PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Donovan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alan Cobra has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cobra
vs
Donovan

188 cm
29
250 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

202 cm
29
289 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alan Cobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacob Donovan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobra thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Donovan if he has to take too many more of those.
Donovan lands a jab-cross combination.
Cobra moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Jacob Donovan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobra dodges the punch combination from Donovan.
Cobra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donovan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cobra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Cobra moves into the clinch successfully.
Donovan is trying to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling him.
Cobra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donovan can't break the clinch.
Donovan is looking to break free of the clinch but Cobra has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Cobra scores with a nice short uppercut.

Donovan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cobra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donovan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donovan. Cobra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donovan looks to land a combination but Cobra avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Cobra.
Donovan swings widly with a right hand
and Cobra counters with a straight right hand.
Cobra misses the shot to the body.
Donovan avoids the head kick by Cobra.
Donovan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cobra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donovan misses with a body shot.
Donovan misses with a two punch combination.
Donovan throws a right and a left that Cobra avoids nicely.
Cobra misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donovan.
Cobra misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobra misses with a looping left.
Cobra dodges the punch combination from Donovan.
Donovan fails to land with a series of punches.
Cobra throws a head kick but Donovan moves out of range.
Cobra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donovan.
Sloppy strikes from Donovan. Those never looked like landing.
Donovan looks gassed!
Cobra dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cobra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Donovan.
Donovan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Donovan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobra.
Cobra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donovan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobra was well out of range. Poor timing from Donovan.
A head kick misses from Cobra.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donovan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cobra rather than just go for the knockout.
Cobra darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cobra stalks Donovan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Donovan's face. Donovan staggers backwards, shaken.
Donovan misses with a double jab.

Cobra rushes Donovan and presses him up against the cage.
Cobra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cobra tries a body shot but Donovan blocks it.
Cobra works on Donovan's body with a couple of short punches.
Donovan is trying to force a seperation but Cobra has the dominant position.
Donovan can't break the clinch.
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!
Donovan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cobra is pushing Donovan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Donovan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan blocks a head kick by Cobra.
Donovan throws a right and a left that Cobra avoids nicely.
Jacob Donovan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobra throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Donovan misses with a series of wild punches.
Cobra paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A left lands for Donovan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donovan. Cobra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobra moves out of range as Donovan strikes.
Donovan blocks a head kick by Cobra.
Cobra moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Cobra.
Donovan scores with a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Donovan.
No joy there for Donovan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cobra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donovan swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobra.

Cobra moves into the clinch successfully.
Cobra will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Donovan up against the cage.
Cobra lands a right hand.
Donovan wants to break free but Cobra has control.
Donovan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cobra can't find room to land a body shot as Donovan controls the action.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cobra misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Donovan's brow.
Cobra tries to stall but Donovan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cobra is struggling to control the position.
Donovan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cobra has him pressed against the cage.
Donovan avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Donovan tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the cage.
Donovan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobra keeps control of Donovan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Donovan wants to break free but Cobra has control.
A short body shot lands from Cobra as the two fighters clinch.
Cobra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobra lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cobra is stalling here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cobra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Donovan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobra lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cobra throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cobra's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cobra misses with a punch to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Donovan avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.
Donovan tries to break the clinch but Cobra is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cobra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the head but Donovan blocks with his arms.
Cobra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Donovan being controlled against the cage.
Donovan avoiding damage as Cobra throws knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cobra works on Donovan's body with a couple of short punches.
Donovan tries to circle away but Cobra has him pinned against the cage.
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Donovan is trying to break free.
Donovan tries to break free but Cobra pushes him back against the cage.
Cobra has Donovan pressed against the cage, preventing Donovan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cobra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cobra looking to throw knees to the head but Donovan is blocking nicely.
Cobra lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobra misses with a knee to the head.
Donovan blocks an elbow strike.
Cobra lands an elbow inside that Donovan shrugs off.

That has opened up Jacob Donovan's cut even more.
Cobra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Donovan avoids it.
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 Jacob Donovan's cut.
That's time! Cobra's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cobra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donovan slips under a jab from Cobra.
Cobra moves out of range as Donovan strikes.
Cobra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donovan.
Donovan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donovan looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobra is just out of range.
Cobra tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Donovan misses.
Donovan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cobra lands a head kick. Donovan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cobra's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cobra duly obliges.
Donovan throws a predictable looking body shot

and Cobra counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Donovan!

Donovan is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobra is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Donovan is still in real trouble! Can Cobra finish him?
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cobra tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Donovan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cobra tries to control but Donovan wriggling away.
Donovan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cobra content just to control the position here.

We're going to have a standup here because Alan Cobra wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cobra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cobra is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A nice combination there by Cobra.
Donovan throws a jab when Cobra was well out of range.
Donovan swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra throws a series of punches but Donovan moves out of range.
Donovan misses with a body shot.

Cobra lands a head kick that stumbles Donovan and the fighters go to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cobra decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Donovan, up you get!
Donovan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cobra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Donovan can do to turn this around?
Cobra drops Donovan with a huge uppercut! Donovan drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Cobra is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Cobra!