PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Howard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eddie Money - Take me home tonight. Calaway has chosen R.I.P. as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Howard
vs
Calaway

196 cm
34
277 lbs
32 - 9 - 0

208 cm
32
290 lbs
23 - 19 - 0

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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 32 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harold Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Calaway!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard with a hook.
Howard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Calaway misses with a hook. Howard ducked under it nicely.
Calaway throws a hook to the side of Howard's head but Howard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Calaway wants to clinch.
Calaway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Howard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Calaway.
A punch combination from Calaway misses.
Howard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Calaway.
Howard connects with a single shot there.
Howard lands a nice shot that snaps Calaway's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Calaway.
Calaway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Calaway misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Calaway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Howard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Howard. Beautiful body shot.
Howard cracks Calaway with a good jab.
Calaway lands a nice shot to the body.
Howard throws a leg kick which misses Calaway's front leg but catches the back leg as Calaway tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway throws a nice looking combination but Howard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Howard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circling - Howard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice cross by Howard.
Calaway misses with a right hand
and Howard counters with a straight right hand.
Howard scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Calaway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Howard lands a big uppercut and Calaway crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Calaway looks OK. Howard waves Calaway back to his feet!

Howard drives through and clinches with Calaway against the cage.
Calaway makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Howard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Calaway.
Calaway misses with some punches.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Calaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calaway trying to control the position but instead, Howard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Calaway into the cage.
Calaway lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway controlling the action here for a moment.
Calaway told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Calaway lands a body shot in the clinch.
Calaway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Calaway.
Calaway has a couple of punches blocked by Howard.
Calaway lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Calaway fails to land.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Calaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knees to the body from Howard.
Howard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Howard.
Calaway looks winded!
Howard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Calaway or not.
Howard digs a right hand into Calaway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Calaway's gas tank.
Calaway tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Calaway prevents a body shot from Howard.
A short right from Howard on the inside.
Nice body punch from Howard - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard misses with a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Howard has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Howard lands a left hand.
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Howard.
Calaway looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howard throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Howard.
Howard tries to throw a body punch but Calaway avoids it by throwing Howard back against the cage.
Calaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Howard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Calaway.
Howard lands a shoulder strike.
Howard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Calaway backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calaway has a couple of punches blocked by Howard.
Howard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Calaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calaway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Calaway trying to land knees to the body.
Howard lands with a light punch inside.
Howard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Howard tries a body shot but Calaway blocks it.
Calaway tries a body shot but Howard blocks it.
Calaway tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Howard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Howard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Calaway misses with a punch on the inside.
Calaway can't find room to land a body shot as Howard controls the action.
Howard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Calaway backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Howard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Howard scores with a nice right hand.
Howard moves in looking to clinch but Calaway pushes him off.
Howard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Calaway can do to turn this around?
Howard throws a big shot that misses.
Howard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Calaway takes a swing at Howard's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Calaway.
Calaway on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Howard looks to land a left hand but Calaway moved out of range nicely.
Calaway misses with a straight left.
Calaway gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Howard catches Calaway right on the button with a cross.

Calaway is rocked!
Calaway looks up at the clock. Bad move! Howard lands a right hand from hell, dropping Calaway. Howard pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Howard!
After the big win, Harold Howard made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors GREEN!160 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.