PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leopold Stotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jared Cowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stotch comes to the cage accompanied by boom baby. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stotch
vs
Cowen

191 cm
34
192 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

198 cm
32
215 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Perkele!

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)
Beaver Jooce!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leopold Stotch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jared Cowen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stotch slips under a jab.
Cowen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stotch.
Cowen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Cowen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stotch moves away.
Cowen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stotch tries to clinch but Cowen is having none of it.
Cowen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Stotch darts in and clinches Cowen up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stotch throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cowen.
Stotch lands an elbow inside that Cowen shrugs off.
Stotch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stotch swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Stotch.
Stotch tries to work over Cowen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cowen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cowen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Jared Cowen has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Stotch scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowen has a couple of punches blocked by Stotch.
Stotch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Cowen breaks the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cowen.
Stotch has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barracks - LOD in the buildup to the fight.
Stotch takes a swing at Cowen's ribcage but misses.
Cowen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Stotch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stotch.
Stotch throws a poor cross that misses
and Cowen counters with a stiff right hand.
Cowen misses with a two punch combination.
Cowen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stotch lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stotch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cowen misses with a lunging right hand
and Stotch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stotch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cowen.
A lazy left from Cowen finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stotch closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stotch scoring well with a low kick there.
Cowen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stotch lands with a shot to the body.
Cowen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cowen throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Stotch counter with a right hand.
Cowen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stotch is out of range and Cowen settles back down.
Stotch motions for Cowen to come forward. Stotch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stotch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheers as Stotch lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cowen doesn't seem phased though.
Cowen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stotch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Stotch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cowen misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stotch throws a leg kick but Cowen moved away.
Cowen throws a jab when Stotch was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stotch connects with an inside leg kick.

Stotch has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stotch misses with an elbow strike.
Stotch misses with a knee to the head.
Stotch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Cowen.
Cowen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stotch working aggressively here.
Stotch misses with a knee to the head.
Cowen misses with a body punch.
Cowen stalling against the cage.
Cowen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stotch with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stotch tries to land a knee to the head but Cowen blocks with his arms.
A short right from Cowen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cowen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stotch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stotch looking to throw knees to the head but Cowen is blocking nicely.
Stotch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stotch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stotch pushes Cowen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cowen trying to control the position but instead, Stotch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cowen into the cage.
Cowen prevents a body shot from Stotch.
Cowen struggles to land a body shot inside as Stotch controls his hands.
Stotch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stotch trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stotch.
Stotch tries to land a knee to the head but Cowen blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stotch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stotch lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cowen.
Cowen managing to block the knees to the body from Stotch.
Stotch tries to work over Cowen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leopold Stotch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jared Cowen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Stotch. Cowen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stotch with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Stotch closes the distance and pushes Cowen back into the cage.
Cowen takes an elbow to the temple.
Stotch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cowen.
Stotch with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stotch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cowen can do to turn this around?
Cowen taking a breather.
Cowen has a couple of punches blocked by Stotch.
Stotch with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cowen avoiding damage.
Stotch trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stotch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cowen is defending well for now.
Cowen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stotch has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Cowen.
Cowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Stotch.
Stotch tries a knee to the head but Cowen blocks it.
Stotch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Stotch scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cowen looking to stall.
Stotch swings wildly with an uppercut but Cowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stotch lands a knee to the head.
Leopold Stotch has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Stotch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Stotch lands a good knee to the midsection. Cowen won't want to take too many of those.
Cowen is breathing heavily.

