PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nyyrikki Johnathon Atum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Howe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nyyrikki Johnathon Atum could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tim Howe's chin.

Johnathon Atum
vs
Howe

189 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

178 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nyyrikki Johnathon Atum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Howe!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howe swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnathon Atum.
Nice takedown defense from Johnathon Atum. No joy for Howe on that attempt.
Johnathon Atum has his takedown stuffed
and Howe counters with an outside leg kick.
Johnathon Atum misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Howe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Howe looks for the body kick but Johnathon Atum saw that one coming.
Howe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Howe closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Howe looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Johnathon Atum is avoiding damage well.
An elbow from Howe crashes against the mat.
Howe trying to control the position but Johnathon Atum is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnathon Atum pushes Howe away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Howe gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Howe closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Howe in side control, throwing shots but Johnathon Atum defends.
Howe in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Howe decides to stand up, so the ref orders Johnathon Atum to his feet.
Johnathon Atum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnathon Atum is breathing heavily.
Johnathon Atum tries to clinch

and Howe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Howe.
Howe controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnathon Atum keeping moving, preventing Howe from controlling successfully.
Howe looking to sit in guard and control but Johnathon Atum gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Johnathon Atum prevents Howe from getting back to his feet.
Johnathon Atum throwing strikes from guard but Howe blocks nicely.
Howe wants to sweep here but Johnathon Atum controlling him for the moment.
Johnathon Atum throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Howe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Howe has his feet on Johnathon Atum's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A head kick by Johnathon Atum misses
and Howe counters with a three punch combo that has Johnathon Atum backing up. Johnathon Atum nods at Howe to acknowledge the strikes.

Howe throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Johnathon Atum was covering up waiting for the punch and Howe finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Johnathon Atum keeping full guard, as Howe tries to pass.

Howe has gone for a leg lock! Johnathon Atum slips out almost immediately though and dives into Howe's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnathon Atum gets to his feet - Howe follows without any prompting.
Howe shoots in but Johnathon Atum avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnathon Atum tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Howe counters with a single leg into guard. Johnathon Atum didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howe throws a strike but Johnathon Atum rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Johnathon Atum stands and steps away. Howe gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnathon Atum gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Howe counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Johnathon Atum's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Howe throws a sloppy head kick and Johnathon Atum moves out of range easily.
Johnathon Atum closes the distance looking to clinch

so Howe counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Howe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Howe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Howe thows a big elbow that misses.
Howe throws a big right hand that misses.

Howe drops back, looking for a kneebar! Johnathon Atum looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Johnathon Atum looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Johnathon Atum!
Johnathon Atum grinds an elbow into Howe's temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnathon Atum decides to stand back up.
Johnathon Atum checks the leg kick.
Nyyrikki Johnathon Atum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnathon Atum throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Howe's waist but Howe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnathon Atum off to one side.
Johnathon Atum throws a combination. Howe tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Howe moves into the clinch.
Howe is working for takedown but Johnathon Atum is calmly controlling the position for now.
Howe tries to pull guard but Johnathon Atum holds him up against the cage and eventually Howe drops back down to his feet.
Howe blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Howe manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Johnathon Atum wants to stand and escape but instead Howe has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Howe postures up in Johnathon Atum's guard and throws a big left but Johnathon Atum blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Howe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Howe postures up and lands a big shot to Johnathon Atum's brow.
Howe looking to sit in guard and control but Johnathon Atum gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Howe is trying to control the position but Johnathon Atum postures up.
Howe seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Howe is working an open guard so Johnathon Atum takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Howe instigates a clinch.
Johnathon Atum lands a knee to the body.
Johnathon Atum throws a head punch that misses.
Johnathon Atum stops a takedown attempt from Howe.
Nyyrikki Johnathon Atum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Howe.
Howe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnathon Atum gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnathon Atum misses with the head strike.
Howe tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johnathon Atum just stands there and leans against the cage.
Howe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Johnathon Atum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Howe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnathon Atum gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Howe wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnathon Atum won't allow it.
Johnathon Atum throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnathon Atum lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Howe drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnathon Atum pulls his leg out and moves away.
A head kick misses from Johnathon Atum.
Johnathon Atum lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Tim Howe has been cut.
Johnathon Atum gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Howe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnathon Atum won't be happy with that.
Howe throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Johnathon Atum works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Howe working over Johnathon Atum with some ground and pound. Johnathon Atum looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howe throwing shots but Johnathon Atum is blocking nicely.
Howe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Howe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tim Howe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Johnathon Atum throws a right and a left that both miss.

Howe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Howe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howe tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnathon Atum swivels and escapes.

Howe scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Howe throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Johnathon Atum works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Johnathon Atum moves into full guard.
Johnathon Atum manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Howe manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnathon Atum trying to control but Howe is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Howe pulls Johnathon Atum in to control the position.
Johnathon Atum trying to control but Howe is working from the bottom.
Howe is looking to stand up but Johnathon Atum isn't so interested in that idea.
Howe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Johnathon Atum gets to his feet - Howe follows without any prompting.
Johnathon Atum closes the distance looking to clinch

and Howe counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Johnathon Atum trying to control but Howe postures up.
Howe wants to take a breather but Johnathon Atum is having none of it.
Johnathon Atum avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Howe.
Howe misses with a head shot. Johnathon Atum uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnathon Atum wants to stand but Howe is controlling the position.
Johnathon Atum keeping full guard, as Howe tries to pass.
Howe passes Johnathon Atum's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Howe frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Howe.
Johnathon Atum really wants to buck Howe off and get back to his feet.
Nyyrikki Johnathon Atum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Howe is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Johnathon Atum can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Johnathon Atum in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Howe lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Tim Howe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Howe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Howe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Howe winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

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