PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eaton Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cox might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hatebreed - Destroy Everything. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cox
vs
Stevens

175 cm
30
170 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

175 cm
29
185 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Malicious Intent Fight Gear
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eaton Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randal Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cox misses with a head kick.
Cox swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cox throws an overhand right that lands on Stevens's shoulder, as Stevens tries to avoid the shot.
Cox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevens throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Stevens.
Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cox moves away.
Stevens misses the shot to the body.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cox.
Cox scores with a jab.
A lazy left from Cox finds it's target.
Cox ducks under a wild hook from Stevens.
Cox throws a nice head kick!
Stevens sizes up Cox with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Stevens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cox throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cox misses the shot to the body.
Stevens jabs at Cox's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cox moves away.
Stevens misses with a wild body shot.
Stevens on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stevens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cox manages to avoid it.
Cox moves away from the strike by Stevens.
Stevens throws a big shot that misses.
Stevens wants to clinch up but Cox keeps it at a distance.
Stevens moves out of range as Cox throws a body kick.
Cox throws a shot from downtown. Stevens moves away and avoids it.
Stevens is looking to clinch.
Cox motions for Stevens to come forward. Cox throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cox slips a jab from Stevens.
That kick from Cox tenderised Stevens's leg. Stevens is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevens lands a really nice looking cross but Cox seems unphased.
Cox shoots in looking for a takedown. Stevens tries to sprawl out of it but Cox keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stevens manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens moves in looking to clinch but Cox pushes him off.
Cox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stevens lands with a shot to the body.
Stevens swings for the body but Cox moves out of range.
Cox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cox keeps the fight on the outside.
Cox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Stevens connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stevens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevens lands with an overhand left.
Good standup being displayed there by Stevens as he connects with a hook.
Stevens ducks under a wild hook from Cox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stevens.
Stevens slips under a jab.
Cox takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cox fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stevens checks it well.
Cox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stevens.
Stevens sizes up Cox with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Good shot there by Stevens.
Cox lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stevens misses with a right hand
and Cox counters with a thumping low kick.
Stevens comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stevens misses with an uppercut. Cox saw that one coming.
Eaton Cox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stevens.
Cox moves out of range as Stevens strikes.
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Cox is just out of range.
Cox scores with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cox takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevens wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Cox.
Stevens throws out a powerful jab.
Cox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cox smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cox misses with a hook
and Stevens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stevens throws the left hand but Cox avoids the punch easily.
Stevens connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cox throws a shot to the body.
Stevens slips a jab from Cox.
Stevens misses with a looping right.
Cox throws a head kick but Stevens moves out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws a body punch but Cox moves out of range.
Cox takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stevens smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stevens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cox.
Cox slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cox looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevens is just out of range.
Cox thows a left - swing and a miss!

Stevens closes the distance and clinches.
Stevens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cox tries a body shot but Stevens blocks it.
A short right from Cox.
Cox blocks an uppercut.

Cox breaks the clinch.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stevens bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cox's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cox defending well as Stevens loads up on a big left hand.
Stevens takes a swing at Cox's ribcage but misses.
Cox will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stevens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevens swings widly with a right hand
and Cox counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stevens tries to clinch there but Cox circles away.
Cox feints and then cracks Stevens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stevens down.
Stevens is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cox had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Stevens throws a right hand that misses
and Cox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cox throws a leg kick which misses Stevens's front leg but catches the back leg as Stevens tries to avoid it.
Stevens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevens staying out of range there.
Stevens throws the left hand but Cox avoids the punch easily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cox throws a sloppy head kick and Stevens moves out of range easily.
Stevens tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Cox to counter with a crisp jab.
Cox misses with a kick to the body.
Cox thows a body kick. Stevens tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Stevens wants to clinch
and Cox counters with an outside leg kick.
Cox swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Stevens clinches.
A short left from Stevens.
Cox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stevens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevens taking a breather.
Cox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by Cox.
A short right from Cox.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cox throws a head punch that misses.
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
Cox tries a body shot but Stevens blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Stevens fails to land.
Stevens can't find room to land a body shot as Cox controls the action.

