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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bin Laden (ranked 4661 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Kowalski (ranked 4932 p4p, 382 weight class). Jan Kowalski will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bin Laden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kowalski misses with a double jab.
Laden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kowalski closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Kowalski.
Kowalski looking for a takedown.
Kowalski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kowalski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kowalski throws a head kick but Laden moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laden throws a body shot but no joy.
Kowalski clinches up against the cage.
Kowalski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kowalski has closed the distance and engaged Laden in a clinch.
Kowalski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kowalski.
Laden just misses with a punch to the body.
Laden just misses with a punch to the body.
Laden takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Laden misses the body punch
and Kowalski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kowalski can't get the takedown.
Bin Laden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Kowalski.
Kowalski has Laden pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Laden manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kowalski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalski throws a push kick but Laden slaps the foot to one side.
Kowalski throws a right and a left that Laden avoids nicely.
Kowalski throws a sloppy head kick and Laden moves out of range easily.
Kowalski slips under a jab.
Jan Kowalski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laden closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski ducks under a wild hook from Laden.
Laden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laden looks to score with a jab to the body but Kowalski is just out of range.
Laden throws a jab but it's blocked by Kowalski.
Laden is looking to wear down Kowalski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kowalski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kowalski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kowalski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laden stuffs the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Laden misses the target.
Laden throws out a loose jab but Kowalski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laden stuffs the takedown attempt from Kowalski. Kowalski gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Kowalski.
Laden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kowalski.
Kowalski slips a jab and a cross from Laden.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski clinches with his opponent.
Kowalski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laden is defending well for now.
Kowalski breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Laden there.
Laden takes a swing at Kowalski's ribcage but misses.
Kowalski ducks under a wild hook from Laden.
Laden connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Laden throws a shot from downtown. Kowalski moves away and avoids it.
Kowalski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kowalski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laden. Kowalski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kowalski clinches.
Kowalski is working for takedown but Laden is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kowalski manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kowalski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kowalski 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.
Laden throws a jab but it's blocked by Kowalski.
Kowalski unleashes a big counter combination but Laden bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Laden looks to land a left hand but Kowalski moved out of range nicely.
Kowalski steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Laden.
Kowalski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laden.
Laden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kowalski counters with a straight right hand.
Kowalski moves into range and clinches up with Laden.
Kowalski pulls guard effortlessly.
Laden looking to sit in guard and control but Kowalski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kowalski controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Kowalski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kowalski. Laden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kowalski feints a jab promting Laden to slip. Kowalski then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Laden slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kowalski defending well as Laden loads up on a big left hand.
Kowalski shoots in looking for a takedown but Laden manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kowalski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kowalski misses with a low kick.
Laden throwing a counter right hand but Kowalski manages to avoid it.
Laden is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kowalski's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kowalski moves into the clinch.
Kowalski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Laden sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kowalski darts in and clinches Laden up against the cage.
Laden looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laden looking to slow down the pace here.
Kowalski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Laden is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bin Laden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Kowalski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laden is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kowalski as Laden tries to tie him up.
Jan Kowalski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kowalski pulls guard successfully.
Kowalski managing to control the position.
Kowalski pushes Laden off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Kowalski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kowalski tries a head kick but it misses.
Laden was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laden needs to keep his hands up - Kowalski had a free shot at his head there.
Bin Laden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kowalski. Laden does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Kowalski misses.
Kowalski is breathing heavily.
Kowalski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laden throws out the jab.
Kowalski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kowalski misses with a wild combination.
Kowalski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kowalski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laden throws out the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laden takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Laden swings for the body but Kowalski moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Laden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laden throws a series of punches but Kowalski moves out of range.
Laden misses with a body shot
and Kowalski counters with a one-two to the body.
Laden throws a shot from downtown. Kowalski moves away and avoids it.
Kowalski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kowalski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laden misses with a wild body shot.
Laden looks to score with a jab to the body but Kowalski is just out of range.
Kowalski tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jan Kowalski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kowalski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laden throws out the jab.
Laden loads up on a big right hand but Kowalski slips the punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kowalski closes the distance and clinches.
Laden tries to stall but Kowalski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kowalski manages to pull guard.
Laden knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kowalski on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski pulls Laden in close to prevent any damage.
Laden tries to stand but Kowalski is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kowalski pushes Laden off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kowalski misses with a two punch combination.
Laden throws a jab when Kowalski was well out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kowalski.
Laden swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Kowalski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Laden misses with a wild body shot.
Kowalski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laden.
Kowalski slips under a jab from Laden.
Kowalski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jan Kowalski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kowalski.
Kowalski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kowalski rushes Laden and presses him up against the cage.
Kowalski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laden is trying to maintain a safe position but Kowalski gets an underhook and turns Laden into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalski avoids the body shot from Laden.
Laden misses with a straight right.
Kowalski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kowalski has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ladens head.
Laden looking to stall.
Laden is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laden can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Kowalski is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Laden to keep the fight standing.
Kowalski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Laden gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bin Laden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Kowalski.
Laden taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kowalski pulls Laden into guard.
Kowalski keeping moving, preventing Laden from controlling successfully.
Kowalski has his feet on Laden's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Laden just misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalski has managed to clinch.
Kowalski tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kowalski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kowalski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kowalski lands a nice hook to Laden's body. Laden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laden throws a big shot that misses.
Kowalski is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Laden misses.
Kowalski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kowalski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kowalski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laden blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Laden misses the target.
A big right from Laden misses.
Kowalski moves out of range as Laden strikes.
Kowalski darts in and clinches Laden up against the cage.
Kowalski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Laden managing to block the knees to the body from Kowalski.
Kowalski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kowalski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kowalski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski jumps guard but Laden stands there with Kowalski around his waist. Kowalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kowalski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kowalski ducks under a wild hook from Laden.
Laden throws out a loose jab but Kowalski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laden misses with a hook. Kowalski ducked under it nicely.
Laden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kowalski.
Kowalski throws a counter combo.
Kowalski misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Laden throws the left hand but Kowalski avoids the punch easily.
Bin Laden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jan Kowalski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kowalski has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Kowalski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kowalski 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Kowalski!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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