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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michał Kowalkiewicz (ranked 81 p4p, 482 weight class) and Eric Osiris (ranked 11 p4p, 65 weight class). Osiris is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Erbody But Me by Tech N9ne. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michał Kowalkiewicz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Osiris!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Francis DeMontford and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Kowalkiewicz.
It looks like Eric Osiris has been cut.
Kowalkiewicz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a lunging right hand
and Osiris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Osiris looks for the body kick but Kowalkiewicz saw that one coming.
Kowalkiewicz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Osiris.
Osiris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Osiris throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a thumping low kick.
Kowalkiewicz is looking to clinch.
Kowalkiewicz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've been informed that Osiris has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Donk. Osiris catches Kowalkiewicz right on the button with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Osiris coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Kowalkiewicz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kowalkiewicz swats away the attempt to clinch by Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kowalkiewicz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Osiris. Osiris obviously looking to wear him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kowalkiewicz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A shot to the liver by Osiris. Beautiful body shot.
Osiris comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Osiris misses with an uppercut
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kowalkiewicz takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osiris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kowalkiewicz stalling in the clinch but Osiris improves position.
The referee calls for Kowalkiewicz to work.
Osiris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Osiris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kowalkiewicz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Osiris's elbow.
I was talking to Kowalkiewicz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Osiris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Osiris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Osiris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kowalkiewicz manages to avoid it.
Kowalkiewicz is looking to counter the offense by Osiris and move into the clinch.
Osiris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz throws a looping overhand right but Osiris ducks down to avoid it.
Kowalkiewicz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Osiris lands a nice uppercut.
Kowalkiewicz tries a body shot but Osiris blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz misses with the head strike.
Kowalkiewicz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz struggles to land a body shot inside as Osiris controls his hands.
Kowalkiewicz lands a hook that snaps the head of Osiris backwards.
A short left from Osiris.
Osiris lands a body shot.
Osiris can't find room to land a body shot as Kowalkiewicz controls the action.
Osiris tries to work over Kowalkiewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a punch to the body.
Osiris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Osiris tries to work over Kowalkiewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Osiris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Osiris lands with a right to the head.
Kowalkiewicz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Osiris lands a nice uppercut.
Kowalkiewicz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kowalkiewicz stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osiris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kowalkiewicz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Osiris backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Osiris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Osiris misses with a body punch.
Osiris digs a right hand underneath Kowalkiewicz's ribcage. Kowalkiewicz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kowalkiewicz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Osiris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kowalkiewicz clinches up against the cage.
Kowalkiewicz blocks an uppercut.
Osiris scores with a shoulder strike.
Kowalkiewicz has a couple of punches blocked by Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz misses with some punches.
Osiris presses Kowalkiewicz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Osiris has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kowalkiewicz misses with the head strike.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a light punch inside.
Kowalkiewicz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Osiris throws a punch but it's blocked by Kowalkiewicz.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eric Osiris will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Osiris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kowalkiewicz throws a head kick but Osiris moves out of range.
Kowalkiewicz moves in looking to clinch but Osiris pushes him off.
Kowalkiewicz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Osiris. Osiris obviously looking to wear him down.
Kowalkiewicz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kowalkiewicz connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kowalkiewicz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eric Osiris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalkiewicz has managed to clinch.
Osiris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Osiris can't find room to land a body shot as Kowalkiewicz controls the action.
Osiris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kowalkiewicz blocking some punches.
Osiris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz lands a shoulder strike.
Osiris misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Osiris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Osiris struggles to land a body shot inside as Kowalkiewicz controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Osiris.
Osiris blocking some punches.
Osiris swings wildly with an uppercut but Kowalkiewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kowalkiewicz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kowalkiewicz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz can't find room to land a body shot as Osiris controls the action.
Osiris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kowalkiewicz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Osiris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kowalkiewicz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Osiris misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Osiris misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osiris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Osiris.
Osiris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kowalkiewicz's elbow.
Kowalkiewicz tries to throw a body punch but Osiris avoids it by throwing Kowalkiewicz back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Osiris.
A nice left hand lands by Osiris.
Osiris blocks a body shot from Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Osiris keeps the fight on the outside.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kowalkiewicz.
Kowalkiewicz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kowalkiewicz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz doesn't manage to clinch there - Osiris circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Osiris darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eric Osiris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Osiris is looking to score with low kicks.
Osiris is looking to chop away at Kowalkiewicz's legs.
Kowalkiewicz closes the distance and pushes Osiris back into the cage.
Kowalkiewicz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Osiris's elbow.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a body punch.
Kowalkiewicz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Osiris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Osiris.
Osiris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a hook to the body.
Osiris tries a body shot but Kowalkiewicz blocks it.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Osiris throws a head punch that misses.
Kowalkiewicz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kowalkiewicz lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Osiris swings wildly with an uppercut but Kowalkiewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kowalkiewicz has a couple of punches blocked by Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Osiris.
Osiris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kowalkiewicz scores with a shoulder strike.
Kowalkiewicz struggles to land a body shot inside as Osiris controls his hands.
Osiris working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a punch to the body.
Osiris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Osiris can't find room to land a body shot as Kowalkiewicz controls the action.
Kowalkiewicz throws a head punch that misses.
Osiris misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Osiris fails to land.
Kowalkiewicz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Osiris or not.
Osiris is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Kowalkiewicz.
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 Michał Kowalkiewicz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Osiris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A leg kick checked by Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris scores with a decent looking hook.
Osiris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Osiris lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kowalkiewicz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kowalkiewicz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kowalkiewicz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Osiris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A nice inside leg kick there by Osiris. That's going to slow Kowalkiewicz down.
Osiris takes a swing at Kowalkiewicz's ribcage but misses.
Kowalkiewicz is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalkiewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kowalkiewicz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Osiris just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Osiris blocks a head kick by Kowalkiewicz.
Osiris is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kowalkiewicz with a body shot.
Osiris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kowalkiewicz doesn't seem bothered though.
Kowalkiewicz slips a straight right by Osiris.
Kowalkiewicz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kowalkiewicz with a nice cross.
Osiris throws a hook to the side of Kowalkiewicz's head but Kowalkiewicz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kowalkiewicz wants to clinch.
Kowalkiewicz slips under a jab.
Osiris lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osiris wants to clinch up but Kowalkiewicz keeps it at a distance.
Osiris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Osiris loads up on a big right hand but Kowalkiewicz slips the punch.
Osiris lands a head shot.
Kowalkiewicz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Osiris moves out of range as Kowalkiewicz strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Osiris throws a big shot that misses.
Kowalkiewicz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Osiris misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kowalkiewicz cracks Osiris with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Osiris is looking to land body kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalkiewicz cracks Osiris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That has opened up Eric Osiris's cut even more.
Osiris throws a poor cross that misses
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a crisp right hand that drops Osiris! Kowalkiewicz lets Osiris back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Osiris is rocked!
Osiris throws out a loose jab but Kowalkiewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Osiris is still on wobbly legs! Can Kowalkiewicz finish him?
Kowalkiewicz lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Osiris up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Kowalkiewicz from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Osiris's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michał Kowalkiewicz!
Michał Kowalkiewicz retains his middleweight title!
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