PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Meathead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keisuke Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Meathead
vs
Honda

190 cm
22
268 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
250 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rick Meathead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keisuke Honda!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda checks a low kick from Meathead.
Meathead throws a body punch but Honda moves out of range.
Honda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Honda keeps the fight on the outside.
Meathead slips a jab and a cross from Honda.
Honda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Meathead at a distance.
Honda tries to bum rush Meathead with a series of wild strikes but Meathead uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meathead looks to score with a jab to the body but Honda is just out of range.
Meathead misses with a low kick.
Honda blocks a leg kick.
Honda connects with a crisp jab.
Meathead misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meathead. Honda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meathead throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Meathead tries to land a leg kick but Honda saw it coming and moves away.
Meathead throws a leg kick that misses.
Meathead will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Honda blocks a jab.
Meathead fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Honda is out of range.
Honda checks the leg kick nicely there.
Meathead jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meathead throws a front kick aimed at Honda's knee but Honda avoids it well.
Meathead closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A head kick misses from Meathead.
Meathead tries to move into range but Honda moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meathead swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rick Meathead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Meathead on the side of the head.
Meathead takes a swing at Honda's ribcage but misses.
Meathead tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Honda misses.
Honda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meathead.
A combination from Honda does no damage.
Meathead missing with a left hand there. Honda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Honda moves out of range as Meathead strikes.
Honda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meathead tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Honda counters with a thumping low kick.
Honda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honda throws a nice looking combination but Meathead bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Meathead throws a leg kick but Honda moved away.
Meathead throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meathead swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
No joy there for Honda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Honda misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Honda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meathead manages to avoid it.
Meathead throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rick Meathead is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meathead misses with a low kick as Honda jumps back.
Honda connects with a jab.
Meathead ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honda moves away.
Meathead throws a low kick but it's checked well by Honda.
Meathead is looking to score with low kicks.
Meathead misses with a double jab
enabling Honda to counter with a crisp jab.
Meathead 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!
Honda scores with a sloppy right hand. Meathead should have avoided that one.
Honda fails to land with a series of punches.
Meathead uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Honda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Meathead doesn't seem bothered though.
Meathead wants to clinch.
Honda scores with a nice strike.
Meathead misses with a body shot.

Nice combo by Honda! Oh, that's hurt him - Meathead falls to the canvas and Honda follows him into side control.

It looks like Rick Meathead has been cut.
Meathead is looking to regain half guard here but Honda keeps moving and retains side control.
Honda landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Honda is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Meathead will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
It looks like Honda might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keisuke Honda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Meathead's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Honda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meathead.
Meathead is looking to wear down Honda with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Meathead is looking to clinch.
Meathead tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meathead tries a low kick but Honda avoids it.
Meathead tries a low kick but Honda avoids it.
Keisuke Honda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meathead moves forwards but Honda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Honda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda ducks under a wild hook from Meathead.
Meathead avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Meathead closes the distance and clinches.
Meathead tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Honda avoids it.
Honda is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Honda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meathead lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Keisuke Honda has been cut.
Honda has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Meathead after a bit of a struggle.
Honda is trying to force a seperation but Meathead has the dominant position.
Honda avoids a wild elbow strike from Meathead.
Meathead lands a nice elbow.
Meathead throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Meathead.
Meathead lands an elbow just above Honda 's eye.
Meathead comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Keisuke Honda's cut even more.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Honda. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Meathead lands a nice elbow.
Meathead lands an elbow that stopped Honda in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Keisuke Honda's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Meathead can't find room to land a body shot as Honda controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meathead lands an elbow inside.

Keisuke Honda's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Meathead throws a punch but it's blocked by Honda.
Meathead throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Honda jumps guard but Meathead turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rick Meathead has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keisuke Honda.
Nice elbow from Meathead.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rick Meathead!