PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manfred Honeypott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Manley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manfred Honeypott is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Honeypott
vs
Manley

178 cm
30
178 lbs
7 - 21 - 0

186 cm
25
188 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 21 - 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huey Manley!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Honeypott misses its intended target.
Manley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Manley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Honeypott moves out of range as Manley throws a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Honeypott blocks the low kick.
Honeypott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Honeypott misses.
Manley throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've been told by Honeypott's head coaches at Midnight MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manley is looking to slow Honeypott down with leg kicks.
Honeypott misses with a combination

and Manley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Honeypott makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manley with a lazy takedown attempt
and Honeypott counters with a straight right hand.
Honeypott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manley manages to avoid it.
Honeypott throws a lazy right hand but Manley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honeypott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manley moves away.
Manley drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Honeypott defends it well.
Manley slips a jab from Honeypott.

Honeypott gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Manley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Manley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honeypott works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manley is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Manley throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manley cracks Honeypott with a solid left hand.
Manley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Manley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Honeypott's head.
Manley with a nice head shot there.
Manley won't allow Honeypott to sweep him here.
Manley stays in close to Honeypott's body and controls the position.
Manley with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Manley working some strikes from top position.
Manley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Manley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Manley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Manley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manley throws a big right hand that misses.
Manley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Honeypott can't keep his opponent in guard - Manley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Manley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Honeypott avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manley.
Honeypott knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Manley on the ground.
Manley drops an elbow to the side of Honeypott's head.
Manley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Manley content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Manley working the head and body with strikes.
Manley is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Manley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Manley throwing shots but Honeypott is blocking nicely.
Manley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Manley is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Honeypott taking some punishment here, with Manley in his half guard.
Manley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Manley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Manley keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huey Manley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slow jab from Honeypott misses its intended target.
Honeypott is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Manley's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Manley shoots and misses
and Honeypott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Manley throws a low kick but it's checked well by Honeypott.
Honeypott is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manley.
Manley throws a solid leg kick but Honeypott takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Manley.
Honeypott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A counter left hand to the body from Honeypott misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Honeypott will feel that in the morning.

Manley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Honeypott napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Manley in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Manley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Manley lands a decent elbow from side control.
Manley works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Manley lands an elbow.

Honeypott is rocked!
Huey Manley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Manley lands a strong strike to the head of Honeypott. That's dazed him! Manley looking to finish here. Honeypott is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Manley lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Huey Manley!