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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Honorio (ranked 45 p4p, 43 weight class) and Gunner Bond (ranked 6 p4p, 5 weight class). Honorio's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunner Bond!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honorio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bond can pounce on him.
Bond throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Honorio is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bond.
Honorio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honorio throws a body shot but no joy.
Bond walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Honorio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Honorio shoots for a double leg takedown but Bond sprawls well. He's pushed Honorio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bond tries a quick counter leg kick but Honorio is wise to it.
Honorio misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bond! But no joy.
Honorio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Honorio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bond taking punishment in the form of punches.
Honorio moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Honorio lands a nice forearm strike.
Bond parries the strikes from Honorio easily there. Honorio is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bond to escape.
Honorio controls the position from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bond is avoiding damage well.
Honorio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Honorio grinds an elbow into Bond's temple.
Honorio trying to control the action but Bond is working from the bottom.
Honorio looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bond is avoiding damage well.
Honorio tries to move into full mount but can't pass Bond's legs.
Honorio is looking to take a break and control but Bond is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Honorio crashes against the mat.
Bond is looking for a sweep.
Honorio sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bond is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
An elbow from Honorio crashes against the mat.
Honorio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bond keeps working.
Honorio postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Honorio wants to control for a moment but Bond uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Honorio not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Honorio tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bond knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bond is trying is best to control the position here.
Honorio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bond on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Honorio trying to control the action but Bond is working from the bottom.
Honorio sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Honorio trying to control the action but Bond is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bond doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Honorio.
Bond is refusing to be controlled, as Honorio sits in half guard.
Honorio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Honorio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Honorio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bond's head.
Bond blocking the ground and pound attempt from Honorio.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that round.
That's time! Honorio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Honorio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bond.
Honorio scores with a nice right hand.
Honorio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bond walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Honorio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Honorio fails with a takedown attempt.
Bond tries a quick counter leg kick but Honorio is wise to it.
Honorio decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Honorio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honorio is trying to control. Bond wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Honorio looks to land a strike but Bond avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Honorio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Honorio distracts Bond with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Honorio tries to free his leg and advance position but Bond is retaining full guard.
Honorio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bond looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Honorio throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bond utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Honorio tries to free his leg and advance position but Bond is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Honorio throws a big elbow that misses.
Bond seems keen to control Honorio's posture.
Honorio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bond uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honorio.
Honorio blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab, jab by Honorio - just one landing.
Bond misses with a looping left.
Bond cracks a nice hook into Honorio's ribs.
Honorio fails to land with a series of punches.
Bond was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Honorio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bond eats them both and turns towards Honorio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Gunner Bond has been cut.
Honorio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bond looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bond looks to throw the jab but Honorio is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio lands with an uppercut that bounces Bond off the cage and back into range.
Bond punishes Honorio's body with a nice straight punch.
Bond looks to land a left hand but Honorio moved out of range nicely.
Honorio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bond counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honorio throws a right and a left that Bond avoids nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bond.
Bond smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Honorio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bond can do to turn this around?
Bond jabs at Honorio's body.
Bond staying out of range there.
Bond gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bond looking for a sweep. Not yet Bond, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Bond is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honorio controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Honorio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bond swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Honorio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bond works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Honorio is looking to work some ground and pound but Bond has wrist control.
Honorio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Honorio wants to control from the top but Bond keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gunner Bond's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Honorio slips a straight right by Bond.
Honorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bond sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Honorio blocks the leg kick.
Honorio half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bond avoids the body shot from Honorio.
Bond throws a leg kick but Honorio sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bond stuffs the takedown.
A telegraphed right hand from Honorio misses the target.
Honorio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bond takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bond displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honorio throws out the jab.
Bond lands a nice hook to Honorio's body. Honorio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bond connects with a right hand. Honorio shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond throws a big shot that misses.
Honorio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bond.
Bond looks to land a right hand but Honorio moved out of range.
Honorio appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Honorio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vinicius Honorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honorio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Honorio tries for a kimura but Bond is defending well.
Honorio advances to mount.
Honorio punching from mount but Bond doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio throwing strikes here but Bond is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
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.
Honorio with the ground and pound from mount.
Honorio avoids the attempt from Bond to control.
Vinicius Honorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bond blocking the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honorio thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Honorio cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Honorio punching from mount but Bond doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Honorio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Honorio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bond has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Honorio lands with some strikes.
Bond working to try and regain half guard.
Honorio with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bond is in a horrible position here. Honorio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Honorio sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio looking to control but Bond is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bond wants to hold on but Honorio pushes him away.
Honorio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bond is looking to escape.
Honorio throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bond because Honorio loaded up on that one.
Honorio controlling his opponent.
Honorio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bond is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicius Honorio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Honorio, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Honorio!
Vinicius Honorio thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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