PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmond Honda (ranked 3434 p4p, 373 weight class) and Frankie Ngannou (ranked 5307 p4p, 548 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Honda might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to E. Honda Stage Theme Extended. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Honda
vs
Ngannou

186 cm
21
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

199 cm
26
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edmond Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frankie Ngannou!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda scores with the left hand. Ngannou knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Honda. That's going to slow Ngannou down.
A jab from Honda misses.
Ngannou takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Honda scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ngannou regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Honda's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Ngannou is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Honda lands a couple of elbows.
Honda with a nice head shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ngannou working for a triangle but Honda defends it easily.
Honda has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Ngannou working for a triangle but Honda defends it easily.
We've been hearing that Honda has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Honda working some strikes from top position.
Honda knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ngannou on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Honda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Honda's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Honda stands up over Ngannou, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Honda is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honda cracks Ngannou with a solid left hand.

Ngannou is rocked!
Honda postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Ngannou covers up, he's hurt! Honda keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Honda and the ref steps in to end the fight! Honda can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edmond Honda!
After the fight, Edmond Honda was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.