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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimura Supreme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimura Supreme!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Supreme shoots in for a double leg but Howard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Howard as Supreme shoots in.
Howard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Supreme looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Supreme tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Howard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
What's Supreme going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Howard cracks Supreme with a big right hand but Supreme just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Howard cracks Supreme with a big elbow.
Howard scores with punches from side control.
Supreme is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Howard asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Supreme is working to avoid the ground and pound but Howard connects with a decent elbow.
Howard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Supreme down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Supreme tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Howard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Supreme looks gassed!
Supreme gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Howard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Supreme tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Howard raining down shots from the mount!
Howard controlling the pace for now.
Howard with good strikes from the mount here!
Howard looking to finish Supreme with some ground and pound. This is bad for Supreme!
Howard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Howard controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Howard with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Supreme gets back to half guard.
Howard sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Howard slips a nice elbow through Supreme's hands, connecting with Supreme's forehead.
Supreme is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Howard pulls his head out easily.
Howard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Supreme with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Howard lands with a punch from half guard.
Supreme has hold of Howard's hands but Howard slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Howard moves into full mount! Supreme won't be happy about that!
Howard with a couple of short strikes.
Supreme is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howard controlling his opponent.
Howard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands with some strikes.
Howard looking to control and managing it successfully.
Howard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Howard scoring with strikes but Supreme is staying in there.
Supreme in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howard landing punches.
Supreme wants to control but Howard is having none of it.
Howard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howard lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Howard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Supreme gets caught flat footed, as Howard shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Supreme has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Howard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Howard trying to control the position from guard on top but Supreme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Supreme is looking for a triangle but Howard pushes his legs off easily.
Howard landing some decent shots from guard.
Howard has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Howard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Supreme swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Supreme working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Howard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Howard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Supreme is breathing heavily.
Howard stands up over Supreme, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Howard controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Supreme working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Howard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Howard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Supreme looking for a guillotine here but Howard defends easily.
Howard lands a couple of elbows.
Howard passes Supreme's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Howard lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard slows the pace down in half guard.
Howard has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Howard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Supreme looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Christian Howard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Howard winds up and cracks Supreme with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Supreme is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Howard scores with a couple of nice shots.
Howard controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Supreme tries to reverse the position but Howard maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard unloading with bombs!
Howard with good strikes from the mount here!
Howard content just to control the position here.
Supreme really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Howard tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a big elbow.
Howard controlling from mount.
Howard landing strikes from the mount and Supreme is in trouble!
Howard controlling his opponent.
Howard raining down shots from the mount!
Howard looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Howard dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Supreme shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Supreme showed some decent athleticism there.
Howard is trying is best to control the position here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Christian Howard just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Howard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Supreme struggling a bit here.
Howard taking a breather here.
Howard is chipping away with strikes.
Supreme takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Supreme tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Howard working the ground and pound.
Howard staying calm.
Supreme bucks up and tries to throw Howard off but instead Howard has got his back!
Howard is working the ground and pound. Can Supreme escape?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard is landing with strikes from the back.
Howard lands strikes to the head.
Howard loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Supreme hold on?
Howard keeps control of the position easily here as Supreme tries to buck him off.
Howard lands a shot to the head.
Howard looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Supreme is covering up but some of the strikes from Howard are getting through and doing damage.
Howard is riding his opponent, not letting Supreme buck him off.
Howard is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Supreme. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Howard controls the action.
Howard is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Howard gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Howard gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Howard apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Howard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Supreme really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Howard with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Howard.
Supreme takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Howard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Supreme can do to turn this around?
Howard landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Howard.
Supreme is rocked!
Howard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kimura Supreme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howard breaks from Supreme's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Supreme is working to get back to half guard.
Supreme in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howard lands a heavy elbow.
Howard controlling the pace for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Christian 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Howard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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