PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between BJ McGobblecock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). and James Howlett. The crowd seem to be enjoying Howlett's choice of entrance music: X-Men Theme Music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McGobblecock
vs
Howlett

200 cm
22
200 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

181 cm
25
203 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, BJ McGobblecock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Howlett!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howlett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McGobblecock, Jr. defending well as Howlett loads up on a big left hand.
McGobblecock, Jr. looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Howlett throws a lazy uppercut
and McGobblecock, Jr. counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Howlett misses with an uppercut. McGobblecock, Jr. saw that one coming.
McGobblecock, Jr. swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McGobblecock, Jr. connects with a nice looking jab.
Howlett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've been informed that Howlett has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Howlett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McGobblecock, Jr. swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McGobblecock, Jr. scores with a nice head shot.
Nice cross by McGobblecock, Jr..
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Howlett misses.
Howlett lands a right hook to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGobblecock, Jr. paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Howlett throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGobblecock, Jr. thows a body kick. Howlett tries to catch it but that hurt him.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd cheers as McGobblecock, Jr. lands an impressive looking overhand right. Howlett doesn't seem phased though.
Howlett throws a quick inside leg kick.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a body shot.
Howlett walks into a left hand.
McGobblecock, Jr. is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Howlett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Howlett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGobblecock, Jr. finds it's way round the side to connect with Howlett's head.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a body punch but Howlett moves out of range.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes a swing at Howlett's ribcage but misses.
Howlett doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nice cross by Howlett.
Howlett moves out of range as McGobblecock, Jr. strikes.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws the left hand but Howlett avoids the punch easily.
Howlett tries a quick counter leg kick but McGobblecock, Jr. is wise to it.
McGobblecock, Jr. scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howlett swings for the body but McGobblecock, Jr. moves out of range.
Howlett misses the body punch
and McGobblecock, Jr. counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
McGobblecock, Jr. is looking to counter punch.
Howlett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Howlett was well out of range. Poor timing from McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. misses the jab.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGobblecock, Jr. moves away.
McGobblecock, Jr. dips to his left and cracks Howlett with an uppercut!
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a nice looking kick to the body. Howlett takes a step back to recover.

McGobblecock, Jr. has Howlett up against the cage in a clinch.
Howlett lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGobblecock, Jr. backwards.
McGobblecock, Jr. looking to throw knees to the head but Howlett is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McGobblecock, Jr. creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett is trying to break the clinch but McGobblecock, Jr. has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Howlett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Howlett tries a knee to the head but McGobblecock, Jr. blocks it.
McGobblecock, Jr. is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Howlett is defending well for now.
McGobblecock, Jr. managing to block the knees to the body from Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGobblecock, Jr. comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice right hand lands inside from Howlett.
Howlett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGobblecock, Jr.'s elbow.
Howlett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howlett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howlett can't find room to land a body shot as McGobblecock, Jr. controls the action.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Howlett blocks it with crossed arms.
Howlett prevents a body shot from McGobblecock, Jr..
Howlett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Howlett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Howlett misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from McGobblecock, Jr. on the inside.

Howlett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Howlett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGobblecock, Jr. takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGobblecock, Jr. lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Howlett looks to land a right hand but McGobblecock, Jr. moved out of range.
Howlett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws an overhand right that lands on Howlett's shoulder, as Howlett tries to avoid the shot.
Howlett flicks out a counter leg kick but McGobblecock, Jr. steps away.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a nice leg kick that just misses Howlett's sensitive parts.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a head kick by Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a looping right.
McGobblecock, Jr. scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howlett misses the jab.
Howlett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Howlett darts in and clinches McGobblecock, Jr. up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ McGobblecock, Jr. dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McGobblecock, Jr. gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McGobblecock, Jr. doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howlett tries to throw a body punch but McGobblecock, Jr. avoids it by throwing Howlett back against the cage.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a body punch in the clinch.
Howlett scores a nice knee to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGobblecock, Jr. can't find room to land a body shot as Howlett controls the action.
Howlett is working McGobblecock, Jr. over against the cage.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws an elbow that misses.
Howlett leaning his opponent against the cage.
Howlett takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGobblecock, Jr. comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries a knee to the head but Howlett blocks it.
McGobblecock, Jr. pushes Howlett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGobblecock, Jr. looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGobblecock, Jr..

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett scores with a shoulder strike.
McGobblecock, Jr. is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howlett can do to turn this around?
A short right hand to the side of the head by McGobblecock, Jr..
Howlett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howlett scores with a shoulder strike.
Howlett takes a shot to the head.
Howlett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks an uppercut.
Howlett misses with a punch to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands an uppercut.
McGobblecock, Jr. with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a punch but it's blocked by Howlett.
Howlett is working McGobblecock, Jr. over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Howlett avoids it.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Howlett looking to stall.
Howlett is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and McGobblecock, Jr. has denied him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGobblecock, Jr..

