PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Gower (ranked 248 p4p, 34 weight class) and Edward Kenway (ranked 211 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.

Gower
vs
Kenway

165 cm
31
156 lbs
22 - 8 - 1

175 cm
33
153 lbs
24 - 9 - 3

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Gower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Kenway!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gower tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kenway paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gower tries to score with a low kick but Kenway moves his leg out of the way.
Gower ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kenway moves away.
Kenway blocks a leg kick.
Gower throws a looping overhand right but Kenway ducks down to avoid it.
Kenway avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jeff Gower seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Kenway.
An inside leg kick from Gower misses.
Kenway lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kenway moves out of range of the leg kick from Gower.
Gower throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kenway on the side of the head.
Kenway tries to score with a low kick but Gower moves his leg out of the way.
Kenway tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenway is looking to slow Gower down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Gower.
Gower fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kenway on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gower. Gower obviously looking to wear him down.
Gower lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gower is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gower lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gower keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kenway.
Kenway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gower feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kenway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gower sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kenway takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gower uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kenway.
Gower attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gower misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gower takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gower, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Gower.
Gower waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kenway.
Kenway lands a lovely overhand right.
Kenway ducks right into an uppercut from Gower.
Kenway misses the jab.
Kenway throws a lazy right hand but Gower sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice cross by Kenway.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gower fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kenway, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower blocking some punches.
Gower lands an uppercut.
Gower throws a head punch that misses.
Kenway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kenway cracks Gower with a nice body shot.
Gower throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kenways head.
Kenway blocks a body shot from Gower.
Kenway is leaning against Gower and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kenway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenway blocks an elbow strike.
Kenway wants to stall.
Gower stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gower blocking some punches.
Kenway misses with the head strike.
Kenway blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gower.
Gower tries to work over Kenway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gower.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gower tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kenway blocks a body shot from Gower.
Gower struggles to land a body shot inside as Kenway controls his hands.
Gower fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kenway creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kenway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kenway lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kenway misses with a punch to the body.
Kenway lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Gower.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kenway.
Kenway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenway tries to throw a body punch but Gower avoids it by throwing Kenway back against the cage.
Kenway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gower can't find room to land a body shot as Kenway controls the action.
Kenway blocking some punches.
Kenway tries to throw a body punch but Gower avoids it by throwing Kenway back against the cage.
Kenway blocking some punches.
Gower lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Kenway.
Kenway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gower.
Gower blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kenway escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kenway ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gower avoids the body shot from Kenway.
Good work by Kenway as he checks the leg kick.
Kenway checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kenway tries to counter with a clinch but Gower shakes him off and moves away.
Gower throws a jab but it's blocked by Kenway.
Gower tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kenway.
Kenway misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gower. Kenway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kenway connects with a crisp jab.
Kenway throws a sloppy body shot
and Gower counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gower moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jeff Gower will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gower with a nice cross.
Gower tries to clinch but Kenway moves out of range.
Kenway tries to counter with a clinch but Gower shakes him off and moves away.
Jeff Gower is winning the standup battle so far.
Gower throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kenway blocks the body kick.
Kenway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kenway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gower throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kenway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gower stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kenway misses with a body kick.
Gower throws a chopping leg kick but Kenway manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kenway lands a glancing blow to the side of Gower's head.
Kenway throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Kenway backs away, Gower returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenway throws a lazy uppercut
and Gower counters with a nice leg kick.
Kenway throws the left hand but Gower avoids the punch easily.
Kenway throws a leg kick but Gower sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slow jab from Gower misses its intended target.
Kenway wants to counter the offense by Gower and move into the clinch position.
Kenway takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gower attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gower keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenway jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kenway throws a right and a left that Gower avoids nicely.
Kenway checks a low kick from Gower.
Kenway wants to counter with a clinch but Gower pushes him away.
Kenway goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kenway scores with a hook to the body. Gower takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kenway connects with a jab.
Kenway lands a really nice looking cross but Gower seems unphased.
Kenway tests Gower's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gower goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gower throws a hook to the side of Kenway's head but Kenway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kenway sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kenway was well out of range. Poor timing from Gower.
A low kick from Kenway misses
and Gower makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kenway really felt that one!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gower moves out of range of the body kick from Kenway.
Kenway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gower throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower throws a body shot but no joy.
Gower connects with a body shot that sends Kenway's belly button to the back.
Gower takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab by Gower.

