In the second main card fight of the evening on Versus, Matt Brown (13-10) took on John Howard (14-6) in a welterweight fight.
Here is how the second round went down.
The second round started off just like the first, with Howard hammering away at Brown’s lead leg. Howard went for another takedown, but he couldn’t drag Brown to the mat.
After he took another leg kick, Brown went for a takedown. Howard sprawled and was able to avoid it. Then Howard went for a single leg, He finally gave it up, and they were standing and trading again.
Brown landed a good knee to the body, then tripped Howard down to the ground. Brown didn’t do too much from Howard’s half guard, besides work on keeping Howard on the ground. Howard then went for a kimura, then transitioned in to a leg lock.
Brown was able to work out of the leg lock, but Howard was able to get on top of Brown. Brown went for a triangle right away, then switched it up to an omaplata before the round ended.