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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kovalenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Bowie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolai Kovalenko had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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210 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
60 - 38 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Kovalenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raphael Bowie!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovalenko slips under a jab.
Kovalenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bowie throws out the jab.
Kovalenko misses with a two punch combination.
Kovalenko lands with a nice combination. Bowie backs away looking to recover.
Kovalenko misses with a wild combination.
Bowie throws a leg kick but Kovalenko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bowie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bowie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kovalenko is out of range.
Bowie looks to land a left hand but Kovalenko moved out of range nicely.
Kovalenko blocks a leg kick.
Bowie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kovalenko definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kovalenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bowie looks to score with a jab to the body but Kovalenko is just out of range.
Bowie cracks Kovalenko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kovalenko feints a jab promting Bowie to slip. Kovalenko then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bowie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kovalenko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bowie on the side of the head.
Bowie misses with a low kick.
Bowie throws the kick towards the body but Kovalenko avoids it.
Kovalenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowie tries to land a leg kick but Kovalenko saw it coming and moves away.
Bowie scores with a jab. Kovalenko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bowie digs a good body shot into Kovalenko's ribs.
Bowie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bowie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kovalenko throws a right and a left that Bowie avoids nicely.
Bowie fails to land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Kovalenko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bowie cracks Kovalenko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A combination from Kovalenko does no damage.
Kovalenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kovalenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bowie.
Kovalenko feints a jab promting Bowie to slip. Kovalenko then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bowie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Kovalenko blocks the low kick.
Kovalenko scores with a head kick. Bowie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bowie tried to score with a low kick but Kovalenko checks it.
Kovalenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Kovalenko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bowie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kovalenko. That did some damage!
Bowie with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bowie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kovalenko circles away quickly and effectively.
Kovalenko checks a leg kick.
Kovalenko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bowie misses with a hook. Kovalenko ducked under it nicely.
Kovalenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bowie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kovalenko misses with a double jab
and Bowie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kovalenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bowie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovalenko moves away.
Kovalenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bowie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bowie misses with an uppercut
and Kovalenko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bowie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bowie scoring well with a low kick there.
Bowie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bowie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bowie is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kovalenko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bowie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kovalenko.
Bowie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Raphael Bowie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Bowie.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bowie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kovalenko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kovalenko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bowie throws a push kick but Kovalenko slaps the foot to one side.
Kovalenko scores with a hook.
Bowie avoids the head kick by Kovalenko.
Kovalenko throws a jab when Bowie was well out of range.
Kovalenko swinging wildly here.
Bowie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kovalenko defending well as Bowie loads up on a big left hand.
Bowie throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Bowie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kovalenko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Bowie.
Bowie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kovalenko throws a head kick that half lands.
Kovalenko throws a right hand that Bowie ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowie also avoids with ease.
Bowie with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Bowie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bowie throws a body kick that misses.
Bowie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kovalenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bowie lands with an uppercut that bounces Kovalenko off the cage and back into range.
Kovalenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bowie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Kovalenko was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kovalenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bowie throws out the jab.
Bowie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot lands for Bowie.
Kovalenko fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowie throws a series of punches but Kovalenko avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bowie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kovalenko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kovalenko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kovalenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Kovalenko swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Bowie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kovalenko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bowie scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bowie throws a hook but Kovalenko avoids it easily.
Kovalenko misses with a combination
and Bowie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kovalenko throws a right and a left that Bowie avoids nicely.
Kovalenko swings for the body but Bowie moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bowie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kovalenko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kovalenko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bowie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kovalenko throws a series of punches but Bowie avoids them all with ease.
Kovalenko misses with a wild combination.
Bowie looks to throw the jab but Kovalenko is out of range.
Kovalenko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bowie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovalenko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kovalenko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bowie just misses with a punch to the body.
Bowie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bowie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kovalenko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kovalenko.
Bowie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kovalenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Bowie.
Kovalenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Kovalenko went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bowie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kovalenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bowie.
Kovalenko falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bowie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Bowie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowie is looking to chop away at Kovalenko's legs.
Kovalenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Nikolai Kovalenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kovalenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bowie connects with a crisp jab.
Kovalenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bowie manages to avoid it.
Bowie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bowie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kovalenko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kovalenko slips a jab from Bowie.
Kovalenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowie circles away quickly and effectively.
Kovalenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bowie.
Some bone on bone action there as Kovalenko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Raphael Bowie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko misses with a double jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bowie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kovalenko throws a head kick that misses.
Kovalenko misses with a looping right.
Bowie takes one to the side of the head.
Bowie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kovalenko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bowie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kovalenko.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kovalenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Kovalenko throws a series of punches but Bowie avoids them all with ease.
