PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Squirrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard comes to the cage accompanied by Manafest - Fire In The Kitchen. Squirrel has chosen Zombie Vandals - Zombie Sluts as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Howard
vs
Squirrel

185 cm
39
221 lbs
34 - 17 - 0

195 cm
20
223 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Speedy Supps + Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Squirrel!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Howard. Those never looked like landing.
John Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howard looks to land a combination but Squirrel avoids it well.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Squirrel has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Howard thows a body kick. Squirrel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A combination from Howard does no damage.
Howard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Squirrel swinging wildly here.
A big right from Howard misses.
Howard throws a big shot that misses.
Howard lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Steve Squirrel has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Squirrel avoids the head kick by Howard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Squirrel. Howard does a little dance to reset his feet.
A leg kick checked by Squirrel.
Squirrel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Howard has time to react.
Squirrel tries to bum rush Howard with a series of wild strikes but Howard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Squirrel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Squirrel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Squirrel checks a leg kick.
Howard pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard misses with the combination.
Howard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Squirrel misses the shot to the body.
Squirrel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Squirrel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Howard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Squirrel misses the shot to the body.
Howard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Squirrel.
Squirrel misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Howard's head coaches at HILITE Fighting Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Squirrel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Howard fails to land with a series of punches.
Howard avoids the body shot from Squirrel.
Squirrel is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Howard rather than just go for the knockout.
Howard misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Howard misses.
Squirrel lands with a good body shot.
Squirrel misses with the combination.
Howard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Squirrel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Squirrel.
Squirrel swinging wildly here.
Howard misses with the combination.
Howard throws a right hand that Squirrel ducks under and follows up with a left that Squirrel also avoids with ease.
John Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Squirrel misses with a series of wild punches.
Howard avoids the body shot from Squirrel.
Howard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Squirrel.
Howard throws a combination that misses

and Squirrel counters with a single leg into guard. Howard didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Squirrel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Squirrel trying to control the position from guard on top but Howard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Howard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Squirrel is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrel with a flurry of punches that miss.

Squirrel throws a sloppy strike and Howard has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Squirrel is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Howard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Howard!
An out of breath John Howard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.