PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Howard Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snow has chosen WishMaster as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bell
vs
Snow

183 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Syndicate Drugs

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howard Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Snow!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell tries to clinch up but Snow circles away and keeps his distance.
Bell tries to clinch but Snow moves out of range.
Snow throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Bell closes the distance and clinches.
Bell lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bell lands a body punch.
Bell looking for a takedown.
Bell keeps control of Snow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like John Snow has been cut.
Snow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snow dodges an elbow strike from Bell.
Snow has had enough of the clinch but Bell keeps him there for the moment.
Bell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Bell - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Snow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snow is trying to break free.
Snow avoiding damage as Bell throws knees to the body.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.
Bell is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Bell.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.
Snow wants to break free but Bell has control.
Snow is trying to break free.
Snow takes an elbow to the temple.
Come on Bell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bell lands a knee to the body.
Snow looks gassed!
Snow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Bell on the inside.
Snow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Snows head.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Bell won't allow it.
Snow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Bell trying to land knees to the body.
Bell blocks a body shot from Snow.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.
Bell keeps control of Snow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Bell on the inside.

Bell lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they both work up against the meshing.
Bell trying to control the pace.
Snow trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Bell manages to pass to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow tries to hold on but Bell postures up.
Bell throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell fails to move to back control.

Bell is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Snow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bell steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Snow. That one must have hurt.
John Snow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bell clinches up against the cage.
Bell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bell misses with a punch on the inside.
Bell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Snow backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bell lands an elbow inside that Snow shrugs off.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.

Snow breaks from the clinch.
Snow misses with a series of wild punches.
Snow keeps the fight on the outside.
Bell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bell throws a body punch but Snow moves out of range.
Snow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bell counters with a nice uppercut.
Snow scores with a nice body kick.
Snow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Snow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bell wants to clinch.
A clash of legs there as Snow blocks the low kick.
Snow lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Snow.
Snow tries to clinch but Bell is having none of it.
Snow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Snow thows a leg kick but Bell checks it
and Bell counters with a nice body kick.
Snow tries to clinch up

and Bell holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Bell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Snow's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bell cracks Snow with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Snow fails to land with a series of punches.
Bell slips a jab and a cross from Snow.
Snow misses with a low kick.
Snow is looking to clinch.
A low kick from Snow is predictable there
and Bell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bell.
Snow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Bell takes the fight into the clinch.
Bell lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bell trying to stall but Snow improves his position.
Bell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snow backwards.
Snow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bell has him pressed against the cage.
Bell misses with an elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Bell.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.
Snow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snow wants to break free but Bell has control.
Snow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bell has him pressed against the cage.
Bell scores with a nice hook to the head.

Bell breaks the clinch.
Bell throws a jab but it's blocked by Snow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bell has managed to clinch.
Bell scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Bell won't allow it.
Bell lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bell.
Bell lands a nice shot to the body.
Snow has had enough of the clinch but Bell keeps him there for the moment.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Bell won't allow it.
Bell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Bell.
Bell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bell lands with a light punch inside.
Bell keeps control of Snow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bell keeps control of Snow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bell lands an elbow inside.
A short uppercut from Bell.

Snow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snow tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bell moves into the clinch.
Bell lands a damaging elbow.
Snow tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bell.
Snow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bell throws an elbow that misses.
Bell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snow can't break the clinch.
A short left from Bell.
Bell trying to stall but Snow improves his position.
Snow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bell has him pressed against the cage.

Bell manages to break the clinch.
Snow misses with a low kick.

Bell has managed to clinch.
Bell lands an elbow inside that Snow shrugs off.
Bell scores with a hook to the body.
Bell lands a damaging elbow.
Snow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snow struggles to land a body shot inside as Bell controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a punch but it's blocked by Snow.
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Bell.
Snow managing to block the knees to the body from Bell.
Snow wants to break free but Bell has control.
Bell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bell.
Snow wants to get back to striking at distance but Bell won't allow it.

Bell lands a takedown into guard.
Snow wants to sweep but no luck.
Bell is looking to stand up but Snow won't let him.
Bell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow wants to stand but Bell is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Snow controlling the position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Bell gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bell blocks a low kick nicely.
Bell missing with a left hand there. Snow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Snow wants to clinch.
Bell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Snow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Bell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Snow's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Snow misses with a series of wild punches.
Bell throws a big shot that misses.
Snow tries to clinch up

and Bell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Snow wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Bell manages to pass to side control.
Bell not doing much here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow wants to control but Bell is keeping busy.

That's two 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.
Bell tries to stand and escape but Snow is controlling the position.
Bell not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bell jumps into side control!
Bell controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Snow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

And that's the end of the fight!
Howard Bell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bell 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howard Bell!