PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honda is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Biebs!!!!!!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cage
vs
Honda

198 cm
31
299 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

200 cm
26
300 lbs
23 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage ducks under a wild hook from Honda.
Honda looks to score with a jab to the body but Cage is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Cage.
Cage tries to score with a low kick but Honda moves his leg out of the way.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honda was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
Cage swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
Cage slips under a jab from Honda.
Honda connects with a body shot that sends Cage's belly button to the back.
Donk. Honda catches Cage right on the button with a cross.
Cage looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Honda tries to clinch but Cage is having none of it.
Cage throws out a loose jab but Honda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honda stuffs the takedown.
Honda throws a hook but Cage avoids it easily.
Cage swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice straight punches there by Honda. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Honda.
Honda tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Honda scores with a shot to the body.
Cage tries to move into range but Honda moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage throws a low kick but it's checked well by Honda.
A big right from Honda misses.
Cage is looking to chop away at Honda's legs.
Cage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honda.
Honda misses with a looping left.
Honda throws a right hand that Cage ducks under and follows up with a left that Cage also avoids with ease.
Cage scores with a crisp jab that stopped Honda in his tracks.

It looks like Piston Honda has been cut.
Cage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honda.
Piston Honda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honda throws a hook but Cage blocks it.
Honda lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cage throws a leg kick that misses.
Cage misses the shot to the body.
Honda bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cage's head backwards.
Honda throws a jab but it's blocked by Cage.
Cage tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Honda is able to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda throws a shot from downtown. Cage moves away and avoids it.
Honda misses with a wild body shot.
Honda 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.
Cage lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Cage pushes Honda up against the cage in a clinch.
Honda misses with a punch to the body.
Honda throws a head punch that misses.
Honda throws a punch but it's blocked by Cage.
Cage struggles to land a body shot inside as Honda controls his hands.
A short left from Cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honda.
Cage lands with a short shot to the head.
Cage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Honda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Honda misses with some punches.
Honda struggles to land a body shot inside as Cage controls his hands.
Honda can't find room to land a body shot as Cage controls the action.
Cage misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Cage.
Cage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Honda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Honda struggles to land a body shot inside as Cage controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Honda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Honda throws a punch but it's blocked by Cage.
Honda takes a shot to the head.
Honda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cage can't find room to land a body shot as Honda controls the action.
Cage has Honda pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Honda manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Honda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honda prevents a body shot from Cage.
Cage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cage effectively controlling the action here.
Cage blocks a body shot from Honda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Honda.
Cage lands a hook that snaps the head of Honda backwards.
Cage working aggressively here.
Cage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cage tries to work over Honda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Cage.
Cage lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Honda.
Cage tries a body shot but Honda blocks it.
Cage misses with a punch to the body.
Honda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cage blocks an uppercut.
Honda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cage scores with a shoulder strike.
Cage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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 Luke Cage will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Piston Honda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage misses with a few strikes there.
Honda ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Honda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cage throws a low kick but Honda avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Honda.
Cage ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Piston Honda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Honda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Honda.
Cage throws a big shot that misses.
Honda ducks under a wild hook from Cage.
Cage drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Honda is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Honda momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage shoots for a double leg takedown but Honda sprawls well. He's pushed Cage's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cage cracks the inside of Honda's front leg.
Cage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Cage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cage is looking to wear down Honda with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cage.
Cage looks to score with a jab to the body but Honda is just out of range.
Honda misses the body punch
and Cage counters with a head kick. That will keep Honda thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Honda walks into a stiff left hand from Cage.

That has opened up Piston Honda's cut even more.
Honda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Honda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cage.
Cage lands a leg kick that knocks Honda off balance momentarily.
Cage throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cage jabs Honda right on the nose. Honda blinks but takes it well.
Cage looks to land a body kick but Honda moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Cage.

The cut above Piston Honda's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cage pivots, looking for a leg kick but Honda is out of range and Cage settles back down.
Honda throws a shot from downtown. Cage moves away and avoids it.
Cage loads up on a big right hand but Honda slips the punch.
Cage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cage.
Cage slips under a jab.
Honda takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice uppercut lands for Cage. That snapped Honda's head back.

Piston Honda's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Honda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cage throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick from Cage lands but Honda takes it in his stride.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Piston Honda's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luke Cage!