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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza has chosen Brazil is Calling as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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178 lbs
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190 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carlos de Souza!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard misses with a right hand
and de Souza counters with a nice uppercut.
de Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Howard.
de Souza throws a combination that misses
and Howard counters with a nice uppercut.
Howard moves into range and clinches up with de Souza.
de Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Souza takes a shot to the head.
Howard lands a right hand.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Howard misses with an elbow over the top.
de Souza blocks the elbow strike.
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
de Souza is trying to force a seperation but Howard has the dominant position.
de Souza wants to break free but Howard has control.
de Souza wants to break free but Howard has control.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Howard throws an elbow but misses.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
Howard lands a nice uppercut.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike from Howard.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Howard throws an elbow but misses.
de Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
de Souza dodges an elbow strike from Howard.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
Howard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Howard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Howard lands with a short shot to the head.
de Souza is trying to break the clinch but Howard is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Howard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Howard has de Souza pressed against the ropes, preventing de Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
de Souza wants to break free but Howard has control.
de Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Howard won't allow it.
Howard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de Souza's efforts to push away.
Howard lands a right hand.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Howard pushes de Souza back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
de Souza avoids the elbow strike from Howard, against the ropes.
de Souza is trying to break the clinch but Howard is controlling him.
Howard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de Souza's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Howard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
de Souza is trying to force a seperation but Howard has the dominant position.
Howard lands with a short shot to the head.
Howard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de Souza's efforts to push away.
Howard scores with a shot to the side of de Souza's head.
de Souza working hard to break the clinch.
de Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
de Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Howard has him pressed against the ropes.
Howard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de Souza's efforts to push away.
Howard lands a nice uppercut.
Howard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Howard throws an elbow that misses.
de Souza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Howard just misses with a elbow thrown towards de Souza's brow.
de Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Howard.
Howard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Howard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Howard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Howard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Howard.
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
de Souza is trying to break the clinch but Howard has him pressed against the ropes.
Howard pushes de Souza back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
de Souza is trying to break the clinch but Howard is controlling him.
A nice left hand lands by Howard.
Howard misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Howard on the inside.
Howard lands an uppercut.
Howard misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Howard.
Howard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howard lands a right hand.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch but Howard keeps him there for the moment.
de Souza is trying to force a seperation but Howard has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Souza blocks the elbow strike.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Howard.
Howard lands a right hand that snaps the head of de Souza backwards.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Howard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Howard lands a shoulder strike.
Howard lands with a short shot to the head.
Howard misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Howard.
Howard lands a left hand that snaps the head of de Souza backwards.
Howard keeps control of de Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Howard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Howard pushes off an throws an elbow but de Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Howard misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Howard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
de Souza with a hook.
Howard clinches up with de Souza and pushes him back against the ropes.
Howard has de Souza pressed against the ropes, preventing de Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
de Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
de Souza wants to break free but Howard has control.
Howard has de Souza pressed against the ropes, preventing de Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Howard lands with a light punch inside.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Howard lands an uppercut.
de Souza dodges an elbow strike from Howard.
Howard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch but Howard keeps him there for the moment.
Howard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
de Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Howard pushes off an throws an elbow but de Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
de Souza wants to break free but Howard has control.
de Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Howard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch but Howard keeps him there for the moment.
Howard gets through de Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
de Souza avoids the elbow strike from Howard, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
de Souza dodges an elbow strike from Howard.
de Souza avoids the elbow strike from Howard, against the ropes.
Howard lands an elbow just above de Souza 's eye.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
de Souza tries to circle away but Howard has him pinned against the ropes.
Howard pushes off an throws an elbow but de Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Howard.
A short uppercut from Howard.
de Souza dodges an elbow strike from Howard.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike from Howard.
de Souza dodges an elbow strike from Howard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Howard here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Howard throws an elbow that misses.
de Souza blocks the elbow strike.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Howard just misses with a elbow thrown towards de Souza's brow.
