PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghengis Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Congo comes to the cage accompanied by Ghostface - After the Smoke is Clear. Howard has chosen Eddie Money - Take me home tonight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Harold Howard enters the cage!

Congo
vs
Howard

196 cm
38
291 lbs
42 - 19 - 0

196 cm
35
277 lbs
34 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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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 42 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghengis Congo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harold Howard!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo is looking to clinch but Howard is avoiding it.
Howard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab by Howard.
Howard misses with a looping right.
Howard lands with an uppercut that bounces Congo off the cage and back into range.
Howard throws out a loose jab but Congo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Howard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Congo doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Congo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Howard misses with a lunging right hand
letting Congo counter with a right hand.
Howard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Congo was well out of range. Poor timing from Howard.
Howard throws a hook but Congo blocks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Congo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A leg kick checked by Congo.
Congo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Howard.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Howard, as that shot connected.
Congo blocks a low kick nicely.
Congo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Howard throws a big shot that misses.
Howard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Congo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howard throws a lazy right hand but Congo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Howard throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howard misses with a right hand
and Howard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Congo slips a straight right by Howard.
A slapping leg kick lands for Howard.
Howard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo works Howard's body with a nice hook.
Howard throws the left hand but Congo avoids the punch easily.
Howard misses with an uppercut

and Congo moves into the clinch.
Congo lands a right hand.
Howard lands a good knee to the midsection. Congo won't want to take too many of those.
Howard misses with a punch to the body.
Congo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Howard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Howard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Harold Howard has been cut.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howard blocks an uppercut.
Howard lands a shot to the body.
Howard misses with a punch on the inside.
Howard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Howard tries to work over Congo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Congo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Howard.
Howard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Congo.
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Howard working aggressively here.
Howard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Congo is breathing heavily.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Congo's elbow.
Howard avoiding damage as Congo throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howard avoiding damage as Congo throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Howard.
Congo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Howard avoids it.
Howard blocking some punches.
Congo working aggressively here.
Howard lands with a light punch inside.
Congo has had enough of the clinch but Howard keeps him there for the moment.
Congo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Congo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Howard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Howard swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard scores with a hook to the body.
Howard tries to work over Congo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Howard tries to land a knee to the head but Congo blocks with his arms.
Howard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howard digs a right hand underneath Congo's ribcage. Congo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Congo trying to land knees to the body.
Howard has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Howard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Howard avoiding damage as Congo throws knees to the body.
Congo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Congo blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
Howard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Congo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Congo can't find room to land a body shot as Howard controls the action.
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 Harold Howard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Howard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harold Howard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Congo staying out of range there.
Congo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Howard.
Howard throws a hook but Congo blocks it.
Howard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Congo was well out of range. Poor timing from Howard.
Howard looks to land a right hand but Congo moved out of range.
Congo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Congo misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Howard.
A head kick misses from Congo.
Howard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Congo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Howard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Congo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Congo checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard tries to clinch up but Congo circles away and keeps his distance.
Howard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and Congo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Howard throws a leg kick
and Congo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Howard digs a good hook to Congo's body.
Howard punishes Congo's body with a nice straight punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Howard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Congo.
No joy there for Howard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Howard in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Howard takes a swing at Congo's ribcage but misses.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Congo slips the punch.

Howard darts in and clinches Congo up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Howard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Congo or not.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Congo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Congo.
Howard pushes Congo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Howard.
Howard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Congo.
Congo gets through Howard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Howard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Howard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howard with a knee to the head.
Howard lands a knee to the head.

Congo is rocked!

It looks like Ghengis Congo has been cut.
Howard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Congo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Howard unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Congo! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Howard is unloading with more strikes now! Congo drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Howard!
Harold Howard is the new super heavyweight champion!
Harold Howard really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GREEN!160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Ghengis Congo was interviewed post fight and said 'Harold Howard is an animal.'.