Gower clinches.
Gower misses with a body punch.
Kenway lands a shoulder strike.
Gower has a couple of punches blocked by Kenway.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kenway pushes Gower back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jeff Gower has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kenway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kenway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kenway swings wildly with an uppercut but Gower uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenway has a couple of punches blocked by Gower.
Kenway misses with the head strike.
Kenway lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenway throws a punch but it's blocked by Gower.
Gower tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kenway's elbow.
Kenway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Kenway.
Gower tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gower goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Kenway - that landed with a thud.
Gower misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Gower's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Kenway manages to break the clinch.
Kenway moves out of range of the body kick.
Kenway wants to counter the offense by Gower and move into the clinch position.
Kenway misses with a series of wild punches.
Gower throws out a loose jab but Kenway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenway misses the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Gower. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gower.
The crowd cheers as Gower lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kenway doesn't seem phased though.
Kenway avoids the body shot from Gower.
Gower moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenway avoids a kick to the body.
Kenway is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kenway looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Decent striking displayed by Gower there.
A swing and a miss from Gower.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gower fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kenway takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Kenway blocks the leg kick.
Gower on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gower moves out of range of the body kick from Kenway.
Kenway blocks a jab.
Gower takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kenway lands with a nice body kick.
Good work by Kenway as he checks the leg kick.
A big left from Kenway misses.
Some wild striking there from Gower.
Kenway throws a low kick but Gower moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Edward Kenway will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gower misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gower throws a series of punches but Kenway avoids them all with ease.
Kenway misses with a hook.
Kenway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gower 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 Kenway has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kenway and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gower chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gower scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kenway looks to throw the jab but Gower is out of range.
Gower jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gower misses with a low kick.
Kenway darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kenway checks a low kick from Gower.
Kenway lands a really nice looking cross but Gower seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kenway. Gower does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kenway scoring well with a low kick there.
Gower throws a series of punches but Kenway avoids them all with ease.
Kenway has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gower.
Kenway tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kenway looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenway connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gower momentarily.
Kenway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gower moves away.
Kenway throws a body kick that misses.
Gower fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kenway is out of range.
Gower scores with a leg kick.
Gower 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.
Gower lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kenway throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gower checks a leg kick nicely.
Kenway pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kenway takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gower dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Gower takes the fight into the clinch.
Kenway lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gower backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kenway misses with some punches.
Kenway blocking some punches.
Kenway lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kenway.
Gower blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gower lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kenway backwards.
Gower softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kenway gets through Gower's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gower lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kenway tries a body shot but Gower blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gower.
Gower softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gower tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Kenway breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kenway just misses with a punch to the body.
Kenway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gower sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kenway checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gower fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kenway is out of range.
Kenway is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kenway throws a solid leg kick but Gower takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kenway.
Gower throws the left hand but Kenway avoids the punch easily.
Gower checks a leg kick nicely.
Gower blocks a head kick by Kenway.
Kenway moves out of range of the body kick.
Kenway checks a leg kick.
Kenway steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gower.
Kenway looks to throw the jab but Gower is out of range.
Gower tries a low kick but Kenway avoids it.
Gower throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kenway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kenway takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kenway was well out of range. Poor timing from Gower.
Gower showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenway.
Kenway connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gower throws out a leg kick but Kenway moves out of range and Gower only half commits.
Gower sets himself, and Kenway steps forward looking for the clinch! Gower avoids it this time.
Gower fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kenway misses with a straight left.
Gower cracks Kenway with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gower smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kenway shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gower tried to counter with a leg kick but Kenway avoided it.
Kenway throws a hook but Gower blocks it.
Kenway feints and then cracks Gower's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gower down.
Gower looks to land a body kick but Kenway moved away.
Kenway missing with a left hand there. Gower was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gower moves out of range of the strikes.
Gower takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kenway tries to land a front kick but Gower steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kenway throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gower throws a leg kick but Kenway sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jeff Gower.
Well Gower has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jeff Gower!
Jeff Gower decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.