Cowen manages to break the clinch.
Cowen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stotch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stotch throws a hook to the side of Cowen's head but Cowen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stotch goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cowen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stotch tests Cowen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cowen checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stotch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cowen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stotch is looking to chop away at Cowen's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stotch jabs at Cowen's body.
Stotch connects with a leg kick. Cowen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stotch throws a leg kick but Cowen checks it.
Cowen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stotch with a nice cross.
A cross from Stotch lands.
Cowen with a hook.
Cowen feints and then cracks Stotch's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stotch down.
Stotch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stotch moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stotch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leopold Stotch is winning the standup battle so far.
Stotch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stotch throws a shot to the body.
Cowen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cowen throws a lazy right hand but Stotch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stotch throws a low kick, looking for Cowen's leg but Cowen calmly moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Stotch.
Cowen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cowen misses with a looping left.
Stotch wants to slow Cowen down by chopping away at his legs.
The fighters circling - Cowen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cowen throws a shot from downtown. Stotch moves away and avoids it.
Stotch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stotch throws a leg kick but Cowen checks it.
Cowen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stotch lands a right hook to the body.
Cowen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A telegraphed right hand from Cowen misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stotch slips a jab from Cowen.
As Cowen backs away, Stotch returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cowen blocks a low kick nicely.
Cowen scores with a spinning back kick!

Stotch pushes Cowen up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stotch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stotch.
Stotch lands a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Stotch.
Cowen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cowen blocks an elbow strike.
Stotch lands an elbow inside that Cowen shrugs off.
A right hand to the body from Stotch.
Cowen avoids the elbow strike from Stotch, against the cage.
Stotch lands a good knee to the midsection. Cowen won't want to take too many of those.
Stotch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cowen prevents a body shot from Stotch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leopold Stotch dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jared Cowen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cowen throws out a loose jab but Stotch uses good head movement to avoid it.

Stotch has Cowen up against the cage in a clinch.
Stotch gets through Cowen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stotch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cowen fails to land.
Cowen takes an elbow to the temple.
Stotch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cowen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stotch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cowen's brow.
Cowen avoids a wild elbow strike from Stotch.
Stotch landing knees to the head.
Cowen lands with a light punch inside.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Stotch here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cowen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stotch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stotch misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Cowen.
Stotch throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stotch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowen takes an elbow to the temple.
Cowen avoiding damage as Stotch throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Stotch.
Cowen tries to break free but Stotch pushes him back against the cage.
Stotch lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cowen avoiding damage as Stotch throws knees to the body.
Stotch tries to work over Cowen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cowen lands an elbow inside.
Stotch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stotch pushes off an throws an elbow but Cowen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cowen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cowen prevents a body shot from Stotch.
Stotch looking to throw knees to the head but Cowen is blocking nicely.
Cowen prevents a body shot from Stotch.
Stotch misses with a knee strike.
Stotch lands with a right to the head.
Stotch lands an elbow that stopped Cowen in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cowen is trying to maintain a safe position but Stotch gets an underhook and turns Cowen into the cage.
Cowen tries to throw a body punch but Stotch avoids it by throwing Cowen back against the cage.
Cowen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Cowen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cowen throws a leg kick but Stotch moved away.
Stotch throws a big counter combination but Cowen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Stotch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stotch throws a front kick aimed at Cowen's knee but Cowen avoids it well.
Cowen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stotch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cowen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body punch from Cowen.
Cowen sizes up Stotch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Stotch drives through and clinches with Cowen against the cage.
Stotch struggles to land a body shot inside as Cowen controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Stotch - that landed with a thud.
Stotch misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stotch tries to land a knee to the head but Cowen blocks with his arms.
Cowen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stotch lands a left hand.
Cowen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stotch tries to land a knee to the head but Cowen blocks with his arms.
Stotch misses with a punch on the inside.
Cowen struggles to land a body shot inside as Stotch controls his hands.
Cowen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stotch's defenses.
Stotch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leopold Stotch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cowen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cowen can't find room to land a body shot as Stotch controls the action.
Cowen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cowen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stotch blocks an uppercut.
Cowen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stotch - that landed with a thud.
Cowen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stotch.
Cowen blocking some punches.
Cowen tries a body shot but Stotch blocks it.
Stotch has Cowen pressed against the cage, preventing Cowen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stotch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cowen's efforts to push away.
Cowen is trying to push Stotch away but Stotch has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jared Cowen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stotch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cowen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stotch.
Stotch prevents Cowen from breaking the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leopold Stotch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stotch 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leopold Stotch!
An out of breath Leopold Stotch thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.