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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Pran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mr Pran will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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275 lbs
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300 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Howard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mr Pran!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pran fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Howard avoids it really well and circles away.
Howard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pran.
A combination from Howard does no damage.
Howard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pran avoids a punch combination nicely.
Howard clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Howard.
A short left from Howard.
Howard stops a takedown attempt from Pran.
Pran wants to get back to striking at distance but Howard won't allow it.
Pran jumps guard but Howard stands there with Pran around his waist. Pran gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
George Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Pran.
Howard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howard has managed to clinch.
Howard stalling.
Howard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Howard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
George Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howard clinches up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Howard.
Pran is working for takedown but Howard is calmly controlling the position for now.
Howard breaks the clinch.
Howard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pran scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pran tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pran has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Howard manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pran's best efforts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Howard throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Pran looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Pran thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Howard's head.
Pran slows the pace down in half guard.
Howard misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Howard has hold of Pran's hands but Pran slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howard throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Howard tries to roll over but Pran keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pran postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Howard to stand up.
Howard is breathing heavily.
Howard throws a hook but Pran avoids it easily.
Howard misses with a series of wild punches.
Pran throws a sloppy head kick and Howard moves out of range easily.
Pran fails to land the takedown.
Howard forces Pran back against the cage and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Howard as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Howard.
Howard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Howard.
Howard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pran moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pran tries to clinch up
and Howard counters with a straight right hand.
Pran misses with a takedown attempt
and Howard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Howard prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Howard.
Howard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pran blocks the elbow strike.
Howard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pran misses with a takedown
and Howard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Howard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pran tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Howard counters with a left and a right that stings Pran.
Howard moves into the clinch.
Pran jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Howard walks away with a smile on his face. Pran gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pran with a poor takedown
and Howard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Howard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Howard clinches up with Pran and pushes him back against the cage.
Howard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pran won't allow it.
Pran jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Howard walks away with a smile on his face. Pran gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
George Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Pran.
Pran shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Howard holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pran tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Howard manages to break the clinch.
Pran tries for a takedown but Howard circles away easily
and Howard counters by clinching up.
Pran misses with a body punch.
Pran jumps into guard, dragging Howard to the mat.
Pran looking for a triangle here. Howard is fighting it but it looks tight! Pran pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Howard is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mr Pran! Mr Pran retains his super heavyweight title!
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hype
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