PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reynolds
vs
Howard

180 cm
19
136 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Reynolds !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Floyd Howard!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Howard instigates a clinch.

Howard manages to break the clinch.
Reynolds really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reynolds shoots and misses

and Howard counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Reynolds trying to control but Howard postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Reynolds is trying to control but Howard passes into side control!

Howard stands up and we're back to a striking position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Howard to counter with a crisp jab.
Reynolds tries to clinch up.
Reynolds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds falls off balance throwing a combination

and Howard counters with a takedown into side control.
Howard working away.
Howard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Reynolds knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Howard on the ground.
Reynolds tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Howard presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Howard is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Reynolds is breathing heavily.
Reynolds with a lazy takedown attempt
and Howard counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Reynolds is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Reynolds . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Howard clinches.

Howard is trying to trip Reynolds . He has hold of a leg but Reynolds is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Howard persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Howard's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Reynolds trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Howard slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Howard passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Reynolds !
Howard controlling the pace for now.
Howard punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard cracks Reynolds with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Howard lands a big elbow.
Howard controlling from the full mount.

Howard has isolated one of Reynolds 's arms. Reynolds looking to fight him off but Howard twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Floyd Howard!