PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Verneri Ahma (ranked 10 p4p, 198 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 2 p4p, 27 weight class). Honey has chosen Higher Love as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ahma
vs
Honey

172 cm
34
156
26 - 16 - 0

180 cm
39
162
32 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Vegan Gains

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma staying out of range there.
Ahma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Honey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Honey connects with a crisp jab.
A big left from Ahma misses.

Ahma tries to keep at a distance but Honey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ahma throws a punch but it's blocked by Honey.
Ahma wants to take the fight to the mat but Honey manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Honey presses Ahma against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Honey scores with a hook to the body.
Honey stops a takedown attempt from Ahma.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
Honey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey misses with a punch to the body.
Honey throws a head punch that misses.
Ahma tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.

Ahma turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ahma manages to end up in side control.

Honey bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Ahma misses the target.
Ahma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Honey unleashes a big counter combination but Ahma bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Honey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ahma at a distance.
Honey walks into a straight right hand from Ahma.
Ahma takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ahma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Honey jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Honey closes the distance and clinches.
Honey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahma takes a shot to the head.
Ahma misses with a punch to the body.
Honey swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahma working aggressively here.
Ahma has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Honey avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Verneri Ahma. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey blocks a body shot from Ahma.
Ahma misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Ahma fails to land.
Honey trying to stall but Ahma improves his position.
Ahma swings wildly with an uppercut but Honey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honey.
A head punch on the inside from Honey fails to land.
Ahma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Honey's elbow.
Ahma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Honey misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Ahma.
Ahma lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ahma has a couple of punches blocked by Honey.
Ahma misses with some punches.
Ahma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ahma misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ahma pulls Honey into guard.
Ahma looking for a sweep. Not yet Ahma, not yet.

Ahma looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ahma looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ahma is trying to keep Honey in close.
Honey's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ahma is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ahma throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Honey escapes and throws Ahma's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Honey is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma sneaks back into half guard.
Ahma tries to roll over but Honey keeps him under control.
Ahma trying to get back to full guard but Honey takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Ahma is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hugh Honey will probably get the nod.
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 Honey misses its intended target.
Honey has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ahma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ahma walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jab, jab by Honey - just one landing.

Ahma is rocked!
Ahma moves in looking to clinch but Honey pushes him off.
Oh Ahma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Honey cracks Ahma with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ahma looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Honey finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Ahma misses the target.
Ahma moves away from the strike by Honey.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Ahma moves away and avoids it.
Ahma walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ahma looks up at the clock. Bad move! Honey lands a right hand from hell, dropping Ahma. Honey pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugh Honey!
Hugh Honey is the new lightweight champion!
Hugh Honey spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.