PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Butane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Butane has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Butane
vs
Howard

225 cm
26
260 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

185 cm
32
247 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Butane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Howard!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Butane gets caught flat footed, as Howard shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Howard is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Butane is looking for a triangle but Howard pushes his legs off easily.
Howard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Howard connects with a couple of short punches.
Howard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Butane will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. John Howard hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Howard avoids a punch combination nicely.

Howard shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butane trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Howard manages to pass to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard controlling the position easily from mount.

Howard swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Howard!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, John Howard made sure he mentioned BioPharm Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.