PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Plucking Bows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cote
vs
Bows

181 cm
27
193 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Cote!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Plucking Bows!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cote with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bows takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cote lands with an overhand left.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bows swings wildly with an uppercut but Cote uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cote lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Plucking Bows has been cut.
Cote tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cote tries to land knees in the clinch but Bows avoids the damage to the body.
Cote landing knees to the head.
Cote blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cote unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bows lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bows throws a head punch that misses.
Cote is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cote comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bows throws a head punch that misses.
Cote is looking to control Bows's arms but Bows gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cote has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cote fails to land.
Cote throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bows working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cote lands an elbow just above Bows 's eye.
Bows blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cote blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cote lands a left hand.
Cote with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bows lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cote.
Bows throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bows tries to work over Cote's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cote lands a body shot.
A short left from Bows.
Cote comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cote throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cote lands a hook that snaps the head of Bows backwards.
Cote has a couple of punches blocked by Bows.
Bows tries to work over Cote's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cote goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bows swings wildly with an uppercut but Cote uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bows lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cote lands an elbow inside.
Cote landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cote digs a right hand underneath Bows's ribcage. Bows let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cote landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bows on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cote stalling against the cage.
Cote digs a right hand underneath Bows's ribcage. Bows let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Cote.
Cote trying to control the position but instead, Bows has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cote into the cage.
Cote working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cote gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Plucking Bows's cut even more.
Bows lands a body punch.
Cote lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cote landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bows looks winded!
Cote taking a breather.
Cote with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cote wants to stall.
Bows throws a head punch that misses.
Cote works on Bows's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cote creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cote has Bows pushed against the cage.
Bows has a couple of punches blocked by Cote.
Bows lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cote lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bows backwards.
A short right from Cote.
Bows misses with a body punch.
Bows misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cote blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cote has Bows pressed against the cage, preventing Bows from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cote misses with a body punch.
Cote taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bows tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cote blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bows tries to break the clinch but Cote is controlling the position.
Cote scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cote prevents a body shot from Bows.
Cote blocks an uppercut.
Bows works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cote lands a good knee to the midsection. Bows won't want to take too many of those.
Cote blocks an uppercut.
Bows has a couple of punches blocked by Cote.
Cote digs a right hand underneath Bows's ribcage. Bows let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cote controlling the action here for a moment.
Bows takes a shot to the head.
Bows takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Cote dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Plucking Bows's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cote throws a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cote lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bows backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Cote.
Cote lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cote comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cote keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bows's efforts to push away.
Cote with a knee to the head.
Cote gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cote has Bows pressed against the cage, preventing Bows from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cote creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bows's defenses.
Cote lands a knee to the body.
Adam Cote has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bows is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cote makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

The cut above Plucking Bows's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cote.
Cote lands an elbow inside that Bows shrugs off.
Cote lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bows backwards.
Cote has Bows pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Cote.
Nice elbow from Cote.

Plucking Bows's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Plucking Bows's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Adam Cote!
Adam Cote retains his middleweight title!
Adam Cote took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, The Big Kabosh for their support in the buildup to the fight.