PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Howe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howe's entrance music is Teach Me How to Dougie. A fine choice. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Howe
vs
Bomb

204 cm
22
250 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
255 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Firebird Designs

Resistance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jackson Howe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adam Bomb!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Howe closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bomb did well to prevent Howe getting side control.
Howe throwing shots but Bomb is blocking nicely.
Howe looks to land a strike but Bomb avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Howe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Howe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Howe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bomb works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bomb tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Howe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Howe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bomb tries to close the distance and clinch but Howe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bomb is looking to clinch.
Howe looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb moves in looking to clinch but Howe pushes him off.
Howe throws a head kick but Bomb moves out of range.
Bomb tries to clinch up but Howe circles away and keeps his distance.
Howe shoots in for a double leg but Bomb sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bomb connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bomb throws a lazy head kick

and Howe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Howe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Howe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Howe controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bomb really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Howe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bomb is looking to control Howe's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bomb avoid being mounted?
Howe seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe lands strikes from half guard.
Bomb is looking to escape.
Howe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bomb's head.
Howe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Howe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Howe is trying to control the action in half guard but Bomb is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Howe is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bomb avoids a series of strikes thrown by Howe.
Howe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Howe trying to control but Bomb is having none of it.
Howe sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Howe there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bomb can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bomb holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Howe tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Howe dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bomb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howe has a takedown stuffed.
Howe circles away from the clinch attempt

and Howe counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Howe wants to pass the guard but Bomb is keeping the position.
Howe throws and elbow that misses. Bomb uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Howe's guard. Nice move by Bomb!
Bomb must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Howe is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jackson Howe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Howe postures up in Bomb's guard and throws a big left but Bomb blocks it.
Bomb wants to stand up but Howe is controlling him.
Howe throwing strikes but missing.
Howe throws a strike but Bomb rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bomb wants to control from the top but Howe keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Howe holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Howe wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Howe pulls Bomb in close to his closed guard and prevents Bomb from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Howe dominated that second round.
That's time! Howe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Howe fails with a takedown attempt.

Howe scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Howe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Howe throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Howe is trying to ground and pound but Bomb uses the momentary lack of control by Howe to regain half guard.
Ground and pound from Howe.
Howe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Howe is trying to control. Bomb wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Howe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bomb keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Howe thows a huge punch but Bomb dodges it nicely.
Howe working Bomb over with strikes.
Howe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bomb's head.
Howe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bomb's head.
Howe with the ground and pound but Bomb uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bomb keeping moving, preventing Howe from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe throws a big right hand that misses.
Howe won't allow Bomb to get back to his feet.
Howe scoring with some ground and pound.
Howe passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Howe throwing strikes but Bomb manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Bomb is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Howe will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe tries to bench press Bomb off him but Bomb keeps the position.
Howe struggling a bit here.
Howe tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bomb wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Howe can't do much from the bottom here.
Howe is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Howe is looking for a sweep. Bomb is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Howe clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bomb tries to clinch but Howe moves away

and Howe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Howe working over Bomb with some ground and pound. Bomb looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Howe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Howe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bomb defending well though.
Howe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Howe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bomb's head.
Howe is pressing down on Bomb's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bomb is holding on for now.
Howe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Howe there.
Howe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bomb blocking the ground and pound attempt from Howe.
Howe trying to control the pace.
Howe working over Bomb with some ground and pound. Bomb looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bomb regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Howe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bomb wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Howe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bomb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bomb looking to control.
Bomb working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Howe.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howe throws and elbow that misses. Bomb uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Howe's guard. Nice move by Bomb!
Howe keeping moving, preventing Bomb from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe has his hands on Bomb's head, controlling the position.
Howe has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bomb preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Howe had his way with Adam Bomb in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bomb tries to clinch but Howe moves away

and Howe counters with a single leg into guard. Bomb didn't expect that.
Howe throwing strikes but missing.
Howe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bomb avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Howe looking to pass the guard.
Bomb preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Howe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bomb is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bomb tries to clinch but Howe moves away

and Howe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bomb won't be happy with that.
Bomb wants to get back to his feet.
Howe scores with punches from side control.
Howe throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Howe cracks Bomb with a big right hand but Bomb just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe working the ground and pound from side control.
Howe wants to control but Bomb is keeping him busy.
Howe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Howe lands a nice forearm strike.
Howe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bomb keeps working.
Howe in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howe misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howe throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bomb takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Howe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bomb can do to turn this around?
Howe trying to control the action but Bomb is working from the bottom.
Howe working the ground and pound but Bomb is defending the strikes.
Howe landing strikes.
Howe scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb parries the strikes from Howe easily there. Howe is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bomb to escape.
Adam Bomb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howe throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bomb dodges the ground and pound from Howe.
Howe throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Howe in side control, throwing shots but Bomb defends.
Howe working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bomb is trying to get back to his feet.
Bomb tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Howe wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Howe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Howe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:44
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 50:44
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Howe!
Jackson Howe retains his heavyweight title!