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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Caio Barbosa (ranked 1638 p4p, 893 weight class) and Mordechai Kowalczyk (ranked 93 p4p, 51 weight class). Kowalczyk has chosen Nocturne op. 9 no.2- Frederic Chopin as his entrance music. Mordechai Kowalczyk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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13 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordechai Kowalczyk!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalczyk ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk counters with a body kick.
Kowalczyk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Kowalczyk is just out of range.
Kowalczyk throws a body shot but no joy.
Kowalczyk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kowalczyk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kowalczyk scores with a leg kick.
Barbosa looks to throw the jab but Kowalczyk is out of range.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Kowalczyk misses with an uppercut.
Barbosa connects with a crisp jab.
Barbosa connects with a crisp jab.
Kowalczyk ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a hook but Kowalczyk avoids it easily.
Kowalczyk throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbosa.
A telegraphed right hand from Kowalczyk misses the target.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kowalczyk was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kowalczyk slips a jab from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Barbosa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barbosa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kowalczyk misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Kowalczyk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Kowalczyk tries to land a leg kick but Barbosa saw it coming and moves away.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Kowalczyk's shoulder, as Kowalczyk tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a looping left.
Kowalczyk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kowalczyk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbosa throws a series of punches but Kowalczyk moves out of range.
Kowalczyk cracks Barbosa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kowalczyk throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Top Gun Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Barbosa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A shot to the liver by Barbosa. Beautiful body shot.
Kowalczyk walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kowalczyk fails to land with a series of punches.
Kowalczyk scores with a hook to the body. Barbosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barbosa misses the jab.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa punishes Kowalczyk's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Kowalczyk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Barbosa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barbosa.
Kowalczyk throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Kowalczyk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kowalczyk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
Barbosa throws a series of punches but Kowalczyk moves out of range.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk with a nice cross.
Kowalczyk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kowalczyk misses with a looping left.
A jab from Kowalczyk finds it's way through Barbosa's defenses.
Kowalczyk scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbosa should have avoided that one.
Kowalczyk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barbosa on the side of the head.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kowalczyk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa.
Kowalczyk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kowalczyk closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kowalczyk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kowalczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barbosa.
Kowalczyk throws a low kick but Barbosa moves out of range easily.
Kowalczyk tries to score with a low kick but Barbosa moves his leg out of the way.
Kowalczyk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from Kowalczyk misses.
Barbosa lunges at Kowalczyk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kowalczyk's hand.
Barbosa throws a shot to the body.
Barbosa scores with the left hand. Kowalczyk knows he should have avoided that one.
Kowalczyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kowalczyk was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A telegraphed right hand from Kowalczyk misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Barbosa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kowalczyk - the referee stops the clock and Barbosa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kowalczyk. Barbosa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kowalczyk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kowalczyk slips under a jab.
Kowalczyk misses with a wild body shot.
Barbosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kowalczyk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kowalczyk wants to slow Barbosa down by chopping away at his legs.
Kowalczyk misses with a straight left.
Kowalczyk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
Barbosa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kowalczyk looks to land a right hand but Barbosa moved out of range.
Kowalczyk lands with an uppercut that bounces Barbosa off the cage and back into range.
Kowalczyk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Kowalczyk looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kowalczyk throws a low kick but Barbosa avoids it.
Barbosa connects with a nice looking jab.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa stuns Kowalczyk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kowalczyk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Kowalczyk ducks down to avoid it.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barbosa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kowalczyk.
Barbosa with a hook.
Kowalczyk takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barbosa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice cross by Barbosa.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kowalczyk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kowalczyk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa moves out of range as Kowalczyk strikes.
Kowalczyk throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. Kowalczyk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Kowalczyk.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Barbosa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Kowalczyk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kowalczyk throws out a counter right but Barbosa avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa stuns Kowalczyk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kowalczyk throws a big shot that misses.
Barbosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kowalczyk scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Kowalczyk might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Barbosa has got the better of the exchanges.
Kowalczyk misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caio Barbosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Kowalczyk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Barbosa as he connects with a hook.
Barbosa moves away from the strike by Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kowalczyk staying out of range there.
Kowalczyk connects with a jab.
Kowalczyk misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kowalczyk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
No joy there for Kowalczyk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kowalczyk throws a head kick that misses.
Barbosa moves out of range as Kowalczyk strikes.
Barbosa throws a lazy right hand but Kowalczyk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kowalczyk.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalczyk ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kowalczyk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barbosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barbosa tried to score with a low kick but Kowalczyk checks it.
Barbosa throws a right hand that Kowalczyk ducks under and follows up with a left that Kowalczyk also avoids with ease.
Kowalczyk ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk throws out a counter right but Barbosa avoids it with no problem.
Kowalczyk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kowalczyk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kowalczyk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kowalczyk moves away.
Barbosa lands a jab.
Kowalczyk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kowalczyk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barbosa throws a jab when Kowalczyk was well out of range.
Kowalczyk looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Kowalczyk connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa throws a hook to the side of Kowalczyk's head but Kowalczyk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Kowalczyk's shoulder, as Kowalczyk tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa lands a nice looking body shot.
Kowalczyk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a jab to the head.
Kowalczyk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa slips a jab and a cross from Kowalczyk.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kowalczyk! But no joy.
Barbosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kowalczyk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice uppercut lands for Barbosa. That snapped Kowalczyk's head back.
Kowalczyk jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kowalczyk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Barbosa with a hook.
