PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chico Corrales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrales comes to the cage accompanied by Lets Stay Together - Al Green. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Corrales
vs
Howlett

187 cm
22
144 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

168 cm
24
142 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Syndicate Drugs
Blueprint Clothing

Rocha Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chico Corrales!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Howlett!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Corrales does no damage.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
Corrales really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Howlett misses with a double jab.
Corrales staying out of range there.
Corrales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howlett.
Howlett scores with a three punch combo!
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howlett counters with a left to the body.
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howlett counters with a three punch combo that has Corrales backing up. Corrales nods at Howlett to acknowledge the strikes.
Howlett throws a hook but Corrales blocks it.
Corrales tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Howlett swivels and escapes.
No joy there for Corrales, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice defenses there by Corrales.
Corrales throws a nice looking combination but Howlett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett doesn't manage to clinch there - Corrales circles away.
Corrales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Howlett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howlett with a jab.
James Howlett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howlett throws a hook to the side of Corrales's head but Corrales sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Howlett displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Corrales misses with a combination
and Howlett counters with a stiff right hand.
Howlett throws the left hand but Corrales avoids the punch easily.
Howlett throws a right and a left that Corrales avoids nicely.
Corrales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howlett.
Howlett tries to clinch but Corrales is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corrales.
Howlett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Howlett misses the shot to the body.
Howlett stuns Corrales with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Corrales moves out of range of the strikes.
Corrales lands a body shot.
Howlett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howlett counters with a straight right hand.
Howlett throws a combination. Corrales tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Howlett misses with a hook. Corrales ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corrales steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Howlett throws a lazy right hand but Corrales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch combination from Howlett misses.
Corrales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Howlett.
Howlett throws a hook but Corrales blocks it.
Howlett might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Corrales takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Corrales fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Corrales avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Corrales stalks Howlett and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Howlett's face. Howlett staggers backwards, shaken.
A combination from Corrales does no damage.
Corrales misses with a few strikes there.
Howlett lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrales throws a combination that misses
and Howlett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Corrales throws a right hand that Howlett ducks under and follows up with a left that Howlett also avoids with ease.
Corrales fails to land with a series of punches.
Corrales misses with a series of wild punches.
Howlett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Corrales throws a series of punches but Howlett moves out of range.
Howlett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Corrales on the side of the head.
Howlett clobbers Corrales with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howlett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Corrales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Howlett waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Corrales.
Chico Corrales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Howlett with a jab.
Corrales throws a looping overhand right but Howlett ducks down to avoid it.
Howlett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Howlett throws a hook but Corrales blocks it.
Corrales takes one to the side of the head.
Howlett fails to land with a series of punches.
Corrales scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrales throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corrales uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howlett.
Howlett falls off balance throwing a combination
and Corrales counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrales lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Howlett missing with a left hand there. Corrales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Howlett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab from Howlett.
Howlett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Corrales takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Corrales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Corrales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Howlett moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Corrales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Howlett counters with a nice body shot.
Howlett lands with an overhand left.
Howlett misses with a straight left.
Howlett lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howlett counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howlett swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Corrales counters with a stiff right hand.
Howlett misses with a few strikes there.
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howlett counters with a left to the body.
Corrales will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Howlett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Corrales looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Some wild striking there from Corrales.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Howlett to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Howlett misses.
Howlett dodges the punch combination from Corrales.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett throws a body punch but Corrales moves out of range.

Howlett moves into the clinch successfully.
Corrales is looking to break free of the clinch but Howlett has double underhooks.
Corrales is looking to break free of the clinch but Howlett has double underhooks.

Corrales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Howlett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Howlett connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Howlett lands a glancing blow to the side of Corrales's head.
Corrales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Howlett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Howlett scores with a four punch combination!
Howlett lands with a straight right. Corrales didn't see that one coming.
Corrales misses with a combination
and Corrales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett tests Corrales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Howlett stalks Corrales and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Corrales's face. Corrales staggers backwards, shaken.

Corrales is rocked!
Corrales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howlett throws out the jab.
Corrales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Howlett missing with a left hand there. Corrales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Corrales falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Howlett counter with a right hand.
Howlett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Corrales does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Howlett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corrales.
Corrales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howlett.

