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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Cobb (ranked 1990 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dio (ranked 2609 p4p, 0 weight class). John Dio will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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245 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Dio!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dio drives through and clinches with Cobb against the cage.
Dio working aggressively here.
Cobb scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dio.
Cobb with a knee to the head.
It looks like John Dio has been cut.
Dio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobb clinches up with Dio and pushes him back against the cage.
Dio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.
Cobb working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cobb lands a big uppercut and Dio crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Dio looks OK. Cobb waves Dio back to his feet!
Dio is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobb was well out of range. Poor timing from Dio.
Dio is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?
Cobb has closed the distance and engaged Dio in a clinch.
Dio seems to have recovered his senses.
Dio tries to circle away but Cobb has him pinned against the cage.
Dio drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cobb gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cobb blocking some punches.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Dio wants to take the fight to the mat but Cobb manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dio blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Cobb - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Cobb misses its intended target.
Dio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dio manages to avoid it.
Dio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cobb as he jumps to the side.
Tyson Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Dio.
Dio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobb connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cobb cracks Dio with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Dio falls to his knees and Cobb doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyson 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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FIGHT
RATING
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