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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz comes to the cage accompanied by JEW FLOW. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
25 - 11 - 0 |
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170 cm
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149 lbs
25 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abraham Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Koch!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donowitz lands a right hook to the body.
Donowitz lands with a hook. Koch tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Donowitz thumps Koch with a low kick.
Donk. Donowitz catches Koch right on the button with a cross.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz ducks under a wild hook from Koch.
Koch connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Koch.
Koch lands a nice shot to the body.
Koch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Koch lands a head kick!
Donowitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Koch cracks the inside of Donowitz's front leg.
Koch cracks Donowitz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donowitz lands a nice hook to Koch's body. Koch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koch is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Koch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Koch takes a step back to recover.
Koch throws a lazy right hand but Donowitz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donowitz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koch scrambles back to his feet.
Donowitz scores with a decent looking hook.
Donowitz lands a leg kick that knocks Koch off balance momentarily.
Donowitz misses the shot to the body.
Koch tries a quick counter leg kick but Donowitz is wise to it.
Koch staying out of range there.
Donowitz misses with a straight left.
Koch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Koch takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz with a jab.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Donowitz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Donowitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Koch slaps away a takedown attempt from Donowitz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Koch! But no joy.
Koch takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Koch moves out of range of the body kick.
Donowitz backing away here, and Koch unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Koch lands a body shot.
Donowitz misses with a hook
and Koch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A big right from Donowitz misses.
Koch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donowitz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Koch counters with a nice leg kick.
Donowitz moves into the clinch.
Donowitz lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Koch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donowitz backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Koch.
Donowitz tries to throw a body punch but Koch avoids it by throwing Donowitz back against the cage.
Donowitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Donowitz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Donowitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Donowitz lands a right hand.
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Donowitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Koch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donowitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Koch scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Donowitz fails to land.
Donowitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donowitz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koch's calf.
Donowitz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Koch quickly recovers to half guard.
Donowitz is thwarting Koch's attempts to control the position.
Koch is concentrating on defense, preventing Donowitz from advancing position.
Donowitz seems to be working for a kimura but Koch defends the submission attempt.
Donowitz wants to advance to full mount but Koch doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Koch has Donowitz pulled in close to control his posture.
Donowitz looking to pass the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Koch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donowitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donowitz's calf.
Donowitz shoots in looking for a takedown. Koch tries to sprawl out of it but Donowitz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Koch manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Koch with a hook.
Koch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Abraham Donowitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donowitz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Donowitz misses with a lunging right hand
and Koch counters with a nice leg kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donowitz misses the jab.
Donowitz throws a right hand that misses
and Koch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donowitz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Koch stuns Donowitz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donowitz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donowitz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koch checks it well.
Donowitz checks a low kick from Koch.
Donowitz loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
Koch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz lands a jab.
Koch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donowitz.
A slow jab from Donowitz misses its intended target.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Koch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
It seemed like Koch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abraham Donowitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donowitz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donowitz gets tackled into the cage by Koch. Koch maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donowitz.
Donowitz tries a body shot but Koch blocks it.
Koch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Donowitz misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Koch throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donowitz works Koch's body with a nice hook.
A big right from Donowitz misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Donowitz.
Donowitz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Koch ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands with a right hand.
Donowitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Koch.
Donowitz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Donowitz throws the left hand but Koch avoids the punch easily.
Donowitz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Koch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donowitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donowitz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koch has time to react.
Koch thumps Donowitz with a low kick.
Donowitz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koch on the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Koch there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donowitz throws a right and a left that Koch avoids nicely.
Koch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
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 Abraham Donowitz.
I think Donowitz 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 10:9
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abraham Donowitz!
Our winner, Abraham Donowitz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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