PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cody snowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Howard
vs
snowman

174 cm
22
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, cody snowman!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
snowman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Howard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with snowman, pushing him back against the cage.
snowman prevents a body shot from Howard.
snowman tries to pull guard but Howard holds him up against the cage and eventually snowman drops back down to his feet.
Howard goes for a takedown in the clinch but snowman prevents it.
snowman is trying to drag Howard to the mat but Howard just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Howard throws a head punch that misses.
snowman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Christian Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of cody snowman.
snowman tries to pull guard but Howard holds him up against the cage and eventually snowman drops back down to his feet.
Howard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. snowman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by snowman.

Howard has picked snowman up - he's going for a ride! Howard dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Howard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks snowman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
snowman has hold of Howard's hands but Howard slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Howard winds up and cracks snowman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
snowman wants to control but Howard is keeping busy.
Howard slips a nice elbow through snowman's hands, connecting with snowman's forehead.
Nice strikes from Howard there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
snowman is looking to control Howard's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can snowman avoid being mounted?
snowman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Howard.
snowman wants to control but Howard is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Howard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Howard working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
snowman trying to control but Howard postures up.
snowman tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Howard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Howard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

snowman kicks Howard off and gets back to his feet.
snowman looks gassed!
snowman misses with a body kick.

Howard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. snowman looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Howard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Howard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear snowman down.
Howard landing strikes.
snowman taking punishment in the form of punches.
snowman takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Howard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howard lands a nice forearm strike.
Howard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused snowman some visible discomfort.
Howard 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.
snowman is trying to control Howard's posture but Howard avoids it.
Howard scoring with punches from side control.
Howard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Howard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Howard scores with punches from side control.
snowman tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands an elbow.
Howard cracks snowman with a big elbow.
Howard working the ground and pound.
Howard lands an elbow.
Howard working the head with strikes.
Howard working the head and body with strikes.
Howard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Howard working the head and body with strikes.
Howard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
snowman taking punishment in the form of punches.
Howard lands a few punches from side control.
Howard scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Howard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
snowman is looking for a sweep.
Howard working the ground and pound.

snowman sneaks out the side door and pushes Howard away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

snowman tries to keep at a distance but Howard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Howard can't find room to land a body shot as snowman controls the action.
Howard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. snowman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Howard is trying to trip snowman. He has hold of a leg but snowman is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Howard persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Howard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
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!
snowman trying to keep a closed guard but Howard is proving a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
snowman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Howard is controlling him.
Howard landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Howard dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Howard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Howard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Howard postures up and lands a big shot to snowman's brow.

snowman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Howard landing some decent shots from guard.
Howard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Howard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Howard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Howard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
snowman wants to sweep but no luck.
Howard forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard working snowman over with strikes.
snowman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
snowman wants to improve his position but Howard is controlling well.
snowman pushes Howard off looking to stand but Howard dives back in and keeps control.
snowman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Howard scores with a couple of nice shots.
Howard working over snowman with some ground and pound. snowman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Howard is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for snowman!
Howard raining down shots from the mount!
Howard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. snowman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns snowman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard landing strikes from the mount and snowman is in trouble!
Christian Howard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Howard working snowman over with strikes here.
The referee warns snowman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
snowman tries to hold on but Howard pushes him away.
snowman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Howard with a couple of short strikes.
Howard scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Howard with good strikes from the mount here!
Howard punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Howard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howard dominating with strikes here.
snowman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Howard putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
snowman is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
snowman is bucking up trying to escape but Howard cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Howard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that snowman can do to turn this around?
snowman can't escape the position.
snowman tries to hold on but Howard postures up.
Howard scoring with strikes but snowman is staying in there.
Howard with good strikes from the mount here!
Howard lands a nice shot to the head.
Howard landing punches.
The referee warns snowman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
snowman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
snowman stopping the sweep attempt from Howard.
snowman trying to control but Howard is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard wants to sweep here but snowman controlling him for the moment.
Howard thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Howard throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Howard punching from the bottom.
snowman stands up out of Howard's guard for a moment - Howard manages to land a nice upkick.
Howard throws a couple of heel strikes.
snowman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Howard is looking to clinch but snowman is avoiding it.
Howard tries to close the distance and clinch but snowman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Howard scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Howard dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Howard is looking to clinch.
snowman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Howard counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Howard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
snowman is trying to keep Howard in close.
Howard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Howard scoring with some ground and pound.
Howard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Howard with a nice head shot there.
Howard scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Howard is working snowman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Howard advances position into side control!
snowman striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard lands an elbow.
Howard is chipping away with strikes.
Howard working the body and head with strikes.
Howard working the ground and pound from side control.
snowman is trying to control Howard's posture but Howard avoids it.
snowman is working to avoid the ground and pound but Howard connects with a decent elbow.
snowman is pushing Howard's head away, looking to escape. Howard manages to hold on to the position though.
Howard working the head with strikes.
Howard scoring with punches and elbows.
Howard landing strikes.
snowman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
snowman is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands some shots froms side control.
Howard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Howard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
snowman is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howard cracks snowman with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Howard working the ground and pound.
Howard in side control lands a decent elbow.
snowman is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Howard asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Howard working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Howard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Howard drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Howard with a nice head shot there.
Howard passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Howard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Howard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
snowman takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
snowman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
snowman is looking for a sweep.
snowman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
snowman is looking to regain half guard here but Howard keeps moving and retains side control.
Howard is putting a hurting on snowman here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Howard working the ground and pound.
snowman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
snowman is looking to regain half guard here but Howard keeps moving and retains side control.
Howard is working snowman over with some ground and pound from side control.
Howard has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for snowman!
snowman is looking to get to half guard.
Howard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
snowman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Howard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
snowman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Howard lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
cody snowman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howard lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Howard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Howard 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Howard!