PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ezra Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honey has chosen Cruising in Miami by Bass 305 as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Ray
vs
Honey

192 cm
30
181 lbs
21 - 3 - 1

169 cm
24
184 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
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 21 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ezra Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honey throws a hook but Ray avoids it easily.
Honey missing with a left hand there. Ray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Ray.
Honey thows a body shot but no joy.
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Ray is just out of range.
Ray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Honey misses its intended target.
Honey throws a right and a left that Ray avoids nicely.
Honey looks to throw the jab but Ray is out of range.
Honey with a hook.
Ray takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Honey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ray tries to move into range but Honey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray takes a swing at Honey's ribcage but misses.
Honey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Honey walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ray thuds his right hand into Honey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ray scores with the left hand. Honey knows he should have avoided that one.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Ray saw that one coming.
Ray misses the shot to the body.
Honey thows a body shot but no joy.
Ray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Ray blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Ray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Honey misses with a straight left.
Honey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Honey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honey.
Honey might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Honey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Honey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ray.
Ray lunges at Honey with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Honey's hand.
Honey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Ray counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Honey as he connects with a hook.
Honey throws out a leg kick but Ray moves out of range and Honey only half commits.
Honey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ray defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Honey.
A punch combination from Honey misses.
Honey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ray.
Honey misses with a looping left.
Ray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ray was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ray counters with an outside leg kick.
Honey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ray with a nice cross.
Ray is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ray connects with a body shot.
Honey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey fails with a takedown attempt.
Ray is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ray displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Honey dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Honey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Honey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ray.
Hugh Honey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Honey swings widly with a right hand
and Ray counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ray ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Ray fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honey moves away.
Ray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honey.
Ray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honey.
Ray slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Honey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ray manages to avoid it.
Honey misses with a few strikes there.
Honey misses with a leg kick.
Ray avoids the body shot from Honey.
Honey throws a jab when Ray was well out of range.
Honey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honey is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Honey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ray as he jumps to the side.
Ray will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Honey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ray misses the shot to the body.
Ray slips under a jab.
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Ray is just out of range.
Ray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Honey.
Ray walks into a left hand.
Hugh Honey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Honey tries to close the distance and clinch but Ray swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Honey staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey lands a lovely overhand right.
Honey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Honey misses with a double jab
and Ray counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice body punch from Ray.
Honey tries to clinch there but Ray circles away.
Honey shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ray pinned against the cage. Ray gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ezra Ray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugh Honey.
Honey is breathing heavily.
Ray loads up on a big right hand but Honey slips the punch.
Honey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey misses with a hook to the body
and Ray counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Honey thinking.
A telegraphed right hand from Honey misses the target.
Ray tries to clinch up but Honey circles away and keeps his distance.
Ray dives in and grabs Honey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Honey pushes down on Ray's head and hops out.
Honey throws a body punch but Ray moves out of range.
Ray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Honey swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Ray counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey moves away from the strike by Ray.
Ray displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
Honey throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s 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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Ray as he connects with a hook.
Ray delivers a nice body kick.
Honey slips under a jab from Ray.
Ray connects with a solid leg kick.
Honey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Honey.
Ray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Honey doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ray gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Honey thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Honey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ray counters with a straight right hand.
Honey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ray slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ray moves out of range as Honey strikes.
Honey moves out of range of the strikes.
Honey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Ray.
Ray moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Honey drops his hands momentarily and Ray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ray lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ezra Ray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ray shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ray showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ray seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Honey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ray thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Honey's head.
Ray content to control rather than advance.
Ray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Honey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ray is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ray controlling the action here.
Honey is pressing down on Ray's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ray wants to control from the top but Honey keeps moving.
Ray stays in close to Honey's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ezra Ray wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Honey shoots in but Ray avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Honey tried to score with a low kick but Ray checks it.
Honey throws a hook but Ray blocks it.
Honey misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ray manages to avoid it.
Ray is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Honey.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ezra Ray 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugh Honey!