PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Michael Bisping enters the ring!

Howard
vs
Bisping

178 cm
32
192 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Bisping!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard looks to land a left hand but Bisping moved out of range nicely.
Bisping steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howard.
Howard lands a lovely overhand right.
Howard tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Bisping manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Howard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bisping.
Howard lands with a hook. Bisping tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bisping throws a jab when Howard was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Howard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bisping misses with a body shot.
Howard misses with a looping right.
Howard misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard looks to score with a jab to the body but Bisping is just out of range.
Howard scores with a shot to the body.
Howard swings for the body but Bisping moves out of range.
Howard looks to score with a jab to the body but Bisping is just out of range.
Bisping uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Howard.
Howard thuds a left hand into Bisping's body.
Howard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bisping was well out of range. Poor timing from Howard.
Howard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bisping moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Howard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Howard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Howard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Howard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bisping looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Howard takes a swing at Bisping's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Bisping does a little dance to reset his feet.
Howard is looking to wear down Bisping with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Howard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Howard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
John Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howard throws out the jab.
Bisping misses with a right hand
and Howard counters with a stiff right hand.
Bisping avoids the body shot from Howard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Bisping does a little dance to reset his feet.
Howard thows a body shot but no joy.
Howard swings for the body but Bisping moves out of range.
Howard ducks under a wild hook from Bisping.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Bisping does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bisping uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howard.
Bisping throws the left hand but Howard avoids the punch easily.
Howard misses with a body shot.
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bisping sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Howard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bisping, pushing him back against the ropes.
Bisping drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Bisping uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howard is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Howard dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Howard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bisping paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Howard swings for the body but Bisping moves out of range.
Bisping thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bisping sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Howard misses with a hook to the body
and Bisping counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howard misses with a body shot.
Bisping swats away the attempt to clinch by Howard.
Bisping uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Howard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard thows a body shot but no joy.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Bisping slips the punch.
Bisping keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bisping circles away from the clinch attempt.
Howard tries to clinch but Bisping is having none of it.
Bisping just misses with a punch to the body.
Bisping lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circling - Howard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard throws a body punch but Bisping moves out of range.
Bisping avoids the body shot from Howard.
Bisping has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Howard finds it's way round the side to connect with Bisping's head.
Howard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bisping moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Howard thows a body shot but no joy.
Howard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bisping.
Bisping dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Howard throws a right hand that Bisping ducks under and follows up with a left that Bisping also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Howard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bisping moves away.
Howard defending well as Bisping loads up on a big left hand.
Howard tries to clinch up but Bisping circles away and keeps his distance.
Bisping fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Howard on the side of the head.
Howard misses with a left hand
and Bisping counters with a nice body shot.

Howard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard trying to control the position but instead, Bisping has worked for underhooks and has pushed Howard into the ropes.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bisping's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Howard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Howard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bisping bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Howard throws a jab but it's blocked by Bisping.
Bisping throws a jab when Howard was well out of range.
Howard lands a right hook to the body.
Howard looks to score with a jab to the body but Bisping is just out of range.
Bisping slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Howard dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bisping blocks a jab.
Bisping loads up on a big right hand but Howard slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Howard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Howard misses with a body shot.
Bisping moves out of range of the strikes.
Bisping avoids a punch combination nicely.
Howard takes a swing at Bisping's ribcage but misses.
Bisping misses with a lunging right hand
and Howard counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bisping.
Bisping might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Howard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bisping swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Howard is looking to clinch but Bisping is avoiding it.
Bisping moves out of range as Howard strikes.
Bisping keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Howard just misses with a punch to the body.
Bisping lunges at Howard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Howard's hand.
Howard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bisping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisping keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Howard throws a looping overhand right but Bisping ducks down to avoid it.
Howard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Howard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Howard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bisping manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Bisping misses its intended target.
Howard just misses with a punch to the body.
Bisping misses with a straight right.
Howard looks to land a right hand but Bisping moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Bisping slips the punch.
Howard lands with a hook. Bisping tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Howard doesn't manage to clinch there - Bisping circles away.
Howard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bisping counters with a straight right hand.
Howard scores with a jab to the body.
Howard just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisping missing with a left hand there. Howard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bisping bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Howard's head backwards.
Bisping defending well as Howard loads up on a big left hand.
Bisping connects with a right hand. Howard shakes it off.
Howard misses with a body shot.
Howard tries to clinch up.
Howard misses with a hook.
Michael Bisping has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Howard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Howard is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Howard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Howard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Howard!