PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jack murl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). murl has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Howlett
vs
murl

168 cm
23
142 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
135 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, jack murl!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howlett throws a series of punches but murl moves out of range.
Howlett digs a good body shot into murl's ribs.
Howlett displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
murl feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Howlett's calf.
murl tries to clinch there but Howlett circles away.
Howlett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Howlett closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Howlett connects with a nice looking jab.
Howlett lands a nice looking body shot.
Howlett blocks a head kick by murl.
murl misses with an uppercut.
murl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Howlett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
murl thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Howlett if he has to take too many more of those.
Howlett lands a lovely overhand right.
murl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
murl throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
murl throws a looping overhand right but Howlett ducks down to avoid it.
Howlett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Howlett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Howlett moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett throws the left hand but murl avoids the punch easily.
murl walks into a left hand.
murl throws a nice inside leg kick.
Howlett lands with a nice combination. murl backs away looking to recover.
Howlett slips under a jab from murl.
Howlett misses with the combination.
murl ducks right into an uppercut from Howlett.
The fight stays on the outside here - murl looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
murl closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice jab there from Howlett.
Howlett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between murl's hands.
Howlett swinging wilding here.
murl on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Howlett lands a nice hook to murl's body. murl takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett cracks murl with a right hand to the side of the head.

murl is rocked!
murl looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
murl is still on wobbly legs! Can Howlett finish him?
Donk. Howlett catches murl right on the button with a cross.
Howlett throws a right and a left that murl avoids nicely.
Howlett cracks murl with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
murl misses with a head kick.
Howlett throws a right and a left that murl avoids nicely.
murl misses with a straight left.
murl seems to have recovered his senses.
murl has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from murl there as he acknowledges the shot.
Howlett stalks murl and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into murl's face. murl staggers backwards, shaken.
murl tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Howlett looks to land a combination but murl avoids it well.
James Howlett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
murl tries to clinch there but Howlett circles away.
Howlett works the jab nicely.
Howlett takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Howlett throws a right hand that murl ducks under and follows up with a left that murl also avoids with ease.
murl on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett cracks murl with a good jab.
murl misses with a head kick.
Howlett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Howlett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
murl uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howlett.
murl takes one to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Howlett misses its intended target.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
murl tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
murl takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Howlett is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Howlett scores with a jab to the jaw.
Howlett lands the left hand.
murl closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Howlett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
murl takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Howlett slips under a jab from murl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
murl missing with a left hand there. Howlett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Howlett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
murl scores with a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Howlett.
murl has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Howlett lunges at murl with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by murl's hand.
Howlett connects with a single shot there.
Howlett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Howlett throws a nice looking combination but murl bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Howlett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Howlett scores with a hook.
Howlett stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howlett throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
murl takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
murl tries to move into range but Howlett moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Howlett scores with a one two! murl had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett dominated that 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.

Howlett scores with a decent looking hook.
Howlett swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by murl.
Howlett misses with a two punch combination.
Howlett missing with a left hand there. murl was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Howlett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
murl tries to clinch up.
murl shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Howlett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from murl.
Howlett lands a jab to the head.
James Howlett is winning the standup battle so far.
Howlett looks to land a left hand but murl moved out of range nicely.
Howlett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Howlett loads up on a big right hand but murl slips the punch.
Howlett slips a straight right by murl.
James Howlett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Howlett.
Howlett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Howlett bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of murl's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett throws a right hand that murl ducks under and follows up with a left that murl also avoids with ease.
Howlett scores with a jab.
murl throws a sloppy head kick and Howlett moves out of range easily.
Howlett throws a series of punches but murl avoids them all with ease.
Howlett swings for the body but murl moves out of range.
Howlett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by murl.
Howlett misses with a series of wild punches.
Howlett lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
murl throws a hook but Howlett avoids it easily.
Howlett scores with a jab.
murl pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
murl on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Howlett's corner calls for a 1-2. Howlett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A lazy left from murl finds it's target.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Howlett throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Howlett as he connects with a hook.
Howlett tries to bum rush murl with a series of wild strikes but murl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Howlett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Howlett misses with a wild combination.
Howlett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from murl.
Howlett avoids the head kick by murl.
Howlett just misses with a punch to the body.
murl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Howlett cracks murl with an open hand slap.
Howlett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
murl works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
murl slips a straight right by Howlett.
Howlett tests murl's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Howlett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
murl jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
murl uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howlett.
Howlett misses the shot to the body.
murl slips a straight right by Howlett.
murl throws a looping overhand right but Howlett ducks down to avoid it.
Howlett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Howlett lands a nice shot that snaps murl's head back.
murl throws a head kick but Howlett moves out of range.
Howlett misses with a wild combination.
murl steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Howlett blocks the body kick.
murl doesn't manage to clinch there - Howlett circles away.
Howlett cracks murl with a good jab.
murl doesn't manage to clinch there - Howlett circles away.
Howlett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Howlett misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Howlett.
Howlett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Howlett throws a nice looking combination but murl bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
murl is looking to clinch.
murl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howlett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
murl walks into a jab.
Howlett defending well as murl loads up on a big left hand.
Howlett lands a jab to the nose.
murl slips a jab from Howlett.
murl throws a half hearted mid kick.
Howlett misses with a takedown attempt - murl sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
murl walks into a straight right hand from Howlett.
A punch combination from Howlett misses.
murl misses with an uppercut.
Howlett throws a combination. murl tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A nice combination there by Howlett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Howlett stalks murl and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into murl's face. murl staggers backwards, shaken.
murl lands with a thumping leg kick.
Howlett works murl's body with a nice hook.
murl throws a right and a left that Howlett avoids nicely.
Howlett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Howlett steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from murl. That one must have hurt.
Howlett throws a left and a right that both miss
letting murl counter with a right hand.
murl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howlett.
murl on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
murl throws a sloppy head kick and Howlett moves out of range easily.
murl getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Howlett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. murl doesn't seem bothered though.
Howlett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice defenses there by Howlett.
Howlett digs a good hook to murl's body.
Howlett connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
murl throws a chopping leg kick but Howlett manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Howlett lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as murl backs up against the cage.
murl takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Howlett looks to land a combination but murl avoids it well.
murl fails with an attempt to clinch.
Howlett closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Howlett throws a series of punches but murl avoids them all with ease.
murl throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Howlett!
Howlett throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends murl stumbling backwards into the cage! murl bounces back off the cage towards Howlett, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Howlett lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Howlett celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). James Howlett!