PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kickin Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rad has chosen Kids Of The K-Hole as his entrance music. Dwight Howard has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Howard
vs
Rad

211 cm
24
265 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

200 cm
28
264 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dwight Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kickin Rad!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard tries a low kick but Rad avoids it.
Rad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Howard thows a leg kick but Rad checks it
and Rad counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Howard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Rad does no damage.
Howard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Howard scores with a nice right hand.
Howard tries to score with a low kick but Rad moves his leg out of the way.
Howard lands with a straight right. Rad didn't see that one coming.
Howard clobbers Rad with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Howard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rad.
Rad avoids the head kick by Howard.
Rad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Howard lands a slapping body shot.
Howard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rad connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Rad thuds his shin into the meat of Howard's side.
Howard is breathing heavily.
Rad connects with an inside leg kick.

Rad steps into range and cracks Howard with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Howard flops backwards and Rad dives into his guard looking to finish!

It looks like Dwight Howard has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rad is stalling in the full guard.
Rad works over Howard with some ground and pound from guard.
Howard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rad on the ground.
Howard keeping full guard, as Rad tries to pass.
Rad is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rad landing with the ground and pound.
Howard trying to keep a closed guard but Rad is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Howard is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rad tries to free his leg and advance position but Howard is retaining full guard.
Rad postures up in Howard's guard and throws a big left but Howard blocks it.
Rad is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Howard is looking to stand back up but Rad counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Howard.
Howard wants to get back to his feet.
Rad is controlling the pace.
Howard wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rad scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rad sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rad lands with a punch from half guard.
Rad working the head and body with strikes.
Howard wants to get back to his feet.
Rad looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howard wants to stand back up but Rad manages to pass into side control.
Howard is not content to let Rad control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rad in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Rad scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Howard to see if he's OK.
Rad content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Rad trying to control the position but Howard is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard pushes Rad away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rad gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Howard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rad landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Howard is looking to land body kicks.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Kickin Rad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Howard misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Rad counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rad.
Rad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Howard's efforts to push away.
Rad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Howard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Howard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rad.
Rad has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Howard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Howard misses with an elbow over the top.
Howard tries a body shot but Rad blocks it.
Rad working aggressively here.
Rad lands with a left to the head.
Rad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Rad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rad landing knees to the body.
Rad struggles to land a body shot inside as Howard controls his hands.
Rad blocks an uppercut.
Howard looking to throw knees to the head but Rad is blocking nicely.

Howard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Howard.
Rad attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Howard misses with a leg kick.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Rad slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad lands a jab to Howard's midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howard has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rad.
A slow jab from Rad misses its intended target.
Rad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Howard. That did some damage!
Rad connects with a solid leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Howard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Howard walks into a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rad darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Howard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rad scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Howard is rocked!
Howard lands with a shot to the body.
Oh Howard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rad missing with a left hand there. Howard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Howard throws a jab when Rad was well out of range.
Howard seems to have got his legs back now.
Rad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Howard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rad checks a leg kick.

Rad throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Howard tumbling to the canvas!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rad gets to his feet and stands over Howard, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Howard felt that one! Rad unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Howard from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kickin Rad!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Kickin Rad made sure he mentioned Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140, along with how happy he was to win his fight.