PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Bowie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman has chosen Judo Flip as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bowie
vs
Freeman

195 cm
24
210 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Sydney BEAST Clothing *NEW DESIGNS*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raphael Bowie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Huey Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Decent striking displayed by Bowie there.

It looks like Huey Freeman has been cut.
Bowie stuffs the takedown attempt from Freeman. Freeman gets slowly back to his feet.
Bowie thuds his right hand into Freeman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sloppy strikes from Bowie. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freeman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bowie sizes up Freeman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Freeman closes the distance and clinches up with Bowie, looking for a takedown. Freeman pushes Bowie against the cage but Bowie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bowie, as that shot connected.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Freeman.
Raphael Bowie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huey Freeman.
Freeman tries for a takedown but Bowie circles away easily

and Bowie counters with a left hand that sends Freeman to the canvas!

Freeman is rocked!

That has opened up Huey Freeman's cut even more.
Bowie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Freeman's head.
Freeman is still in real trouble! Can Bowie finish him?

Freeman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bowie passes Freeman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Freeman seems to have recovered his senses.

Freeman looking for submissions off his back.
Freeman looks gassed!

Bowie is working for a kimura but Freeman is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowie seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Freeman wants to improve his position but Bowie is controlling well.

Freeman looking for submissions off his back.

Bowie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Freeman has hold of Bowie's hands but Bowie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freeman tries to get to full guard but Bowie has control of the leg.

Freeman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Freeman looking for submissions off his back.

Bowie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Freeman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bowie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowie is controlling the pace.

Freeman is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bowie pulls his head out easily.

Freeman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Freeman looking for submissions off his back.

Freeman is defending against the submission attempts here by Bowie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowie is trying to control the action in half guard but Freeman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bowie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Freeman actively working from the bottom here.

Bowie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Freeman sees it coming and defends easily.

Freeman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bowie working Freeman over with strikes.
Freeman has hold of Bowie's hands but Bowie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Freeman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bowie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Freeman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bowie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bowie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Freeman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bowie.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freeman has hold of Bowie's hands but Bowie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freeman punching from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bowie winds up and cracks Freeman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bowie drops an elbow to the side of Freeman's head.

The cut above Huey Freeman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Freeman is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bowie pulls his head out easily.

Bowie wants to work for an arm triangle but Freeman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman moves into full guard.

Bowie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael Bowie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Huey Freeman's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bowie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bowie wants it to stay on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Bowie there.

Freeman changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bowie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bowie manages to get back to half guard.
Bowie flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bowie trying to control here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Freeman is working for a submission of some sort.

Freeman is working for a submission of some sort.
Bowie is not content to let Freeman control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Bowie actively working from the bottom here.
Bowie moves into full guard.
Bowie keeping moving, preventing Freeman from controlling successfully.
Freeman looking to pass the guard.
Freeman stopping the sweep attempt from Bowie.
Bowie keeping moving, preventing Freeman from controlling successfully.
Freeman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bowie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bowie throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bowie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Freeman is one step ahead there.

Bowie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Freeman throws a big elbow that misses.
Bowie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bowie keeping moving, preventing Freeman from controlling successfully.

Freeman drops back looking for a leg! Bowie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bowie manages to kick Freeman off! Freeman jumps back into Bowie's guard.
Bowie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Freeman manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freeman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Freeman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Raphael Bowie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bowie is looking to work some ground and pound but Freeman has wrist control.
Bowie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Huey Freeman's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Huey Freeman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Raphael Bowie!
Raphael Bowie retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Raphael Bowie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.