PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Howe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronaldo Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Souza
vs
Howe

185 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

198 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Howe!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Howe avoids it really well and circles away.

Howe clinches up with Souza and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Howe.
Howe lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ronaldo Souza has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Howe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Howe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Howe breaks from the clinch.
Howe doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.

Howe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Howe landing knees to the head.
Howe lands a knee to the body.
Howe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Howe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Howe lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Howe has Souza pressed against the cage.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howe scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Howe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Howe landing knees to the body.
Howe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Souza or not.
Howe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee calls for Howe to work.
Knees in the clinch landing for Howe.
Howe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howe lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.

Ronaldo Souza's cut is getting worse.
A knee to the head by Howe.
Howe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.
Howe with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Howe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Souza being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Howe lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Howe.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Howe.
Nice elbow from Howe.
A bit of stalling here from Howe.
Howe continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Greg Howe.

Howe moves into the clinch.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Howe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Howe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Howe connects with a high kick.

Souza is rocked!

Howe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Souza, pushing him back against the cage.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Howe lands a nice elbow.

Ronaldo Souza's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice elbow from Howe.
Howe creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Souza! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Howe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Howe!