PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Honeycutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiser Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honeycutt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Riot- 2 Chainz. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sosa's choice of entrance music: Fantasy. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Honeycutt
vs
Sosa

180 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
187 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Honeycutt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kiser Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa misses with a wild body shot.
Honeycutt shoots in and drives through. Sosa sprawls well.
Sosa lands a head shot.
Sosa throws out a powerful jab.
Honeycutt looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Honeycutt as Sosa shoots in.
Honeycutt misses with a body punch

and Sosa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Honeycutt won't be happy with that.
Honeycutt regains half guard.
Sosa passes to full mount!
Honeycutt on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Honeycutt tries to get out of the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Honeycutt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Sosa looking to secure an arm triangle but Honeycutt defends it well.
Sosa throws some wild stikes that Honeycutt manages to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeycutt holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sosa tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sosa misses with a head shot.
The referee warns Honeycutt that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sosa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Honeycutt is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sosa is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Honeycutt has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Honeycutt!
Sosa lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Honeycutt!
Sosa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Sosa with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Honeycutt is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa thowing shots but they're missing.

Sosa goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Honeycutt turns into him and now he's in Sosa's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sosa keeping moving, preventing Honeycutt from controlling successfully.

Honeycutt stands and steps away. Sosa gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeycutt tries a head kick but it misses.
Sosa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sosa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chris Honeycutt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honeycutt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Honeycutt will feel that in the morning.
Sosa leaves Honeycutt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Honeycutt is breathing heavily.
Honeycutt has his takedown stuffed
and Sosa counters with a solid body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Honeycutt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa scores with a kick to the midsection.

Sosa moves into range and clinches up with Honeycutt.
Sosa trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Honeycutt avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa is pressed up against the cage. Honeycutt has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sosa down to the mat. Sosa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A head kick misses from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kiser Sosa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Honeycutt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sosa to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sosa trying to control but Honeycutt is working from the bottom.
Sosa is pushing down on Honeycutt's leg trying to pass to half guard. Honeycutt is fighting to maintain full guard but Sosa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Honeycutt tries to roll over but Sosa keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sosa seems to be looking for submissions.
Honeycutt gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sosa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sosa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sosa advances position into side control!
Sosa landing a few strikes.
Sosa in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Honeycutt's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sosa is working Honeycutt over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa wants to control but Honeycutt is keeping him busy.

Sosa is trying to get an arm triangle but Honeycutt is defending well.
Sosa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Honeycutt gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Honeycutt blocking the ground and pound.
Honeycutt tries to hold on but Sosa postures up.
Sosa wants to control the pace but Honeycutt is squirming around nicely.
Sosa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sosa jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Honeycutt manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Honeycutt tries to bench press Sosa off him but Sosa keeps the position.
Sosa tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sosa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Honeycutt is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa wants to control but Honeycutt is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kiser Sosa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Honeycutt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sosa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Honeycutt misses with a takedown attempt - Sosa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Honeycutt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sosa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Honeycutt.
Sosa tries to clinch there but Honeycutt circles away.
Honeycutt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice uppercut there from Sosa.

Sosa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Honeycutts head.

Sosa drags the fight down to the ground.
Sosa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sosa trying to keep a closed guard but Honeycutt is proving a slippery customer.

Honeycutt stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sosa.
Sosa throws a wild body kick that Honeycutt sees coming a mile off.
Sosa tries to close the distance and clinch but Honeycutt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosa shoots in for a takedown but Honeycutt shows good takedown defense.
Sosa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Honeycutt swivels and escapes.
Sosa cracks a nice hook into Honeycutt's ribs.
Honeycutt throws a head kick but Sosa moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Honeycutt. Those never looked like landing.
Honeycutt shoots and misses
and Sosa counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Honeycutt. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sosa looking to score a takedown here. Honeycutt is defending well but Sosa drives through and ends up in Honeycutt's guard.
Sosa wants to control from the top but Honeycutt keeps moving.
Honeycutt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kiser Sosa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Let's hope that Sosa has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Kiser Sosa hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sosa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands a head kick!
Honeycutt walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sosa.
Honeycutt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sosa.
Sosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Honeycutt will feel that in the morning.

Sosa gets a takedown into half guard.
Honeycutt is looking to get back to full guard here but Sosa has managed to pass to side control instead.
Sosa trying to control the position but Honeycutt is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Honeycutt!
Honeycutt is looking to improve his position but Sosa isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chris Honeycutt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa blocks Honeycutt's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kiser Sosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sosa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kiser Sosa!
A very excited looking Kiser Sosa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.