PBP Commentary

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

Howe
vs
villanueva

198 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

165 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Howe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, burugudug villanueva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

villanueva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Howe wants to get back to his feet.
Howe is refusing to be controlled, as villanueva sits in half guard.

villanueva escapes and gets back to his feet.
Howe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Howe moves in looking to clinch but villanueva pushes him off.

villanueva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howe is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but villanueva has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

villanueva decides to stand up, so the ref orders Howe to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howe tries to close the distance and clinch but villanueva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
villanueva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
villanueva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howe misses with the combination.
Howe tries to close the distance and clinch but villanueva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Howe clinches up with villanueva and pushes him back against the cage.
villanueva fails to pull guard.
Howe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howe working villanueva over with knees to the body.
Howe stalls.
Howe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Howe manages to break the clinch.
Howe wants to clinch up but villanueva keeps it at a distance.

Howe closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Howe.

Howe manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe misses with a series of wild punches.
Howe wants to clinch up but villanueva keeps it at a distance.

Howe darts in and clinches villanueva up against the cage.
villanueva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Howe pulls him back up using the underhooks.
villanueva looks gassed!
Nice elbow from Howe.
Howe lands a nice knee to the body.
Howe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Howe just leaning against villanueva, taking a breather.
A right hand to the body from Howe.
Howe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Howe breaks the clinch.
Howe moves in looking to clinch but villanueva pushes him off.
villanueva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howe scores with a kick to the body.

Howe rushes villanueva and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe taking a breather.
Howe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howe stalling against the cage.
Howe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Howe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Howe tries to clinch there but villanueva circles away.

Howe moves into the clinch.

Howe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Howe tries to clinch up.

Howe clinches.
Howe controlling the action here for a moment.
Howe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice elbow from Howe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howe lands a knee to the head.
Howe gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from villanueva.
Greg Howe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of burugudug villanueva.
Howe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Howe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Howe connects with a knee to the head.
villanueva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howe lands an elbow that stopped villanueva in his tracks for a moment.
Howe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Howe unloads a knee to the mid-section. villanueva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howe lands a good knee to the midsection. villanueva won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Howe.
villanueva tries to pull guard but Howe won't allow it.
Howe scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Howe.

Howe manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Howe dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Howe gets a clinch.
villanueva is looking to break free of the clinch but Howe has double underhooks.
Howe holding his opponent close, against the cage.
villanueva tries to pull guard but Howe holds him up against the cage and eventually villanueva drops back down to his feet.
Howe stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Howe obliges.
Howe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Howe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Howe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howe scores with a one two! villanueva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
villanueva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Howe.

Howe clinches up against the cage.
Howe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Howe lands an elbow inside that villanueva shrugs off.
villanueva is breathing heavily.

Howe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Howe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Howe lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Howe.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Howe breaks from the clinch.
villanueva swats away the attempt to clinch by Howe.
Howe wants to clinch up but villanueva keeps it at a distance.
Howe plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Howe closes the distance and pushes villanueva back into the cage.
Howe scores a nice knee to the body.

Howe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Howe tries to clinch there but villanueva circles away.
Howe tries to clinch there but villanueva circles away.
A left and a right from Howe both land. Nice combination.
Howe tries to clinch but villanueva is having none of it.
Howe fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Howe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
villanueva swats away the attempt to clinch by Howe.

Howe has closed the distance and engaged villanueva in a clinch.
Greg Howe has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Howe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Howe lands an elbow that stopped villanueva in his tracks for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Howe.
Howe stalling against the cage.
Howe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Howe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Howe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Howe landing knees to the body.
Howe connects with a nasty looking knee right to villanueva's face.
The referee is keeping an eye on Howe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Howe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Howe breaks the clinch.

Howe clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe pressing his opponent against the cage.

Howe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping body kick lands there for Howe.

Howe instigates a clinch.

Howe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Howe lands with a kick to the temple. villanueva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

villanueva tries to keep at a distance but Howe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Howe connects with a nasty looking knee right to villanueva's face.
Howe is struggling to control the position.
Howe scores a nice knee to the body.
Howe stalls.
A knee to the head by Howe.
villanueva being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howe lands a good knee to the midsection. villanueva won't want to take too many of those.
Howe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Howe is pushing villanueva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Howe scores with a hook to the body.
Howe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Howe landing knees to the head.

Howe breaks the clinch.

Howe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Howe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right from Howe on the inside.
Howe working villanueva over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Howe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Howe has closed the distance and engaged villanueva in a clinch.
Howe is pushing villanueva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Howe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite villanueva's efforts to push away.

Howe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howe stuffs the takedown.
Howe is looking to clinch.
Howe looks to land a combination. villanueva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
villanueva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Howe wants to clinch up but villanueva keeps it at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Howe.
Howe tries to clinch but villanueva is having none of it.
Greg Howe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howe tries to close the distance and clinch up but villanueva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
villanueva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Howe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Howe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
villanueva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Howe throws a quick head kick that skims the top of villanueva's head.
Greg Howe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Howe rushes villanueva and presses him up against the cage.
Howe crunches a lovely knee into villanueva's ribcage.
Stalling in the clinch from Howe.
Howe lands an elbow inside that villanueva shrugs off.
Howe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Howe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
villanueva circles away from the clinch attempt.

Howe pushes villanueva up against the cage in a clinch.
Howe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Howe connects with a knee to the head.

Howe manages to break the clinch.
villanueva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Greg Howe is winning the standup battle so far.

Howe moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe scores with a shoulder strike.
villanueva takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Howe.
villanueva is working for takedown but Howe is calmly controlling the position for now.
Greg Howe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of burugudug villanueva.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Howe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Howe slowing the pace effectively.
Howe lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Howe to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Greg Howe.
Left hook, right uppercut from Howe.
Howe throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
villanueva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Howe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but villanueva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
villanueva swats away the attempt to clinch by Howe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe wants to clinch.
villanueva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Howe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Howe clinches with his opponent.
Howe scores a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Howe.
villanueva takes a knee right on the jaw!
A body shot lands from Howe.
Knees in the clinch landing for Howe.
The referee is keeping an eye on Howe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Howe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite villanueva's efforts to push away.
Stalling in the clinch from Howe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howe lands an elbow just above villanueva 's eye.
Howe content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Greg Howe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees to the body from Howe.
Howe stalling.
Howe seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
villanueva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Howe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
villanueva letting Howe take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Greg Howe.
Howe doesn't manage to clinch there - villanueva circles away.
Howe tries to clinch up.
burugudug villanueva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howe fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Howe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Howe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greg Howe!