PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slade Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eddie Money - Take me home tonight. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Howard
vs
Wilson

196 cm
26
277 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

194 cm
33
250 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harold Howard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Slade Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Slade Wilson has been cut.
Howard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Howard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wilson's calf.
Howard scores with a shot to the body.
Wilson jabs Howard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson lands a lovely overhand right.
Howard tries to score with a low kick but Wilson moves his leg out of the way.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Howard.
Wilson thows a body shot but no joy.
Howard connects with an inside leg kick.
Wilson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Howard lands a slapping body shot.
Howard misses with a wild body shot.
Howard just misses with a punch to the body.
Howard is looking to clinch but Wilson is avoiding it.
Howard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wilson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wilson throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Howard with a nice cross.
Howard scores with a jab to the head.
Howard misses with a wild body shot.
Wilson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Howard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Howard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Howard thumps Wilson with a low kick.
Wilson looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Howard. That's going to slow Wilson down.
Howard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wilson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Howard avoids the body shot from Wilson.
Wilson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Howard.
Wilson misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wilson is defended easily by Howard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard cracks Wilson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Howard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wilson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Howard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Good shot there by Howard.
Wilson blocks a head kick by Howard.
Howard jabs at Wilson's body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Howard. Wilson shrugs it off though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Howard.

Howard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Howard misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Howard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Howard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wilson or not.
Howard tries to throw a body punch but Wilson avoids it by throwing Howard back against the cage.
Howard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Howard.
Howard lands with a short shot to the head.
Howard pushes Wilson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson blocks a body shot from Howard.
Howard misses with a knee strike.
Howard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howard scores with a hook to the body.
Howard managing to block the knees to the body from Wilson.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howard lands a body shot.
Howard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Howard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Howard tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Howard.

That has opened up Slade Wilson's cut even more.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Howard lands a nice uppercut.
Howard misses with a body punch.
Howard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
Nice body punch from Howard.
Howard lands an uppercut.

Howard drops Wilson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Wilson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Wilson is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson is still on wobbly legs! Can Howard finish him?

Howard drops Wilson with a big knee straight up the middle! Wilson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Wilson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Howard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Slade Wilson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Howard misses with a few strikes there.
Wilson seems to have recovered his senses.

Howard sends Wilson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Howard is motioning to the referee to let Wilson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Howard.
Good leg kick by Howard there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Howard lands a nice looking body shot.
Howard swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.
Howard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crunch! Howard slams his shin into Wilson's torso.
Howard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wilson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Howard thows a body shot but no joy.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Howard digs a good body shot into Wilson's ribs.

Howard lands a big right hand that sends Wilson crashing to the mat! Howard stays standing though and waves Wilson back to his feet!

The cut above Slade Wilson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Howard lands a nice hook to Wilson's body. Wilson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Howard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wilson's sensitive parts.
Howard jabs Wilson to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Wilson gets tackled into the cage by Howard. Howard maintains the clinch.
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Howard lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Howard.
Howard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Howard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Howard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Howard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howard misses with some punches.
Howard misses with a punch on the inside.
Howard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wilson can do to turn this around?
Wilson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Howard.
Howard tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Howard.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilson's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Howard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Howard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Howard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Howard managing to block the knees to the body from Wilson.
Howard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wilson tries to score a body lock takedown but Howard shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Howard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Howard.
Howard tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Howard drops Wilson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Wilson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Slade Wilson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Howard presses Wilson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
Howard lands a big right hand that drops Wilson! The killer instinct kicks in and Howard finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Howard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Howard!
Harold Howard is the new super heavyweight champion!
Harold Howard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.