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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Methuselah Honeysuckle (ranked 1880 p4p, 1032 weight class) and Peyton Moore (ranked 296 p4p, 163 weight class). Honeysuckle comes to the cage accompanied by Dropkick Murphy's - Warriors Code. Peyton Moore has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Methuselah Honeysuckle's chin.
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196 cm 26 218 4 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm 20 212 7 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Methuselah Honeysuckle! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peyton Moore! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Honeysuckle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Moore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Honeysuckle misses with a looping left. Moore looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Honeysuckle gets in close and instigates a clinch. Moore looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Honeysuckle landing knees to the body.
Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Honeysuckle instigates a clinch. Honeysuckle digs a right hand into Moore's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moore's gas tank. Honeysuckle effectively controlling the action here. Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Honeysuckle stalls. Moore is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Moore is working Honeysuckle over against the cage. Honeysuckle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moore misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honeysuckle leaning his opponent against the cage. Honeysuckle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Honeysuckle avoiding damage.
Moore is looking to control Honeysuckle's arms but Honeysuckle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moore has his back to the cage. Honeysuckle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Honeysuckle.
Moore controlling the action here for a moment.
Honeysuckle is struggling to control the position. Moore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Honeysuckle swings away with a leg kick that misses. Honeysuckle throws a body kick that misses. Moore looks to land a left hand but Honeysuckle moved out of range nicely. Moore swings for the body but Honeysuckle moves out of range.
Moore throws a hook but Honeysuckle blocks it. Honeysuckle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Moore. That did some damage! Honeysuckle is looking to clinch. Moore now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Moore swats away the attempt to clinch by Honeysuckle. Moore blocks a jab. Honeysuckle jabs at Moore's body. Honeysuckle is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Moore throws a low kick but Honeysuckle moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Honeysuckle tries to clinch up and Moore counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Honeysuckle thinking. A head kick by Honeysuckle misses enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab. Honeysuckle moves into range and clinches up with Moore. Moore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Moore throws a front kick aimed at Honeysuckle's knee but Honeysuckle avoids it well. Moore on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. A solid leg kick lands there for Moore.
Honeysuckle tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range. Moore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Honeysuckle looks to land a left hand but Moore moved out of range nicely. Honeysuckle is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Moore takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Moore let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Moore scores with a kick to the body.
Moore keeps Honeysuckle at a distance using the push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Honeysuckle misses with a body punch
and Moore counters with a nice uppercut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Honeysuckle tries to clinch up and Moore counters with a two punch combo. Moore fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Honeysuckle misses the body punch enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab. Moore misses with a body shot
and Honeysuckle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Moore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honeysuckle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moore. Honeysuckle throws a leg kick and Moore counters with a lovely straight right hand! Honeysuckle fakes the leg kick and cracks Moore in the body. Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Moore throws a body punch but Honeysuckle moves out of range. Moore misses with a body shot.
Honeysuckle scores with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Peyton Moore will probably get the nod. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Moore gets tackled into the cage by Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle maintains the clinch. Moore manages to break the clinch.
Honeysuckle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moore throws the left hand but Honeysuckle avoids the punch easily. Honeysuckle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moore stuns Honeysuckle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Honeysuckle tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Moore finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Moore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Honeysuckle is looking to clinch. Moore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Moore blocks a low kick nicely. Moore scores with a nice strike. The fight stays on the outside here - Honeysuckle looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Moore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Honeysuckle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round. Honeysuckle blocks a jab. Honeysuckle throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Moore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Moore connects with an inside leg kick. Moore moves out of range of the body kick. Honeysuckle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Moore breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is looking to chop away at Moore's legs. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Honeysuckle. We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Moore in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off. Moore lands a body shot.
Moore has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Honeysuckle misses with a left hand and Moore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Moore cracks Honeysuckle with a hook to the temple - Honeysuckle is on wobbly legs here! Moore swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Honeysuckle falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Moore wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Peyton Moore! Peyton Moore was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. The defeated Methuselah Honeysuckle had this to say: 'A bump in the road, I'll be back better and hungrier!'.
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hype
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