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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jim Cowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Meredith's choice of entrance music: Four Kicks. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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155 lbs
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153 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jim Cowen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Meredith!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meredith tries to clinch but Cowen is having none of it.
Meredith moves into range and clinches up with Cowen.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cowen avoids it.
Cowen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cowen lands with a left to the head.
Cowen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cowen manages to break the clinch.
Meredith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Meredith closes the distance and pushes Cowen back into the cage.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cowen is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Meredith.
Cowen can't get the takedown.
Cowen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Meredith avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cowen has Meredith pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Meredith manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Cowen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right hook to the body lands for Cowen.
Meredith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Meredith.
Meredith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cowen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cowen avoids a wild elbow strike from Meredith.
Meredith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cowen lands a right hand.
Cowen misses with a body punch.
Cowen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meredith or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowen.
Cowen pushes Meredith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Cowen prevents Meredith from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith is in trouble now - Cowen has advanced to mount!
Cowen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Meredith is looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Cowen.
Meredith gets back to half guard.
Cowen thows a huge punch but Meredith dodges it nicely.
Meredith trying to control from the bottom.
Cowen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Meredith is trying to maintain the position but Cowen is very close to passing his half guard.
Meredith looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meredith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Meredith is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Cowen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Meredith wants to clinch.
Cowen fails to land with a series of punches.
Meredith shoots in looking for a takedown. Cowen tries to sprawl out of it but Meredith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cowen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Donk. Cowen catches Meredith right on the button with a cross.
Meredith misses with a body kick.
Cowen throws a leg kick that misses.
Cowen misses with a takedown attempt - Meredith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cowen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cowen.
Meredith is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cowen's half guard.
Cowen works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cowen is looking to stand up but Meredith isn't so interested in that idea.
Cowen wants to hit a switch here but Meredith passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Cowen there!
Meredith controlling his opponent.
Cowen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meredith lands a heavy elbow.
Cowen working to try and regain half guard.
Meredith has control of Cowen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cowen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Cowen has worked his arm free - good work by Cowen!
Meredith throws an elbow but Cowen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Meredith has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Meredith tries to control but Cowen wriggling away.
Cowen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Meredith is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Cowen has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Cowen!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chris Meredith will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Decent striking displayed by Cowen there.
Meredith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch but Cowen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meredith throws a leg kick
and Cowen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cowen lands a really nice looking cross but Meredith seems unphased.
Cowen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Meredith manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Meredith keeping moving, preventing Cowen from controlling successfully.
Meredith working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cowen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cowen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Meredith wants to sweep here but Cowen controlling him for the moment.
Meredith keeping moving, preventing Cowen from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith has his foot on Cowen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cowen works his way back into a safe position though.
Cowen lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cowen wants to control from the top but Meredith keeps moving.
Meredith is looking for a triangle but Cowen pushes his legs off easily.
Meredith is breathing heavily.
Cowen chips away with some ground and pound.
Cowen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cowen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meredith scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Cowen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meredith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cowen lands with a right to the head.
Meredith trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowen avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Meredith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cowen lands a left hand.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cowen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cowen!
Cowen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cowen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cowen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cowen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Cowen misses.
Cowen moves out of range of the body kick from Meredith.
Cowen scores with a jab. Meredith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Meredith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Meredith walks into a jab.
Cowen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Meredith.
Both fighters circling a little - Meredith finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Meredith walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cowen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Meredith checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Meredith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cowen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jim Cowen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cowen scores with a jab. Meredith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cowen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cowen lands a with a good body shot.
Meredith wants to clinch up but Cowen keeps it at a distance.
Meredith wants to clinch
enabling Cowen to counter with a crisp jab.
Cowen lands a jab to the head.
Meredith wants to clinch up but Cowen keeps it at a distance.
Cowen lands a jab to Meredith's midsection.
Meredith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cowen counters with a one-two to the body.
Meredith wants to clinch up but Cowen keeps it at a distance.
Cowen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cowen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cowen lands a jab to the head.
Meredith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Meredith.
Cowen misses with a body shot.
Cowen throws a series of punches but Meredith avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowen keeps the fight on the outside.
Meredith tries to clinch there but Cowen circles away.
Cowen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meredith moves away.
Meredith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meredith wants to clinch up but Cowen keeps it at a distance.
Jim Cowen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, jab by Cowen - just one landing.
Cowen shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Meredith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cowen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cowen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cowen pushes Meredith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowen lands a shot to the body.
Cowen lands with a right to the head.
Cowen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Meredith.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meredith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cowen's efforts to push away.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but Cowen blocks it.
Cowen avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Cowen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Meredith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cowen blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Cowen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cowen throws a series of punches but Meredith moves out of range.
Cowen keeps the fight on the outside.
Meredith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Meredith forces Cowen back against the cage and clinches.
Meredith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cowen.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cowen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cowen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Meredith gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Meredith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cowen digs a right hand underneath Meredith's ribcage. Meredith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Cowen - that landed with a thud.
Cowen works on Meredith's body with a couple of short punches.
Cowen works on Meredith's body with a couple of short punches.
Cowen lands an elbow inside.
Cowen goes for a takedown attempt but Meredith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cowen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cowen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Meredith tries to clinch
and Cowen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cowen moves into range and clinches up with Meredith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowen looking to stall.
Cowen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meredith misses with an elbow strike.
Cowen lands an elbow just above Meredith 's eye.
Cowen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Meredith has one foot on Cowen's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Meredith slips a jab and a cross from Cowen.
Meredith clinches with his opponent.
Cowen lands a hook that snaps the head of Meredith backwards.
Meredith misses with a knee to the head.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cowen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Meredith gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Cowen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cowen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cowen wants to stall.
Meredith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cowen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Meredith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cowen's face.
Nice body punch from Cowen.
Meredith stalling in the clinch.
Cowen breaks from the clinch.
Meredith moves forwards but Cowen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meredith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowen.
Meredith swats away the attempt to clinch by Cowen.
No luck for Cowen with that takedown attempt.
Cowen avoids the head kick by Meredith.
Cowen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cowen lands a jab to Meredith's midsection.
Meredith moves forwards but Cowen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Meredith wants to clinch
and Meredith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Meredith is looking to clinch but Cowen is avoiding it.
Meredith forces Cowen back against the cage and clinches.
Cowen avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
Cowen is trying to stall.
Meredith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Meredith gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cowen.
Cowen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cowen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Meredith pushes off an throws an elbow but Cowen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Meredith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cowen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cowen avoiding damage as Meredith throws knees to the body.
A short right from Cowen.
Stalling in the clinch from Cowen.
Cowen breaks from the clinch.
Meredith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cowen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Meredith is looking to land body kicks.
Cowen darts in and clinches Meredith up against the cage.
Cowen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cowen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meredith tries to land knees in the clinch but Cowen avoids the damage to the body.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cowen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meredith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cowen.
Cowen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cowen works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Cowen postures up in Meredith's guard and throws a big left but Meredith blocks it.
Jim Cowen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cowen looking to sit in guard and control but Meredith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith pushes down on Cowen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cowen wants to get back to his feet.
Meredith wants to take a breather but Cowen is having none of it.
Cowen trying to control here.
Cowen tries to kick Meredith off but Meredith keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Meredith content to control rather than advance.
Meredith is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cowen doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Meredith.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Cowen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cowen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Cowen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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