Stevens works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cox is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stevens is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cox's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cox's back!
Stevens has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Cox.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cox is in bad spot here.
Cox is keeping busy.
Stevens has Cox flattened out and is raining down punches.
Cox trying to control the action but Stevens just sinks the hooks in.
I really don't envy Cox right now.
Stevens tries to keep control of the position but Cox is staying busy.
Stevens throwing sloppy strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cox tries to escape the position.
Cox is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Randal Stevens will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A jab lands there for Cox.
Cox slips under a jab.
Cox shoots in looking for a takedown. Stevens tries to sprawl out of it but Cox keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stevens manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stevens just misses with a punch to the body.
Cox throws a low kick but Stevens avoids it.
Stevens connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cox tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stevens is able to avoid easily.
Stevens just misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens misses with a straight left.
Cox cracks Stevens with a good jab.
The fighters circling - Stevens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox connects with a body shot.
Stevens misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slow jab from Stevens misses its intended target.
Stevens tries to clinch up.
Stevens just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cox, right into the meat.
Cox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cox throws a low kick, looking for Stevens's leg but Stevens calmly moves out of range.
Cox misses with a hook.
Stevens moves out of range of the body kick.
Stevens misses with a lunging right hand
and Cox counters with an inside leg kick.
Stevens tries to clinch up but Cox circles away and keeps his distance.
Stevens misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Stevens.
Stevens throws a hook but Cox avoids it easily.
Stevens avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stevens misses the jab.
Cox throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stevens.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevens blocks a head kick by Cox.
Stevens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cox was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevens.
Stevens avoids the body shot from Cox.
Cox cracks Stevens with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stevens comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Cox.
Cox ducks right into an uppercut from Stevens.
Stevens throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens connects with a looping right hand.
Cox looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevens at a distance.
Cox moves away from the strike by Stevens.
Stevens misses with a straight left.
Cox slips a jab from Stevens.
Stevens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cox.
Cox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cox shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A shot to the liver by Cox. Beautiful body shot.
Cox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
Cox tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens misses with an uppercut.
Cox connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cox scores with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cox connects with a jab.
Stevens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stevens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cox was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevens.
Eaton Cox is winning the standup battle so far.
Cox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevens tries to clinch up but Cox circles away and keeps his distance.
Cox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stevens.
Stevens connects with a nice looking jab.
Stevens's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stevens clobbers Cox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stevens throws a hook but Cox blocks it.
Cox takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cox throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stevens connects with a crisp jab.
Stevens fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Cox.
Stevens listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Stevens stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stevens checks a leg kick.
Stevens throws out a loose jab but Cox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cox looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cox throws a body kick that misses.
Stevens tries to clinch but Cox moves out of range.
Cox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cox looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevens is just out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cox staying out of range there.
Stevens throws a lazy right hand but Cox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cox avoids the body shot from Stevens.
Cox throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stevens misses with a straight right.
Stevens misses with an uppercut.
Stevens takes a swing at Cox's ribcage but misses.
Stevens looks to land a right hand but Cox moved out of range.
Cox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stevens.
Stevens is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cox sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cox lands a glancing blow to the side of Stevens's head.
Cox misses with a wild body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws the left hand but Cox avoids the punch easily.
Stevens slips a jab from Cox.
Cox takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stevens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cox throws a leg kick but Stevens checks it.
Cox misses with a right hand
and Stevens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donk. Stevens catches Cox right on the button with a cross.
Cox lands with an overhand left.
Stevens walks into a stiff left hand from Cox.
Cox looks for the body kick but Stevens saw that one coming.
Cox moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cox throws a series of punches but Stevens avoids them all with ease.
Cox throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big left from Stevens misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cox tries to land a front kick but Stevens steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stevens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cox slips under a jab.
Cox throws a front kick aimed at Stevens's knee but Stevens avoids it well.
Stevens checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cox blocks a jab.
Cox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Stevens.
Stevens thows a body shot but no joy.
Stevens misses with a wild body shot.
Cox tries to land a front kick but Stevens steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stevens connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cox's hands.
Cox tries a head kick but it misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cox lands a jab to the head.
Cox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Cox.
Stevens throws an off balance right hand
and Cox counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stevens. Stevens circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cox throws a shot from downtown. Stevens moves away and avoids it.
Cox throws a leg kick but Stevens sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stevens throws a hook but Cox avoids it easily.
Cox fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevens ducks under a wild hook from Cox.
Stevens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cox throws a series of punches but Stevens moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eaton Cox dominated that second round.
That's time! Cox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cox thuds his right hand into Stevens's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stevens lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cox throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stevens's head.
Cox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stevens missing with a left hand there. Cox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Stevens moves into the clinch successfully.
Stevens digs a right hand into Cox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cox's gas tank.
Stevens throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stevens avoiding damage.
Stevens swings wildly with an uppercut but Cox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cox tries to throw a body punch but Stevens avoids it by throwing Cox back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens throws a head punch that misses.
Stevens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cox stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cox blocking some punches.
Stevens presses Cox against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cox blocks a body shot from Stevens.
Stevens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stevens misses with the head strike.
Cox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stevens or not.
Stevens tries to work over Cox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cox blocks a body shot from Stevens.

