PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnathan Howe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vicious Bars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bars is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ONE TIME' by Jai One. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Howe
vs
Bars

172 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnathan Howe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vicious Bars!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bars moves into the clinch.
Howe lands an elbow that stopped Bars in his tracks for a moment.

Howe breaks from the clinch.
Bars doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Howe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bars won't be happy with that.
Bars is looking for a sweep.
Bars manages to get back to half guard.

Bars looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Howe blocks the strikes from Bars.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bars looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Howe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bars on the ground.
Bars is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Howe scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bars wants to get back to full guard.

Howe is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bars tries to roll over but Howe keeps him under control.
Bars is looking to control Howe's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bars avoid being mounted?
Howe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Howe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Howe is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bars trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bars regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bars trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Bars looking for a guillotine here but Howe defends easily.
Bars looks winded!
Howe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bars works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Howe drops back looking for a leg! Bars is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bars manages to kick Howe off! Howe jumps back into Bars's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Howe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bars has his foot on Howe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Howe works his way back into a safe position though.
Howe could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Howe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Bars looking for a guillotine here but Howe defends easily.

Bars is looking for a triangle but Howe pushes his legs off easily.
Howe cracks Bars with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howe landing with the ground and pound.
Howe distracts Bars with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Howe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Howe distracts Bars with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Howe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Howe cracks Bars with a solid left hand.
Howe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bars's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bars is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Howe is aware though and is defending well.
Howe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnathan Howe dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Howe throws a right hand that Bars ducks under and follows up with a left that Bars also avoids with ease.

Howe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Howe showed some decent athleticism there.
Bars is looking to improve his position.
Howe content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Howe working Bars over with strikes.

Howe is looking for a kimura but Bars is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Howe to get the leverage.
Howe throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bars makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bars.
Howe scoring with punches to the head and body.

Bars has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Howe should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Bars has tightened it up now! Howe should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Vicious Bars!
Post fight, an emotional Vicious Bars said '"John Who?..... Man fuck this nigga!..Im seriously god compared to this chump!... I mean dont get me wrong, respect to the lil kid for trying and steppin in the cage. In all honesty tho... Im gonna be WORLD FUCKING CHAMP and I was born with nothing but racist police and drug dealers as role models.'.