PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Howard (ranked 6560 p4p, 5636 weight class) and Glenn Ruiz (ranked 132 p4p, 480 weight class). Michael Howard could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Glenn Ruiz's chin.

Howard
vs
Ruiz

191 cm
22
240
3 - 2 - 0

199 cm
25
280
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glenn Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard looks to land a combination. Ruiz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ruiz dodges the punch combination from Howard.
Ruiz misses with a head kick.
Ruiz throws a hook but Howard blocks it.
Ruiz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Howard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ruiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
Howard throws a right hand that Ruiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruiz also avoids with ease.
Howard throws a right hand that Ruiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruiz also avoids with ease.
Howard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Howard is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Ruiz.
As Ruiz tries to get set, Howard tries to push him back and clinch up but Ruiz manages to avoid the attempt.
Howard swinging wildly here.
Ruiz shoots in looking for a takedown. Howard tries to sprawl out of it but Ruiz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Howard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ruiz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Howard's waist but Howard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ruiz off to one side.
Ruiz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Michael Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glenn Ruiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruiz fails to land with a series of punches.
Howard throws a series of punches but Ruiz moves out of range.
Ruiz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ruiz throws a body kick that misses.
Ruiz fails with a takedown attempt.

Ruiz shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Howard wants to stand back up but Ruiz manages to pass into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Ruiz decides to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michael Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruiz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Howard.
Ruiz throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ruiz darts in and clinches Howard up against the cage.
Ruiz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Howard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ruiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruiz fails with the takedown.

Howard gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ruiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz working some strikes from top position.
Ruiz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ruiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ruiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ruiz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ruiz stands up and waves to Howard to follow him.

Ruiz drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Howard seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ruiz lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is stalling in the full guard.
Let's hope that Ruiz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Glenn Ruiz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ruiz shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ruiz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Howard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruiz on the ground.
Ruiz controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Ruiz.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ruiz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Howard!
Ruiz controlling from mount.

Ruiz wants to finish this one by submission but Howard is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ruiz.
Ruiz controlling from mount.
Ruiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ruiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Ruiz working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Howard looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Ruiz! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Glenn Ruiz!
The defeated Michael Howard had this to say: 'I apologize to my fans for this defeat, I will continue training hard and come back stronger. '.