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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Cowboy (ranked 24619 p4p, 246 weight class) and Andrey Arlovski (ranked 24618 p4p, 264 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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Solid boxing
Good chin
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Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Cowboy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrey Arlovski!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arlovski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arlovski moves into the clinch successfully.
Arlovski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arlovski breaks from the clinch.
Arlovski moves into the clinch successfully.
Arlovski stalling the fight.
Arlovski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arlovski closes the distance and clinches.
Arlovski breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arlovski working Cowboy over with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cowboy as Arlovski tries to tie him up.
Cowboy trying to control the position but instead, Arlovski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cowboy into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowboy tries to break free but Arlovski pushes him back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Arlovski taking a breather.
Arlovski is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arlovski tries to clinch there but Cowboy circles away.
Arlovski gets a clinch.
Arlovski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arlovski is stalling here.
Cowboy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Arlovski has him pressed against the ropes.
Arlovski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Arlovski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowboy tries to clinch but Arlovski is having none of it.
Cowboy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arlovski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arlovski throws a right and a left that Cowboy avoids nicely.
Arlovski closes the distance and clinches.
Cowboy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Cowboy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Arlovski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arlovski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cowboy misses with a body shot.
Arlovski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cowboy with a body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arlovski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Alex Cowboy has been cut.
Arlovski closes the distance and pushes Cowboy back into the ropes.
Arlovski manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cowboy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Arlovski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cowboy scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrey Arlovski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Cowboy'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.
Arlovski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cowboy doesn't manage to clinch there - Arlovski circles away.
Cowboy rushes Arlovski and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Arlovski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Arlovski breaks the clinch.
Cowboy gets tackled into the ropes by Arlovski. Arlovski maintains the clinch.
Arlovski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arlovski struggles to land a body shot inside as Cowboy controls his hands.
Arlovski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cowboy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arlovski scores with a head kick.
Cowboy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Arlovski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cowboy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowboy rushes Arlovski and presses him up against the ropes.
Arlovski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Arlovski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arlovski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Come on Arlovski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cowboy avoids the elbow strike from Arlovski, against the ropes.
Arlovski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arlovski lands a high kick!
Cowboy clinches with his opponent.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Cowboy does no damage.
Arlovski shapes to counter with a head kick.
Arlovski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cowboy takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Arlovski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cowboy throws a hook but Arlovski avoids it easily.
Arlovski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cowboy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arlovski.
It looked like Cowboy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Arlovski.
Alex Cowboy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arlovski drives through and clinches with Cowboy against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arlovski lands a right hand.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cowboy tries to clinch but Arlovski moves out of range.
Andrey Arlovski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cowboy tries a head kick but it misses.
Cowboy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cowboy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cowboy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrey Arlovski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Cowboy'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. And we move into the final round!
Arlovski has closed the distance and engaged Cowboy in a clinch.
Cowboy stalling against the ropes.
Cowboy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Arlovski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arlovski closes the distance and clinches.
Arlovski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cowboy is keeping busy.
Arlovski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arlovski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cowboy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cowboy drives through and clinches with Arlovski against the ropes.
Arlovski is pushing Cowboy up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Arlovski is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Cowboy has denied him.
Cowboy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Arlovski breaks from the clinch.
Arlovski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Arlovski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arlovski fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Arlovski tries to get set, Cowboy tries to push him back and clinch up but Arlovski manages to avoid the attempt.
Arlovski clinches.
Cowboy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arlovski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cowboy is stalling here.
Arlovski slows down the pace here.
Arlovski being controlled against the ropes.
Cowboy trying to control the position but instead, Arlovski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cowboy into the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arlovski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cowboy avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrey Arlovski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Arlovski 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrey Arlovski!
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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