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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Cole (ranked 101 p4p, 206 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 13 p4p, 26 weight class). Honey is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Higher Love. Hugh Honey is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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 20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, James Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole closes the distance and pushes Honey back into the cage.
Honey pushes Cole back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Honey.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Honey takes an elbow to the temple.
Honey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Honey fails to land.
Cole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cole lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Nice body punch from Cole.
Cole prevents a body shot from Honey.
A knee to the head by Cole.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cole lands with a left to the head.
Honey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
Honey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cole pushes off an throws an elbow but Honey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Honey can't find room to land a body shot as Cole controls the action.
Cole tries a knee to the head but Honey blocks it.
Cole throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Cole.
Good body shot from Honey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cole throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Honey throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cole throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Honey.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Honey working aggressively here.
Cole cracks Honey with a nice body shot.
Cole lands a right hand.
Cole softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cole blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Honey taking a breather.
Honey is trying to maintain a safe position but Cole gets an underhook and turns Honey into the cage.
Honey working aggressively here.
Honey taking a breather.
Honey misses with some punches.
Cole lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honey looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole scores with a shot to the side of Honey's head.
Cole landing some nice looking knees to the body.
I was talking to Cole's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Honey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cole blocking some punches.
Cole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Honey's elbow.
Honey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
Cole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cole presses Honey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Honey.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Cole.
Nice elbow from Cole.
Cole lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Honey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cole's elbow.
Cole misses with some punches.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Honey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole blocks an uppercut.
Honey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cole swings wildly with an uppercut but Honey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cole tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.
Honey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cole blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cole lands an uppercut.
Honey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Honey takes an elbow to the temple.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Cole lands with a short shot to the head.
Cole lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Honey.
Cole fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honey blocks a head kick by Cole.
Cole lands a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Honey misses.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honey.
Honey rushes Cole and presses him up against the cage.
Honey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Honey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cole lands a hook to the side of the head.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Cole controls his hands.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Honey.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
Cole lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Cole.
A shot in the inside from Cole.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cole tries to work over Honey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honey is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Cole lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Honey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Cole dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Honey rushes Cole and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honey.
Cole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Honey misses with a looping right.
Honey throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Honey dips to his left and cracks Cole with an uppercut!
Cole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honey.
Honey misses the jab.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honey lunges at Cole with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cole's hand.
Honey avoids the head kick by Cole.
Honey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cole just misses with a elbow thrown towards Honey's brow.
Cole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey tries to work over Cole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Honey lands a shoulder strike.
Honey misses with a punch to the body.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole scores with a hook to the body.
Cole lands with a left to the head.
Honey tries a body shot but Cole blocks it.
Cole lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Honey or not.
Cole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey blocks an elbow strike from Cole.
Cole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cole with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Honey is rocked!
Cole blocking some punches.
Honey is still on wobbly legs! Can Cole finish him?
Cole lands an elbow inside.
Cole lands a nice shot to the body.
Honey is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clinched against the cage, Cole lands a big elbow that drops Honey! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Honey is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Cole!
A very excited looking James Cole rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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