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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Cobb (ranked 945 p4p, 47 weight class) and Mike Megaton (ranked 1008 p4p, 50 weight class). Mike Megaton will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 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
24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Megaton!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobb slips a straight right by Megaton.
Cobb throws a lazy uppercut
and Megaton counters with a good low kick that Cobb was not able to check.
Cobb scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cobb misses with an uppercut. Megaton saw that one coming.
Cobb takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cobb doesn't manage to clinch there - Megaton circles away.
Cobb checks the leg kick.
Megaton throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Megaton moves out of range as Cobb strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Cobb.
Cobb lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Cobb misses the target.
Megaton blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Megaton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cobb throws a shot from downtown. Megaton moves away and avoids it.
Megaton was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Megaton takes one to the side of the head.
Cobb throws a big shot that misses.
Cobb connects with a nice looking jab.
Tyson Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Megaton takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cobb connects with the punch.
Cobb is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cobb scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice body punch from Megaton.
Megaton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cobb was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cobb fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Megaton sprawls well initially but Cobb persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobb trying to control from half guard but Megaton is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Cobb is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Megaton gets back to full guard.
Megaton seems keen to control Cobb's posture.
Cobb stays in close to Megaton's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Cobb thuds a left hand into Megaton's body.
Cobb scores with a body shot.
Megaton blocks a jab.
Cobb throws a big shot that misses.
Megaton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cobb walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Megaton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Megaton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Megaton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Megaton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Megaton's shoulder, as Megaton tries to avoid the shot.
Cobb throws a leg kick
and Megaton counters with a low kick, right behind Cobb 's knee.
Megaton connects with an inside leg kick.
Cobb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb slips under a jab from Megaton.
Cobb throwing a counter right hand but Megaton manages to avoid it.
Cobb takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Megaton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobb throws an off balance right hand
enabling Megaton to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobb misses with a wild body shot.
Megaton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cobb.
Cobb throws a lazy uppercut
and Megaton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Megaton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cobb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Megaton walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Cobb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyson Cobb's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Megaton throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Megaton can do to turn this around?
Cobb misses with an uppercut
and Megaton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Megaton misses with a right hand
and Cobb counters with a straight right hand.
Good shot there by Megaton.
Megaton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
Megaton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Megaton moves away from the strike by Cobb.
Megaton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Megaton lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Megaton.
Megaton has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cobb misses with a right hand
enabling Megaton to counter with a crisp jab.
Megaton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobb.
Megaton appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tyson Cobb is winning the standup battle so far.
Cobb throws a leg kick but Megaton sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Megaton ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb lands a nice looking kick to the body. Megaton takes a step back to recover.
Cobb looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cobb is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Megaton ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb backing away here, and Megaton unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Megaton throws a jab when Cobb was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Cobb.
Cobb backing away here, and Megaton unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The fighters circling - Cobb throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cobb scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Megaton. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Megaton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cobb throws out the jab.
Megaton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cobb sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Megaton on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Megaton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobb.
Cobb misses with an uppercut
and Megaton counters with a nice leg kick.
Megaton moves out of range of the strikes.
Cobb checks a low kick from Megaton.
Cobb misses with an uppercut.
Megaton throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Cobb counter with a right hand.
Cobb throws a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Megaton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Megaton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cobb waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Megaton.
Megaton avoids the body shot from Cobb.
Megaton throws a good cross that connects.
Megaton throws a front kick aimed at Cobb's knee but Cobb avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Cobb misses the target.
Megaton misses with a leg kick
and Cobb counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses with a lunging right hand
and Megaton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Megaton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Megaton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cobb keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cobb scores with a punch to the head.
Cobb lands a jab to the head.
Cobb turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cobb moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Mike Megaton has been cut.
Megaton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cobb throws a jab when Megaton was well out of range.
Cobb misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Megaton connects with a right hand. Cobb shakes it off.
Tyson Cobb's cut is getting worse.
Megaton just misses with a punch to the body.
Megaton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cobb. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Megaton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobb throws a low kick but Megaton avoids it.
Megaton misses with a body shot.
It looked like Cobb was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Megaton.
Cobb takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Cobb misses.
It seemed like Megaton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Megaton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Megaton is just out of range.
Cobb connects with a nice looking jab.
Cobb swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Megaton to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobb misses with a left hand
and Megaton counters with a nice uppercut.
Cobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Megaton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cobb.
Megaton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tyson Cobb will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Cobb just misses with a punch to the body.
That kick from Megaton tenderised Cobb's leg. Cobb is trying to keep his angry face on.
Megaton looks to throw the jab but Cobb is out of range.
Megaton circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Cobb does no damage.
Cobb throws a jab when Megaton was well out of range.
Megaton takes one to the chin there.
Megaton scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cobb tries to clinch up but Megaton circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb digs a good hook to Megaton's body.
Cobb misses with a hook. Megaton ducked under it nicely.
Cobb throws out a loose jab but Megaton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Megaton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cobb.
Megaton scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb sizes up Megaton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cobb misses with a looping left.
Megaton lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good leg kick by Cobb there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Megaton digs a good hook to Cobb's body.
Cobb throws out a loose jab but Megaton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Megaton throws a jab but it's blocked by Cobb.
Megaton throws a front kick aimed at Cobb's knee but Cobb avoids it well.
Megaton lands the left hand.
Cobb lands with a straight right. Megaton didn't see that one coming.
Megaton misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Cobb wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses with a body punch
and Megaton counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Megaton ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Megaton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cobb.
Megaton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cobb delivers a nice body kick.
Megaton misses the shot to the body.
Cobb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Megaton.
Cobb throws a lazy right hand but Megaton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Megaton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cobb throws a big shot that misses.
Megaton throws a hook to the side of Cobb's head but Cobb sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Cobb misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Megaton.
Megaton misses with a straight right.
It looked like Cobb wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cobb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Megaton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Cobb throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Megaton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cobb throws a jab but it's blocked by Megaton.
Megaton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cobb sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cobb swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Megaton throws a leg kick but Cobb sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Megaton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cobb is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cobb throws a shot from downtown. Megaton moves away and avoids it.
Megaton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cobb throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobb throws a leg kick which misses Megaton's front leg but catches the back leg as Megaton tries to avoid it.
Cobb looks to land a right hand but Megaton moved out of range.
Megaton connects with a body shot that sends Cobb's belly button to the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws out a leg kick but Megaton moves out of range and Cobb only half commits.
Megaton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Megaton scores with a jab to the head.
Megaton throws a front kick aimed at Cobb's knee but Cobb avoids it well.
It looked like Cobb was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cobb throws a body shot but no joy.
Megaton throws a hook but Cobb avoids it easily.
Cobb swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Megaton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Megaton slips under a jab from Cobb.
Cobb misses the shot to the body.
Cobb misses the shot to the body.
Megaton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Megaton avoids a kick to the body.
Cobb wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mike Megaton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cobb misses with a hook to the body
and Megaton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyson Cobb.
Well Cobb 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mike Megaton!
Mike Megaton really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that WarHorse Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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