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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manfred Honeypott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Grande will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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2 - 5 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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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
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manfred Honeypott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Grande!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honeypott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Honeypott. No joy for Grande on that attempt.
Honeypott has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Manfred Honeypott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Honeypott does no damage.
Honeypott lands with a straight right. Grande didn't see that one coming.
Honeypott misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown attempt by Grande or perhaps it was just good defense by Honeypott, which made it look bad.
Grande avoids the body shot from Honeypott.
Honeypott scores with a sloppy right hand. Grande should have avoided that one.
Grande defending well as Honeypott loads up on a big left hand.
A cross from Honeypott lands.
Honeypott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grande takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Honeypott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grande looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Honeypott lands a nice shot to the body.
Honeypott jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Honeypott displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Honeypott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeypott scores with a jab.
Honeypott leaves Grande with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Manfred Honeypott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Grande.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Grande.
Grande has hold of Honeypott's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Honeypott seems comfortable defending it but Grande has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Honeypott is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Honeypott is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Grande couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Billy Grande!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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