PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michel Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oscar De La Hoya has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Michel Howard's chin.

Howard
vs
De La Hoya

214 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

195 cm
19
202 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michel Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya !
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De La Hoya drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Howard being controlled for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howard wants to control but De La Hoya postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard tries to bench press De La Hoya off him but De La Hoya keeps the position.
De La Hoya controls the position from side control.
Howard can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howard trying to remain calm as De La Hoya controls from the top position.
De La Hoya wants to control but Howard is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Howard's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Howard is looking to regain half guard here but De La Hoya keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya lands an elbow.
De La Hoya lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Howard down.
De La Hoya tries to move into full mount but can't pass Howard's legs.
De La Hoya working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Howard is rocked!
Howard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Howard looks to move to half guard but instead De La Hoya has passed into mount! Damn!
Oh Howard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
De La Hoya postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Howard in real trouble here! The ref calls for Howard to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar De La Hoya !