PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wallace Cobb (ranked 3766 p4p, 468 weight class) and Alfred Miles (ranked 5233 p4p, 597 weight class). Wallace Cobb has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cobb
vs
Miles

185 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Fanatic Inc.

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wallace Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfred Miles!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobb's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Miles connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cobb scrambles back to his feet.
Miles tries to bum rush Cobb with a series of wild strikes but Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Miles lands with a right hand.
Cobb uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Miles has time to react.
The fighters circling - Cobb throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Cobb takes the fight into the clinch.

Cobb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobb moves away.
Cobb fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Miles has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Cobb closes the distance and clinches.
Miles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miles has a couple of punches blocked by Cobb.

Cobb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobb has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Miles has closed the distance and engaged Cobb in a clinch.

Cobb manages to break the clinch.
Cobb throws a chopping leg kick but Miles manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cobb ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Miles staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cobb is looking for a counter combo.
Miles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cobb feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Miles's calf.
Cobb lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Miles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Miles cracks Cobb with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cobb lands a glancing blow to the side of Miles's head.
Miles with a poor takedown
and Cobb counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cobb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cobb drops his hands momentarily and Miles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cobb moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wallace Cobb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miles moves to clinch but Cobb breaks away
enabling Cobb to counter with a crisp jab.

Cobb gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Come on Miles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Cobb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cobb works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles swinging wildly here.
Cobb slips under a jab from Miles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miles tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cobb counters with a nice uppercut.

Cobb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miles, pushing him back against the cage.
Miles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cobb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miles. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobb looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Miles misses with the combination.
Miles lands a lovely overhand right.
Cobb buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles throws a right and a left that Cobb avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Cobb.
Miles throws an overhand right that lands on Cobb's shoulder, as Cobb tries to avoid the shot.
Miles lands a slapping body shot.
Miles throws a body shot but no joy.
Miles wants to clinch up but Cobb keeps it at a distance.
Cobb lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cobb misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Miles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Cobb on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cobb cracks Miles with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cobb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Miles.
Cobb throws a big counter combination but Miles scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A cross from Cobb lands.
Miles throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.

Cobb darts in and clinches Miles up against the cage.

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!

Cobb manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Miles.
Cobb throws a body shot but no joy.
Danga de danga de dang - Cobb scores with a four punch combination!
Cobb drops his hands momentarily and Miles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cobb fails to land with a series of punches.

Miles clinches up with Cobb and pushes him back against the cage.
Cobb wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cobb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miles. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Miles.
Cobb fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Miles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Miles moves into the clinch.

Cobb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cobb takes a jab right on the kisser.
Miles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wallace Cobb dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cobb clinches.
Miles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobb lands a hook that snaps the head of Miles backwards.

Cobb breaks from the clinch.
Miles misses with a straight right.
Alfred Miles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miles swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobb.

Cobb clinches up against the cage.
Come on Miles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Miles drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miles throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobb.
Cobb lands a hook that snaps the head of Miles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobb prevents a body shot from Miles.
A short right from Cobb.
Cobb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miles can do to turn this around?

Cobb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobb throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Miles tries to clinch up but Cobb circles away and keeps his distance.
Cobb lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Miles backs up against the cage.

Miles is rocked!
Miles loads up on a big right hand but Cobb slips the punch.
Miles is still on wobbly legs! Can Cobb finish him?
Cobb drops Miles with a huge uppercut! Miles drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Cobb is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wallace Cobb!
A relieved looking Wallace Cobb thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.