.
Menshikov tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Menshikov is trying to reverse the position but instead Cobb has taken his back - oops!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cobb dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cobb moves into the clinch.
Menshikov seems to have recovered his senses.
Cobb swings wildly with an uppercut but Menshikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Menshikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Menshikov.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyson Cobb has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Menshikov blocking some punches.
Cobb misses with some punches.
Cobb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb tries to land knees in the clinch but Menshikov avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Menshikov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee calls for Menshikov to work.
Cobb scores a nice knee to the body.
Cobb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Menshikov is breathing heavily.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobb obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb lands with a left to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobb.
Cobb lands with a short shot to the head.
Cobb using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cobb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cobb tries to land knees in the clinch but Menshikov avoids the damage to the body.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Menshikov avoiding damage as Cobb throws knees to the body.
Menshikov wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Cobb lands a knee to the body.
Cobb using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cobb gets through Menshikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobb lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Menshikovs head.
Menshikov avoiding damage as Cobb throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cobb on the inside.
A short right from Cobb on the inside.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menshikov avoids it.
Cobb gets through Menshikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cobb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menshikov.
Menshikov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Menshikov can't break the clinch.
Cobb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cobb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Cobb lands a good knee to the midsection. Menshikov won't want to take too many of those.
Cobb lands a knee to the body.
Cobb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menshikov.
Cobb working Menshikov over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Cobb scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menshikov avoids it.
Menshikov lands a shoulder strike.
Menshikov is leaning against Cobb and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Menshikov can do to turn this around?
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menshikov is defending well for now.
Cobb tries to land knees in the clinch but Menshikov avoids the damage to the body.
Menshikov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cobb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menshikov is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cobb as Menshikov tries to tie him up.
Cobb landing knees to the body.
Cobb utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobb obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Menshikov swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Menshikov working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cobb.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cobb.
Menshikov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Menshikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobb scores with a shot to the side of Menshikov's head.
Cobb blocking some punches.
Cobb throws a punch but it's blocked by Menshikov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menshikov wants to break free but Cobb has control.
Cobb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Cobb dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Menshikov swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobb.
Menshikov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cobb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cobb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Menshikov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.

Cobb moves into the clinch.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Menshikov looking to slow down the pace here.
Menshikov wants to get back to striking at distance but Cobb won't allow it.
Menshikov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menshikov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menshikov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Menshikov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menshikov is looking to control Cobb's arms but Cobb gets an underhook and turns him. Now Menshikov has his back to the cage.
A right hand to the body from Menshikov.
Menshikov is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobb has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Menshikov lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Cobb fails to land.
Menshikov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Menshikov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.
Cobb throws a head punch that misses.
Menshikov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobb working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Menshikov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Menshikov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Menshikov.
Cobb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menshikov avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobb.
Menshikov tries a body shot but Cobb blocks it.
Cobb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb trying to land knees to the body.
Menshikov wants to break free but Cobb has control.
Menshikov tries to circle away but Cobb has him pinned against the cage.
Cobb lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Menshikov breaks from the clinch.
Cobb slips under a jab.
Cobb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Menshikov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Menshikov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cobb's head backwards.
Cobb tries to clinch there but Menshikov circles away.
Cobb closes the distance but Menshikov moves to the side
and Menshikov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Menshikov swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobb.
Menshikov scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menshikov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cobb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Menshikov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cobb tries to clinch there but Menshikov circles away.
Menshikov lands with a straight right. Cobb didn't see that one coming.
Cobb wants to clinch up but Menshikov keeps it at a distance.
Menshikov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Menshikov cracks Cobb with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maxim Menshikov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cobb tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Menshikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cobb doesn't manage to clinch there - Menshikov circles away.
Cobb tries to clinch but Menshikov moves out of range.
Cobb tries to clinch up but Menshikov circles away and keeps his distance.
Maxim Menshikov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Menshikov cracks Cobb with a right hand to the side of the head.

Cobb closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cobb makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cobb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menshikov is trying to break the clinch but Cobb is controlling him.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menshikov avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Menshikov misses with some punches.
Menshikov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cobb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Menshikov backwards.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Menshikov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cobb has a couple of punches blocked by Menshikov.
Menshikov tries to circle away but Cobb has him pinned against the cage.
Tyson Cobb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Menshikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Menshikov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Menshikov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cobb landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobb lands a right hand that snaps the head of Menshikov backwards.
Cobb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Menshikov backwards.
Cobb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menshikov.
Menshikov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Menshikov throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobb.
Menshikov managing to block the knees to the body from Cobb.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Maxim Menshikov.
I think Cobb has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Cobb!