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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmond Honda (ranked 2911 p4p, 108 weight class) and Elly Barnard (ranked 3007 p4p, 113 weight class). Honda comes to the cage accompanied by E. Honda Stage Theme Extended. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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265 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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268 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 5 - 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 Las Vegas, Elly Barnard!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Honda.
Barnard with the counter takedown but Honda avoids it easily.
Barnard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Barnard misses.
Nice uppercut there from Barnard.
It looks like Edmond Honda has been cut.
Barnard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barnard thuds his right hand into Honda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Honda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnard.
Honda scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Barnard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barnard managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Honda.
Barnard defending against the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnard defending against the ground and pound.
Honda creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Barnard sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Honda lands some shots froms side control.
Barnard is being controlled here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda throws an elbow but Barnard slips to the side and avoids it well.
Honda throws a strike aimed at the side of Barnard's head but Barnard avoids it well.
Barnard wants to get back to his feet.
Honda tries to score with some ground and pound. Barnard controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Honda working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Barnard told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Honda misses with the ground and pound.
Barnard parries the strikes from Honda easily there. Honda is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Barnard to escape.
The ground and pound from Honda seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Honda scoring with punches and elbows.
It looks like Elly Barnard has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honda looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Barnard defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnard dodges the ground and pound from Honda.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honda in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Honda in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Honda prevents Barnard from escaping the position.
Honda throws a strike aimed at the side of Barnard's head but Barnard avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Honda.
Barnard managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Honda.
Honda sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Barnard is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Honda throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Honda tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Honda has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Honda postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Honda scoring with punches and elbows.
Honda has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Honda looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Barnard is avoiding damage well.
Barnard taking a bit of punishment here - Honda scoring with strikes.
Honda moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Honda tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Honda crashes against the mat.
Barnard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Honda working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Barnard is not content to let Honda control the position.
Barnard takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edmond Honda dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Honda tries a head kick but it misses.
That has opened up Elly Barnard's cut even more.
Honda with a nice cross.
The cut above Elly Barnard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice sprawl there from Barnard as Honda shoots in.
Barnard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Honda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Honda half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Honda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honda takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Honda lands with an uppercut that bounces Barnard off the cage and back into range.
Barnard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Honda on the side of the head.
Honda tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnard lands a jab to the nose.
Edmond Honda's cut is getting worse.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Honda misses.
Honda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Honda showed some decent athleticism there.
Honda lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Barnard quite badly. Barnard pulls Honda in close trying to recover. Honda postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Barnard on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Barnard doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edmond Honda!
Edmond Honda bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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