PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chukwu Adeoluwa (ranked 1534 p4p, 595 weight class) and Mickey Cowan (ranked 124 p4p, 46 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mickey Cowan enters the cage!

Adeoluwa
vs
Cowan

170 cm
31
140
20 - 14 - 1

174 cm
31
141
25 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

30th Century Beer Store

Conviction
NARCOS

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 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chukwu Adeoluwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Cowan!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adeoluwa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cowan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left and a right from Cowan both land. Nice combination.
Adeoluwa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Adeoluwa misses the shot to the body.
Adeoluwa looks to land a left hand but Cowan moved out of range nicely.
Adeoluwa slips under a jab from Cowan.
Adeoluwa slips a jab from Cowan.
Mickey Cowan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cowan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cowan scores with a nice strike.
Adeoluwa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cowan.
Adeoluwa walks into a straight right hand from Cowan.
Cowan throws a hook but Adeoluwa blocks it.
Cowan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Adeoluwas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adeoluwa connects with a leg kick.
Adeoluwa looks to land a body kick but Cowan moved away.
Adeoluwa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Adeoluwa shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cowan's guard.

Cowan has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Adeoluwa has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cowan prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adeoluwa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Adeoluwa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adeoluwa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adeoluwa blocking some punches.
Cowan misses with a punch to the body.
Adeoluwa avoiding damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Cowan.
I was talking to Adeoluwa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cowan gets through Adeoluwa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adeoluwa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cowan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adeoluwa.
Cowan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
Adeoluwa lands a shot to the body.
Adeoluwa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cowan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chukwu Adeoluwa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adeoluwa prevents a body shot from Cowan.
Adeoluwa misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adeoluwa misses with some punches.
Cowan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cowan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cowan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adeoluwa.
Cowan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cowan throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adeoluwa throws a leg kick but Cowan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Adeoluwa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adeoluwa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cowan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cowan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mickey Cowan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adeoluwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adeoluwa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cowan.
Adeoluwa misses the jab.
Adeoluwa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowan.
Cowan works the jab nicely.
Adeoluwa throws out a loose jab but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adeoluwa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cowan.
Cowan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adeoluwa is looking to clinch.
Cowan lands a body shot.
Adeoluwa is looking to slow Cowan down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa thuds his right hand into Cowan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cowan slips a straight right by Adeoluwa.
Cowan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cowan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by Cowan - just one landing.
Cowan tests Adeoluwa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cowan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Adeoluwa throws the left hand but Cowan avoids the punch easily.
Cowan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adeoluwa manages to avoid it.
Cowan throws the left hand but Adeoluwa avoids the punch easily.
Adeoluwa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cowan.
Cowan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cowan.
Cowan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cowan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adeoluwa's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cowan tries a head kick but it misses.
Adeoluwa misses with a hook.
Adeoluwa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cowan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cowan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Adeoluwa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cowan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cowan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan stalks Adeoluwa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Adeoluwa's face. Adeoluwa staggers backwards, shaken.
Cowan scores with a nice body kick.
Cowan throws a jab when Adeoluwa was well out of range.
Cowan misses with a head kick.

Adeoluwa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Adeoluwa controlling the position from side mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cowan gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Adeoluwa punching from mount but Cowan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adeoluwa controlling from the full mount.
Adeoluwa throwing strikes here but Cowan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
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.

