PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Calabi Yau (ranked 1484 p4p, 912 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 223 p4p, 139 weight class). Honey has chosen Higher Love as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Yau
vs
Honey

184 cm
38
182
22 - 16 - 2

180 cm
37
162
27 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Calabi Yau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yau displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yau looks to score with a jab to the body but Honey is just out of range.
Honey scores with a jab.
Nice jab there from Yau.
Honey misses with a straight right.
Yau has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Honey has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yau ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Jab from Yau.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yau connects with a leg kick.
Honey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Honey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yau throws out the jab.
Honey digs a good body shot into Yau's ribs.
Yau slips under a jab from Honey.
A quick step to the side and Yau tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Honey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yau.
Honey scores with a punch to the head.
Yau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Lions Den in the buildup to the fight.
Yau takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Honey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Honey thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch combination from Yau misses.
Yau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honey.
Honey connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Yau is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Honey blocks the leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Honey.
Yau tries to move into range but Honey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yau throws a jab but it's blocked by Honey.
Yau takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Honey cracks Yau with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Yau is rocked!
Honey scores with a nice head shot.
Oh Yau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yau fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Honey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yau seems to have got his legs back now.
Yau dips to his left and cracks Honey with an uppercut!
Yau tests Honey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yau misses the shot to the body.
Yau throws a low kick but Honey avoids it.
Honey tries to close the distance and clinch but Yau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Honey misses with a straight right.
Yau scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau misses with a looping right.
Yau looks to throw the jab but Honey is out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Yau.
Yau fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Honey is out of range.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Yau moves away and avoids it.
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Honey throws a push kick but Yau slaps the foot to one side.
Honey lands with a nice body punch.
Honey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Honey darts in and clinches Yau up against the cage.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Honey breaks from the clinch.
Yau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Honey.
Honey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yau walks into a straight right hand from Honey.
Honey throws a body punch but Yau moves out of range.
Yau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yau misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honey defending well as Yau loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yau throws a leg kick but Honey sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Honey now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Honey tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Honey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yau lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Honey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Honey scores with a shot to the body.
Yau cracks Honey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Yau misses.
Honey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Honey misses with a body shot.
Honey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Honey throws a series of punches but Yau avoids them all with ease.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yau takes a swing at Honey's ribcage but misses.
Yau moves out of range as Honey strikes.
Yau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Honey throws a right and a left that Yau avoids nicely.
Honey just misses with a punch to the body.
Honey avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Honey.
Honey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Honey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yau jabs Honey right on the nose. Honey blinks but takes it well.
Yau throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Honey only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Honey avoids the body shot from Yau.
Honey scores with the left hand. Yau knows he should have avoided that one.
Yau slips a jab from Honey.
Yau is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Yau misses.
Yau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honey manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honey scores with a hook to the body. Yau takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Honey.
A little feinted left hand from Yau on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Honey dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Yau is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honey connects with a jab.
Yau slips under a jab.
Honey's corner calls for a 1-2. Honey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yau scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Honey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Honey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Honey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yau defending well as Honey loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yau lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yau lands a really nice looking cross but Honey seems unphased.
Honey on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hugh Honey seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Honey closes the distance and clinches.
Yau working aggressively here.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Yau scores with a shoulder strike.
Yau misses with the head strike.
Honey dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey pushes Yau back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yau missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yau missing with knees to the body.
Honey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yau trying to land knees to the body.
Honey pushes Yau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Honey breaks the clinch.
Honey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Honey blocks a jab.
Yau misses the jab.
Yau moves out of range of the strikes.
Calabi Yau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honey throws a hook to the side of Yau's head but Yau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yau misses with a body shot.
Yau slips a straight right by Honey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Honey. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Honey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
A nice side step and Honey releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yau misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Honey misses with a looping right.
Yau scores with a leg kick.
Honey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yau. Honey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honey throws a jab when Yau was well out of range.
Yau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honey looks to throw the jab but Yau is out of range.
Yau shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Honey needs to keep his hands up - Yau had a free shot at his head there.
Honey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Honey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yau.
Honey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Honey avoids the body shot from Yau.
Yau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honey.
Honey just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau misses with a body shot.
Honey throws out a counter right but Yau avoids it with no problem.
Honey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yau.
Honey avoids the body shot from Yau.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Honey! But no joy.
Yau throws the left hand but Honey avoids the punch easily.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honey scores with a shot to the body.
Yau looks to score with a jab to the body but Honey is just out of range.
Honey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yau slips under a jab from Honey.
Honey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yau moves away.
Yau throws the left hand but Honey avoids the punch easily.
Honey fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yau checks it well.
Honey throws out a leg kick but Yau moves out of range and Honey only half commits.
Honey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yau ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Yau feints a jab promting Honey to slip. Yau then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Honey slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Honey as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Yau clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Yau.
A short left from Honey.
Yau tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.
Honey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Honey.
Yau throws a head punch that misses.
Yau misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Honey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Honey gets through Yau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Honey.
Honey looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey avoiding damage as Yau throws knees to the body.
Hugh Honey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Honey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Yau.
Honey is breathing heavily.
Yau tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hugh Honey will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Yau swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Honey.
Honey catches Yau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Yau closes the distance and pushes Honey back into the cage.
Yau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Honey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yau trying to land knees to the body.
Yau missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yau.
Yau trying to land knees to the body.
Yau is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Honey is defending well for now.
Yau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yau as Honey tries to tie him up.
Yau unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Honey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honey misses the jab.
Yau looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Honey takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yau.
Yau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Honey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yau looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Honey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Yau throws a big shot that misses.
Honey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yau showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honey.
Yau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honey was well out of range. Poor timing from Yau.

Honey rushes Yau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Honey misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Honey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Honey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Yau.
Yau is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Honey is defending well for now.
Honey managing to block the knees to the body from Yau.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Honey takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Yau.
Yau trying to land knees to the body.
Yau missing with knees to the body.
Yau blocks an uppercut.
Honey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Honey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Honey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yau's head.
Honey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Honey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yau.
Yau takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honey swings for the body but Yau moves out of range.
Honey throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Yau does it's job there.
Honey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Honey takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Yau.
Yau dodges the punch combination from Honey.
Yau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yau avoids the body shot from Honey.
Yau cracks Honey with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yau swats away the attempt to clinch by Honey.
Yau misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Honey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yau lands with a hook. Honey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A good leg kick by Yau.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honey scores with a sloppy right hand. Yau should have avoided that one.
Honey throws a right hand that misses
and Yau counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yau throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Honey.
Yau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Honey.
Honey has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yau digs a good hook to Honey's body.
Calabi Yau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yau was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Honey!
Hugh Honey is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yau jabs Honey right on the nose. Honey blinks but takes it well.
Honey scores with a nice right hand.
Honey cracks Yau with a right hand to the side of the head.
Honey's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Honey misses the target.

Yau clinches up with Honey and pushes him back against the cage.
Yau is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Honey is defending well for now.
Yau lands an uppercut.
Yau gets through Honey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Honey.
Yau misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yau tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honey.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honey managing to block the knees to the body from Yau.
Yau missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Calabi Yau showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honey has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugh Honey!
After the fight, Hugh Honey was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.