PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Bartowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by My Block. This should be fireworks!

Bartowski
vs
Howard

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
163 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Bartowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Howard!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Howard shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Howard is controlling the pace.
Bartowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Howard.
Howard scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Howard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bartowski regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Howard.
Bartowski is trying to keep Howard in close.
Howard throwing strikes but missing.
Howard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard trying to control the position from guard on top but Bartowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Howard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bartowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Howard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Howard trying to control the position from guard on top but Bartowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Howard works over Bartowski with some ground and pound from guard.
Howard trying to control the position from guard on top but Bartowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Howard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bartowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Howard content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bartowski working a defensive guard but Howard passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bartowski is trying to control but can't.
Howard working the head and body with strikes.
Bartowski is looking for a sweep. Howard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Howard is keen to just control but Bartowski is a slippery customer.
Bartowski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Howard on the ground.
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 nestled in close to Bartowski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Howard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Howard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Howard.
Howard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Howard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Howard lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Howard working Bartowski over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard is nestled in close to Bartowski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Howard should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Howard trying to control the action but Bartowski is working from the bottom.
Howard passes to full mount!

Bartowski bucks Howard off and manages to get back to his feet!

Howard shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Howard lands strikes from half guard.
Howard works his way into full mount!
Bartowski is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Howard scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bartowski is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Howard lands a big elbow.
Howard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bartowski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Howard working Bartowski over with strikes here.
Bartowski is bucking up trying to escape but Howard cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Howard working the ground and pound effectively.
Howard controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Howard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Howard fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bartowski sprawls well initially but Howard persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Howard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bartowski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Howard lands a nice short elbow.
Howard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Howard is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Howard.
Bartowski is looking for a sweep. Howard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Howard scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Howard is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Howard with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard is looking to stall here but Bartowski recovers full guard.
Bartowski wants to sweep but no luck.
Howard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bartowski tries to strike from the bottom.
Bartowski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bartowski keeping moving, preventing Howard from controlling successfully.
Howard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Howard throwing strikes but missing.
Mike Howard has got the better of the ground game so far.
Howard chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Howard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bartowski is looking to stand up but Howard isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howard landing with the ground and pound.
Howard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bartowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bartowski is trying to keep Howard in close.
Bartowski keeping moving, preventing Howard from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Howard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Howard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Howard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bartowski's head.
Howard stopping the sweep attempt from Bartowski.
Howard lands a couple of digs.
Howard lands a couple of digs.
Howard is in close to Bartowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Howard is looking to work some ground and pound but Bartowski has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Howard chips away with some ground and pound.
Howard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bartowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Howard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bartowski trying to keep a closed guard but Howard is proving a slippery customer.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Howard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Howard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Howard landing some decent shots from guard.
Bartowski keeping full guard, as Howard tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Howard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Howard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Howard is standing up over Bartowski. Bartowski looks to escape but Howard dives into side control.
Howard lands some shots froms side control.
Bartowski is trying to control Howard's posture but Howard avoids it.
Bartowski is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Howard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bartowski tries to bench press Howard off him but Howard keeps the position.
Bartowski struggling a bit here.
Howard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Howard working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartowski tries to buck Howard off but Howard is having none of it.
Howard cracks Bartowski with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Howard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Howard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Howard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Howard grinds an elbow into Bartowski's temple.
Howard scoring with punches and elbows.
Howard is trying to move to mount but Bartowski reverses beautifully and ends up in Howard's guard.
Bartowski has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Howard is proving hard to escape from.
Mike Howard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bartowski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Howard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Howard looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bartowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Howard with shots to the head and body - Bartowski looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard controlling the position easily from mount.
Let's hope that Howard has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Howard lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Howard raining down shots from the mount!
Howard avoids the attempt from Bartowski to control.
Howard controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski working to try and regain half guard.
Howard controlling the position easily from mount.
Howard lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard landing punches.
Bartowski tries to hold on but Howard postures up.
Chuck Bartowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Howard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Howard 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

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