PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Honey (ranked 1904 p4p, 221 weight class) and Conrad Poohs (ranked 3643 p4p, 374 weight class). Honey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Higher Love. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Honey
vs
Poohs

180 cm
31
162 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

178 cm
27
160 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Dark Knight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hugh Honey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Conrad Poohs!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honey throws a hook but Poohs avoids it easily.
Honey loads up on a big right hand but Poohs slips the punch.
Honey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Honey lands with a hook. Poohs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Honey stuffs the takedown attempt from Poohs. Poohs gets slowly back to his feet.
Honey swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Honey lands a jab.
Poohs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poohs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Honey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Poohs.
Honey 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.
Poohs ducks under a wild hook from Honey.
Honey takes a swing at Poohs's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey throws an off balance right hand

and Poohs counters by clinching up.
Honey swings wildly with an uppercut but Poohs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Poohs.
Poohs blocks an uppercut.
Honey misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Poohs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poohs takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Honey looks to land a right hand but Poohs moved out of range.
Honey looks to land a right hand but Poohs moved out of range.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honey looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Honey catches Poohs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A looping hook to the body misses from Honey. Poohs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honey throws a hook but Poohs avoids it easily.
Poohs drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Honey defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey lands a jab to Poohs's midsection.
Honey throws the left hand but Poohs avoids the punch easily.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Poohs moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poohs moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poohs fails with a takedown attempt.
Poohs blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Honey there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Poohs takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Honey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Poohs is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Poohs on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Honey misses.
And Poohs tries to counter it with a takedown but Honey pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Honey throws a hook but Poohs avoids it easily.
And Poohs tries to counter it with a takedown but Honey pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Honey scores with a body shot.
Poohs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Honey throws an overhand right that lands on Poohs's shoulder, as Poohs tries to avoid the shot.
Honey tests Poohs's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honey connects with a body shot.
Honey moves into range and connects with a jab.
Honey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Honey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Honey attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Poohs is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hugh Honey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poohs tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Honey swivels and escapes.
Hugh Honey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conrad Poohs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poohs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Honey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Poohs.
Poohs blocks a jab.
Poohs takes a jab right on the kisser.
Honey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Honey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Poohs.
Honey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Poohs throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Honey was covering up waiting for the punch and Poohs finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Honey keeping moving, preventing Poohs from controlling successfully.

Poohs drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Honey dives on top into guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Honey 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.

Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Honey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poohs can do to turn this around?
Honey feints and then cracks Poohs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Poohs down.
Poohs moves out of range of the strikes.
Honey looks to throw the jab but Poohs is out of range.
Poohs feints the counter takedown.
Honey clobbers Poohs with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Honey jabs Poohs to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Honey throws a hook but Poohs blocks it.
Poohs is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Honey lands a lovely overhand right.
Poohs shoots in looking for a takedown. Honey tries to sprawl out of it but Poohs keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Honey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poohs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Honey.
Poohs takes one to the chin there.
Poohs shoots in for a takedown but Honey shows good takedown defense.
It looked like Honey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Poohs.
Honey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Honey throws out a powerful jab.
Honey is looking to score with low kicks.
Poohs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Poohs there as he acknowledges the shot.
Honey misses the jab.
And Poohs tries to counter it with a takedown but Honey pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Honey cracks the inside of Poohs's front leg.
Poohs has a takedown stuffed.
Hugh Honey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conrad Poohs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poohs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Honey punishes Poohs's body with a nice straight punch.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
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!
Poohs gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hugh Honey is winning the standup battle so far.
Honey misses with a jab to the body

and Poohs counters with a takedown into side control.

Honey explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Honey misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Honey misses the target.
Poohs is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Poohs is trying hard to land a takedown here. Honey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Poohs shoots in for a takedown but Honey shows good takedown defense.

Poohs gets a double leg takedown into Honey's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Honey sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honey's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Honey continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
More hug and hope from Honey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Honey dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Honey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Poohs.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Poohs saw that one coming.
Poohs has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Poohs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Honey sets himself, and Poohs steps forward looking for the clinch! Honey avoids it this time.
Poohs blocks a jab.
Poohs is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nice uppercut lands for Honey. That snapped Poohs's head back.
Honey cracks Poohs with an open hand slap.
Poohs fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poohs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Poohs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Honey there.
Honey works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Poohs is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Honey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poohs.
Poohs changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Poohs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honey.
Honey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Poohs shoots for a takedown but Honey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Honey is looking to counter punch.
Hugh Honey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conrad Poohs.
A shot to the liver by Honey. Beautiful body shot.
Poohs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Poohs slips a jab from Honey.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Honey, right into the meat.
Honey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Poohs on the side of the head.

Poohs darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Honey wants to improve his position but Poohs is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Honey is defending against the submission attempts here by Poohs.

Poohs decides to stand and escape the position.
Honey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Poohs fails to land the takedown.
Honey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Honey. That snapped Poohs's head back.
Honey punishes Poohs's body with a nice straight punch.
Poohs staying out of range there.
Poohs feints the counter takedown.
Poohs slips under a jab from Honey.
Conrad Poohs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honey just misses with a punch to the body.
Hugh Honey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Poohs goes for a double leg but Honey avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Honey continues to drive forward.
Honey lands with an uppercut that bounces Poohs off the cage and back into range.
Poohs moves out of range of the strikes.
Poohs tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Honey throws a jab but it's blocked by Poohs.
Poohs changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Poohs on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Poohs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poohs changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey throws a hook to the side of Poohs's head but Poohs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poohs drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Honey defends it well.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Poohs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honey looks to throw the jab but Poohs is out of range.
Poohs takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Honey throws a leg kick but Poohs moved away.
Honey looking to land some kicks to the body here.
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!
A big left from Honey misses.
Poohs shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Honey as he avoids it easily.
Poohs slips a jab from Honey.
Honey lands a jab to the nose.
Honey cracks the inside of Poohs's front leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugh Honey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Honey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugh Honey!
Hugh Honey very nearly forgot to thank Dark Knight Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.