PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Algenir Mira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Howell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Algenir Mira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Mira
vs
Howell

186 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Algenir Mira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brad Howell!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mira throws a combination that misses
letting Howell counter with a right hand.
Howell looks to land a left hand but Mira moved out of range nicely.
Howell throws a right hand that misses
and Mira counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howell.
Howell throws an off balance right hand
and Mira counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Howell scores with a nice strike.
Mira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mira throws a right and a left that Howell avoids nicely.
Howell misses with a shot to the body
and Mira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Howell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howell throws a big shot that misses.
Howell looks to score with a jab to the body but Mira is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Howell misses with a hook

and Mira moves into the clinch.
Howell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mira blocking some punches.
Howell misses with some punches.

Mira breaks the clinch.
Howell dips to his left and cracks Mira with an uppercut!
Mira swings for the body but Howell moves out of range.
Howell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mira counters with a left and a right that stings Howell.
Mira misses with a combination
and Howell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Howell moves away.
Mira moves out of range of the strikes.
Mira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mira ducks under a wild hook from Howell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell misses with an uppercut
and Mira counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mira throws a combination that misses
and Howell counters with a straight right hand.
Howell thows a body shot but no joy.
Howell throws a jab when Mira was well out of range.
Howell just misses with a punch to the body.
Mira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mira takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brad Howell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howell walks into a straight right hand from Mira.
Howell misses with a wild body shot.
Brad Howell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howell misses with a lunging right hand
and Mira counters with a one-two to the body.

Mira gets a clinch.
Howell has had enough of the clinch but Mira keeps him there for the moment.

Mira breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mira throws a series of punches but Howell moves out of range.

Mira has Howell up against the cage in a clinch.
Mira connects with a nasty looking knee right to Howell's face.
Mira scores with a shot to the side of Howell's head.
Howell scores with a shoulder strike.
Mira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Howell backwards.
Howell misses with some punches.
Howell is trying to force a seperation but Mira has the dominant position.

Mira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

A head kick lands from Mira that sends Howell to the canvas. Howell tries to scramble back to his feet but Mira brings him back down into side control.

Howell is rocked!
Mira trying to control the position but Howell is working away.
Howell is still in real trouble! Can Mira finish him?
Howell defending against the ground and pound.
Howell seems to have recovered his senses.
Howell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The ground and pound from Mira seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Howell is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mira misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ground and pound from Mira seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mira misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mira tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Howell tries to buck Mira off but Mira is having none of it.
Howell is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mira connects with a decent elbow.
Howell looks gassed!
Howell is trying to get back to half guard.
Mira scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mira wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mira grinds an elbow into Howell's temple.
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!
Mira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Howell is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Howell takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algenir Mira dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mira misses with a few strikes there.
Good leg kick by Mira there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howell.
Mira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Howell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Howell throws a lazy uppercut

and Mira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Howell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howell misses with a hook from the clinch.

Mira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Howell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howell lunges at Mira with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mira's hand.
Mira defending well as Howell loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mira is trying hard to land a takedown here. Howell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Howell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Howell throws a jab but it's blocked by Mira.
Howell swings widly with a right hand
and Mira counters with a two punch combo.
Howell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Algenir Mira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Howell throws out a loose jab but Mira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Mira.
Howell misses with a hook. Mira ducked under it nicely.
Mira connects with a right hand. Howell shakes it off.
Howell thuds his right hand into Mira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mira manages to avoid it.
Howell cracks Mira with a good jab.
Mira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mira misses with a double jab
and Howell counters with a nice uppercut.
Howell swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mira counters with a head kick.
Howell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Mira counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Howell misses.
Howell misses with a left hand

and Mira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Mira postures up and lands a big shot to Howell's brow.
Mira postures up in Howell's guard and throws a big left but Howell blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howell is trying to hold Mira in close to prevent damage but Mira has managed to pass into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Howell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Howell wants to stand back up but Mira manages to pass into side control.
Mira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Check out the look on Mira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Howell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mira lands some shots froms side control.
Mira working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Howell down.
Mira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howell can do to turn this around?
Mira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Howell keeps working.
Mira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mira working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howell wants to get back to his feet but Mira drags him back down.
Mira in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mira grinds an elbow into Howell's temple.
Mira is putting a hurting on Howell here, landing some big shots from side control.
Howell is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mira connects with a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mira scoring with punches and elbows.

Mira is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Howell knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mira throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Algenir Mira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mira misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algenir Mira dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Mira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mira misses with a combination
and Howell counters with a straight right hand.
Mira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mira thinking.
Mira throws a combination that misses
and Howell counters with a straight right hand.
Howell connects with the punch.
Mira fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Howell thuds a left hand into Mira's body.
Howell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mira wants to clinch.
Algenir Mira is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Howell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howell throws out the jab.
Howell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Howell throws a lazy uppercut
and Mira counters with a nice body shot.
Mira's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mira duly obliges.
Mira scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Howell lands a nice looking body shot.
Howell misses with a straight left.
Howell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mira counters with a nice uppercut.
Algenir Mira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mira works the jab nicely.
Mira slips a jab from Howell.
Howell misses with a hook
and Mira counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mira fails to land with a series of punches.
Mira misses with a combination
and Howell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mira moves out of range as Howell strikes.
Howell throws a right hand that misses
and Mira counters with a nice kick to the body.
Howell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Howell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Howell clobbers Mira with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mira lands a high kick!
Howell digs a good body shot into Mira's ribs.
Howell catches Mira with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mira misses with the combination.

Mira moves into the clinch.

Mira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mira misses with a two punch combination.
Mira throws a right hand that Howell ducks under and follows up with a left that Howell also avoids with ease.
Howell throws a right hand that misses
and Mira counters with an inside leg kick.
Mira shoots in but no luck this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howell misses the shot to the body.
Mira lands with a good body shot.
Howell swings widly with a right hand
and Mira makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Howell was well out of range. Poor timing from Mira.
Howell throws a poor cross that misses
and Mira counters with a straight right hand.
Howell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mira counters with a two punch combo.
Howell connects with a crisp jab.
Mira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Howell but Howell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Howell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mira throws a right and a left that Howell avoids nicely.
Mira misses with a takedown attempt - Howell sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brad Howell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Algenir Mira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Howell misses its intended target.

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 Algenir Mira.
Well Mira 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Algenir Mira!