PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Media (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Cobos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Media
vs
Cobos

175 cm
23
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
20
147 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Media!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucas Cobos!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobos fails with the takedown.

Cobos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cobos looking to finish with strikes here!
Cobos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Media tries to hold on but Cobos postures up.
Media is looking to get to half guard.
Media tries to lock up and control but Cobos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Media blocking the ground and pound.
Cobos avoids the attempt from Media to control.
Media is looking to get to half guard.
Media tries to hold on but Cobos postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Cobos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Media tries to reverse the position but Cobos maintains control.
Media tries to hold on but Cobos postures up.
Media is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cobos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cobos thowing shots but they're missing.
Cobos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Media taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobos looking to ground and pound but Media is blocking nicely.
Cobos unloads with some shots from mount but Media bucks and avoids them well.
Media wants to control but Cobos is having none of it.
Media prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Media swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Cobos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Media looks a forlorn figure.
Media is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobos landing strikes from the mount.
Cobos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cobos throwing strikes here but Media is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Cobos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Media is looking to escape.
Media tries to lock up and control but Cobos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cobos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Media hang on?
Media manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Media blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cobos.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Media is looking for a sweep. Cobos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobos is thwarting Media's attempts to control the position.
Cobos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Media!
Cobos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Media. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Media is breathing heavily.
Cobos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Media tries to hold on but Cobos postures up.
Cobos thowing shots but they're missing.
Media gets back to half guard.
Cobos looks to land a strike but Media avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Media looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cobos is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Cobos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Media stuffs the takedown.
Cobos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Media stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Media wants it to stay on the feet.
Paul Media has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Cobos.

Media shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Media tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cobos avoids a series of strikes thrown by Media.

Media moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Cobos has worked his arm free - good work by Cobos!

Media tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Media has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Media controlling the position.
Media wants to control but Cobos is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cobos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Media decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Media shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cobos's guard.
Media pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cobos is keeping the position for now.
Cobos keeping moving, preventing Media from controlling successfully.
Media throwing strikes from guard but Cobos blocks nicely.
Media tries to free his leg and advance position but Cobos is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Media trying to control but Cobos is working from the bottom.
Media loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Media would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Media thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Media dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cobos misses with a takedown

and Media counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Media thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Media won't allow Cobos to get back to his feet.
Media trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Media decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cobos misses with a takedown

and Media counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cobos's guard now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Cobos being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobos keeping moving, preventing Media from controlling successfully.

Media decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Media shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Cobos counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobos trying to control the position from guard on top but Media is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cobos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cobos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Media kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Media looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cobos would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Paul Media overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Media controlling the position.
Media controls Cobos momentarily but Cobos frees himself.
Cobos wants to control from the top but Media keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Media looking for a sweep. Not yet Media, not yet.
Cobos scoring with some ground and pound.
Media looking for a sweep. Not yet Media, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Cobos takes the fight into the clinch.

Cobos jumps guard.
Cobos wants to stand and escape but Media is having none of it.
Media sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cobos is looking to stand back up but Media counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Cobos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Media has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Cobos defend it? Media steps over the head and cranks it - Cobos is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Media!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paul Media!