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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jared Cowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conrad has chosen Rider Part II as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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198 cm
30
215 lbs
12 - 8 - 1 |
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195 cm
36
218 lbs
25 - 14 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jared Cowen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Conrad! The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cowen takes one to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Cowen.
It looks like Jack Conrad has been cut. Conrad wants to slow Cowen down by chopping away at his legs. Cowen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Conrad looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Conrad throws a half hearted mid kick. Nice uppercut there from Conrad. Conrad throws a lazy right hand but Cowen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Cowen checks a low kick from Conrad. Cowen appears to be looking for a big counter. Cowen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Conrad.
Cowen ducks under a wild hook from Conrad. Conrad drops his hands momentarily and Cowen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Conrad slips under a jab. Cowen throws a sloppy head kick and Conrad moves out of range easily. This has been an exciting period of action! Conrad misses with a low kick. A chopping leg kick lands by Conrad. Jab, jab by Cowen - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cowen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Conrad throws a hook but Cowen avoids it easily. Cowen tried to counter with a leg kick but Conrad avoided it. Cowen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Cowen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Cowen misses with a looping right. Cowen takes a swing at Conrad's ribcage but misses. Conrad digs a good hook to Cowen's body.
Conrad avoids the body shot from Cowen.
Conrad throws out a counter right but Cowen avoids it with no problem. Cowen misses with a hook. Conrad ducked under it nicely. Cowen lands a jab. Conrad lands a right hook to the body.
Conrad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cowen was well out of range. Poor timing from Conrad. A big left from Conrad misses. Cowen slips a jab from Conrad. Jared Cowen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Conrad connects with a body shot. Conrad swings widly with a right hand
and Cowen counters with a good low kick that Conrad was not able to check. Cowen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Conrad. Cowen lands a head kick. Conrad smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Cowen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. A shot to the body from Conrad misses and Cowen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Good leg kick by Conrad there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Conrad thows a leg kick but Cowen checks it and Cowen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Conrad throws a sloppy head kick and Cowen moves out of range easily. Cowen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Cowen checks a low kick from Conrad. Cowen needs to keep his hands up - Conrad had a free shot at his head there. Cowen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cowen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Conrad moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Conrad throws a body kick that misses. Cowen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Conrad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cowen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Conrad works Cowen's body with a nice hook. Conrad pushes Cowen away with a front kick. Conrad is looking to land body kicks. Cowen connects with a solid leg kick. Cowen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Cowen throws out a leg kick but Conrad moves out of range and Cowen only half commits. Conrad lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Conrad slips under a jab. Cowen just misses with a punch to the body.
Cowen throws a looping overhand right but Conrad ducks down to avoid it. Conrad moves out of range as Cowen strikes. Conrad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cowen throws out the jab. Cowen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cowen misses with a hook to the body
and Conrad counters with a two punch combo. A big right from Cowen misses. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Cowen throws a series of strikes that have Conrad backpedaling.
That has opened up Jack Conrad's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cowen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conrad to score with a decent uppercut. Conrad comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Cowen looks to land a left hand but Conrad moved out of range nicely. A clash of legs there as Cowen blocks the low kick. A low kick from Conrad misses and Cowen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The cut above Jack Conrad's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Conrad on the wrong end of a nice hook. Cowen avoids the head kick by Conrad.
Conrad cracks the inside of Cowen's front leg. Conrad throws a sloppy head kick and Cowen moves out of range easily. Conrad slips under a jab from Cowen. Conrad throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Conrad misses with a straight left. Cowen checks a leg kick. Conrad throws an overhand right that lands on Cowen's shoulder, as Cowen tries to avoid the shot. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jack Conrad will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Jack Conrad'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.
Cowen blocks a low kick nicely. Cowen throws an off balance right hand
and Conrad counters with a leg kick. The fighters circling - Cowen throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Conrad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cowen swings widly with a right hand
and Conrad counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Cowen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cowen there as he acknowledges the shot. Conrad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. A head kick misses from Conrad. Cowen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cowen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cowen duly obliges. Jack Conrad seems to be getting the better of the standup. Conrad dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Cowen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conrad.
Cowen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Cowen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Cowen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Cowen throws the left hand but Conrad avoids the punch easily. A countering left hand to the body from Conrad misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cowen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Conrad lands a body shot.
Conrad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cowen manages to avoid it. Conrad scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Conrad lands a slapping body shot.
A head kick misses from Conrad. A right-left combo lands from Cowen. Cowen misses with a low kick. Cowen connects with a leg kick. Conrad looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Conrad connects with a single shot there. Conrad scores with a spinning back kick! 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! Conrad staying out of range there. Conrad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Conrad looks to throw the jab but Cowen is out of range. Conrad swings for the body but Cowen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cowen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Conrad thuds a left hand into Cowen's body. Conrad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cowen is out of range. Conrad swings for the body but Cowen moves out of range.
Conrad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Cowen throws a sloppy head kick and Conrad moves out of range easily. Conrad steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Conrad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cowen. A telegraphed right hand from Cowen misses the target. Cowen connects with a looping right hand.
Jack Conrad's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters. A telegraphed right hand from Cowen misses the target. Conrad throws the kick towards the body but Cowen avoids it. Cowen looks to land a right hand but Conrad moved out of range. Conrad flicks out a counter leg kick but Cowen steps away. Conrad throws a sloppy head kick and Cowen moves out of range easily. Cowen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cowen throws a looping overhand right but Conrad ducks down to avoid it. Cowen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Conrad's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jared Cowen! After the fight, Jared Cowen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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