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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Schultz (ranked 1192 p4p, 2967 weight class) and Methuselah Honeysuckle (ranked 172 p4p, 375 weight class). Schultz comes into the arena with Enter Shikari - Sorry You're Not A Winner blaring out of the sound system. Honeysuckle has chosen Dropkick Murphy's - Warriors Code as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Methuselah Honeysuckle!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultz avoids the head kick by Honeysuckle.
Schultz is looking to counter the offense by Honeysuckle and move into the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Schultz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schultz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Honeysuckle missing with knees to the body.
Honeysuckle lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Schultz.
Honeysuckle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Honeysuckle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honeysuckle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Honeysuckle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Schultz.
Honeysuckle's coach down at 4 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Honeysuckle's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Schultz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Honeysuckle lands an elbow inside that Schultz shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Schultz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Honeysuckle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Honeysuckle misses with a punch on the inside.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Honeysuckle.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Schultz on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Honeysuckle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schultz avoids it.
Come on Honeysuckle - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Honeysuckle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Honeysuckle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Ron Schultz has been cut.
Schultz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Honeysuckle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Schultz's defenses.
Honeysuckle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Honeysuckle tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Honeysuckle back against the cage.
Schultz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honeysuckle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Honeysuckle stalling against the cage.
Honeysuckle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Schultz has Honeysuckle pushed against the cage.
Schultz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeysuckle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Schultz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honeysuckle looking to throw knees to the head but Schultz is blocking nicely.
Honeysuckle missing with knees to the body.
Schultz lands an uppercut.
Honeysuckle struggles to land a body shot inside as Schultz controls his hands.
Schultz lands a right hand.
Schultz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Honeysuckle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schultz's face.
Honeysuckle misses with a knee strike.
Schultz is pushing Honeysuckle up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honeysuckle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Schultz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Honeysuckle tries to land a knee to the head but Schultz blocks with his arms.
Honeysuckle is trying to stall.
Schultz can't find room to land a body shot as Honeysuckle controls the action.
Honeysuckle tries to work over Schultz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honeysuckle has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Honeysuckle stalls.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Methuselah Honeysuckle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Schultz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Honeysuckle throws a body punch but Schultz moves out of range.
Schultz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schultz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schultz lands with an uppercut that bounces Honeysuckle off the cage and back into range.
Honeysuckle takes a swing at Schultz's ribcage but misses.
Honeysuckle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schultz was well out of range. Poor timing from Honeysuckle.
Schultz lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honeysuckle stuns Schultz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Schultz drives through and clinches with Honeysuckle against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Honeysuckle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Honeysuckle obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeysuckle tries to land a knee to the head but Schultz blocks with his arms.
Schultz is pushing Honeysuckle up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honeysuckle.
Schultz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schultz pushes Honeysuckle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Honeysuckle struggles to land a body shot inside as Schultz controls his hands.
Honeysuckle blocks an uppercut.
Honeysuckle is working Schultz over against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Honeysuckle cracks Schultz with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Honeysuckle backwards.
Schultz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honeysuckle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Honeysuckle struggles to land a body shot inside as Schultz controls his hands.
Schultz blocks a body shot from Honeysuckle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
Schultz stalling in the clinch.
Honeysuckle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schultz tries to work over Honeysuckle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honeysuckle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Honeysuckle misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeysuckle missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Honeysuckle.
Schultz blocking some punches.
Honeysuckle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Schultz tries to throw a body punch but Honeysuckle avoids it by throwing Schultz back against the cage.
Schultz blocking some punches.
A short left from Schultz.
Honeysuckle throws a punch but it's blocked by Schultz.
Honeysuckle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle misses with a knee strike.
Honeysuckle working Schultz over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeysuckle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schultz.
Honeysuckle trying to land knees to the body.
Honeysuckle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Honeysuckle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schultz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Honeysuckle misses with an elbow strike.
Honeysuckle landing knees to the body.
Schultz digs a right hand into Honeysuckle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Honeysuckle's gas tank.
Honeysuckle missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schultz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Honeysuckle backwards.
Schultz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Honeysuckle tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Honeysuckle back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Methuselah Honeysuckle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ron Schultz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Honeysuckle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Honeysuckle pushes Schultz up against the cage in a clinch.
Honeysuckle scores with a shot to the side of Schultz's head.
Honeysuckle tries to land knees in the clinch but Schultz avoids the damage to the body.
Honeysuckle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schultz's elbow.
Schultz avoiding damage as Honeysuckle throws knees to the body.
Honeysuckle taking a breather.
Honeysuckle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schultz avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz lands a nice uppercut.
Schultz lands a body shot.
Schultz scores with a shot to the side of Honeysuckle's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Honeysuckle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schultz's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz takes an elbow to the temple.
Honeysuckle landing knees to the body.
Honeysuckle landing knees to the body.
Schultz misses with a body punch.
Honeysuckle misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Honeysuckle to work.
Methuselah Honeysuckle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Honeysuckle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Honeysuckle blocking some punches.
Schultz letting Honeysuckle take a breather here.
Honeysuckle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schultz is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeysuckle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Schultz up against the cage.
Honeysuckle can't find room to land a body shot as Schultz controls the action.
Honeysuckle looking to throw knees to the head but Schultz is blocking nicely.
Honeysuckle taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schultz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schultz has Honeysuckle pushed against the cage.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz avoiding damage.
Honeysuckle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schultz is defending well for now.
Ron Schultz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Methuselah Honeysuckle is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz lands with a left to the head.
Schultz leaning against his opponent.
Schultz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Schultz.
Honeysuckle blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeysuckle lands an elbow that stopped Schultz in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle tries a knee to the head but Schultz blocks it.
Schultz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Honeysuckle prevents a body shot from Schultz.
Honeysuckle lands a good knee to the midsection. Schultz won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schultz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Honeysuckle up against the cage.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Honeysuckle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Methuselah Honeysuckle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Honeysuckle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Methuselah Honeysuckle!
An out of breath and clearly excited Methuselah Honeysuckle thanked Northern Zombie for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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