PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jayne Cobb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cobb comes to the cage accompanied by The Hero of Canton. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cobb
vs
Sotiropoulos

194 cm
20
203 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jayne Cobb!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Sotiropoulos!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotiropoulos tries to clinch up but Cobb circles away and keeps his distance.
Jayne Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sotiropoulos tries to clinch up.
Sotiropoulos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Chris Sotiropoulos has been cut.
Sotiropoulos tries to clinch but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cobb lands with an uppercut that bounces Sotiropoulos off the cage and back into rage.
Sotiropoulos slips under a jab.
Sotiropoulos tries to clinch up but Cobb circles away and keeps his distance.
Sotiropoulos tries to clinch up.
Sotiropoulos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cobb lands a two punch combo.
Sotiropoulos moves in looking to clinch but Cobb pushes him off.
Cobb throws a body kick that misses.
Sotiropoulos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cobb misses with a series of wild punches.
Sotiropoulos wants to clinch.
Cobb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cobb throws a front kick aimed at Sotiropoulos's knee but Sotiropoulos avoids it well.
Cobb works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Cobb does no damage.
Cobb is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sotiropoulos doesn't manage to clinch there - Cobb circles away.
Cobb paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Sotiropoulos closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos misses with a knee to the head.
Cobb works on Sotiropoulos's body with a couple of short punches.

Cobb breaks from the clinch.
Cobb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobb scores with a jab. Sotiropoulos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sotiropoulos is looking to clinch.
Sotiropoulos fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cobb drops Sotiropoulos with a beautiful combination! Sotiropoulos stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cobb is looking for the KO!

Sotiropoulos is rocked!

That has opened up Chris Sotiropoulos's cut even more.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sotiropoulos wants to clinch up but Cobb keeps it at a distance.
Sotiropoulos is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?
Sotiropoulos tries to clinch there but Cobb circles away.
Sotiropoulos is looking to clinch.
Cobb lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Sotiropoulos falls backwards - clearly groggy! Cobb dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jayne Cobb!
Jayne Cobb retains his middleweight title!