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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Li Gong (ranked 120 p4p, 284 weight class) and Mickey Cowan (ranked 13 p4p, 27 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Li Gong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Cowan!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gong takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cowan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cowan lands a jab to the nose.
Cowan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cowan lands with a nice body punch.
Cowan closes the distance and pushes Gong back into the cage.
Cowan lands a nice uppercut.
Cowan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cowan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gong backwards.
Gong is trying to force a seperation but Cowan has the dominant position.
A right handed body shot lands from Gong.
Gong blocking some punches.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
Gong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cowan misses with a punch on the inside.
Cowan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Gong.
A head punch on the inside from Gong fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gong throws a head kick that misses.
Gong has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Stormcrow Centre in the buildup to the fight.
Cowan lands with a nice body punch.
Gong explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cowan blocks a jab.
Cowan scores with a nice body kick.
Gong misses with a head kick.
Gong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gong throws a nice head kick!
Gong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mickey Cowan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gong ducks under a wild hook from Cowan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cowan takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gong lands an uppercut.
Gong is trying to break the clinch but Cowan has him pressed against the cage.
Cowan throws a punch but it's blocked by Gong.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowan.
Cowan working aggressively here.
Gong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gong slips under a jab.
Gong throws a head kick that misses.
Gong walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cowan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gong scores with a jab to the body.
Cowan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gong.
Gong lands a jab to Cowan's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gong misses with a low kick.
Cowan scores with a nice head shot.
Cowan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cowan motions for Gong to come forward. Cowan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cowan rushes Gong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cowan has a couple of punches blocked by Gong.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gong.
Cowan swings wildly with an uppercut but Gong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gong swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cowan is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowan.
Gong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the liver by Cowan. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cowan tries to clinch
and Gong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cowan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gong in his tracks.
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!
Cowan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gong doesn't seem bothered though.
Cowan avoids the head kick by Gong.
Cowan clinches up with Gong and pushes him back against the cage.
Cowan misses with a punch to the body.
Gong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gong takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cowan connects with a body shot.
Cowan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cowan was well out of range. Poor timing from Gong.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Cowan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cowan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cowan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cowan clinches.
Gong lands a body punch.
Cowan throws a punch but it's blocked by Gong.
Cowan lands a right hand.
Cowan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gong wants to get back to striking at distance but Cowan won't allow it.
Gong misses with a punch on the inside.
Gong is trying to break the clinch but Cowan has him pressed against the cage.
Gong is trying to break free.
Gong blocking some punches.
Gong throws a punch but it's blocked by Cowan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Gong.
Cowan throws a head punch that misses.
Gong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mickey Cowan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cowan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowan misses with the head strike.
Cowan prevents Gong from breaking the clinch.
Gong misses with some punches.
Gong is working Cowan over against the cage.
Gong lands a nice uppercut.
Gong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cowan is looking to slow Gong down with leg kicks.
Gong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cowan moves away.
Good exchange - Cowan coming out on top.
Gong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cowan misses with a leg kick
and Gong counters with a head kick that drops Cowan to the mat! Cowan scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Cowan is rocked!
Cowan moves out of range of the strikes.
Gong swats away the attempt to clinch by Cowan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cowan connects with a solid leg kick.
Gong scores with a hook to the body. Cowan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gong takes one to the side of the head.
A low kick from Cowan is predictable there
and Gong counters with a head kick that drops Cowan to the mat! Cowan scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Cowan is still on wobbly legs! Can Gong finish him?
Cowan throws out a leg kick but Gong moves out of range and Cowan only half commits.
Cowan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGong.
Cowan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Cowan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gong counters with a crisp right that sends Cowan to the canvas! Gong follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Li Gong!
Li Gong tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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