PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pee Wee Sasaki (ranked 430 p4p, 764 weight class) and Mickey Cowan (ranked 28 p4p, 46 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Pee Wee Sasaki has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pee Wee Sasaki seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Sasaki
vs
Cowan

168 cm
25
142
12 - 2 - 0

174 cm
26
141
15 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pee Wee Sasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mickey Cowan!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cowan forces Sasaki back against the cage and clinches.
Cowan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Cowan lands with a left to the head.
Sasaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sasaki looking to stall.
A short right from Cowan.
Sasaki lands with a light punch inside.
Sasaki has a couple of punches blocked by Cowan.
Sasaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sasaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cowan.
Cowan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cowan digs a right hand underneath Sasaki's ribcage. Sasaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Cowan.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sasaki tries to work over Cowan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cowan scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sasaki.
Cowan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sasakis head.
Sasaki prevents a body shot from Cowan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cowan.
Sasaki working aggressively here.

Sasaki breaks the clinch.
Cowan lands with a shot to the body.
Sasaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sasaki lands a right hook to the body.
Cowan avoids a kick to the body.
Sasaki misses with a straight left.
Cowan 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.
Cowan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sasaki. That did some damage!
Sasaki throws a low kick but Cowan moves out of range easily.
Sasaki throws a nice outside leg kick.

Sasaki gets tackled into the cage by Cowan. Cowan maintains the clinch.
Cowan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Cowan on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sasaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
Cowan gets through Sasaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sasaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sasaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cowan lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Cowan on the inside.
Sasaki is trying to push Cowan away but Cowan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cowan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sasaki prevents a body shot from Cowan.
Sasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cowan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cowan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cowan lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cowan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan struggles to land a body shot inside as Sasaki controls his hands.
Cowan takes a shot to the head.
Cowan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cowan throws a punch but it's blocked by Sasaki.
Cowan tries to work over Sasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Cowan struggles to land a body shot inside as Sasaki controls his hands.
Sasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Cowan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sasaki backwards.
Sasaki scores with a shot to the side of Cowan's head.
Sasaki misses with a punch to the body.
Sasaki takes a shot to the head.
Cowan has a couple of punches blocked by Sasaki.
A head punch on the inside from Sasaki fails to land.
Cowan can't find room to land a body shot as Sasaki controls the action.
Cowan blocking some punches.
Sasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan lands a left hand.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan is working Sasaki over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cowan lands with a short shot to the head.
Sasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan lands with a left to the head.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cowan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan lands a right hand.
Sasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Cowan can't find room to land a body shot as Sasaki controls the action.
Cowan lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Cowan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cowan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sasaki's elbow.
A short right from Cowan.
Sasaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Cowan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sasaki lands a nice looking body shot.
Sasaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cowan tries to counter with a clinch but Sasaki shakes him off and moves away.
Cowan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sasaki moves away.
Cowan moves out of range as Sasaki strikes.
Sasaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cowan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sasaki walks into a stiff left hand from Cowan.
Cowan dodges the punch combination from Sasaki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sasaki misses with a body shot
and Cowan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sasaki slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Sasaki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cowan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Cowan clinches up with Sasaki and pushes him back against the cage.
Sasaki pushes Cowan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cowan fails to land.
Sasaki blocks an uppercut.
Sasaki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cowan is keeping busy.
Sasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sasaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Cowan can't find room to land a body shot as Sasaki controls the action.
Sasaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cowan misses with a body punch.
Sasaki scores with a hook to the body.
Cowan lands a right hand.
Cowan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sasaki backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sasaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Sasaki.
Cowan gets through Sasaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sasaki.
Sasaki lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowan has a couple of punches blocked by Sasaki.

Sasaki manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sasaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cowan was well out of range. Poor timing from Sasaki.
Cowan with the inside leg kick.
Cowan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cowan throws a big shot that misses.
Pee Wee Sasaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Sasaki throws a hook but Cowan avoids it easily.
Sasaki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cowan scores with a hook to the body. Sasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sasaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cowan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sasaki.
Cowan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sasaki back to the cage. Cowan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Sasaki is rocked!

It looks like Pee Wee Sasaki has been cut.
Cowan throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Sasaki crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mickey Cowan!
A very excited looking Mickey Cowan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Pee Wee Sasaki had this to say: 'Back to the gym...'.