Howlett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Howlett.
Howlett lands a nice uppercut.
Corrales presses Howlett against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Howlett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howlett looks to land a left hand but Corrales moved out of range nicely.
Corrales misses with a body shot.
A jab from Howlett misses.
Corrales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howlett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Corrales.
Howlett slips a jab and a cross from Corrales.
Corrales ducks right into an uppercut from Howlett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrales just misses with a punch to the body.
Howlett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Corrales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Corrales tries to move into range but Howlett moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Corrales slips a straight right by Howlett.
A decent looking cross lands there for Corrales.
A jab lands there for Howlett.
Corrales blocks a jab.
Howlett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Howlett throws a jab but it's blocked by Corrales.
Corrales swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Howlett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Corrales uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howlett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrales misses with a combination
and Howlett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Howlett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corrales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Corrales moves away from the strike by Howlett.
Corrales ducks under a wild hook from Howlett.
Howlett misses with an uppercut. Corrales saw that one coming.
Howlett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Corrales takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Corrales throws a nice looking combination but Howlett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Howlett connects with a right hand. Corrales shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett misses the jab.
Howlett throws a shot from downtown. Corrales moves away and avoids it.
Corrales misses with a combination
and Howlett counters with a straight right hand.
Corrales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howlett.
Howlett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corrales manages to avoid it.
Howlett lands a lovely overhand right.
Corrales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corrales misses with a combination
and Howlett counters with a nice body shot.
Corrales takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
Howlett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Corrales.
Howlett digs a good hook to Corrales's body.
Howlett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Howlett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Corrales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Corrales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Howlett avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Howlett does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Corrales misses with a double jab
and Howlett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Howlett connects with a nice looking jab.
Corrales avoids the body shot from Howlett.
Howlett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Corrales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Corrales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Corrales closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right-left combo lands from Corrales.
Corrales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howlett.
Howlett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Howlett doesn't manage to clinch there - Corrales circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrales throws a hook but Howlett avoids it easily.
Howlett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Howlett swings for the body but Corrales moves out of range.
Corrales lands with a nice combination. Howlett backs away looking to recover.
Corrales throws a combination that misses
enabling Howlett to counter with a crisp jab.
Howlett wants to clinch up but Corrales keeps it at a distance.

Howlett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Howlett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Howlett lands a body punch in the clinch.
Howlett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howlett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Corrales is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body punch from Howlett - that landed with a thud.

Corrales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Corrales has a takedown stuffed.
Corrales seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howlett.
Howlett looks to land a combination but Corrales avoids it well.
Howlett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Corrales.
Corrales throws a combination that misses
and Howlett counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Corrales lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Howlett circles away quickly and effectively.
Howlett lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Howlett is looking to clinch but Corrales is avoiding it.
Corrales swats away the attempt to clinch by Howlett.
Howlett connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corrales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Corrales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Howlett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Howlett misses with a straight right.
Corrales misses with a combination
and Howlett counters with a nice body shot.
Howlett swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Corrales counters with a series of strikes. Howlett will be more careful next time no doubt.
Corrales misses with a combination
and Howlett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howlett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Howlett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Howlett moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Corrales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Howlett moves out of range as Corrales strikes.
Corrales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Corrales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Howlett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Howlett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Howlett missing with a left hand there. Corrales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Corrales avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Corrales drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Howlett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corrales.
Corrales misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!

Corrales misses with a double jab
and Howlett counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A left and a right from Howlett both land. Nice combination.
Corrales doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Howlett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
James Howlett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Howlett misses with a body punch
and Corrales counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Howlett misses with an uppercut. Corrales saw that one coming.
Howlett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howlett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Corrales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Howlett rushes Corrales and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Corrales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Howlett dodges the punch combination from Corrales.
Howlett cracks Corrales with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Howlett tries to clinch up.
Howlett has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Corrales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Howlett throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howlett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Howlett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Howlett is looking to clinch but Corrales is avoiding it.

That's two 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.
Corrales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Corrales circles away from the clinch attempt.
Howlett lands a head shot.
Corrales throws a combination that misses
letting Howlett counter with a right hand.
Corrales swinging wilding here.
Corrales takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Howlett misses with a straight left.
Corrales walks into a jab.
Corrales walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
James Howlett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corrales misses with a wild body shot.
Howlett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howlett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Howlett misses the shot to the body.
Corrales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howlett counters with a nice uppercut.
Corrales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice sprawl there from Howlett as Corrales shoots in.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Howlett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corrales.
Corrales takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Corrales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Howlett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Howlett throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Howlett misses.
Howlett doesn't manage to clinch there - Corrales circles away.
Chico Corrales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howlett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Corrales takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Howlett tries to clinch up.
Howlett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Corrales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Corrales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Howlett counters with a right hand to the body.
Corrales throws a series of punches but Howlett moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Howlett.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Howlett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Howlett has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Howlett!
James Howlett is the new bantamweight champion!