Kov won the first fight IMO and was ahead 4-3 in this one for me but Ward was getting on top and may well have won, but that low blow stoppage was terrible.
I had Kov winning a close fight in the first meeting. This looked a bit more like Ward's fight with Kovalev still in it using his jab to throw Ward off his game at times. Nonetheless, it's a shame it ended like this.