PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blair Howatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kees Kietelaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kees Kietelaar looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Howatt
vs
Kietelaar

180 cm
22
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

162 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blair Howatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kees Kietelaar!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kietelaar closes the distance and clinches.
Kietelaar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kietelaar has a couple of punches blocked by Howatt.
Kietelaar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kietelaar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Howatt blocking some punches.
Howatt blocks an uppercut.
Kietelaar gets through Howatt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kietelaar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howatt tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kietelaar misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kietelaar.
Howatt drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kietelaar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Howatt blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Howatt.
Howatt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kietelaar tries to land knees in the clinch but Howatt avoids the damage to the body.
Kietelaar working aggressively here.
Howatt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kietelaar throws an elbow but misses.
Howatt can't break the clinch.
Kietelaar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howatt jumps guard but Kietelaar stands there with Howatt around his waist. Howatt gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blair Howatt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Howatt tries to pull guard but Kietelaar won't allow it.
Kietelaar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kietelaar tries to pull guard but Howatt won't allow it.
Howatt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kietelaar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howatt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kietelaar misses with the head strike.
Kietelaar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howatt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Howatt blocks an elbow strike from Kietelaar.
Kietelaar working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kietelaar.
Kietelaar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howatt tries to break the clinch but Kietelaar is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Kietelaar.
Kietelaar misses with some punches.
Kietelaar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kietelaar looks gassed!
Howatt blocking some punches.
Kietelaar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kietelaar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howatt can't break the clinch.
Howatt has had enough of the clinch but Kietelaar keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kietelaar.
Howatt is trying to break free.
Kietelaar is leaning against Howatt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Howatt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Howatt.
Howatt looking to slow down the pace here.
Howatt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kietelaar smiles and moves away.
Howatt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howatt closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Kietelaar is rocked!
Kietelaar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kietelaar is still on wobbly legs! Can Howatt finish him?
Howatt scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kietelaar tries to clinch but Howatt moves out of range.
Kietelaar doesn't manage to clinch there - Howatt circles away.
Kietelaar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kietelaar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Howatt.
Kietelaar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kietelaar seems to have recovered his senses.
Kietelaar tries to clinch up.
Howatt throws a wild body kick that Kietelaar sees coming a mile off.
Howatt lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Kees Kietelaar has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howatt throws a series of punches but Kietelaar moves out of range.
Kees Kietelaar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kietelaar is looking to clinch but Howatt is avoiding it.
Howatt swats away the attempt to clinch by Kietelaar.
Howatt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kietelaar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Howatt stalks Kietelaar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kietelaar's face. Kietelaar staggers backwards, shaken.
Howatt is working the combinations to good effect here.
Howatt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Howatt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kietelaar moves in looking to clinch but Howatt pushes him off.
A punch combination from Howatt misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kietelaar darts in and clinches Howatt up against the cage.
Kietelaar throws a head punch that misses.
Howatt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Howatt pulls guard.

Kietelaar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Howatt throws a series of punches but Kietelaar avoids them all with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Howatt.
Howatt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Kietelaar moves into range and clinches up with Howatt.
Howatt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howatt takes an elbow to the forehead.

Kietelaar jumps into guard, dragging Howatt to the mat.

Kietelaar has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Howatt off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Kietelaar tries to clinch but Howatt moves out of range.
Kietelaar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kietelaar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Howatt moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Howatt misses with a head kick.

Howatt tries to keep at a distance but Kietelaar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Howatt blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kietelaar fails to land.
Howatt is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kietelaar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howatt blocks an uppercut.
Howatt fails to pull guard.
Kietelaar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Howatt backwards.
Kietelaar lands a nice shot to the body.
Howatt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Howatt wants to break free but Kietelaar has control.
Kietelaar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kietelaar gets through Howatt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Howatt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Howatt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kietelaar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kietelaar fails to land.
Kietelaar is leaning against Howatt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kietelaar lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Howatt.
Kietelaar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kietelaar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kietelaar fails to land.
Howatt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kietelaar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Howatt is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kietelaar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howatt tries to break the clinch but Kietelaar is controlling the position.
A short right from Kietelaar.
Howatt blocking some punches.
Kietelaar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Howatt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Howatt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blair Howatt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kees Kietelaar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kietelaar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Howatt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Howatt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Howatt throws a right hand that Kietelaar ducks under and follows up with a left that Kietelaar also avoids with ease.
Kietelaar tries to clinch up.
Kietelaar doesn't manage to clinch there - Howatt circles away.
Kietelaar is looking to clinch but Howatt is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Howatt or perhaps it was just good defense by Kietelaar which made him look bad.
Howatt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Howatt throws a head kick but Kietelaar moves out of range.
Kietelaar stuffs the takedown attempt from Howatt. Howatt gets slowly back to his feet.
Kietelaar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howatt swats away the attempt to clinch by Kietelaar.
Howatt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kietelaar tries to clinch there but Howatt circles away.
Kietelaar wants to clinch up but Howatt keeps it at a distance.
Howatt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howatt throws a series of punches but Kietelaar avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Horrible takedown by Howatt or perhaps it was just good defense by Kietelaar which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blair Howatt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kietelaar tries to clinch there but Howatt circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howatt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kietelaar's waist but Kietelaar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Howatt off to one side.
Howatt scores with a three punch combo!
Howatt lands a hook that stumbles Kietelaar back into the cage. Howatt follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Kietelaar to the canvas! Howatt pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Kietelaar has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Blair Howatt!