PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Couture (ranked 414 p4p, 65 weight class) and Curtis Lowe (ranked 854 p4p, 132 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Couture
vs
Lowe

189 cm
31
223 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

186 cm
23
204 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Lowe!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Couture closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lowe prevents a body shot from Couture.
Couture lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Couture lands with a left to the head.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lowe misses with a punch to the body.
Lowe blocks a body shot from Couture.
Lowe tries to throw a body punch but Couture avoids it by throwing Lowe back against the cage.
Couture blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lowe.
Lowe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Couture has a couple of punches blocked by Lowe.
Lowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Couture tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Lowe breaks from the clinch.
Lowe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lowe has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lowe lands a head kick. Couture smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Dan Couture has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Couture checks a low kick from Lowe.
It looked like Couture wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lowe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A shot to the body from Couture misses
and Lowe counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe scores with a push kick.
Couture cracks Lowe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Couture misses the target.
Lowe feints and then cracks Couture's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Couture down.
Couture throws a poor cross that misses
and Lowe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Couture misses with a lunging right hand
and Lowe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Couture stuns Lowe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Couture throws a sloppy body shot
and Lowe counters with a nice body kick.
Lowe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lowe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lowe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Couture misses the target.
Dan Couture seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Couture.

Couture forces Lowe back against the cage and clinches.
Lowe blocking some punches.
A short right from Lowe on the inside.
Lowe working aggressively here.
Couture goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Couture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Couture fails to land.

Lowe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Couture closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Couture misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Lowe to counter with a crisp jab.
Lowe scores with a leg kick.
Lowe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Couture looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Couture rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lowe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Couture has closed the distance and engaged Lowe in a clinch.
Lowe misses with the head strike.
Lowe lands with a light punch inside.

Dan Couture's cut is getting worse.
A head punch on the inside from Lowe fails to land.
Couture misses with the head strike.
Couture misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lowe tries a body shot but Couture blocks it.
Lowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lowe.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lowe.

Lowe manages to break the clinch.
A shot to the body from Couture misses
enabling Lowe to counter with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Couture.
Lowe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Couture manages to avoid it.
Couture looks to land a left hand but Lowe moved out of range nicely.
Lowe clobbers Couture with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lowe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lowe - that will leave a mark!
Couture looks to throw the jab but Lowe is out of range.
Couture sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Couture is breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Lowe.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lowe.
Lowe throws a head kick that misses.
Couture sizes up Lowe with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lowe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Couture moves away.
Lowe slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Lowe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Couture looks to land a right hand but Lowe moved out of range.
Couture backing away here, and Lowe unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lowe connects with a right hand. Couture shakes it off.
Lowe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Lowe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Couture's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lowe cracks a nice hook into Couture's ribs.
Couture throws a jab when Lowe was well out of range.
Lowe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lowe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Couture fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Lowe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Couture misses with a body punch.
Lowe working aggressively here.
Couture lands a shot to the body.
Lowe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Couture.
Lowe blocks a body shot from Couture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Couture tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lowe.
Couture tries a body shot but Lowe blocks it.
Lowe prevents a body shot from Couture.

Lowe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Couture misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lowe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Couture tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lowe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Couture throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Couture has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lowe.
Lowe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Couture moves forwards but Lowe connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Dan Couture's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Good leg kick by Lowe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Couture lands the left hand.
Couture throws a sloppy body shot
and Lowe counters with a straight right hand.
Couture listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lowe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Couture misses its target.
Couture scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowe ducks under a wild hook from Couture.
Couture avoids the head kick by Lowe.
Couture wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Couture throws a combination that misses
and Lowe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Couture swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Couture takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Couture swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lowe counters with a straight right hand.

Jeez, Dan Couture's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Lowe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Couture avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Couture moves out of range of the leg kick from Lowe.
Lowe cracks a nice hook into Couture's ribs.
Couture avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Lowe tries to keep at a distance but Couture has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dan Couture has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lowe tries to throw a body punch but Couture avoids it by throwing Lowe back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lowe.
Lowe struggles to land a body shot inside as Couture controls his hands.
Lowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Couture misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lowe has a couple of punches blocked by Couture.
Lowe swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Lowe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Couture throws a looping overhand right but Lowe ducks down to avoid it.
Lowe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lowe lands a high kick!
Lowe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Couture clinches up against the cage.
Couture blocks an uppercut.
Couture makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Lowe.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lowe blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Couture.
Couture misses with a hook from the clinch.
Couture blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Couture scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Lowe.
Lowe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Curtis Lowe!
An out of breath Curtis Lowe thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Dan Couture spoke after the fight, saying 'did u fart? or is that ur breath??'.