PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soda Popinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Honda
vs
Popinski

200 cm
19
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
272 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Soda Popinski!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Piston Honda has been cut.
Honda waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Popinski. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Popinski to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Soda Popinski has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Popinski wriggles free and stands up.
Popinski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice cross by Popinski.
Honda cracks Popinski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Honda looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Honda is looking to advance position but Popinski has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Honda is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Honda manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Popinski prevents Honda from improving his position.
Honda on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Honda tries to get out of the position.
Honda trying to control from the bottom.
Honda manages to get to full guard.
Honda wants to improve his position but instead Popinski has moved into half guard.
Honda works his way to full guard. Good work.
Honda will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Popinski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Honda keeping moving, preventing Popinski from controlling successfully.
Honda striking off his back but it's not causing Popinski any problems.
Popinski passes into half guard.
Popinski prevents Honda from improving his position.
Honda is working hard here to advance position.
Honda is looking to get back to full guard here but Popinski has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda is in all sorts of trouble here.
Popinski punching from mount but Honda doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Honda slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Honda gets back to full guard.
Honda lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Popinski!
Popinski tries to lock up and control but Honda gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Honda.
Popinski looks gassed!
Honda looking to ground and pound but Popinski is blocking nicely.
Honda landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honda looking to control but Popinski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Honda punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Honda wants to control the pace but Popinski is squirming around nicely.
Honda landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piston Honda dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Popinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Honda misses with a wild body shot.
Honda digs a good body shot into Popinski's ribs.

Honda fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Popinski sprawls well initially but Honda persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Honda landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
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!
Honda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Honda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Popinski defending well though.
Popinski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Honda passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Popinski!
Honda lands a nice shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Honda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Popinski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Honda with good strikes from the mount here!
Honda cracks Popinski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Popinski is in a horrible position here. Honda smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Honda lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Popinski hang on?
A big strike lands for Honda! That's really hurt Popinski and he's turned his back - Honda keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Honda Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piston Honda!