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
de Souza is trying to break the clinch but Howard is controlling him.
de Souza avoids the elbow strike from Howard, against the ropes.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Howard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howard misses with an elbow strike.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard lands an uppercut.
Howard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de Souza's efforts to push away.
Howard lands a right hand that snaps the head of de Souza backwards.
Howard throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Howard.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike from Howard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Howard.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch but Howard keeps him there for the moment.
Howard misses with an elbow strike.
de Souza tries to break free but Howard pushes him back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Howard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza is trying to force a seperation but Howard has the dominant position.
Howard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howard gets through de Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
de Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Howard has him pressed against the ropes.
Howard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite de Souza's efforts to push away.
de Souza is trying to break the clinch but Howard has him pressed against the ropes.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on de Souza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Howard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Howard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through de Souza's defenses.
de Souza is trying to break free.
Howard throws an elbow that misses.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Howard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Howard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Howard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Howard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike.
de Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
de Souza is trying to force a seperation but Howard has the dominant position.
de Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Howard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
Howard has de Souza pressed against the ropes, preventing de Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Howard.
Howard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
Howard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
de Souza can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on de Souza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Howard on the inside.
Howard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Howard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through de Souza's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Howard dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
de Souza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Carlos de Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Souza scores with a shot to the body.
de Souza cracks Howard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Howard misses with an uppercut. de Souza saw that one coming.
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. de Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Howard misses with an uppercut. de Souza saw that one coming.
Howard cracks de Souza with a good jab.
John Howard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Souza misses with a double jab.
Howard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
de Souza misses with an uppercut. Howard saw that one coming.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and de Souza counters with a left and a right that stings Howard.
de Souza misses with a wild combination.
de Souza throws a combination that misses
letting Howard counter with a right hand.
Howard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Howard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Howard counters with a nice uppercut.
Howard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from de Souza.
de Souza looks to land a combination. Howard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Howard throws a hook but de Souza blocks it.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but de Souza slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Howard misses the target.
de Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Howard.
de Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but de Souza slips the punch.
Howard looks to land a right hand but de Souza moved out of range.
Howard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Howard misses with a wild combination.
Howard fails to land with a series of punches.
de Souza throws a combination that misses
enabling Howard to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by de Souza.
de Souza throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howard counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch but Howard keeps him there for the moment.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Howard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
de Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howard throws an elbow but it misses.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard prevents de Souza from breaking the clinch.
Howard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Howard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
de Souza blocks the elbow strike.
Howard lands with a right to the head.
Howard lands a shoulder strike.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike.
Howard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Howard scores with a nice short uppercut.
de Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Howard throws an elbow but misses.
Howard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
Howard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Howard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
de Souza is rocked!
Howard throws an elbow but it misses.
Howard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
de Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
de Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
de Souza tries to break free but Howard pushes him back against the ropes.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
de Souza can't break the clinch.
Howard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of de Souzas head.
Howard lands an uppercut.
de Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Souza blocks an elbow strike.
de Souza avoids the elbow strike from Howard, against the ropes.
Howard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A short left from Howard.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
de Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Howard finish him?
Howard pushes off an throws an elbow but de Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
de Souza wants to break free but Howard has control.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
de Souza seems to have recovered his senses.
Howard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through de Souza's defenses.
Howard lands a nice uppercut.
Howard scores with a shot to the side of de Souza's head.
Howard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
de Souza is trying to push Howard away but Howard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Howard pushes de Souza back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
de Souza tries to break the clinch but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard lands a hook to the side of the head.
de Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Howard lands a nice elbow.
de Souza is trying to push Howard away but Howard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Howard lands a hook that snaps the head of de Souza backwards.
Howard keeps control of de Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Howard scores with a shot to the side of de Souza's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Howard.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Howard, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for John Howard!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for John Howard!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for John Howard!
John Howard wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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