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Howlett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from McGobblecock, Jr..
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Howlett! But no joy.
Howlett throws out a loose jab but McGobblecock, Jr. uses good head movement to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Howlett.
A shot to the liver by McGobblecock, Jr.. Beautiful body shot.
Nice cross by McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Howlett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McGobblecock, Jr. is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a leg kick
and Howlett counters with a good low kick that McGobblecock, Jr. was not able to check.
Jab, jab by McGobblecock, Jr. - just one landing.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a right hand that misses
letting Howlett counter with a right hand.
Howlett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGobblecock, Jr. sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Howlett digs a good body shot into McGobblecock, Jr.'s ribs.
Howlett lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. walks into a stiff left hand from Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McGobblecock, Jr. avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGobblecock, Jr. displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Howlett closes the distance and clinches.
Howlett can't break the clinch.
McGobblecock, Jr. creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a body shot from Howlett.
Howlett lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. throws an elbow but it misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Howlett blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett misses with the head strike.
McGobblecock, Jr. unloads a knee to the mid-section. Howlett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Howlett lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a left hand that snaps the head of Howlett backwards.
Howlett lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGobblecock, Jr. backwards.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocking some punches.
Howlett has a couple of punches blocked by McGobblecock, Jr..
Howlett misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Howlett.
A shot in the inside from McGobblecock, Jr..
Howlett trying to land knees to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands an elbow that stopped Howlett in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howlett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Howlett is breathing heavily.
Howlett lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGobblecock, Jr. backwards.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. landing knees to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Howlett blocks it with crossed arms.
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 BJ McGobblecock, Jr. will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

McGobblecock, Jr. scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Howlett doesn't seem bothered though.
A solid leg kick lands there for McGobblecock, Jr..
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGobblecock, Jr. moves away.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands with a thumping leg kick.
Howlett throws a body shot but no joy.
Howlett slips under a jab from McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a straight left.

Howlett tries to keep at a distance but McGobblecock, Jr. has taken the fight into the clinch.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a body shot from Howlett.
Howlett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howlett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Howlett takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett misses with a punch to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands with a short shot to the head.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a knee strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. digs a right hand into Howlett's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Howlett's gas tank.
McGobblecock, Jr. unloads a knee to the mid-section. Howlett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McGobblecock, Jr. gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Howlett takes an elbow to the temple.
McGobblecock, Jr. with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howlett tries a body shot but McGobblecock, Jr. blocks it.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howlett misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. prevents a body shot from Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGobblecock, Jr. landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. can't find room to land a body shot as Howlett controls the action.
Nice body punch from McGobblecock, Jr..
Howlett takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGobblecock, Jr..
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a good knee to the midsection. Howlett won't want to take too many of those.
McGobblecock, Jr. utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a hook that snaps the head of Howlett backwards.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGobblecock, Jr. using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Howlett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands an elbow inside that Howlett shrugs off.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
BJ McGobblecock, Jr. has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGobblecock, Jr..
BJ McGobblecock, Jr. is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Howlett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
BJ McGobblecock, Jr. is winning the standup battle so far.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McGobblecock, Jr. looks to land a left hand but Howlett moved out of range nicely.

Howlett darts in and clinches McGobblecock, Jr. up against the cage.
Howlett looking to throw knees to the head but McGobblecock, Jr. is blocking nicely.
Howlett lands a knee to the head.

It looks like BJ McGobblecock, Jr. has been cut.
McGobblecock, Jr. blocks a body shot from Howlett.
Howlett tries to score a body lock takedown but McGobblecock, Jr. shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howlett.
Howlett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howlett swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Howlett manages to break the clinch.
McGobblecock, Jr. throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to clinch but Howlett moves out of range.
McGobblecock, Jr. chopping away at his opponent's legs.
James Howlett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howlett looks to score with a jab to the body but McGobblecock, Jr. is just out of range.
A big right from Howlett misses.
McGobblecock, Jr. lands with an uppercut that bounces Howlett off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGobblecock, Jr. just misses with a punch to the body.
McGobblecock, Jr. darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McGobblecock, Jr. misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Howlett.
A nice side step and Howlett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Howlett misses with a wild body shot.
McGobblecock, Jr. is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Howlett.
McGobblecock, Jr. tries to clinch but Howlett is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
BJ McGobblecock, Jr. showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McGobblecock, Jr. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... BJ McGobblecock, Jr.!
BJ McGobblecock, Jr. thanked the fans post fight for their support.