PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwight Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roy Nelson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nelson
vs
Howard

188 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dwight Howard!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson is looking to land body kicks.
A big left from Howard misses.
Howard throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Howard misses with an uppercut
and Nelson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Howard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nelson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Howard is avoiding it.
Nelson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Howard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Howard keeps the fight on the outside.
Nelson staying out of range there.
Howard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nelson looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Howard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Dwight Howard has been cut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Howard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Howard connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nelson. Nelson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Nelson tries to move into range but Howard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jab from Nelson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nelson to score with a decent uppercut.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Howard.
Nelson defending well as Howard loads up on a big left hand.
Nelson blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Nelson slips the punch.
Howard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Nelson. Those never looked like landing.
Dwight Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howard misses with a hook.
Howard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nelson.
Nelson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
Howard swings widly with a right hand
and Nelson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nelson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Howard misses with an uppercut
and Nelson counters with a straight right hand.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Howard circles away and keeps his distance.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Decent striking displayed by Howard there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard connects with a nice looking jab.
Howard misses with a hook
and Howard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Howard throws a lazy right hand but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nelson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Howard swings widly with a right hand
and Nelson counters with a nice body shot.
Dwight Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Howard circles away.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Howard circles away.
Nelson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Howard finds it's way round the side to connect with Nelson's head.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Howard circles away.
Howard misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Howard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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!
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Nelson's shoulder, as Nelson tries to avoid the shot.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Howard misses with a right hand
and Nelson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Howard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Howard misses with a hook. Nelson ducked under it nicely.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nelson fails to land with a series of punches.
Nelson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Howard misses the jab.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Nelson's shoulder, as Nelson tries to avoid the shot.
Howard throws out a loose jab but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson looks to land a combination but Howard avoids it well.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Howard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
Howard misses with a hook
and Nelson counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
Howard throws the left hand but Nelson avoids the punch easily.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nelson defending well as Howard loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dwight Howard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dwight Howard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roy Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Howard moves out of range easily.
Howard throws a shot from downtown. Nelson moves away and avoids it.
Nelson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Howard misses with a hook
letting Nelson counter with a right hand.
Howard throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
Nelson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Howard throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Nelson slips the punch.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Nelson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Howard eats them both and turns towards Nelson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Howard is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howard misses with a looping right.
Howard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nelson.
Nelson walks into a left hand.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nelson slips a straight right by Howard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Howard avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nelson staying out of range there.
Howard jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Howard.
Dwight Howard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson takes one to the side of the head.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Howard.
Nelson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nelson works Howard's body with a nice hook.
Nelson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Howard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Howard misses with an uppercut
and Nelson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Howard thinking.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Howard.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Howard 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.
Howard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Nelson.
Howard throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Nelson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Howard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howard missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Howard throws a hook but Nelson blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Howard misses the target.
Nelson tries to clinch but Howard is having none of it.
Nelson staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson wants to clinch up but Howard keeps it at a distance.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Howard.
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Nelson's shoulder, as Nelson tries to avoid the shot.
Howard misses with a right hand
and Nelson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Howard is breathing heavily.
Howard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nelson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Howard blocks the body kick.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Howard blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howard throws out the jab.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
Howard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Howard swings widly with a right hand
and Nelson counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howard misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That has opened up Dwight Howard's cut even more.
A left lands for Howard.
Howard throws a right hand that misses
and Nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A jab from Howard misses.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nelson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nelson tries to move into range but Howard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
No joy there for Nelson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Howard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Howard.
Nelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roy Nelson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dwight Howard's cut.
That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson throws a low kick but Howard avoids it.
Nelson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Nelson's shoulder, as Nelson tries to avoid the shot.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Howard.
Howard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howard throws a poor cross that misses
and Nelson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nelson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Nelson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Howard circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Howard.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Howard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson counters with a series of strikes. Howard will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard throws a poor cross that misses
and Nelson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Howard is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Howard scores with a sloppy right hand. Nelson should have avoided that one.
Howard misses with a hook. Nelson ducked under it nicely.
Howard looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nelson tries to clinch but Howard is having none of it.
Nelson slips under a jab.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Howard misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Howard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nelson staying out of range there.
Howard misses with a right hand
and Nelson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Howard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Howard misses with an uppercut. Nelson saw that one coming.
Howard misses with a hook
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but Howard pushes him off.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Howard.
Howard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Howard swings widly with a right hand
and Nelson counters with a nice body shot.
Nelson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A swing and a miss from Howard.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Howard circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Howard.
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Howard keeps the fight on the outside.
Howard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nelson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nelson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Nelson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Howard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Howard is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Howard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Howard blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howard throws out the jab.
Howard throws a poor cross that misses
and Nelson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A slow jab from Howard misses its intended target.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Howard.
A big left from Howard misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard misses with a hook
and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson wants to clinch up but Howard keeps it at a distance.
Nelson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nelson throws a head kick but Howard moves out of range.
Howard throws a big shot that misses.
Howard misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Howard misses its intended target.
Howard throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.
Howard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a straight right hand.
Howard throws a poor cross that misses
and Nelson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nelson fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Roy Nelson.
Well Nelson 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Dwight Howard!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!