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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Honorio (ranked 173 p4p, 267 weight class) and Clint Rivers (ranked 26 p4p, 35 weight class). Honorio comes to the cage accompanied by Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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12 - 3 - 0 |
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172 cm
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170
20 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clint Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Rivers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rivers throws a lazy right hand but Honorio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honorio changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've been hearing reports that Honorio has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rivers misses with a leg kick.
Clint Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers 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.
Honorio has managed to clinch.
Honorio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Honorio closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rivers to the mat! Rivers manages to get full guard.
Honorio showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Honorio wants to control from the top but Rivers keeps moving.
Honorio preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Honorio gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rivers holds on and takes a little breather.
Rivers looking to control.
Honorio is looking to work some ground and pound but Rivers has wrist control.
Rivers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rivers keeping moving, preventing Honorio from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honorio scoring with punches to the head and body.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rivers holds on and takes a little breather.
Honorio is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Honorio works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers wants to improve his position but Honorio is controlling well.
Honorio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rivers keeps working.
Rivers is trying to get back to full guard.
Honorio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rivers keeps working.
Honorio lands with a punch from half guard.
Rivers is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Rivers is looking to improve his position.
Rivers is positioning himself well to prevent Honorio advancing to mount.
Honorio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Honorio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers is looking to control Honorio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rivers avoid being mounted?
Honorio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rivers controlling the position well.
Rivers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rivers.
Honorio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rivers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rivers holds on and takes a little breather.
Honorio with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Honorio scoring with punches to the head and body.
Honorio postures up.
Honorio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Honorio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rivers keeping moving, preventing Honorio from controlling successfully.
Rivers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rivers pulls Honorio in close to prevent any damage.
Honorio scoring with punches to the head and body.
Honorio cracks Rivers with a solid left hand.
Honorio trying to control but Rivers is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honorio is working Rivers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rivers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honorio.
Rivers looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rivers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rivers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Honorio.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Honorio is just out of range.
Rivers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Honorio moves away and avoids it.
Rivers misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Honorio counters with a three punch combo that has Rivers backing up. Rivers nods at Honorio to acknowledge the strikes.
Vinicius Honorio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Honorio is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a series of wild punches.
Honorio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Honorio throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A jab from Rivers finds it's way through Honorio's defenses.
Vinicius Honorio is winning the standup battle so far.
Honorio rushes Rivers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Honorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rivers throws a jab when Honorio was well out of range.
Rivers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rivers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Honorio or not.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Honorio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivers can do to turn this around?
Honorio blocks a body shot from Rivers.
Honorio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivers is trying to drag Honorio to the mat but Honorio just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Honorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Rivers swinging wildly here.
Rivers has Honorio up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Rivers.
Honorio blocks an uppercut.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Honorio lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Honorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivers sizes up Honorio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Honorio looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Rivers!
Honorio staying calm.
Vinicius Honorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Honorio is looking to take a break and control but Rivers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rivers taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio trying to control the position but Rivers is working away.
Rivers felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Rivers struggling a bit here.
Honorio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rivers is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rivers tries to bench press Honorio off him but Honorio keeps the position.
Honorio lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rivers down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vinicius Honorio will probably get the nod.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Honorio closes the distance and clinches.
Rivers digs a right hand underneath Honorio's ribcage. Honorio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Honorio tightens his grip and picks Rivers up, before dumping him to the ground. Rivers manages to land in guard.
Rivers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Honorio won't allow Rivers to get back to his feet.
Honorio passes into half guard.
Honorio trying to pass the guard but Rivers defending well.
Rivers wants to control but Honorio passes into side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Check out the look on Honorio's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rivers is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Rivers is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rivers has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rivers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Honorio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rivers tries to roll over but Honorio keeps him under control.
Rivers has a hand on Honorio's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Honorio takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Honorio wants to control the pace but Rivers is squirming around nicely.
Rivers gets back to half guard.
Rivers is not content to let Honorio control the position.
Rivers gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers working a defensive guard here.
Rivers wants to sweep but no luck.
Rivers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Honorio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Honorio wants to control from the top but Rivers keeps moving.
Honorio works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Honorio is trying to control the action in half guard but Rivers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Honorio passes to full mount!
Rivers is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Honorio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio with shots to the head and body - Rivers looks very uncomfortable down there.
Honorio raining down shots from the mount!
Honorio wants to control the pace but Rivers is squirming around nicely.
Honorio looking to finish Rivers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rivers!
Honorio is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Rivers to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Rivers shrugs it off.
Honorio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rivers is looking to escape.
Honorio lands a heavy elbow.
Rivers is in all sorts of trouble here.
Honorio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rivers wants to hold on but Honorio pushes him away.
Clint Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers working to try and regain half guard.
Rivers takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Honorio cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivers wants to hold on but Honorio pushes him away.
Honorio looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rivers throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rivers is looking to improve his position but Honorio isn't that keen on the idea.
Honorio has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rivers's face.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicius Honorio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Honorio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Honorio!
Vinicius Honorio seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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