PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Bradbury (ranked 2906 p4p, 3127 weight class) and Logan Howlett (ranked 367 p4p, 395 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bradbury
vs
Howlett

190 cm
25
212
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
205
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Bradbury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Logan Howlett!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howlett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bradbury.
Bradbury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Bradbury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Howlett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bradbury moves away from the strike by Howlett.
Howlett throws the left hand but Bradbury avoids the punch easily.
Howlett looks to land a right hand but Bradbury moved out of range.
Howlett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bradbury on the side of the head.
Howlett cracks a nice hook into Bradbury's ribs.
Howlett on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Howlett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Howlett connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bradbury. Howlett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bradbury slips under a jab.
Howlett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradbury blocks a jab.
Howlett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bradbury at a distance.
Howlett throws a body punch but Bradbury moves out of range.
Bradbury has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Monkey Magic in the buildup to the fight.
Bradbury takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Howlett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Howlett throws out a loose jab but Bradbury uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Howlett looks to move away, Bradbury throws a big counter combo but Howlett just gets out of the way.
Bradbury staying out of range there.
Bradbury is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Howlett.
Howlett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Howlett dips to his left and cracks Bradbury with an uppercut!
The fighters circling - Howlett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bradbury was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Howlett looks to throw the jab but Bradbury is out of range.
Bradbury's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Howlett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bradbury scrambles back to his feet.
Howlett lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howlett stuns Bradbury with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Howlett misses with a left hand

and Bradbury counters by clinching up.
Bradbury tries to work over Howlett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howlett blocks a body shot from Bradbury.
Bradbury throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Howletts head.
Howlett prevents a body shot from Bradbury.
Bradbury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howlett lands a shoulder strike.
Howlett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Bradbury breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howlett throws a body punch but Bradbury moves out of range.
Howlett scores with a jab to the body.
Howlett fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bradbury looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Howlett just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Bradbury wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Logan Howlett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bradbury gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Bradbury fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett misses with a body punch.
Bradbury misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Bradbury.
Bradbury slows down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Howlett fails to land.
Howlett blocking some punches.
Bradbury blocks a body shot from Howlett.
Howlett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bradbury lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Bradbury.
Bradbury lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Howlett backwards.
Bradbury wants to stall.
Howlett working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Howlett.
Bradbury blocks a body shot from Howlett.
We've been informed that Howlett has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Howlett misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howlett tries to work over Bradbury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howlett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bradbury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Howlett scores with a hook to the body.
Howlett is trying to force a seperation but Bradbury has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Bradbury - that landed with a thud.
Howlett digs a right hand into Bradbury's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bradbury's gas tank.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradbury is stalling here.
Bradbury misses with a punch to the body.

Bradbury escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bradbury scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bradbury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howlett.
Bradbury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bradbury thuds his right hand into Howlett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Howlett misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Howlett dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Howlett digs a good body shot into Bradbury's ribs.
Howlett cracks a nice hook into Bradbury's ribs.
Howlett misses with a looping right.

Bradbury closes the distance and pushes Howlett back into the cage.

Bradbury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bradbury takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Howlett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A shot to the liver by Howlett. Beautiful body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Howlett there.
Howlett jabs Bradbury right on the nose. Bradbury blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bradbury staying out of range there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howlett looks to throw the jab but Bradbury is out of range.
Howlett lands a nice shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradbury slips a jab from Howlett.
Howlett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bradbury takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bradbury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Howlett.
A shot to the liver by Howlett. Beautiful body shot.
Howlett jabs Bradbury right on the nose. Bradbury blinks but takes it well.
Howlett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from Howlett finds it's target.
Howlett throws a hook to the side of Bradbury's head but Bradbury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Howlett scores with a body shot.

Howlett sends Bradbury crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Howlett is motioning to the referee to let Bradbury up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Bradbury is rocked!
Howlett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett misses with an uppercut.
Oh Bradbury is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bradbury drops his hands momentarily. Howlett doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Bradbury staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Bradbury doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Logan Howlett!