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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Cowan (ranked 504 p4p, 458 weight class) and Colby Gebhardt (ranked 43 p4p, 37 weight class). Colby Gebhardt has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mickey Cowan's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed |
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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 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Cowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Colby Gebhardt!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Gebhardt misses its intended target.
A jab from Cowan does it's job there.
Cowan slips a jab from Gebhardt.
Cowan misses with an uppercut. Gebhardt saw that one coming.
Gebhardt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cowan on the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt moves away from the strike by Cowan.
Cowan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gebhardt.
Cowan lands a nice shot to the body.
Cowan scores with a spinning back kick!
Cowan throws a jab but it's blocked by Gebhardt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cowan.
Gebhardt blocks a low kick nicely.
Cowan loads up on a big right hand but Gebhardt slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cowan avoids the body shot from Gebhardt.
A telegraphed right hand from Cowan misses the target.
Cowan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gebhardt misses with an uppercut. Cowan saw that one coming.
Cowan throws a right hand that misses
and Gebhardt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cowan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Gebhardt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gebhardt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cowan.
Gebhardt misses with a low kick as Cowan jumps back.
Mickey Cowan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Gebhardt misses its intended target.
Gebhardt throws a hook to the side of Cowan's head but Cowan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cowan looks to score with a jab to the body but Gebhardt is just out of range.
Gebhardt throws a hook but Cowan avoids it easily.
Cowan throws a looping overhand right but Gebhardt ducks down to avoid it.
Gebhardt throws out a counter right but Cowan avoids it with no problem.
Cowan scoring well with a low kick there.
Cowan scores with a nice head shot.
Cowan avoids the body shot from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gebhardt misses the jab.
Cowan misses with an uppercut
and Gebhardt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cowan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gebhardt is out of range and Cowan settles back down.
Gebhardt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cowan lands with an overhand left.
Cowan throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gebhardt cracks Cowan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cowan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cowan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gebhardt's sensitive parts.
Cowan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gebhardt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A countering left hand to the body from Gebhardt misses.
Cowan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cowan misses the jab.
Gebhardt throws out a counter right but Cowan avoids it with no problem.
Some bone on bone action there as Cowan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gebhardt staying out of range there.
Gebhardt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cowan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gebhardt throws an overhand right that lands on Cowan's shoulder, as Cowan tries to avoid the shot.
Gebhardt throws a hook to the side of Cowan's head but Cowan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gebhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowan.
Gebhardt throws out a counter right but Cowan avoids it with no problem.
Gebhardt ducks right into an uppercut from Cowan.
Cowan scores with a spinning back kick!
An inside leg kick from Gebhardt misses.
Gebhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cowan.
Gebhardt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt throws a hook but Cowan blocks it.
A big left from Cowan misses.
Cowan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gebhardt.
A low kick lands for Cowan.
Gebhardt throws a jab but it's blocked by Cowan.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cowan. That's going to slow Gebhardt down.
Gebhardt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cowan throws the kick towards the body but Gebhardt avoids it.
Cowan lands a right hook to the body.
Cowan throws a front kick aimed at Gebhardt's knee but Gebhardt avoids it well.
Gebhardt ducks under a wild hook from Cowan.
Cowan slips under a jab.
Cowan works over Gebhardt's head and body with a nice combination.
Cowan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gebhardt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cowan throws a body punch but Gebhardt moves out of range.
Gebhardt was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gebhardt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cowan is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gebhardt throws a leg kick but Cowan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cowan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gebhardt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Gebhardt releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gebhardt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gebhardt scores with a hook.
Gebhardt looks to land a left hand but Cowan moved out of range nicely.
Gebhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cowan.
Cowan checks the leg kick.
Gebhardt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cowan tries to land a body kick
and Gebhardt counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cowan's knee momentarily.
Cowan looks to land a left hand but Gebhardt moved out of range nicely.
Gebhardt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cowan finds it's way round the side to connect with Gebhardt's head.
Cowan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gebhardt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cowan throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Cowan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gebhardt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cowan connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cowan scores with a leg kick.
Cowan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gebhardt finds it's way round the side to connect with Cowan's head.
Cowan scores with the left hand. Gebhardt knows he should have avoided that one.
Decent striking displayed by Cowan there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Cowan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cowan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gebhardt.
Cowan is looking to score with low kicks.
Cowan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gebhardt.
Gebhardt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cowan.
Gebhardt avoids a kick to the body.
Cowan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cowan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Gebhardt might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cowan has got the better of the exchanges.
Gebhardt scoring well with a low kick there.
Gebhardt takes a swing at Cowan's ribcage but misses.
Gebhardt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cowan on the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cowan. That's going to slow Gebhardt down.
Cowan misses with a straight left.
Gebhardt swings for the body but Cowan moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gebhardt throws an overhand right that lands on Cowan's shoulder, as Cowan tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Cowan misses.
Gebhardt throws a lazy right hand but Cowan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gebhardt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gebhardt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cowan.
Cowan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gebhardt on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gebhardt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cowan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gebhardt can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Cowan.
Gebhardt walks into a jab.
Gebhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cowan.
Gebhardt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gebhardt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gebhardt blocks a jab.
Gebhardt was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gebhardt throws a leg kick that misses.
Gebhardt misses with an uppercut.
Cowan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Cowan lands.
Gebhardt lands a leg kick that knocks Cowan off balance momentarily.
Gebhardt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cowan scores with a leg kick.
