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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Cowan (ranked 363 p4p, 910 weight class) and Tyres Widforss (ranked 37 p4p, 85 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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174 cm 36 150 35 - 17 - 2 |
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168 cm 32 150 18 - 20 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Very quick |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer Powerful |
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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 35 - 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 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyres Widforss! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Widforss connects with a body shot. Cowan pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Widforss fails with a takedown attempt. Horrible takedown attempt by Widforss or perhaps it was just good defense by Cowan, which made it look bad. Widforss misses with a looping left. Widforss misses with a takedown attempt - Cowan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Mickey Cowan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyres Widforss. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Widforss connects with a body shot. Cowan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Widforss. A little feinted left hand from Cowan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Widforss is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Cowan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Widforss misses with an uppercut. Cowan saw that one coming. Cowan slips under a jab. Widforss takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
 It looks like Tyres Widforss has been cut. Cowan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Mickey Cowan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Widforss scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cowan doesn't seem bothered though. Widforss is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cowan rather than just go for the knockout. Widforss takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cowan lands a big head kick that sends Widforss tumbling to the mat! Cowan takes a step backwards and waves Widforss back to his feet - he wants the finish! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Widforss lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Widforss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Widforss fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cowan sprawls well initially but Widforss persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Cowan is trying to get back to full guard.
Widforss is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Widforss wants to control but Cowan is keeping him busy. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Cowan is pressing down on Widforss's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Cowan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Widforss lying in Cowan's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Cowan decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Widforss taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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