PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buhju Banton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard comes to the cage accompanied by Eddie Money - Take me home tonight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Howard
vs
Banton

196 cm
26
277 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

203 cm
24
285 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harold Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buhju Banton!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banton slips under a jab from Howard.
Banton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sloppy strikes from Banton. Those never looked like landing.

Howard instigates a clinch.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Banton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howard blocks an uppercut.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Banton pushes Howard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Howard tries a knee to the head but Banton blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Banton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Howard prevents a body shot from Banton.
Howard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Howard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Howard pushes Banton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howard struggles to land a body shot inside as Banton controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Howard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banton.
Banton struggles to land a body shot inside as Howard controls his hands.
Banton tries a body shot but Howard blocks it.
Howard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Banton has a couple of punches blocked by Howard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Howard on the inside.
Howard misses with a body punch.
Banton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Banton can't find room to land a body shot as Howard controls the action.
Banton can't find room to land a body shot as Howard controls the action.
A body shot lands from Howard.
Banton looks gassed!
Howard lands an uppercut.
Howard lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banton's elbow.
Banton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Banton struggles to land a body shot inside as Howard controls his hands.
Banton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Howard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Howard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Banton misses with a punch on the inside.
Howard misses with some punches.
Howard gets through Banton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Banton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Banton avoiding damage as Howard throws knees to the body.
Howard tries to work over Banton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howard tries a body shot but Banton blocks it.
Howard lands with a right to the head.
Banton lands a left hand.
Howard digs a right hand underneath Banton's ribcage. Banton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Howard.
Howard prevents a body shot from Banton.
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Banton misses with some punches.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Howard lands a shoulder strike.
Howard tries to land knees in the clinch but Banton avoids the damage to the body.
Banton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Banton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Howard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howard presses Banton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Howard lands a hook that snaps the head of Banton backwards.
Howard can't find room to land a body shot as Banton controls the action.
Howard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Howard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Howard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Howard obliges.
A left hand lands to the body for Howard.
Howard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howard digs a right hand underneath Banton's ribcage. Banton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Howard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Banton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Howard struggles to land a body shot inside as Banton controls his hands.
Howard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Howard.
Nice body punch from Howard.
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banton's elbow.
Banton tries a body shot but Howard blocks it.
Banton misses with some punches.
Howard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Banton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Howard lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Howard.
Howard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Howard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Banton tries to work over Howard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Banton lands a body shot.
Banton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard pushes Banton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Howard tries to throw a body punch but Banton avoids it by throwing Howard back against the cage.
Howard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Howard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Howard scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Howard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Howard clobbers Banton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Howard takes a swing at Banton's ribcage but misses.
Howard connects with a body shot that sends Banton's belly button to the back.
Banton on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Howard checks a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howard jabs Banton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Howard there.
Banton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Howard.
Howard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Banton.
Howard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Banton can do to turn this around?
Howard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harold Howard is winning the standup battle so far.
Howard scores with the left hand. Banton knows he should have avoided that one.

Banton is rocked!
Harold Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howard digs a good hook to Banton's body.
Banton is still on wobbly legs! Can Howard finish him?
Howard thumps Banton with a low kick.
Howard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banton manages to avoid it.
Banton seems to have recovered his senses.
Howard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Banton is breathing heavily.
Howard lands a two punch combo.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Howard! Banton is out on his feet! Howard rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Banton is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Banton is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Howard!
After winning the bout, Harold Howard thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.