Cowan motions for Adeoluwa to come forward. Cowan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Adeoluwa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cowan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cowan misses the shot to the body.
Adeoluwa throws a hook to the side of Cowan's head but Cowan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adeoluwa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Adeoluwa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowan.
Mickey Cowan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cowan jabs Adeoluwa right on the nose. Adeoluwa blinks but takes it well.
Adeoluwa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cowan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cowan misses with a straight left.
Adeoluwa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cowan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adeoluwa.
Cowan throws out a counter right but Adeoluwa avoids it with no problem.
Cowan feints and then cracks Adeoluwa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adeoluwa down.
Adeoluwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Cowan is just out of range.
Adeoluwa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adeoluwa walks into a left hand.
Cowan tries a low kick but Adeoluwa avoids it.
Adeoluwa tries to counter with a takedown but Cowan is quick to defend against it.
Cowan connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cowan looks to land a left hand but Adeoluwa moved out of range nicely.
Cowan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adeoluwa doesn't seem bothered though.
Cowan slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Cowan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adeoluwa blocks a leg kick.
Adeoluwa throws a big shot that misses.
Cowan scores with a hook.
Nice takedown defense from Cowan. No joy for Adeoluwa on that attempt.
Cowan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adeoluwa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Adeoluwa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cowan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Adeoluwa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A combination from Cowan does no damage.
Adeoluwa half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cowan ducks under a wild hook from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa throws a hook but Cowan avoids it easily.
Cowan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Adeoluwa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Adeoluwa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chukwu Adeoluwa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adeoluwa fails with the takedown.
Cowan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cowan throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adeoluwa's sensitive parts.
Adeoluwa blocks a head kick by Cowan.
Adeoluwa tries to clinch but Cowan moves out of range.
Adeoluwa throws a big shot that misses.
Adeoluwa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cowan wants to land a leg kick but Adeoluwa is out of range.
Cowan connects with a body shot.
Cowan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Adeoluwa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cowan misses the shot to the body.
Adeoluwa throws a hook to the side of Cowan's head but Cowan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cowan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adeoluwa's head backwards.
Adeoluwa throws a body punch but Cowan moves out of range.
Cowan misses with a hook.
Cowan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Adeoluwa is able to avoid easily.
Adeoluwa walks into a straight right hand from Cowan.
Cowan throws a one two combo.
Cowan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cowan throws a leg kick which misses Adeoluwa's front leg but catches the back leg as Adeoluwa tries to avoid it.
Cowan jabs Adeoluwa to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa moves out of range of the body kick from Cowan.
Adeoluwa shoots for a double leg takedown but Cowan sprawls well. He's pushed Adeoluwa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cowan. Adeoluwa shrugs it off though.
Adeoluwa connects with a body shot that sends Cowan's belly button to the back.
Adeoluwa throws a hook to the side of Cowan's head but Cowan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cowan blocks a low kick nicely.
Cowan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Adeoluwa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cowan.
Sloppy strikes from Cowan. Those never looked like landing.
Adeoluwa misses with a few strikes there.
Adeoluwa throws out a loose jab but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cowan jabs Adeoluwa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Adeoluwa doesn't manage to clinch there - Cowan circles away.
Cowan thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Cowan is predictable there

and Adeoluwa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Adeoluwa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cowan keeping moving, preventing Adeoluwa from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cowan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cowan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Adeoluwa trying to control but Cowan is working from the bottom.
Cowan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Adeoluwa drops back, looking for a kneebar! Cowan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Cowan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Cowan!

The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You can see the frustration on Adeoluwa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Cowan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Adeoluwa lands with a shot to the body.
Cowan cracks Adeoluwa with an open hand slap.
Adeoluwa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Adeoluwa throws a body punch but Cowan moves out of range.
Cowan misses with a low kick as Adeoluwa jumps back.
Adeoluwa misses with the combination.
Adeoluwa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Cowan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adeoluwa moves away from the strike by Cowan.
Adeoluwa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Adeoluwa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Adeoluwa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cowan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Adeoluwa misses with a hook. Cowan ducked under it nicely.
Adeoluwa misses with a body shot.
Cowan throws the left hand but Adeoluwa avoids the punch easily.
Cowan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Adeoluwa connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adeoluwa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cowan connects with an inside leg kick.
Adeoluwa walks into a jab.
Adeoluwa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Cowan lands.
Cowan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Cowan.
Adeoluwa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cowan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cowan misses with a straight left.
Cowan connects with a single shot there.
Nice body kick there by Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Decent striking displayed by Cowan there.
Adeoluwa throws a big shot that misses.
Adeoluwa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adeoluwa defending well as Cowan loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cowan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cowan misses with a hook. Adeoluwa ducked under it nicely.
Adeoluwa tries to close the distance and clinch but Cowan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cowan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adeoluwa manages to avoid it.
Adeoluwa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cowan throws a shot from downtown. Adeoluwa moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cowan throws a hook to the side of Adeoluwa's head but Adeoluwa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adeoluwa throws a body shot but no joy.
Adeoluwa avoids the body shot from Cowan.
Adeoluwa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cowan avoids it really well and circles away.
Cowan tries a low kick but Adeoluwa avoids it.
Adeoluwa dives in and grabs Cowan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cowan pushes down on Adeoluwa's head and hops out.
A little jabbing left from Cowan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chukwu Adeoluwa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adeoluwa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cowan but Cowan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A little jabbing left from Cowan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cowan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cowan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa misses with a body shot.
Adeoluwa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good exchange - Cowan coming out on top.
A big right from Cowan misses.
Cowan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Adeoluwa throws a sloppy head kick and Cowan moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Adeoluwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cowan moves away.
Adeoluwa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cowan.
Cowan scores with a jab to the head.
Adeoluwa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cowan.
The fighters circling - Cowan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chukwu Adeoluwa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adeoluwa throws a body kick that misses.
Cowan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Adeoluwa gets a takedown into half guard.
Cowan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Adeoluwa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Adeoluwa throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cowan to regain full guard.
Adeoluwa throws a big elbow that misses.
Adeoluwa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Adeoluwa trying to control but Cowan is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cowan keeping moving, preventing Adeoluwa from controlling successfully.
Adeoluwa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cowan is keeping the position for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cowan scores with a push kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Cowan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cowan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Cowan!
During a confident post fight interview, Mickey Cowan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.