PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klas Micropop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard comes to the cage accompanied by Eddie Money - Take me home tonight. Micropop has chosen Killer Instinct as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Howard
vs
Micropop

196 cm
33
277 lbs
30 - 5 - 0

183 cm
34
275 lbs
29 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harold Howard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Klas Micropop!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard looks to land a left hand but Micropop moved out of range nicely.
Micropop has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A lazy body kick from Howard
and Micropop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Micropop comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A left lands for Howard.

It looks like Klas Micropop has been cut.
Micropop loads up on a big right hand but Howard slips the punch.
Howard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Micropop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Howard.

Micropop clinches up with Howard and pushes him back against the cage.
Howard throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Micropop backwards.
Micropop holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Howard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Micropop.
Howard misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
Micropop is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Howard is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Howard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Micropop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Micropop.
Micropop works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Howard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Howard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Micropop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Micropop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howard blocks the elbow strike.
Micropop scores with a hook to the body.
Micropop misses with a punch to the body.
Micropop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Micropop.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Micropop's elbow.
A short right from Micropop on the inside.
Micropop has a couple of punches blocked by Howard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Micropop.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Howard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micropop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Micropop throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Howard.
Micropop misses with a body punch.
Howard misses with a knee strike.
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Micropop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howard letting Micropop take a breather here.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Micropop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Micropop lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Harold Howard has been cut.
Micropop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Howard misses with a knee strike.
Howard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Micropop.
Howard blocking some punches.
Howard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Micropop throws a punch but it's blocked by Howard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Howard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Micropop.
Micropop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howard can't find room to land a body shot as Micropop controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Micropop.
Howard lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Micropop looking to stall.
Howard lands a shoulder strike.
Micropop lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Micropop misses with some punches.
Howard misses with a punch on the inside.
Micropop unloads a knee to the mid-section. Howard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Howard is breathing heavily.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howard takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Micropop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Micropop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Micropop lands a right hand.
Micropop tries to work over Howard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Micropop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Micropop lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Micropop lands with a short shot to the head.
Micropop misses with some punches.
Micropop lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Micropop.
Micropop lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Micropop.
Micropop lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Micropop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Micropop lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Howard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klas Micropop dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Micropop lands with a hook. Howard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Micropop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Micropop is looking to clinch.
Howard misses with a few strikes there.
Howard dodges the punch combination from Micropop.

Howard takes the fight into the clinch.
Micropop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Micropop lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Micropop.
Micropop tries to work over Howard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howard misses with a knee strike.
Micropop throws a head punch that misses.
Howard blocking some punches.
Micropop landing knees to the body.
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 goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Howard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Micropop scores with a nice short uppercut.
Micropop unloads a knee to the mid-section. Howard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Micropop is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Howard is keeping busy.
Klas Micropop seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Micropop missing with knees to the body.
Micropop with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Micropop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Micropop scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howard misses with a punch on the inside.
Howard has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Howard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Micropop scores with a nice short uppercut.
Micropop lands a shot to the body.
Micropop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Micropop tries to stall but Howard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Micropop lands a left hand that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Micropop lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Micropop lands with a right to the head.
Micropop lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micropop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Micropop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Howard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
Micropop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Micropop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Micropop scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Howard on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Micropop.
Howard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Micropop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Micropop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Howard misses with the head strike.
Micropop blocks an uppercut.
Howard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Micropop working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Micropop lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands with a left to the head.
Micropop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Micropop lands a good knee to the midsection. Howard won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from Micropop.
Micropop has Howard pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Micropop.
Micropop swings wildly with an uppercut but Howard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Micropop unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Micropop scores with a shoulder strike.
Micropop missing with knees to the body.
Howard blocks a body shot from Micropop.
Micropop misses with the head strike.
Howard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Micropop lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Micropop swings wildly with an uppercut but Howard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howard misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Howard on the inside.
Micropop can't find room to land a body shot as Howard controls the action.
Micropop working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Micropop gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Micropop creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Howard's defenses.

Micropop drops Howard onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Howard is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Howard is rocked!
Micropop cracks Howard with a nice body shot.
Oh Howard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Micropop pushes Howard against the cage. Micropop is working some dirty boxing. Micropop pushes off with a quick right hook! Howard goes down! Howard tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Micropop moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Klas Micropop!
Klas Micropop is the new super heavyweight champion!
Klas Micropop managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Backyard Fighting, into his post fight interview.