Cox breaks the clinch.
Cox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stevens loads up on a big right hand but Cox slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cox.
Cox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cox.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Stevens misses.
Cox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stevens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cox lands with a shot to the body.
Cox throws out a loose jab but Stevens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevens catches Cox with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stevens thows a body shot but no joy.
Stevens staying out of range there.
Cox throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox misses with a low kick as Stevens jumps back.
Cox connects with an inside leg kick.
Cox shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cox moves away from the strike by Stevens.
Cox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stevens looks to land a right hand but Cox moved out of range.
Stevens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cox.
Cox throws a solid leg kick but Stevens takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cox.
Stevens looks to throw the jab but Cox is out of range.
Stevens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cox digs a good hook to Stevens's body.
Cox slips under a jab from Stevens.

Stevens moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens misses with some punches.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.
Cox tries to work over Stevens's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevens blocks a body shot from Cox.
Cox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stevens struggles to land a body shot inside as Cox controls his hands.
Cox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cox misses with some punches.
Cox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevens misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Stevens tries to score a body lock takedown but Cox shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cox softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stevens drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stevens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cox blocking some punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Cox breaks the clinch.
A cross from Cox lands.
Stevens is looking to clinch but Cox is avoiding it.
Cox takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stevens stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cox.
Cox swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
Cox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from Cox.
Cox moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cox looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevens is just out of range.
Stevens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cox.
Stevens takes a swing at Cox's ribcage but misses.
Stevens scores with a jab. Cox acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws an overhand right that lands on Cox's shoulder, as Cox tries to avoid the shot.
Stevens ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stevens takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cox swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cox walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cox 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.
Nice jab there from Stevens.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens throws a looping overhand right but Cox ducks down to avoid it.
Stevens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cox works Stevens's body with a nice hook.
Stevens thuds his right hand into Cox's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stevens tries to clinch up.
Stevens thows a body shot but no joy.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stevens on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stevens takes one to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cox.
Cox 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.
Cox throws a hook but Stevens blocks it.
Cox throws a hook to the side of Stevens's head but Stevens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stevens misses the shot to the body.
Cox scores with a leg kick.
Cox defending well as Stevens loads up on a big left hand.
Cox walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cox lands a nice looking body shot.
Stevens moves in looking to clinch but Cox pushes him off.
Good leg kick by Cox there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cox moves out of range of the strikes.
Cox cracks a nice hook into Stevens's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens wants to clinch.
Stevens scores with a jab to the body.
Stevens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stevens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cox uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stevens.
Cox throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cox ducks right into an uppercut from Stevens.
Cox stuns Stevens with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stevens checks a leg kick.
Cox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stevens.
Cox scores with a body shot.
Stevens cracks Cox with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A bone on bone clash there as Stevens blocks the leg kick.
Stevens lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cox at a distance.
Cox staying out of range there.
Cox throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cox with a hook.
Stevens checks the leg kick nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cox dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Cox.
Cox scores with a decent looking hook.

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 Eaton Cox.
I think Cox 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Eaton Cox!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Eaton Cox!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Eaton Cox!

Eaton Cox wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Eaton Cox thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.