John Howard came out to start the second stanza running on fumes and those gave out with about 150 seconds left in the round. He came out in search of the takedown yet again and even came close to getting one, but he simply didn’t have enough in the gas tank to do anything of note.
Matt Brown, on the other hand, is like the Energizer Bunny and turned his attack up when he felt the give in his opponent.
Granted, he didn’t turn a blatant advantage into much of anything on the scorecard. In fact, he got swept on the ground before slapping on a messy omoplata before the final horn. Tough round to score because neither man did much of anything in the way of offense and, though the Immortal registered the takedown, he didn’t do anything of consequence with it.
Still, I’ve gotta give the second round to Brown by the same 10-9 margin as the first.