PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Howell (ranked 1010 p4p, 986 weight class) and Léo Saint-Clair (ranked 127 p4p, 122 weight class). Howell comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- The Unseen. Saint-Clair has chosen Seine Saint-Denis Style - Suprême NTM as his entrance music. Léo Saint-Clair is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Howell
vs
Saint-Clair

195 cm
26
273
10 - 9 - 0

194 cm
26
266
10 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Howell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Léo Saint-Clair!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saint-Clair tries to sprawl but Howell drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Saint-Clair wants to improve his position but Howell is controlling well.
Saint-Clair is still trying to improve position.
Howell frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Howell unloads with some shots from mount but Saint-Clair bucks and avoids them well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howell is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Saint-Clair can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Saint-Clair felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Saint-Clair keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Howell looking to finish Saint-Clair with some ground and pound. This is bad for Saint-Clair!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Howell looking to control but Saint-Clair is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Saint-Clair is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Howell scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Saint-Clair is wriggling around trying to escape.
Saint-Clair tries to hold on but Howell postures up.
Saint-Clair really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Howell landing shots from mount.

Saint-Clair is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Saint-Clair is looking to escape.
Howell looking to finish Saint-Clair with some ground and pound. This is bad for Saint-Clair!
Saint-Clair working to try and regain half guard.
Saint-Clair is squirming around, avoiding Howell's attempts to control the action.
Saint-Clair bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
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!
Saint-Clair throwing strikes from guard but Howell blocks nicely.
Saint-Clair throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Howell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Saint-Clair scoring with some ground and pound.
Saint-Clair connects with a couple of short punches.
Saint-Clair is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Howell is looking for a triangle but Saint-Clair pushes his legs off easily.
Saint-Clair is looking to work some ground and pound but Howell has wrist control.
Saint-Clair chips away with some ground and pound.

Howell is looking for a triangle but Saint-Clair pushes his legs off easily.
Saint-Clair throws an elbow that misses. Howell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Saint-Clair's guard. Nice move by Howell!

Howell sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howell throwing strikes but missing.
Saint-Clair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Howell is standing up over Saint-Clair. Saint-Clair looks to escape but Howell dives into side control.
Howell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Saint-Clair is looking to reverse the position.
Saint-Clair looking for a sweep but Howell has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Saint-Clair is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Saint-Clair is trying to reverse the position but instead Howell has taken his back - oops!
The referee is taking a good look at Saint-Clair as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Howell!
Saint-Clair wants to escape the position.
Howell scores with punches and elbows.

Howell is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Saint-Clair has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Saint-Clair is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Howell off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Saint-Clair fending off the submission attempt from Howell.
Howell missing with strikes from the back.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Howell misses with punches from the back.

Howell is persistently looking for the submission but Saint-Clair is defending it well.
Howell has good solid back control here.
Saint-Clair rolls, trying to escape but Howell keeps control of the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Howell lands strikes to the head.
Saint-Clair tries to escape the position.
Saint-Clair turns into Howell and is now in his guard.

Saint-Clair lying in Howell's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Howell decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Saint-Clair taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julius Howell!
Julius Howell decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.