Kovalenko takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kovalenko checks a low kick from Bowie.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bowie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kovalenko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kovalenko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kovalenko is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bowie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kovalenko.
Kovalenko throws a right and a left that Bowie avoids nicely.
Bowie misses with a body shot.
Bowie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bowie avoids the head kick by Kovalenko.
Bowie misses the shot to the body.
Kovalenko is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kovalenko misses with a double jab.
Kovalenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bowie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bowie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kovalenko.
Bowie misses with a low kick.
Bowie throws a series of punches but Kovalenko avoids them all with ease.
Bowie throws a jab when Kovalenko was well out of range.
Kovalenko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kovalenko.
Bowie throws a hook but Kovalenko avoids it easily.
Kovalenko is looking for a counter combo.
Jab by Bowie.
Bowie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Bowie.
Kovalenko ducks under a wild hook from Bowie.
Kovalenko is looking to counter punch.
Bowie tries to score with a low kick but Kovalenko moves his leg out of the way.
Bowie misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Some bone on bone action there as Kovalenko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kovalenko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kovalenko walks into a jab.
Kovalenko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kovalenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kovalenko throws a nice looking combination but Bowie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It seemed like Bowie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bowie swings for the body but Kovalenko moves out of range.
Bowie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kovalenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Bowie.
Kovalenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bowie lands with an overhand left.
Kovalenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bowie throws out the jab.
Kovalenko is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowie throws a head kick that Kovalenko semi-blocks.
Bowie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kovalenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kovalenko moves out of range as Bowie strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Kovalenko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Bowie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bowie misses with a head kick.
Kovalenko throws a series of punches but Bowie moves out of range.
Kovalenko lands a jab-cross combination.
Bowie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kovalenko is out of range and Bowie settles back down.
Bowie connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A bone on bone clash there as Kovalenko blocks the leg kick.
Kovalenko slips under a jab from Bowie.
Bowie throws out a leg kick but Kovalenko moves out of range and Bowie only half commits.
The fighters circling - Kovalenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kovalenko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kovalenko checks a leg kick.
Bowie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kovalenko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bowie wants to land a leg kick but Kovalenko is out of range.
Bowie misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowie throws out a leg kick but Kovalenko moves out of range and Bowie only half commits.
Kovalenko checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bowie scores with a hook.
Kovalenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bowie lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowie moves out of range as Kovalenko strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kovalenko.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bowie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bowie throws a good cross that connects.
Bowie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kovalenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Bowie.
Bowie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kovalenko momentarily.
Bowie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kovalenko scores with a sloppy right hand. Bowie should have avoided that one.
Kovalenko moves away from the strike by Bowie.
An attempted straight right counter from Kovalenko misses the target.
Bowie fails to land with a series of punches.
Bowie throws a solid leg kick but Kovalenko takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bowie.
Kovalenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bowie is looking to score with low kicks.
Kovalenko blocks the body kick.
Kovalenko moves out of range of the leg kick from Bowie.
Kovalenko throws a right hand that Bowie ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowie also avoids with ease.
Bowie is looking for the big counter here.
Kovalenko dodges the punch combination from Bowie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovalenko misses with a straight right.
Jab, jab by Bowie - just one landing.
Kovalenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bowie.
It looked like Kovalenko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bowie avoids a kick to the body.
Bowie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kovalenko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kovalenko checks a leg kick nicely.
Kovalenko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bowie is looking to slow Kovalenko down with leg kicks.
Bowie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kovalenko.
Bowie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kovalenko has time to react.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowie misses the target.
Bowie tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovalenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Kovalenko dodges the punch combination from Bowie.
Kovalenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kovalenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kovalenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nikolai Kovalenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bowie misses with a low kick.
Bowie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Kovalenko misses.
A shot to the liver by Bowie. Beautiful body shot.
Bowie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kovalenko checks it well.
A head kick from Kovalenko lands but Bowie takes it in his stride.
Bowie lands with an overhand left.
Bowie throws a leg kick
and Kovalenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Bowie lands a body shot.
Bowie works Kovalenko's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kovalenko moves out of range of the body kick from Bowie.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kovalenko might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bowie walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kovalenko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kovalenko.
Kovalenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Bowie.
Kovalenko checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kovalenko lands with a hook. Bowie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Raphael Bowie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowie misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Kovalenko.
Bowie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kovalenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bowie avoids the head kick by Kovalenko.
Kovalenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kovalenko throws a sloppy head kick
and Bowie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kovalenko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bowie throws a push kick but Kovalenko slaps the foot to one side.
Bowie lands the left hand.
Kovalenko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raphael Bowie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bowie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raphael Bowie!
A very excited looking Raphael Bowie 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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