PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Kylie Cowie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Kylie Cowie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paul
vs
Kylie Cowie

167 cm
22
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Adrenaline Fight Gear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Kylie Cowie!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kylie Cowie takes one to the side of the head.
Kylie Cowie fails to land the takedown.
Paul moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kylie Cowie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Kylie Cowie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kylie Cowie showed some decent athleticism there.
Kylie Cowie throwing shots but Paul is blocking nicely.
Kylie Cowie throwing shots but Paul is blocking nicely.

Kylie Cowie is looking for a kimura here.
Paul is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kylie Cowie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Paul defending well though.
Kylie Cowie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Paul is trying to stand.
Kylie Cowie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Paul's head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kylie Cowie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
John Paul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Kylie Cowie.
Kylie Cowie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Paul circles away.
Paul cracks a nice hook into Kylie Cowie's ribs.
Kylie Cowie looks gassed!

Kylie Cowie gets a takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul is trying to stand back up but Kylie Cowie is controlling him
Kylie Cowie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kylie Cowie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Paul defending well though.
Kylie Cowie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kylie Cowie stops Paul from getting back to his feet.
Kylie Cowie throwing shots but Paul is blocking nicely.
Paul on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Paul tries to get out of the position.
Kylie Cowie trying to control from Paul's half guard. Paul has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kylie Cowie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Paul misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Paul does no damage.
Paul throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Paul swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paul throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Kylie Cowie or perhaps it was just good defense by Paul which made him look bad.
Kylie Cowie slips a jab and a cross from Paul.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Paul lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Paul throws a series of punches but Kylie Cowie moves out of range.
Paul slaps away a takedown attempt from Kylie Cowie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Paul.
John Paul is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kylie Cowie fails to land the takedown.
Paul dips to his left and cracks Kylie Cowie with an uppercut!
Paul misses with the combination.
Paul misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Paul dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kylie Cowie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Paul as he avoids it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paul.
Kylie Cowie fails with the takedown.
John Paul is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paul catches Kylie Cowie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kylie Cowie shoots in looking for a takedown. Paul tries to sprawl out of it but Kylie Cowie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Paul manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
John Paul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Kylie Cowie.
Kylie Cowie shoots in but no luck this time.
Paul connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kylie Cowie is breathing heavily.
Paul throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kylie Cowie slips a jab and a cross from Paul.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul misses with a wild combination.
Kylie Cowie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paul misses with a double jab.
Paul tests Kylie Cowie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paul cracks Kylie Cowie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kylie Cowie moves out of range of the body kick.
Kylie Cowie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kylie Cowie dodges the punch combination from Paul.
Paul misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul misses with a jab, cross combination.
Paul throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kylie Cowie.
Paul throws a nice looking combination but Kylie Cowie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paul throws a series of strikes that have Kylie Cowie backpedaling.
Kylie Cowie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Paul defends it nicely.
Paul swinging wilding here.
A punch combination from Paul misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kylie Cowie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Paul avoids it really well and circles away.
Paul lands a nice shot to the body.
No joy there for Paul, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Paul lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Paul connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Paul misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kylie Cowie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Paul but Paul pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Paul misses with a series of wild punches.
Paul throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kylie Cowie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Paul misses.
Paul fails to land with a series of punches.
Paul looks to land a combination but Kylie Cowie avoids it well.
Paul misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kylie Cowie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paul.
Paul misses with a wild combination.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kylie Cowie circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Paul dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Paul throws a right hand that Kylie Cowie ducks under and follows up with a left that Kylie Cowie also avoids with ease.
Kylie Cowie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Paul sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kylie Cowie somewhat.
Paul lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kylie Cowie backs up against the cage.
Paul defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kylie Cowie.
Kylie Cowie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Paul defends it nicely.
John Paul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Kylie Cowie.
Paul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kylie Cowie circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kylie Cowie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kylie Cowie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A punch combination from Paul misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kylie Cowie shoots in but Paul avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paul rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kylie Cowie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paul lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Paul throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paul lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Paul throws a right and a left that Kylie Cowie avoids nicely.
Kylie Cowie shoots in for a double leg but Paul sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Paul tries to bum rush Kylie Cowie with a series of wild strikes but Kylie Cowie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kylie Cowie slips a jab and a cross from Paul.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Kylie Cowie or perhaps it was just good defense by Paul which made him look bad.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paul connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kylie Cowie. Kylie Cowie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Paul goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paul misses with a jab, cross combination.
Paul misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paul lands a jab to the head.
No luck for Kylie Cowie with that takedown attempt.
Paul scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul leaves Kylie Cowie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Paul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kylie Cowie circles away quickly and effectively.
Paul throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Paul, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kylie Cowie dives in and grabs Paul's left leg, looking for a takedown. Paul pushes down on Kylie Cowie's head and hops out.
Paul throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
John Paul is winning the standup battle so far.
Kylie Cowie dodges the punch combination from Paul.
Richard Kylie Cowie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paul keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Paul misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A punch lands to the side of Kylie Cowie 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Kylie Cowie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Paul's guard.
Paul is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kylie Cowie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Paul's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paul is looking to stand up but Kylie Cowie isn't so interested in that idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Paul showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Paul, 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Paul!