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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yunus Abshir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jared Cowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abshir's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Africa by Toto. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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198 cm
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215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yunus Abshir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jared Cowen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abshir closes the distance and clinches up with Cowen, looking for a takedown. Abshir pushes Cowen against the cage but Cowen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Abshir misses.
Cowen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abshir tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cowen was well out of range. Poor timing from Abshir.
Abshir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cowen.
A head kick misses from Cowen.
Cowen throws a looping overhand right but Abshir ducks down to avoid it.
Abshir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cowen is fending him off so far but Abshir persists. Nope, Cowen circles away and we're back to standing.
Cowen throws a hook but Abshir avoids it easily.
Cowen connects with an inside leg kick.
Abshir looks to throw the jab but Cowen is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cowen, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cowen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abshir throws a shot from downtown. Cowen moves away and avoids it.
Cowen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cowen thows a body kick. Abshir tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cowen lands with a straight right. Abshir didn't see that one coming.
Abshir avoids the head kick by Cowen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowen cracks Abshir with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Abshir throws a looping overhand right but Cowen ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Abshir misses.
Cowen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cowen throws a sloppy head kick and Abshir moves out of range easily.
Abshir lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cowen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abshir.
Jared Cowen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abshir checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cowen ducks under a wild hook from Abshir.
Abshir throws a hook to the side of Cowen's head but Cowen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abshir thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abshir loads up on a big right hand but Cowen slips the punch.
Abshir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cowen.
Cowen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Abshir scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cowen in his tracks.
Cowen scores with a sloppy right hand. Abshir should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Cowen moves away from the strike by Abshir.
Cowen stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yunus Abshir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abshir uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cowen.
Abshir walks into a jab.
Abshir walks into a left hand.
Abshir lands with a cross.
Abshir throws out a loose jab but Cowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abshir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cowen.
Cowen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Abshir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cowen manages to avoid it.
Abshir slips a jab and a cross from Cowen.
Abshir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cowen.
Abshir throws a jab when Cowen was well out of range.
A low kick from Cowen misses
and Abshir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Abshir misses the body punch
and Cowen counters with a head kick.
Abshir uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cowen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowen throws a sloppy head kick and Abshir moves out of range easily.
Cowen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abshir scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cowen in his tracks.
Cowen misses the jab.
Cowen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Abshir misses with a lunging right hand
and Cowen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Abshir's knee momentarily.
Cowen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abshir.
Abshir has a takedown stuffed.
No joy there for Cowen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cowen.
Cowen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Abshir shoots in and drives through. Cowen sprawls well.
Cowen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abshir swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Abshir is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cowen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cowen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Abshir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abshir takes one to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Cowen.
Cowen blocks a jab.
Cowen connects with a looping right hand.
Cowen feints and then cracks Abshir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abshir down.
Abshir rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cowen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Abshir walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cowen lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cowen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cowen cracks Abshir with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Abshir fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yunus Abshir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cowen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Abshir has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Cowen 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.
Cowen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abshir missing with a left hand there. Cowen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abshir checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A jab lands there for Cowen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abshir. Cowen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cowen misses with an uppercut.
Cowen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Cowen throws a big shot that misses.
Cowen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head kick misses from Cowen.
Cowen throws a head kick but Abshir moves out of range.
Cowen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cowen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abshir misses with a looping left.
Cowen slips a straight right by Abshir.
Cowen throws a head kick that misses.
Abshir throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cowen counters with a good, hard body kick but Abshir shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abshir dives in and grabs Cowen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cowen pushes down on Abshir's head and hops out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abshir throws a sloppy body shot
letting Cowen counter with a right hand.
Abshir tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cowen feints and then cracks Abshir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abshir down.
Abshir misses the shot to the body.
Cowen leaves Abshir with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cowen slaps away a takedown attempt from Abshir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yunus Abshir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cowen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Abshir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cowen scores with a sloppy right hand. Abshir should have avoided that one.
Cowen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abshir throws a lazy right hand but Cowen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abshir tries to clinch up but Cowen circles away and keeps his distance.
Abshir ducks right into an uppercut from Cowen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Cowen.
Abshir misses with a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Abshir might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Abshir misses with an uppercut.
Cowen tests Abshir's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cowen scoring well with a low kick there.
Cowen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cowen throws a jab when Abshir was well out of range.
Abshir punishes Cowen's body with a nice straight punch.
Abshir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cowen.
Abshir walks into a straight right hand from Cowen.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cowen. That's going to slow Abshir down.
Cowen drops Abshir with a beautiful combination! Abshir stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cowen is looking for the KO!
Abshir is rocked!
It looks like Yunus Abshir has been cut.
Cowen lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Abshir crumples to the floor! Cowen milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jared Cowen!
Jared Cowen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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