PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Cosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin comes to the cage accompanied by Mudvayne - Not Falling. Cosby has chosen Cosby Show as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Franklin
vs
Cosby

182 cm
24
221 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Cosby!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franklin.
Cosby misses with a wild combination.
Franklin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franklin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cosby sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Franklin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Franklin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cosby did well to prevent Franklin getting side control.
Cosby is looking to improve his position.
Cosby manages to get to full guard.

Franklin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Franklin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Cosby escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Franklin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cosby has his foot on Franklin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Franklin works his way back into a safe position though.
Franklin distracts Cosby with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Franklin tries to free his leg and advance position but Cosby is retaining full guard.
Franklin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Franklin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cosby has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Franklin has managed to get both his arms back between Cosby's legs - danger averted.
Franklin preventing the sweep.
Cosby looks gassed!
Franklin is working Cosby over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Franklin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Franklin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cosby throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin stands and throws Cosby's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Franklin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Franklin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Check out the look on Franklin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sloppy strikes there by Franklin.
Cosby is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cosby is looking to improve his position.
Franklin wants to stand but Cosby has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosby manages to get to full guard.
Franklin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Franklin trying to control the position from guard on top but Cosby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Franklin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Cosby escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Franklin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Franklin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cosby wants to stand up but Franklin is controlling him.
Cosby striking off his back but it's not causing Franklin any problems.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cosby doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Franklin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franklin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cosby.
Franklin misses with a takedown attempt

and Cosby counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cosby.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Franklin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Franklin throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Cosby escapes and throws Franklin's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franklin is trying to get back to half guard.

Cosby has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bill Cosby will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franklin.
Cosby shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Franklin sprawls well. Franklin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cosby gets slowly back to his feet.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch but Cosby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Cosby moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cosby jumps into guard, dragging Franklin to the mat.
Franklin trying to control but Cosby is working from the bottom.
Franklin scoring with some ground and pound.

Franklin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Cosby manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Franklin has Cosby in his guard.
Franklin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosby scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cosby stands and throws Franklin's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Franklin wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Franklin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Franklin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Cosby stops Franklin from getting back to his feet.
Cosby drops an elbow to the side of Franklin's head.
Cosby seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin is looking for a sweep. Cosby is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Cosby seems to be looking for submissions.

Cosby is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Franklin defends it well.
Franklin moves into full guard.
Franklin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Franklin lands some strikes from the bottom.
Cosby stands up over Franklin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Franklin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cosby defends well.
Cosby stands and throws Franklin's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosby scoring with punches from side control.
Franklin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Cosby is looking for a kimura but Franklin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cosby to get the leverage.
Franklin tries to kick Cosby off but Cosby keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Cosby working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Franklin actively working from the bottom here.

Cosby is trying to work for a kimura but Franklin is defending well.
Franklin is trying to control but can't.

Franklin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Franklin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cosby scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Cosby is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Franklin is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Franklin has escaped and now he's on top!
Franklin working some strikes from top position.

Cosby is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Franklin has his hands clasped together but Cosby extends an breaks Franklin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Cosby.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bill Cosby!