PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marciano Cobb (ranked 780 p4p, 106 weight class) and Jesus Sanchez (ranked 1658 p4p, 218 weight class). Cobb comes to the cage accompanied by Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanchez's choice of entrance music: Duele El Carazon. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cobb
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
22
187 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marciano Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Cobb sprawls well.
Sanchez throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobb counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cobb. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Cobb moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez jabs Cobb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cobb throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cobb moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Cobb shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Marciano Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Sanchez.
Cobb lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a jab to the head.
Cobb misses with a series of wild punches.
Cobb connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut
and Cobb counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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.
No joy there for Cobb, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sanchez! But no joy.
Cobb walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanchez thuds a left hand into Cobb's body.
Cobb scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanchez doesn't seem bothered though.
Cobb misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab from Cobb.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobb.
We've been informed that Sanchez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cobb with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut lands for Cobb. That snapped Sanchez's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez cracks Cobb with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cobb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Cobb counters with a straight right hand.
Cobb lands with an overhand left.
Sanchez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cobb connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanchez scrambles back to his feet.
Cobb scores with a nice right hand.
Marciano Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cobb moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cobb loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Cobb's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cobb duly obliges.

It looks like Jesus Sanchez has been cut.
Cobb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cobb misses with a body shot.
Marciano Cobb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cobb moves out of range of the strikes.
Cobb misses with a hook.
Sanchez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A left and a right from Cobb both land. Nice combination.
Cobb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb lands an overhand right.
Cobb throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Cobb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Cobb connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobb.
Sanchez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobb appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cobb counters with a nice uppercut.
Cobb throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cobb is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice sprawl there from Cobb as Sanchez shoots in.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cobb loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Cobb feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sanchezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb walks into a left hand.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1-2. Sanchez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Cobb cracks Sanchez with a good jab.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Cobb thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sanchez! But no joy.
Cobb takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cobb.
Cobb lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
Cobb avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
A telegraphed right hand from Cobb misses the target.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Cobb avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez throws a hook but Cobb blocks it.
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Cobb staying out of range there.
A shot to the body from Sanchez misses
and Cobb counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marciano Cobb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Sanchez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cobb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Cobb ducks down to avoid it.
Cobb connects with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Cobb.
Cobb scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cobb is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cobb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Cobb finds it's way through Sanchez's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Cobb moves into the clinch.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cobb stops a takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Cobb misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cobb lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A hook to the body from Cobb.
A right handed body shot lands from Cobb.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cobb.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cobb smiles and moves away.
Cobb displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sanchez.
Marciano Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Sanchez.
Cobb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Cobb does no damage.
Cobb connects with a right hand. Sanchez shakes it off.
Cobb lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobb.
Cobb lands a body shot.
Cobb lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Cobb lands a right hand.
Cobb works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Cobb can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Cobb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marciano Cobb has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Sanchez manages to pull guard.

Cobb stands and steps away. Sanchez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sanchez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Sanchez moves out of range as Cobb strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb looks to clinch
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cobb misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Cobb has managed to clinch.
Cobb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cobb has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez is working Cobb over against the cage.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cobb prevents the takedown attempt.
Cobb stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cobb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobb lands with a right to the head.
Cobb has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Cobb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Sanchez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cobb to keep the fight standing.
Cobb tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Cobb.
Cobb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cobb misses with some punches.
Cobb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Cobb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
A right hook to the body lands for Cobb.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Cobb blocking some punches.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Cobb controls his hands.
Cobb misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cobb misses with some punches.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marciano Cobb dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Sanchez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Cobb on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cobb misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Cobb misses with a two punch combination.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a hook but Cobb avoids it easily.
Cobb swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cobb connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut there from Cobb.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Cobb was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Cobb misses the target.
Cobb connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cobb misses with a hook.
Sanchez drops his hands momentarily and Cobb takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Cobb looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb lunges at Sanchez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanchez's hand.
Nice cross by Cobb.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Marciano Cobb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Sanchez.
Cobb misses with a wild body shot.
Cobb tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cobb throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanchez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cobb connects with a right hand. Sanchez shakes it off.
Sanchez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Cobb.
Cobb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobb.
Jesus Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cobb is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Cobb circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Cobb finds it's way through Sanchez's defenses.
Sanchez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cobb scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
Cobb throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Cobb misses.
Cobb misses with a straight right.
Cobb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sanchez is defended easily by Cobb.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cobb connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sanchez. Sanchez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cobb.
Marciano Cobb is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Cobb misses the target.
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cobb connects with a nice looking jab.
Cobb misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A telegraphed right hand from Cobb misses the target.
Cobb throws a combination. Sanchez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cobb throws a lazy right hand but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marciano Cobb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Cobb.
Sanchez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobb throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Sanchez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cobb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice uppercut there from Cobb.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Cobb's head but Cobb sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb throwing a counter right hand but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Cobb throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cobb with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cobb works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marciano Cobb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cobb, 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marciano Cobb!
Marciano Cobb decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.