PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Zonta (ranked 638 p4p, 860 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 87 p4p, 119 weight class). Honey has chosen Higher Love as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Zonta
vs
Honey

175 cm
32
165
20 - 15 - 2

180 cm
41
162
34 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

SynCity Fightwear

SynCity Fightwear
Voodoo 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 20 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Zonta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honey looks to land a combination. Zonta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Honey looks to land a right hand but Zonta moved out of range.
Zonta is looking to counter punch.
Honey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Zonta feints and then cracks Honey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Honey down.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zonta moves in looking to clinch but Honey pushes him off.
Honey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Zonta was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Honey wants to clinch.
Zonta slips a jab from Honey.
A swing and a miss from Honey.
Honey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zonta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Honey lands an overhand right.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honey misses with an uppercut.
Zonta seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Zonta drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zonta creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Honey sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Zonta is looking to take a break and control but Honey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Honey tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Zonta wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Honey is not content to let Zonta control the position.
Zonta scoring with punches from side control.
Zonta working the ground and pound but Honey is defending the strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honey is not content to let Zonta control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zonta is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Honey is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey defending against the ground and pound.
Zonta grinds an elbow into Honey's temple.
Zonta working the strikes but Honey uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Honey blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zonta.
Still in half guard, Zonta seems content to control.
Zonta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Honey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zonta.
Honey is trying to maintain the position but Zonta is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Honey manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Zonta with a nice head shot there.
Zonta trying to control but Honey is working from the bottom.
Zonta throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zonta trying to control but Honey is working from the bottom.
Honey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zonta throwing strikes but missing.
Zonta is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Zonta is looking to work some ground and pound but Honey has wrist control.
Zonta with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zonta trying to control but Honey is working from the bottom.
Honey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Zonta is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Honey is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Honey has escaped and now he's on top!

Honey being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zonta controls Honey momentarily but Honey frees himself.
Honey controlling from the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Peter Zonta will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Honey throws a series of punches but Zonta moves out of range.
Zonta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Zonta scores with a nice right hand.
Zonta wants to clinch.
Zonta misses with a leg kick.
Honey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Zonta closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Honey did well to prevent Zonta getting side control.
Honey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zonta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Honey's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zonta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zonta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Honey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zonta working Honey over with strikes.
Zonta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honey defending well though.
Zonta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zonta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've been hearing that Zonta has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Zonta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zonta slips a nice elbow through Honey's hands, connecting with Honey's forehead.
Peter Zonta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zonta thows a huge punch but Honey dodges it nicely.
Zonta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zonta trying to control the action but Honey is working from the bottom.
Honey is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zonta scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zonta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Honey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zonta lands with a punch from half guard.
Zonta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zonta throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zonta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Zonta lands with a punch from half guard.
Zonta throws a strike but Honey avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Zonta throws an elbow that misses. Honey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Zonta's guard. Nice move by Honey!

Zonta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zonta has control of Honey's left arm, preventing Honey from doing any damage.
Honey preventing the sweep.
Honey stays in close to Zonta's body and controls the position.
Honey trying to control the position from guard on top but Zonta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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

Zonta thows a huge punch but Honey dodges it nicely.
Zonta working Honey over with strikes.
Zonta throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.
Zonta stalling away here and it's allowed Honey to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Zonta in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zonta throws a big elbow that misses.
Honey 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.
Zonta wants to control from the top but Honey keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zonta postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zonta postures up and lands a big shot to Honey's brow.
Zonta sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Honey's guard.
Zonta keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Honey is holding on to half guard well.
Zonta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zonta is trying to control. Honey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zonta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zonta is looking to stall here but Honey recovers full guard.
Zonta controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Zonta dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Honey misses with an uppercut.

Zonta has Honey up against the cage in a clinch.
Honey swings wildly with an uppercut but Zonta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honey takes a shot to the head.
Zonta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zonta can't get the takedown.
Zonta blocking some punches.
Honey prevents the takedown attempt.
Honey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zonta's elbow.
Zonta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zonta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zonta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Honey blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Zonta fails to land.
Honey slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zonta lands with a right to the head.
Zonta keeps control of Honey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zonta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Honeys head.
A short uppercut from Honey.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zonta.
Zonta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zonta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zonta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zonta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Honey can do to turn this around?
Zonta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Honey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zonta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zonta tries to throw a body punch but Honey avoids it by throwing Zonta back against the cage.
Zonta misses with some punches.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Zonta tightens his grip and picks Honey up, before dumping him to the ground. Honey manages to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zonta wants to control from the top but Honey keeps moving.
Honey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zonta trying to control the position from guard on top but Honey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zonta passes Honey's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Zonta connects with a nice short shot to Honey's temple.
Zonta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honey defending well though.
Zonta thows a huge punch but Honey dodges it nicely.
Zonta throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.
Zonta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zonta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Zonta is trying to work for a kimura but Honey is defending well.
Zonta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zonta throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.
Zonta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honey defending well though.
Zonta throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.
Still in half guard, Zonta seems content to control.
Honey moves into full guard.
Zonta is looking to work some ground and pound but Honey has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zonta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zonta throws a big right hand that misses.
Zonta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Peter Zonta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Honey being controlled here, momentarily.
Zonta with a nice head shot there.
Zonta throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zonta trying to control but Honey is working from the bottom.
Zonta postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hugh Honey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zonta trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Zonta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zonta, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Zonta!
Peter Zonta really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Altitude Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.