PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Zelenka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howlett comes to the cage accompanied by Berserker. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Howlett
vs
Zelenka

172 cm
35
160 lbs
28 - 5 - 1

182 cm
31
164 lbs
20 - 4 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Zelenka!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howlett jabs Zelenka right on the nose. Zelenka blinks but takes it well.
Zelenka cracks Howlett with a good jab.
A big right from Howlett misses.
Zelenka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zelenka throws a big shot that misses.
Howlett shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zelenka sprawls well. Zelenka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Howlett gets slowly back to his feet.
Howlett slips a straight right by Zelenka.
Howlett throws a half hearted mid kick.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zelenka moves away.
Howlett lands a nice shot to the body.
Howlett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zelenkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zelenka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelenka is looking to clinch.
Zelenka cracks Howlett with an open hand slap.
Zelenka throws a body kick that misses.
Zelenka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Howlett's calf.
Zelenka takes a swing at Howlett's ribcage but misses.

Howlett throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Zelenka was covering up waiting for the punch and Howlett finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Howlett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Howlett throwing strikes but missing.
Zelenka working a defensive guard here.
Howlett postures up and lands a big shot to Zelenka's brow.
Howlett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Zelenka is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Howlett passes Zelenka's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka moves into full guard.
Zelenka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Howlett throws a big right hand that misses.
Zelenka keeping full guard, as Howlett tries to pass.
Howlett stops Zelenka from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zelenka manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Zelenka looking to control but Howlett is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Howlett trying to hold on to Zelenka's head to control him but Zelenka postures up.
Zelenka wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Howlett uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

Howlett is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zelenka is aware though and is defending well.
Howlett controls Zelenka momentarily but Zelenka frees himself.
Howlett controlling Zelenka's posture.

Howlett is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zelenka is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Howlett is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zelenka is aware though and is defending well.

Howlett looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Zelenka stays in close to Howlett's body and controls the position.

Howlett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Howlett is looking for a triangle here but Zelenka uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Zelenka scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Howlett dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zelenka misses with a looping left.
Zelenka lands a right hook to the body.
Howlett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zelenka scores with a hook.
Zelenka lands a body shot.
Zelenka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Howlett throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zelenka throws a lazy uppercut

and Howlett counters with a single leg into guard. Zelenka didn't expect that.
Howlett throws an elbow that misses. Zelenka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Howlett's guard. Nice move by Zelenka!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zelenka scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Howlett working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zelenka doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Zelenka manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Howlett looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Howlett is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Zelenka defends well.
Howlett is trying to keep Zelenka in close.
Zelenka trying to control but Howlett is working from the bottom.
Howlett manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Howlett lands a big shot there that rocks Zelenka but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett landing punches.
Zelenka keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Howlett wants to control the pace but Zelenka is squirming around nicely.
Howlett looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelenka is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Howlett working Zelenka over with strikes here.
Zelenka is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Howlett connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Zelenka is rocked!
Howlett postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Zelenka out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Howlett goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). James Howlett!
After winning the bout, James Howlett thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Jan Zelenka spoke after the fight, saying 'what happened?'.