Kowalczyk throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
A telegraphed right hand from Kowalczyk misses the target.
Barbosa scores with a nice head shot.
Barbosa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barbosa misses with a double jab.
Kowalczyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Kowalczyk misses.
Kowalczyk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A big right from Kowalczyk misses.
Kowalczyk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kowalczyk motions for Barbosa to come forward. Kowalczyk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Kowalczyk misses.
Barbosa moves out of range of the leg kick from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa lands with a shot to the body.
Kowalczyk misses with a wild combination.
Barbosa attempts a counter takedown but Kowalczyk avoids it well and moves away.
Barbosa scores with a nice head shot.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kowalczyk.
Barbosa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barbosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kowalczyk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Kowalczyk misses the target.
A jab from Barbosa misses.
Kowalczyk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbosa drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kowalczyk sprawls and moves away.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kowalczyk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Kowalczyk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kowalczyk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa.
Barbosa feinted with a counter takedown.
Kowalczyk slips a straight right by Barbosa.
Kowalczyk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowalczyk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barbosa's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
Barbosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbosa misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Kowalczyk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barbosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut. Kowalczyk saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kowalczyk! But no joy.
Kowalczyk lands a lovely overhand right.
Kowalczyk looks to land a left hand but Barbosa moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Barbosa misses its intended target.
A big left from Kowalczyk misses.
Kowalczyk dips to his left and cracks Barbosa with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Kowalczyk.
Barbosa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kowalczyk can pounce on him.
Donk. Kowalczyk catches Barbosa right on the button with a cross.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Kowalczyk's shoulder, as Kowalczyk tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kowalczyk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kowalczyk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Barbosa slips under a jab from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kowalczyk throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
Kowalczyk throws a hook but Barbosa avoids it easily.
Barbosa changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Barbosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kowalczyk.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Caio Barbosa will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Good work by Barbosa as he checks the leg kick.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Kowalczyk ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Barbosa finds it's way through Kowalczyk's defenses.
Kowalczyk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barbosa looks to land a right hand but Kowalczyk moved out of range.
Kowalczyk throws out a counter right but Barbosa avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa loads up on a big right hand but Kowalczyk slips the punch.
Kowalczyk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kowalczyk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kowalczyk scores with a decent looking hook.
Kowalczyk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbosa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kowalczyk scores with the left hand. Barbosa knows he should have avoided that one.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Kowalczyk moves away and avoids it.
Kowalczyk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barbosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowalczyk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a nice shot that snaps Kowalczyk's head back.
Kowalczyk slips under a jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Kowalczyk checks a leg kick.
Kowalczyk works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A big left from Kowalczyk misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalczyk misses with a straight left.
Kowalczyk ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa slips under a jab.
Barbosa slips a straight right by Kowalczyk.
Barbosa misses with a body shot.
Kowalczyk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kowalczyk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Barbosa scores with a sloppy right hand. Kowalczyk should have avoided that one.
Barbosa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Kowalczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barbosa.
Kowalczyk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Kowalczyk ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Kowalczyk lands with a straight right. Barbosa didn't see that one coming.
Barbosa lands with a shot to the body.
Kowalczyk throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbosa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barbosa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kowalczyk slips a jab from Barbosa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
Kowalczyk throws a hook but Barbosa blocks it.
A punch combination from Kowalczyk misses.
Kowalczyk scores with a leg kick.
Kowalczyk looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Kowalczyk looks to land a right hand but Barbosa moved out of range.
Barbosa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barbosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kowalczyk jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barbosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barbosa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kowalczyk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barbosa scrambles back to his feet.
Kowalczyk walks into a jab.
Barbosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barbosa lands with a good body shot.
Kowalczyk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kowalczyk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kowalczyk tries a low kick but Barbosa avoids it.
Barbosa moves out of range as Kowalczyk strikes.
Kowalczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barbosa.
Barbosa scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kowalczyk to score with a decent uppercut.
Barbosa slips a jab from Kowalczyk.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Barbosa.
Kowalczyk throws a head kick but Barbosa moves out of range.
Kowalczyk throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kowalczyk misses with a looping right.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Kowalczyk's shoulder, as Kowalczyk tries to avoid the shot.
Kowalczyk flicks out a counter leg kick but Barbosa steps away.
Kowalczyk tries to land a leg kick but Barbosa saw it coming and moves away.
Kowalczyk throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barbosa.
Kowalczyk looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Barbosa moves out of range as Kowalczyk strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kowalczyk throws out the jab.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Kowalczyk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Decent striking displayed by Kowalczyk there.
Kowalczyk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
Kowalczyk appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Barbosa tries to move into range but Kowalczyk moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kowalczyk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
A big right from Kowalczyk misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowalczyk is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Barbosa misses.
Kowalczyk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kowalczyk takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kowalczyk moves out of range as Barbosa strikes.
A swing and a miss from Kowalczyk.
Some wild striking there from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk swinging wildly here.
The crowd cheers as Barbosa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kowalczyk doesn't seem phased though.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kowalczyk.
Barbosa lunges at Kowalczyk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kowalczyk's hand.
Kowalczyk misses with a few strikes there.
Barbosa fails to land with a series of punches.
Kowalczyk punishes Barbosa's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kowalczyk scores with a nice body kick.
Barbosa with a hook.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Kowalczyk.
Barbosa misses the jab.
Mordechai Kowalczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caio Barbosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kowalczyk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbosa.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mordechai Kowalczyk.
Well Barbosa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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