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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Honorio (ranked 26 p4p, 54 weight class) and Oliver Robson (ranked 4 p4p, 7 weight class). Honorio comes to the cage accompanied by Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio. Oliver Robson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Vinicius Honorio's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Robson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robson lands a glancing blow to the side of Honorio's head.
Honorio throws a body shot but no joy.
Robson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Robson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Honorio misses with the combination.
Honorio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Robson.
A telegraphed right hand from Robson misses the target.
Robson walks into a stiff left hand from Honorio.
Robson moves out of range as Honorio strikes.
Honorio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Robson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Honorio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Honorio fails to land the takedown.
Robson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honorio.
Honorio throws a right and a left that Robson avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Robson defends well and Honorio ends up having to push Robson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Robson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Robson - that landed with a thud.
Honorio lands a body shot in the clinch.
Robson swings wildly with an uppercut but Honorio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honorio prevents a body shot from Robson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honorio.
Honorio wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Honorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honorio decides to pull guard.
Robson stopping the sweep attempt from Honorio.
Honorio keeping moving, preventing Robson from controlling successfully.
Robson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honorio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Honorio keeping full guard, as Robson tries to pass.
Robson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Robson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Honorio's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robson stays in close to Honorio's body and controls the position.
Honorio keeping full guard, as Robson tries to pass.
Honorio 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.
Robson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've been hearing good reports from Honorio's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Honorio is pulling down on Robson's head. It's preventing any offense from Robson, at least for the moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Honorio looking for a sweep. Not yet Honorio, not yet.
Robson wants to control from the top but Honorio keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robson connects with an inside leg kick.
Honorio ducks under a wild hook from Robson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Honorio gets a double leg takedown into Robson's guard.
Honorio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Robson wants to sweep but no luck.
Honorio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Robson has momentary wrist control but Honorio slips an elbow through the middle.
Honorio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robson trying to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Honorio postures up in Robson's guard and throws a big left but Robson blocks it.
Robson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robson looking for a sweep. Not yet Robson, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio is working Robson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Honorio trying to control but Robson is working from the bottom.
Honorio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Honorio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Honorio seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Robson has control of Honorio's left arm, preventing Honorio from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Honorio manages to get himself to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honorio is keeping the position for now.
Robson trying to control but Honorio is working from the bottom.
Robson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Let's hope that Robson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Honorio tries to bum rush Robson with a series of wild strikes but Robson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honorio swings for the body but Robson moves out of range.
No joy there for Robson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Honorio appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Vinicius Honorio is winning the standup battle so far.
Robson takes a swing at Honorio's ribcage but misses.
Honorio throws a hook but Robson blocks it.
Robson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Robson misses with a body shot.
Honorio looks for a takedown but Robson sprawls well.
Honorio feints and as Robson raises his hands in defense, Honorio changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robson looking to control.
Honorio throwing strikes from guard but Robson blocks nicely.
Robson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Honorio is trying to control the position but Robson postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson wants to control from the top but Honorio keeps moving.
Honorio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Robson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Robson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honorio is keeping the position for now.
Honorio looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Honorio keeping moving, preventing Robson from controlling successfully.
Honorio wants to sweep here but Robson controlling him for the moment.
Honorio is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Honorio throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Honorio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Robson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Honorio pulls Robson in close to his closed guard and prevents Robson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Robson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robson looking to pass the guard.
Honorio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio prevents Robson from improving his position.
Honorio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Honorio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Robson defending well though.
Honorio keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Robson gets back to full guard.
Robson is pulling down on Honorio's head to control his posture.
Honorio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Robson looking to control.
Robson 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.
Honorio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio controls from within his opponent's guard.
Honorio with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Honorio won't allow Robson to sweep him here.
Robson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Honorio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Honorio scoring with some ground and pound.
Honorio preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Robson is on top in guard.
Robson trying to control but Honorio is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that second round.
That's time! Honorio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Honorio tests Robson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honorio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Robson but Robson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Robson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Honorio catches Robson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Robson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Honorio throws a lazy right hand but Robson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honorio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robson can do to turn this around?
Robson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honorio.
Honorio falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Robson counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robson connects with a body shot that sends Honorio's belly button to the back.
Honorio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Robson as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Robson backs up against the cage.
Honorio throws a hook but Robson avoids it easily.
Honorio misses with the combination.
Robson connects with a right hand. Honorio shakes it off.
Robson defending well as Honorio loads up on a big left hand.
Honorio shoots in looking for a takedown but Robson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Honorio's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Honorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honorio misses with a two punch combination.
Honorio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robson manages to avoid it.
Robson throws a jab but it's blocked by Honorio.
Honorio drops down looking for a counter takedown but Robson sprawls and moves away.
Honorio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Robson.
Nice uppercut lands for Robson. That snapped Honorio's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robson digs a good hook to Honorio's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robson lands a right hook to the body.
Honorio misses with a few strikes there.
A countering left hand to the body from Robson misses.
Robson with the inside leg kick.
