PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kem Molet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riderick Howell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kem Molet had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Molet
vs
Howell

187 cm
25
230 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Kem Molet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riderick Howell!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Howell slaps away a takedown attempt from Molet, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Molet. Those never looked like landing.
Molet swats away the attempt to clinch by Howell.

Molet moves into the clinch.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Howell landing knees to the head.

It looks like Kem Molet has been cut.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Molet has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Howell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Howell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Molet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Molet is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Howell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howell with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
Howell scores with a knee to the head.
Molet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Howell has him pressed against the cage.
Howell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but Molet blocks with his arms.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Howell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Molet is trying to push Howell away but Howell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Molet tries to circle away but Howell has him pinned against the cage.
Howell landing knees to the head.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
Molet wants to break the clinch but can't.
Howell misses with a knee strike.
Molet wants to break the clinch but can't.
Howell prevents Molet from breaking the clinch.
Molet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Howell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molet blocks it with crossed arms.
Howell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molet.
Howell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Howell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molet blocks it with crossed arms.
Molet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but Molet blocks with his arms.
Howell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Molet's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molet leaning his opponent against the cage.
Molet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Molet scores with a shoulder strike.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Howell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Molet is defending well for now.
Howell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Molet drags the fight down to the ground.
Howell seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Howell has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Molet is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Howell throws a big right hand that misses.
Molet is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Howell is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Riderick Howell has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Howell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Molet.

Howell gets caught napping as Molet dives in and scores a takedown. Howell manages to retain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riderick Howell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kem Molet's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Howell fails in his attempt to clinch.

Molet moves into range and clinches up with Howell.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but Molet blocks with his arms.
Riderick Howell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but Molet blocks with his arms.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Howell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molet blocks it with crossed arms.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Molet wants to get back to striking at distance but Howell won't allow it.
Howell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
Howell missing with knees to the body.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Molet.
Howell is breathing heavily.
Howell prevents Molet from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Molet manages to break the clinch.

Molet scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Molet decides to stand back up. Molet steps back and let's Howell get back to his feet.
Molet misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Molet does no damage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Molet.

Molet stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Molet lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Molet throws a one two combo.
Molet shoots in but Howell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Molet throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howell counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Howell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Molet.

Howell clinches up with Molet and pushes him back against the cage.
Howell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Howell looking to throw knees to the head but Molet is blocking nicely.
Molet tries to break free but Howell pushes him back against the cage.
Howell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but Molet blocks with his arms.
Howell tries to land knees in the clinch but Molet avoids the damage to the body.
Molet is trying to force a seperation but Howell has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Howell keeps control of Molet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Molet has Howell pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Howell manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kem Molet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Howell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molet blocks it with crossed arms.
Molet wants to break free but Howell has control.
Howell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Howell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Molet's efforts to push away.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
Molet has had enough of the clinch but Howell keeps him there for the moment.
Molet tries to break the clinch but Howell is controlling the position.
Howell has Molet pressed against the cage, preventing Molet from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Molet wants to break the clinch but can't.
Howell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molet blocks it with crossed arms.
Howell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Molet working hard to break the clinch.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
Molet is trying to push Howell away but Howell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Molet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Molet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Howell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howell misses with a knee to the head.
Molet has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Howell throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kem Molet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kem Molet's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Molet.

Molet moves into the clinch successfully.
Howell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Howell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Howell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Molet is trying to break the clinch but Howell is controlling him.

Molet manages to break the clinch.
Kem Molet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Molet tries to keep at a distance but Howell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Molet tries to break free but Howell pushes him back against the cage.
Howell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Molet wants to get back to striking at distance but Howell won't allow it.
Howell lands a knee to the body.
Molet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Molet struggles to land a body shot inside as Howell controls his hands.
Howell throws a knee to the head but misses.

Molet manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Molet can't keep his opponent in guard - Howell advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Molet wants to get back to his feet.
Howell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Molet does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Howell is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell looking to control and managing it successfully.
Howell thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Molet on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Molet tries to get out of the position.

Howell looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howell thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Howell controlling the pace for now.
Howell tries to control but Molet wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Howell gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Molet throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howell counters with a nice body kick.
Molet throws a series of punches but Howell avoids them all with ease.

Howell darts in and clinches Molet up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howell tries a knee to the head but Molet blocks it.
Molet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Howell has him pressed against the cage.
Howell with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riderick Howell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Howell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riderick Howell!