PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Korey Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Korey Reid has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Reid
vs
Bowen

175 cm
26
142 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

White Gorilla Nutrition
CageFrog

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Korey Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Bowen!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid cracks Bowen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bowen.
Reid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowen circles away quickly and effectively.
Reid misses with the combination.
Bowen shoots in for a takedown but Reid shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bowen throws an overhand right that lands on Reid's shoulder, as Reid tries to avoid the shot.
Bowen wants to clinch
and Reid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bowen shoots and misses
and Reid counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Korey Reid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Bowen.
Bowen with a poor takedown
and Reid counters with a two punch combo.
Bowen dodges the punch combination from Reid.
Reid lands an overhand right.
Bowen with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Reid counter with a right hand.
Reid swinging wildly here.
Reid misses with a two punch combination.
Bowen has his takedown stuffed
and Reid counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid misses with a series of wild punches.
Bowen shoots and misses
and Reid counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bowen looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from Reid.
Reid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reid misses with a series of wild punches.
Reid lands a jab-cross combination.
Bowen misses with a takedown attempt
letting Reid counter with a right hand.
Reid scores with a jab to the head.
Bowen misses with a takedown
and Reid counters with a left and a right that stings Bowen.
Reid lands a two punch combo.
Reid throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reid misses with the combination.
Bowen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowen fails with the takedown
and Reid counters with a three punch combo that has Bowen backing up. Bowen nods at Reid to acknowledge the strikes.
Reid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reid throws a series of punches but Bowen avoids them all with ease.
Reid throws a combination. Bowen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reid works over Bowen's head and body with a nice combination.
Reid is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bowen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reid counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bowen thinking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bowen slips a jab and a cross from Reid.
Reid scores with a one two! Bowen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bowen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reid.
Bowen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Reid lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Reid moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reid throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bowen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Reid.
Reid tries to bum rush Bowen with a series of wild strikes but Bowen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Korey Reid is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reid lands with a shot to the body.
Reid is working the combinations to good effect here.
Reid throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reid tries to bum rush Bowen with a series of wild strikes but Bowen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reid throws a one two combo.
Reid throws a series of punches but Bowen avoids them all with ease.
Reid fails to land with a series of punches.
Bowen walks into a jab.
Reid misses with a double jab.
Bowen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Reid misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reid lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bowen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Reid counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reid.
Left hook, right uppercut from Reid.
Bowen with a poor takedown
and Reid counters with a straight right hand.
Reid throws a right and a left that Bowen avoids nicely.
Reid throws a series of punches but Bowen moves out of range.
Reid lands with a cross.
Reid lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Reid throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bowen.
Reid displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bowen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Reid counters with a stiff right hand.
Bowen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bowen is trying desperately to land a takedown but Reid is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Bowen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reid misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reid changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bowen dodges the punch combination from Reid.
Reid cracks Bowen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Korey Reid dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Reid jabs Bowen right on the nose. Bowen blinks but takes it well.
Reid throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A nice combination there by Reid.
Reid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bowen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reid scores with a sloppy right hand. Bowen should have avoided that one.
Bowen fails with a takedown attempt.
Reid throws a right hand that Bowen ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowen also avoids with ease.
Bowen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reid counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bowen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Reid has got the better of the exchanges.
Reid misses with a wild combination.
Bowen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bowen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bowen is breathing heavily.
Reid fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen slips a jab and a cross from Reid.

Bowen gets a takedown into half guard.

Bowen is working for a kimura but Reid is defending it quite comfortably.
Reid wants to improve his position but Bowen is controlling well.

Bowen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Reid trying to control but Bowen postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid tries to kick Bowen off but Bowen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bowen not doing much here.
Bowen wants to stand up but Reid is controlling the position.
Reid looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bowen misses with a takedown attempt
and Reid counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Korey Reid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Bowen.
No joy there for Bowen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bowen throws a combination that misses
and Reid counters with a straight right hand.
Reid scores with a three punch combo!
Left hook, right uppercut from Reid.
Bowen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bowen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bowen misses with a takedown
and Reid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reid is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Reid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reid.
A shot to the liver by Reid. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Korey Reid dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Reid scores with a jab. Bowen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A punch combination from Reid misses.
Reid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bowen dives in and grabs Reid's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reid pushes down on Bowen's head and hops out.
Bowen with a poor takedown
and Reid counters with a one-two to the body.
Reid works over Bowen's head and body with a nice combination.
Reid scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bowen in his tracks.
Reid misses with a series of wild punches.
Reid misses with a series of wild punches.
Reid cracks a nice hook into Bowen's ribs.
Bowen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bowen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reid lands a jab-cross combination.
Bowen misses with a double jab
and Reid counters with a left to the body.
Reid scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid misses with the combination.
Reid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowen circles away quickly and effectively.
Reid goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bowen fails with the takedown
and Bowen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Korey Reid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Bowen.
Reid lands with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Reid.
Reid lands a nice shot to the body.
Reid misses with the combination.
Reid lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Reid throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bowen counters with a shoot takedown. Reid fights it but they end up in guard.
Reid has control of Bowen's left arm, preventing Bowen from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reid lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bowen!
Reid controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Reid controlling his opponent.
Reid putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Reid fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid controlling his opponent.
Korey Reid is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bowen is looking to get to half guard.
Reid takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mike Bowen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Korey Reid showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reid, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Korey Reid!