PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Assis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobra
vs
Assis

188 cm
26
250 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
240 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alan Cobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kimbo Assis!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Assis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cobra!
Cobra is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cobra holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Assis tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Cobra wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Assis.
Cobra is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assis with good strikes from the mount here!
Assis tries to control but Cobra wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assis postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cobra looks a forlorn figure.
Assis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Assis goes for an armbar but Cobra turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cobra.

Cobra stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Cobra throws a head kick that half lands.
Assis moves to clinch but Cobra breaks away
and Cobra counters with a nice body kick.
Assis looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Assis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cobra finds it's way round the side to connect with Assis's head.
A jab from Cobra finds it's way through Assis's defenses.
Cobra with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alan Cobra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobra lands a jab.
A head kick from Cobra lands but Assis takes it in his stride.
Cobra throws a good cross that connects.
Assis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

A big head kick from Cobra and Assis is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Cobra wants to pass the guard but Assis is keeping the position.
Cobra stands and throws Assis's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Assis is trying to control Cobra's posture but Cobra avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cobra stands up.
Cobra lunges at Assis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Assis's hand.
Cobra ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cobra throws a head kick that half lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Assis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cobra scores with a hook.

Cobra instigates a clinch.
Cobra lands a nice shot to the body.
Cobra displaying some good clinch control by pressing Assis up against the cage.
Cobra digs a right hand underneath Assis's ribcage. Assis let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobra has Assis pressed against the cage.
Cobra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Assis backwards.
Cobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Assis's defenses.

It looks like Kimbo Assis has been cut.
Cobra is stalling here.
Cobra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Assis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cobra lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Assis won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cobra.
Cobra crunches a lovely knee into Assis's ribcage.
Cobra scores with a knee to the head.
Cobra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobra presses Assis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cobra working Assis over with knees to the body.
Cobra is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kimbo Assis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cobra bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Assis's head backwards.
Assis dives in and grabs Cobra's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cobra pushes down on Assis's head and hops out.
A head kick from Cobra lands but Assis takes it in his stride.
Assis takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cobra lands a high kick!
Cobra throws a series of punches but Assis moves out of range.
Assis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alan Cobra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cobra lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Assis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cobra.
Cobra plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cobra cracks Assis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Assis is breathing heavily.
Cobra lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cobra fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Assis on the side of the head.

Cobra pushes Assis up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Cobra.
A shot in the inside from Cobra.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Assis won't want to take too many of those.
Cobra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cobra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Assis can do to turn this around?
Cobra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cobra gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Cobra lands a nice knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Cobra.
Cobra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Assiss head.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cobra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Assis's face.
Assis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cobra avoids it.
Cobra pushes Assis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Assis backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Cobra - that landed with a thud.
Cobra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cobra scores with a hook to the body.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cobra lands a knee to the head.
Cobra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Assis's face.
Cobra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Assis misses with some punches.
Cobra lands a knee to the head.
Cobra lands a body shot in the clinch.
Assis takes an elbow to the temple.
Cobra landing knees to the body.
Assis is trying to break the clinch but Cobra has him pressed against the cage.
Assis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cobra smiles and moves away.
Cobra scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Assis doesn't seem bothered though.
Cobra lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cobra.
Cobra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Assis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cobra goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Assis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cobra.
Assis tries to clinch but Cobra moves away
and Cobra counters with a big head kick but Assis shrugs it off.
Cobra lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cobra scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cobra tries a head kick but it misses.
Cobra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Assis tries to clinch up
and Cobra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobra throws a head kick that Assis semi-blocks.
Cobra lands with a nice combination. Assis backs away looking to recover.
Alan Cobra is winning the standup battle so far.
Cobra lands a glancing blow to the side of Assis's head.
Cobra throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Assis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobra throws a sloppy head kick and Assis moves out of range easily.
Assis looks to clinch
and Cobra counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cobra scores with a jab to the head.
Assis darts in trying to clinch
and Cobra counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cobra throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Assis's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assis throws a lazy uppercut
and Cobra counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cobra goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Assis takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Cobra dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kimbo Assis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cobra scores with a hook.
Cobra lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Assis backs up against the cage.
Assis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice cross by Cobra.
Cobra connects with the punch.

Cobra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Cobra.
Assis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Assis won't want to take too many of those.
A right hook to the body lands for Cobra.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Cobra.
Cobra lands an elbow inside.
A body shot lands from Cobra.
Alan Cobra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cobra landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobra.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobra.
Cobra lands a nice elbow.
Assis takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Cobra as the two fighters clinch.
Assis letting Cobra take a breather here.
Assis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cobra smiles and moves away.
Assis tries to clinch but Cobra moves away
and Cobra counters with a body kick.
Cobra lands with a straight right. Assis didn't see that one coming.
Assis takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cobra throws a nice head kick!
Cobra connects with a high kick.
Assis throws a head kick that misses
and Cobra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cobra scores with a crisp jab that stopped Assis in his tracks.
Cobra stalks Assis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Assis's face. Assis staggers backwards, shaken.
Assis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cobra throws a head kick that half lands.
Cobra throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Assis's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobra throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra scores with a head kick.
A head kick from Cobra lands but Assis takes it in his stride.
Cobra uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cobra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Assis wants to clinch
and Assis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cobra lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Assis wants to clinch
and Cobra makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cobra scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cobra lands with a good body shot.
Cobra throws a nice head kick!
Assis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Assis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Assis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cobra tries to avoid it but Assis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cobra to the ground. Cobra escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alan Cobra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kimbo Assis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra lands a head kick!
Cobra catches Assis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cobra throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Assis.

Cobra gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alan Cobra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cobra lands a nice shot to the body.
Assis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cobra.
Cobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Assis won't want to take too many of those.
Assis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cobra smiles and moves away.
Cobra lands a head kick. Assis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cobra thuds a left hand into Assis's body.
Jab from Cobra.
Cobra lands a head kick. Assis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cobra fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Assis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cobra lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cobra goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kimbo Assis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cobra lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Assis backs up against the cage.
Cobra lands a high kick!
Cobra scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cobra!
Cobra plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Assis is rocked!
Cobra stuns Assis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cobra displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Assis.

Cobra clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Assis or not.
Cobra is struggling to control the position.
Cobra scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Cobra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cobra, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Cobra!