Cowan throws a low kick, looking for Gebhardt's leg but Gebhardt calmly moves out of range.
Cowan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cowan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circling - Gebhardt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt moves away from the strike by Cowan.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cowan.
Gebhardt lands a nice shot that snaps Cowan's head back.
Gebhardt dodges the punch combination from Cowan.
Cowan throws a nice head kick!
Cowan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cowan throws a poor cross that misses
and Gebhardt counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Cowan does no damage.
Gebhardt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cowan slips under a jab from Gebhardt.
Cowan loads up on a big right hand but Gebhardt slips the punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cowan scoring well with a low kick there.
Cowan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cowan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cowan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gebhardt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cowan scrambles back to his feet.
Cowan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gebhardt throws an overhand right that lands on Cowan's shoulder, as Cowan tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gebhardt scores with a leg kick.
Gebhardt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cowan.
Cowan misses with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with an outside leg kick.
Cowan scores with a leg kick.
Gebhardt blocks a low kick nicely.
Cowan throws a sloppy head kick and Gebhardt moves out of range easily.
Gebhardt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch combination from Cowan misses.
Cowan connects with a body shot.
Gebhardt moves out of range of the leg kick from Cowan.
Gebhardt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gebhardt was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Cowan is looking to score with low kicks.
Gebhardt takes a swing at Cowan's ribcage but misses.
Gebhardt misses with a hook. Cowan ducked under it nicely.
Gebhardt looks to score with a jab to the body but Cowan is just out of range.
Cowan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cowan throws a series of punches but Gebhardt moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cowan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cowan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cowan misses with a body shot.
Gebhardt throws a looping overhand right but Cowan ducks down to avoid it.
Cowan wants to land a leg kick but Gebhardt is out of range.
Cowan ducks under a wild hook from Gebhardt.
Gebhardt throws a low kick but Cowan moves out of range easily.
Cowan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gebhardt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gebhardt throws a lazy right hand but Cowan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gebhardt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gebhardt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Cowan.
Cowan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cowan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cowan is looking to chop away at Gebhardt's legs.
Gebhardt is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Cowan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Gebhardt misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Cowan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Gebhardt throws an overhand right that lands on Cowan's shoulder, as Cowan tries to avoid the shot.
Colby Gebhardt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gebhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cowan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Cowan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gebhardt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gebhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cowan throws a shot to the body.
Cowan misses with a hook. Gebhardt ducked under it nicely.
Cowan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gebhardt misses with an uppercut.
Cowan slips a straight right by Gebhardt.
Gebhardt throws a head kick that misses.
Cowan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gebhardt doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gebhardt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
Cowan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cowan misses with a low kick as Gebhardt jumps back.
Gebhardt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gebhardt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan staying out of range there.
Cowan throws an overhand right that lands on Gebhardt's shoulder, as Gebhardt tries to avoid the shot.
Cowan backing away here, and Gebhardt unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cowan misses the body punch
and Gebhardt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cowan looks to land a right hand but Gebhardt moved out of range.
Gebhardt misses the jab.
A jab from Gebhardt misses.
Cowan lands with a hook. Gebhardt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gebhardt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gebhardt slips a jab and a cross from Cowan.
Gebhardt slips a jab and a cross from Cowan.
Cowan scores with a jab to the body.
Cowan misses with a low kick.
Gebhardt misses with a low kick as Cowan jumps back.
Nice cross by Cowan.
Gebhardt looks to score with a jab to the body but Cowan is just out of range.
Gebhardt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cowan.
Gebhardt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gebhardt misses with a looping left.
Cowan scoring well with a low kick there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cowan. Gebhardt shrugs it off though.
Gebhardt tries to work over Cowan's front leg with a kick but Cowan checks it.
Cowan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gebhardt is out of range.
A big left from Cowan misses.
A nice side step and Gebhardt releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cowan lands a jab.
Cowan just misses with a punch to the body.
Gebhardt appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick from Cowan misses
and Gebhardt counters with a stiff right hand.
Cowan connects with a leg kick.
Cowan cracks Gebhardt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gebhardt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cowan clobbers Gebhardt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gebhardt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cowan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cowan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A good leg kick by Gebhardt.
Cowan misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan throws a leg kick which misses Gebhardt's front leg but catches the back leg as Gebhardt tries to avoid it.
Cowan throws a big shot that misses.
Cowan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cowan throws a poor cross that misses
and Gebhardt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gebhardt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cowan.
Cowan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gebhardt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cowan slips under a jab from Gebhardt.
Cowan misses the jab.
Gebhardt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gebhardt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mickey Cowan is winning the standup battle so far.
Gebhardt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cowan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cowan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gebhardt. That did some damage!
Cowan jabs Gebhardt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cowan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A punch lands to the side of Gebhardt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cowan fakes the leg kick and cracks Gebhardt in the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gebhardt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gebhardt misses with an uppercut.
Cowan throws a series of punches but Gebhardt avoids them all with ease.
Gebhardt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cowan scores with a nice strike.
A big left from Gebhardt misses.
Cowan with the inside leg kick.
Gebhardt throws a hook but Cowan blocks it.
Cowan throws the left hand but Gebhardt avoids the punch easily.
Gebhardt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gebhardt staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cowan swings widly with a right hand
and Gebhardt counters with a low kick, right behind Cowan 's knee.
Gebhardt misses with a low kick.
Cowan scores with a leg kick.
Cowan connects with a single shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Cowan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cowan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Cowan!
Mickey Cowan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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