Robson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Robson wants to land a leg kick but Honorio is out of range.
Robson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Robson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Honorio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honorio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Robson's hands.
Robson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honorio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Robson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio misses with a takedown
letting Robson counter with a right hand.
Robson stuffs the takedown attempt from Honorio. Honorio gets slowly back to his feet.
Vinicius Honorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robson connects with a body shot that sends Honorio's belly button to the back.
A clash of legs there as Honorio blocks the low kick.
Honorio throws a series of punches but Robson moves out of range.
Robson feints a counter leg kick.
Honorio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Robson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Robson wants it to stay on the feet.
Robson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Robson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Honorio rather than just go for the knockout.
Honorio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Robson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Robson takes a swing at Honorio's ribcage but misses.
Robson throws a front kick aimed at Honorio's knee but Honorio avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Honorio throws out a powerful jab.
Oliver Robson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honorio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honorio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robson is looking to chop away at Honorio's legs.
Honorio throws a hook but Robson blocks it.
Robson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donk. Robson catches Honorio right on the button with a cross.
A slow jab from Robson misses its intended target.
Robson tests Honorio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honorio is rocked!
Honorio misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Robson misses.
Oh Honorio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Robson avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Robson really dominated that round.
That's time! Honorio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Honorio fails with a takedown attempt.
Honorio seems to have got his legs back now.
Robson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Honorio changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Robson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Robson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Honorio throws a series of punches but Robson avoids them all with ease.
Honorio takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Robson.
A jab from Robson finds it's way through Honorio's defenses.
Robson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Robson throws a body punch but Honorio moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Honorio is rocked!
Honorio is trying hard to land a takedown here. Robson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Honorio fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Honorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Honorio misses its intended target.
Robson jabs Honorio right on the nose. Honorio blinks but takes it well.
Oh Honorio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Robson throws a hook but Honorio avoids it easily.
Honorio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Honorio seems to have got his legs back now.
Robson throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Robson.
Robson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honorio.
Robson misses with a low kick as Honorio jumps back.
Honorio drops down looking for a counter takedown but Robson sprawls and moves away.
Good leg kick by Robson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Robson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Robson throws a lazy right hand but Honorio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honorio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Robson but Robson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Honorio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Robson counters with a leg kick.
Honorio moves forwards but Robson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honorio misses with a takedown attempt
and Robson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Honorio misses with a body shot.
Honorio throws out a loose jab but Robson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honorio throws a combination that misses
and Robson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Robson throws a body punch but Honorio moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson misses with a leg kick.
Robson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Robson ducks under a wild hook from Honorio.
A slapping leg kick lands for Robson.
Honorio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Honorio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robson on the side of the head.
Honorio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Robson flicks out a counter leg kick but Honorio steps away.
A jab from Robson finds it's way through Honorio's defenses.
Honorio takes one to the chin there.
Honorio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Robson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Honorio finds it's way round the side to connect with Robson's head.
Robson misses with a body shot
and Honorio counters with a left and a right that stings Robson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honorio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robson manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson stuffs the takedown attempt from Honorio. Honorio gets slowly back to his feet.
A nice side step and Robson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Robson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honorio throws a body punch but Robson moves out of range.
Robson swings widly with a right hand
letting Honorio counter with a right hand.
Honorio lands an overhand right.
Honorio shoots in looking for a takedown. Robson tries to sprawl out of it but Honorio keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Robson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Robson dips to his left and cracks Honorio with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Honorio. Robson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Robson dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A right-left combo lands from Honorio.
Honorio looks for a takedown but Robson sprawls well.
Honorio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Honorio misses with a takedown attempt - Robson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honorio. Robson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick from Robson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Honorio has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Honorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honorio throws a body punch but Robson moves out of range.
Robson stuffs the takedown.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Honorio connects with a looping right hand.
Robson ducks under a wild hook from Honorio.
Honorio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson throws a front kick aimed at Honorio's knee but Honorio avoids it well.
Robson is looking to slow Honorio down with leg kicks.
Honorio drives through with a takedown into guard.
Robson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Honorio's guard.
Robson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Honorio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Robson trying to control but Honorio is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio wants to improve his position but instead Robson has moved into half guard.
Robson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Robson trying to mount his opponent but Honorio defends it.
Honorio controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Robson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Honorio is trying to get back to full guard.
Robson wants to control but Honorio is keeping him busy.
Robson wants to pass to mount but Honorio is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Robson in particular looking to stall.
Robson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Honorio tries to lock up and control but Robson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Robson controlling from mount.
Honorio is in all sorts of trouble here.
Honorio is squirming around, avoiding Robson's attempts to control the action.
Robson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Honorio really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson wants to control the pace but Honorio is squirming around nicely.
Honorio is looking to improve his position but Robson isn't that keen on the idea.
Robson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Honorio is looking to escape.
Robson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robson prevents Honorio from getting the reversal.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oliver Robson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Robson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 47:48
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Robson!
Oliver Robson is the new welterweight champion!
Our winner, Oliver Robson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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