PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jasper Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sherif Fathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cox
vs
Fathy

196 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jasper Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sherif Fathy!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fathy ducks right into an uppercut from Cox.

It looks like Sherif Fathy has been cut.
Cox scores with a jab to the body.
Cox defending well as Fathy loads up on a big left hand.
Fathy thows a body shot but no joy.
Fathy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fathy throws a head kick that misses.
Fathy looks to land a left hand but Cox moved out of range nicely.
Cox tries to clinch up.
Cox lands the left hand.

Fathy instigates a clinch.
Cox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cox is trying to break the clinch but Fathy is controlling him.
Cox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cox can't break the clinch.
Cox avoiding damage as Fathy throws knees to the body.
Cox is trying to break the clinch but Fathy is controlling him.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the head but Cox blocks with his arms.
Fathy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cox avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the head but Cox blocks with his arms.
Cox has had enough of the clinch but Fathy keeps him there for the moment.
Fathy trying to land knees to the body.
Cox tries to break free but Fathy pushes him back against the cage.
Fathy tries a knee to the head but Cox blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Cox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cox has had enough of the clinch but Fathy keeps him there for the moment.
Fathy effectively controlling the action here.
Cox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fathy backwards.
Fathy is trying to maintain a safe position but Cox gets an underhook and turns Fathy into the cage.
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Fathy.
Cox tries to break the clinch but Fathy is controlling the position.
Fathy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fathy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.
Cox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fathy keeps control of Cox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fathy has him pressed against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cox is trying to push Fathy away but Fathy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fathy stalling against the cage.
Cox tries to break free but Fathy pushes him back against the cage.
Fathy is looking to control Cox's arms but Cox gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fathy has his back to the cage.
Cox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cox is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cox is trying to break free.
Fathy stalling.
Fathy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cox avoids it.
Fathy tries to land knees in the clinch but Cox avoids the damage to the body.
Cox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fathy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.
Cox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Fathy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fathy.
Fathy landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Cox.
Fathy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fathy is stalling here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cox as Fathy tries to tie him up.
Cox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fathy keeps control of Cox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cox is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cox working hard to break the clinch.
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Fathy.

Cox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cox scores with a jab to the body.
Fathy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fathy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cox counters with a nice body shot.
Fathy looks gassed!
Fathy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fathy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cox.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cox throws a shot to the body.
Donk. Cox catches Fathy right on the button with a cross.
Cox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fathy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fathy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cox stuns Fathy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fathy throws a jab when Cox was well out of range.
Fathy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fathy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cox closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cox jabs Fathy right on the nose. Fathy blinks but takes it well.
Cox comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jasper Cox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sherif Fathy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice cross by Cox.
A cross from Cox lands.
Fathy misses with a low kick.
Fathy throws a poor cross that misses
and Cox counters with a straight right hand.

Fathy has managed to clinch.
Fathy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.
Cox being controlled against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cox here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Cox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Fathy.
Cox being controlled against the cage.
Fathy wants to stall.
Fathy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.
Cox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox can't break the clinch.
Cox is looking to control Fathy's arms but Fathy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cox has his back to the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cox.
Fathy is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cox letting Fathy take a breather here.

Cox breaks from the clinch.
Cox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fathy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cox connects with a body shot.
Cox closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Cox finds it's way through Fathy's defenses.
Cox lands a nice shot that snaps Fathy's head back.

That has opened up Sherif Fathy's cut even more.
Fathy is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Cox moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jasper Cox!
Jasper Cox thanked the fans post fight for their support.