PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Higor Pereira (ranked 23067 p4p, 100 weight class) and Alex Cowboy (ranked 6783 p4p, 210 weight class). Higor Pereira has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pereira
vs
Cowboy

168 cm
27
129 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

150 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Higor Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Cowboy!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cowboy tries to land a front kick but Pereira steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cowboy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pereira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cowboy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pereira.
Cowboy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pereira keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pereira avoids the head kick by Cowboy.
Cowboy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pereira throws a series of punches but Cowboy moves out of range.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cowboy circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cowboy clinches up with Pereira and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pereira can't find room to land a body shot as Cowboy controls the action.
Pereira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pereira misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira throws an elbow that misses.
Pereira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cowboy blocks an elbow strike from Pereira.
Pereira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pereira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cowboy.
Cowboy avoids the elbow strike from Pereira, against the ropes.
Cowboy managing to block the knees to the body from Pereira.
Pereira misses with an elbow over the top.
Cowboy avoiding damage.
Pereira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pereira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cowboy managing to block the knees to the body from Pereira.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cowboy.
Pereira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cowboy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy blocks an elbow strike.
Pereira misses with a punch on the inside.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but Cowboy blocks it.
Cowboy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cowboy avoiding damage as Pereira throws knees to the body.
Cowboy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.

Cowboy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pereira throws a right and a left that Cowboy avoids nicely.
Pereira looks to land a right hand but Cowboy moved out of range.
Cowboy lands a jab to Pereira's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cowboy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pereira misses with an uppercut. Cowboy saw that one coming.
Cowboy punishes Pereira's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pereira. Cowboy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cowboy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pereira.
Cowboy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cowboy scores with a sloppy right hand. Pereira should have avoided that one.
Cowboy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pereira.

Cowboy darts in and clinches Pereira up against the ropes.
Pereira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Cowboy just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
Pereira throws an elbow but it misses.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Cowboy blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cowboy prevents a body shot from Pereira.
Pereira throws an elbow but it misses.
Pereira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pereira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pereira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cowboy is defending well for now.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Cowboy.
Cowboy blocks an elbow strike.
Pereira throws an elbow that misses.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira throws an elbow but it misses.

Cowboy manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Higor Pereira dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cowboy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Pereira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cowboy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cowboy blocks an elbow strike from Pereira.
Pereira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cowboy is defending well for now.
Cowboy blocks the elbow strike.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Cowboy is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Pereira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cowboy's brow.

Cowboy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pereira throws the left hand but Cowboy avoids the punch easily.
Alex Cowboy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowboy slips a jab from Pereira.
Pereira throws a jab when Cowboy was well out of range.
Cowboy moves away from the strike by Pereira.
Cowboy throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Pereira blocks the low kick.
Cowboy throws a right and a left that Pereira avoids nicely.
Cowboy looks to land a combination but Pereira avoids it well.
Pereira circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Pereira wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pereira looks to land a combination but Cowboy avoids it well.
Pereira misses with a right hand
and Cowboy counters with a two punch combo.
Cowboy slips under a jab.
Cowboy blocks a head kick by Pereira.
Cowboy tries to clinch but Pereira is having none of it.
Pereira swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cowboy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pereira misses with an uppercut.
Pereira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cowboy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cowboy counters with a right hand to the body.
Cowboy wants to clinch.
Pereira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Higor Pereira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Pereira misses.
Cowboy is looking for the big counter here.
Cowboy scores with a nice head shot.

Cowboy forces Pereira back against the ropes and clinches.
Pereira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Pereira fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira pushes off an throws an elbow but Cowboy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pereira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pereira missing with knees to the body.
Pereira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pereira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cowboy is defending well for now.
Cowboy avoiding damage as Pereira throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pereira fails to land.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Cowboy blocks with his arms.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pereira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cowboy is defending well for now.
Cowboy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cowboy manages to break the clinch.

Cowboy rushes Pereira and presses him up against the ropes.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pereira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowboy trying to control the position but instead, Pereira has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cowboy into the ropes.
Cowboy prevents a body shot from Pereira.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pereira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cowboy's elbow.
Pereira blocks an elbow strike from Cowboy.
Pereira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pereira managing to block the knees to the body from Cowboy.
Cowboy digs a right hand into Pereira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pereira's gas tank.
Cowboy scores with a shot to the side of Pereira's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alex Cowboy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Pereira looks to throw the jab but Cowboy is out of range.
Pereira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pereira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pereira throws a hook to the side of Cowboy's head but Cowboy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pereira keeps the fight on the outside.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cowboy circles away quickly and effectively.
Cowboy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cowboy staying out of range there.
Pereira tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cowboy is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cowboy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cowboy throws a counter combo.
Cowboy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Pereira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pereira misses with a hook. Cowboy ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cowboy pushes Pereira up against the ropes in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pereira throws an elbow but it misses.

Cowboy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cowboy closes the distance and pushes Pereira back into the ropes.
Cowboy avoids the elbow strike from Pereira, against the ropes.

Cowboy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cowboy misses with a wild combination.
Cowboy ducks under a wild hook from Pereira.
Pereira misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a big shot that misses.
Cowboy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pereira.
Pereira blocks a head kick by Cowboy.
An attempted straight right counter from Pereira misses the target.
Pereira throws a shot from downtown. Cowboy moves away and avoids it.
Cowboy tries to land a leg kick but Pereira saw it coming and moves away.
Pereira is looking to counter punch.
A swing and a miss from Pereira.
Cowboy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pereira tries to bum rush Cowboy with a series of wild strikes but Cowboy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cowboy swinging wildly here.
Pereira throwing a counter right hand but Cowboy manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cowboy slips under a jab from Pereira.
Pereira swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira misses the shot to the body.
Cowboy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pereira avoids the body shot from Cowboy.
Cowboy dodges the punch combination from Pereira.
Cowboy fails to land with a series of punches.
Pereira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Pereira on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pereira throws out a loose jab but Cowboy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alex Cowboy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cowboy clips Pereira with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Pereira a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Pereira throws an overhand right that lands on Cowboy's shoulder, as Cowboy tries to avoid the shot.
Cowboy wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a hook but Cowboy avoids it easily.
Cowboy misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Pereira on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
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!
Pereira shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pereira misses with a hook.
Pereira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pereira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cowboy throws a head kick that misses.
Pereira throws an overhand right that lands on Cowboy's shoulder, as Cowboy tries to avoid the shot.
Pereira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cowboy is out of range.
Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cowboy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Pereira misses the target.
Pereira throws the kick towards the body but Cowboy avoids it.
Cowboy blocks a jab.

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 Higor Pereira.
I think Pereira has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Cowboy!