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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Cowan (ranked 1181 p4p, 1307 weight class) and James King (ranked 110 p4p, 120 weight class). James King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Cowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, James King!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of King 's head but he takes it in his stride.
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cowan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cowan closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
Cowan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cowan lands with a right to the head.
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowan.
King misses with a knee to the head.
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King checks a leg kick nicely.
Cowan jabs King right on the nose. King blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from King.
Cowan misses with a leg kick
and King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cowan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cowan quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
King connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cowan momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Cowan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cowan scores with a kick to the body.
Cowan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cowan avoids the head kick by King.
King moves out of range of the body kick.
King moves out of range as Cowan throws a body kick.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cowan.
King tests Cowan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cowan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cowan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cowan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cowan throws a head kick that misses
and King counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy body kick from Cowan
and Cowan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cowan.
Cowan connects with an inside leg kick.
King throws a push kick but Cowan slaps the foot to one side.
Cowan throws a push kick but King slaps the foot to one side.
Cowan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of King's head.
Cowan tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King throws out a counter right but Cowan avoids it with no problem.
King buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
King misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowan throws a chopping leg kick but King manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cowan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from King.
King takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cowan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
King moves out of range of the body kick from Cowan.
Cowan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cowan.
King loads up on a big right hand but Cowan slips the punch.
King throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cowan misses with a hook
and Cowan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King lands a high kick!
Cowan moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King blocking some punches.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
King blocking some punches.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Cowan backwards.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cowan blocks it with crossed arms.
King with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowan pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowan avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
Cowan lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Cowan tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Cowan back against the cage.
Cowan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cowan.
King misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mickey Cowan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cowan.
Cowan scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks.
Cowan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King throws a right hand that misses
and Cowan counters with a stiff right hand.
Cowan loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from King! But no joy.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cowan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King throws a head kick that half lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from King.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King cracks Cowan with a good jab.
King bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cowan's head.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cowan lands with a straight right. King didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from King finds it's way through Cowan's defenses.
Cowan tries a low kick but King avoids it.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
King looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
King lands with a shot to the body.
Cowan is looking to score with low kicks.
King is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cowan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cowan slips under a jab.
Cowan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by King misses
and Cowan counters with an outside leg kick.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cowan was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
Cowan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowan misses with a right hand
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
Cowan throws a nice inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Cowan misses the target.
Cowan moves into the clinch successfully.
King lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Cowan.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cowan misses with a hook from the clinch.
King scores a nice knee to the body.
Cowan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cowan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cowan working aggressively here.
King tries to work over Cowan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cowan working aggressively here.
Cowan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King pushes Cowan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cowan avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cowan swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
Cowan tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Cowan back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Cowan as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from King.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
King working aggressively here.
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Cowan.
A right hand to the body from King.
King using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cowan lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King misses with a body punch.
King misses with a body punch.
A short right from Cowan on the inside.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cowan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cowan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cowan lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Cowan is blocking nicely.
Cowan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cowan.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James King will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cowan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cowan throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mickey Cowan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cowan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cowan connects with a crisp jab.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cowan jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cowan connects with a crisp jab.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowan tries to work over King's front leg with a kick but King checks it.
Cowan misses with a wild body shot.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cowan.
King looks to land a right hand but Cowan moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King loads up on a big right hand but Cowan slips the punch.
Cowan lands a jab.
Cowan lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cowan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cowan avoids the head kick by King.
Cowan slips a straight right by King.
King works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cowan is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
King throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Cowan to counter with a crisp jab.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Cowan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowan.
Cowan misses with an uppercut.
Cowan moves out of range of the strikes.
King closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cowan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Cowan.
Cowan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt King.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
King is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
King swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cowan.
Cowan throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
Cowan wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
As Cowan backs off King throws a huge counter combo but Cowan manages to avoid it all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Cowan misses
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cowan is looking to score with low kicks.
Cowan looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
Cowan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
King throws out a loose jab but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
King's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cowan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cowan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Cowan throws a head kick that misses.
King throws out a counter right but Cowan avoids it with no problem.
Cowan blocks a head kick by King.
King works over Cowan's head and body with a nice combination.
Cowan closes the distance and clinches.
Mickey Cowan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King misses with a punch to the body.
Cowan managing to block the knees to the body from King.
Cowan lands with a light punch inside.
Cowan presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
King lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Cowan.
Cowan avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Cowan blocks with his arms.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan misses with a body punch.
Cowan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King tries a knee to the head but Cowan blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mickey Cowan.
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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split 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.
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