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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky de Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Juicy. Mike Howard has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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178 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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165 cm
20
163 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ricky de Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Howard! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Howard bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Howard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but de Silva is avoiding damage well.
Howard lands a few punches from side control. Howard working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. The strikes coming from Howard are missing the target in this wave of attacks. de Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Howard asserts his dominance and retains side control. Howard lands an elbow. Howard scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at de Silva to see if he's OK. de Silva wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done! Howard tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Howard in side control, throwing shots but de Silva defends. Howard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Howard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused de Silva some visible discomfort.
Howard landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. The strikes coming from Howard are missing the target in this wave of attacks. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Howard scores with punches from side control. de Silva parries the strikes from Howard easily there. Howard is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable de Silva to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Howard cracks de Silva with a big right hand but de Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
de Silva is trying to get back to his feet. Howard lands a decent elbow from side control. Howard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, de Silva has escaped the position, nice work there. Howard working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Howard looks gassed! Howard working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. de Silva is trying to get back to his feet. Howard in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... de Silva is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Howard!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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