PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harri Sirkkeli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sirkkeli
vs
Honey

184 cm
22
178 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

169 cm
20
184 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Balco Boys - Hilo

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harri Sirkkeli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sirkkeli throws a right hand that Honey ducks under and follows up with a left that Honey also avoids with ease.
Sirkkeli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Honey blocks a jab.
Honey throws a right and a left that Sirkkeli avoids nicely.
Honey lands a jab to Sirkkeli's midsection.
Sirkkeli lands with a nice body punch.
Honey has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sirkkeli displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sirkkeli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honey scores with a punch to the head.
Honey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Honey lands a with a good body shot.
Honey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sirkkeli tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Honey swivels and escapes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sirkkeli swings for the body but Honey moves out of range.
Sirkkeli throws a shot from downtown. Honey moves away and avoids it.
Honey misses with a hook to the body
and Sirkkeli counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sirkkeli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honey.

Sirkkeli drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sirkkeli is staying tight to Honey's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirkkeli throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Honey sneaks back into half guard.
Sirkkeli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Honey blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sirkkeli.
Honey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sirkkeli is working away from the top position though.
Honey is refusing to be controlled, as Sirkkeli sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sirkkeli throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sirkkeli thows a huge punch but Honey dodges it nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sirkkeli fails with a takedown attempt.
Sirkkeli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sirkkeli misses with a jab to the body
and Honey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Honey moves out of range of the leg kick from Sirkkeli.
Sirkkeli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
Honey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sirkkeli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Honey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Sirkkeli closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Honey to the mat! Honey manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honey keeping moving, preventing Sirkkeli from controlling successfully.
Sirkkeli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey pulls Sirkkeli in to control the position.
Sirkkeli throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sirkkeli throwing strikes but missing.
Honey is trying to keep Sirkkeli in close.
Sirkkeli 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.
Sirkkeli preventing the sweep.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Honey keeping moving, preventing Sirkkeli from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sirkkeli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honey was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirkkeli.
A big left from Sirkkeli misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Honey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sirkkeli thows a body shot but no joy.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Honey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sirkkeli looks to land a left hand but Honey moved out of range nicely.
Honey cracks Sirkkeli with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sirkkeli throws a looping overhand right but Honey ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkkeli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sirkkeli lands a slapping body shot.
Sirkkeli just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirkkeli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honey.
Sirkkeli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sirkkeli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirkkeli jabs Honey right on the nose. Honey blinks but takes it well.
Sirkkeli misses with a wild body shot.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Sirkkeli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sirkkeli throws a lazy right hand but Honey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Harri Sirkkeli will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sirkkeli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Honey holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sirkkeli tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sirkkeli throws some wild stikes that Honey manages to avoid easily.
Sirkkeli misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sirkkeli punching from mount but Honey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Honey is bucking up trying to escape but Sirkkeli cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Honey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Honey is trying to escape the mount.
Sirkkeli cracks Honey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sirkkeli trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sirkkeli lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Honey hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirkkeli punching from mount but Honey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Honey blocking the ground and pound.
Sirkkeli will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Honey avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sirkkeli.
BOOM! Sirkkeli connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Sirkkeli wants to finish this one by submission but Honey is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sirkkeli.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sirkkeli breaks from Honey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sirkkeli scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Honey?
Sirkkeli scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Honey?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sirkkeli.
Sirkkeli pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sirkkeli trying to control but Honey is having none of it.
Honey is looking to get to half guard.
Honey is breathing heavily.

Sirkkeli wants to finish this one by submission but Honey is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sirkkeli.

Sirkkeli jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Honey manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sirkkeli.
Sirkkeli postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Honey managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sirkkeli.
Sirkkeli throws an elbow but Honey slips to the side and avoids it well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honey misses with the combination.
Sirkkeli lands a slapping body shot.
Hugh Honey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sirkkeli misses with a body shot.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
Sirkkeli misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Honey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirkkeli.
Honey just misses with a punch to the body.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirkkeli misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Honey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Sirkkeli has Honey up against the cage in a clinch.
Honey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sirkkeli lands a shoulder strike.
Sirkkeli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sirkkeli lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sirkkeli.
Honey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Honey is trying to force a seperation but Sirkkeli has the dominant position.

Honey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sirkkeli lands a nice looking body shot.
Sirkkeli scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hugh Honey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Honey just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirkkeli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.

Sirkkeli scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sirkkeli is pressing down on Honey's thigh, looking to free his foot. Honey is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harri Sirkkeli dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Honey moves out of range of the strikes.
Honey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sirkkeli can pounce on him.
Honey loads up on a big right hand but Sirkkeli slips the punch.
Sirkkeli looks to land a combination but Honey avoids it well.
Sirkkeli scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sirkkeli throws a series of punches but Honey avoids them all with ease.
Sirkkeli is looking to wear down Honey with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Honey connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sirkkeli. Sirkkeli circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sirkkeli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honey avoids the body shot from Sirkkeli.
Sirkkeli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honey.
Sirkkeli shoots in but Honey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hugh Honey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sirkkeli misses with a hook. Honey ducked under it nicely.
Sirkkeli tries to clinch up.

Sirkkeli scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sirkkeli throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Harri Sirkkeli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Honey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sirkkeli.
Sloppy strikes there by Sirkkeli.
Sirkkeli tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sirkkeli throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sirkkeli is looking to take a break and control but Honey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sirkkeli is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Honey is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sirkkeli misses with the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Sirkkeli moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sirkkeli stalls.
Sirkkeli lands a nice shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Honey as Sirkkeli tries to tie him up.
Honey working aggressively here.
Sirkkeli tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.

Sirkkeli has Honey pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Sirkkeli pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Honey tumbling to the mat - Sirkkeli dives into Honey's guard.
Sirkkeli pushing down on Honey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Harri Sirkkeli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sirkkeli is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey is refusing to be controlled, as Sirkkeli sits in half guard.
Sirkkeli is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sirkkeli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Honey keeps working.
Sirkkeli trying to control the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Harri Sirkkeli just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Sirkkeli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hugh Honey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A shot to the body from Honey misses

and Sirkkeli counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sirkkeli with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sirkkeli seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Honey for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harri Sirkkeli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sirkkeli 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harri Sirkkeli!