PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pleas Honeywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Jeremy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Honeywood might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Soul by the Pound. Jeremy has chosen Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Honeywood
vs
Jeremy

168 cm
24
150 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

168 cm
26
157 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pleas Honeywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ron Jeremy!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honeywood ducks under a wild hook from Jeremy.
A jab from Jeremy misses.
Honeywood moves away from the strike by Jeremy.
Jeremy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honeywood was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeremy.
Honeywood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Honeywood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Honeywood throws a low kick, looking for Jeremy's leg but Jeremy calmly moves out of range.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown but Jeremy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jeremy misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jeremy. Honeywood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jeremy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jeremy misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jeremy. Honeywood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Jeremy.
A big left from Jeremy misses.
Honeywood ducks under a wild hook from Jeremy.
Jeremy misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Honeywood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A slow jab from Jeremy misses its intended target.
Honeywood slips under a jab.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown but Jeremy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honeywood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Honeywood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jeremy avoids it really well and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeremy misses the target.
Jeremy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jeremy throws a hook but Honeywood avoids it easily.
Jeremy misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honeywood moves away.
Jeremy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Honeywood momentarily.
Honeywood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jeremy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Honeywood.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeremy misses the target.
Honeywood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jeremy.
Ron Jeremy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeremy misses with a looping left.
Ron Jeremy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jeremy misses with a wild body shot.
Honeywood shoots in but no luck this time.
Jeremy looks to throw the jab but Honeywood is out of range.
Jeremy scores with a hook to the body. Honeywood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jeremy tries to bum rush Honeywood with a series of wild strikes but Honeywood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Honeywood darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jeremy is trying to stand back up but Honeywood is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jeremy is trying to stand back up but Honeywood is controlling him
Honeywood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jeremy's head.
Jeremy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Honeywood.
Honeywood 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.
Honeywood throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Honeywood throwing strikes but missing.
Jeremy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honeywood.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jeremy misses the shot to the body.
Honeywood is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Honeywood circles away quickly and effectively.
Honeywood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jeremy.
Honeywood walks into a jab.
Jeremy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jeremy looks to throw the jab but Honeywood is out of range.
Jeremy misses with a hook. Honeywood ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Jeremy misses.
Honeywood slips under a jab.
No luck for Honeywood with that takedown attempt.
Honeywood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jeremy.
Jeremy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Honeywood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Honeywood slips under a jab.
Honeywood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Jeremy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Honeywood.
Jeremy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honeywood manages to avoid it.
Jeremy takes a swing at Honeywood's ribcage but misses.
Jeremy misses with a double jab.
Jeremy looks to land a combination but Honeywood avoids it well.
Jeremy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honeywood manages to avoid it.

Honeywood scores a takedown into full mount!
Jeremy trying desperately to get to his feet.
Honeywood in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Honeywood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jeremy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Honeywood scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jeremy?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy wants to get back to his feet.
Jeremy is breathing heavily.

Honeywood is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Jeremy has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Jeremy!

Honeywood is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jeremy tries to stand but Honeywood is controlling from the bottom.

Honeywood looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jeremy passes into side control.
Honeywood prevents Jeremy from improving position.
Honeywood gets back to half guard.
Jeremy 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood is refusing to be controlled, as Jeremy sits in half guard.
Jeremy drops an elbow to the side of Honeywood's head.
Jeremy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Honeywood is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jeremy pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honeywood wants to improve his position but Jeremy is controlling well.
Jeremy is keen to just control but Honeywood is a slippery customer.
Honeywood is looking for a sweep. Jeremy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Jeremy. No joy for Honeywood on that attempt.
Honeywood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jeremy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Honeywood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeremy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Honeywood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honeywood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Honeywood has gone for a leg lock! Jeremy slips out almost immediately though and dives into Honeywood's guard.
Jeremy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Jeremy stands up and waves to Honeywood to follow him.
Jeremy scores with a jab to the jaw.

Honeywood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Jeremy uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Jeremy misses.
A cross from Jeremy lands.
Honeywood fails with the takedown.
Honeywood throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jeremy's waist but Jeremy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Honeywood off to one side.
Jeremy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Honeywood.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jeremy lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honeywood misses with a double jab.
Jeremy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honeywood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pleas Honeywood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jeremy misses with a series of wild punches.
Jeremy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jeremy takes a swing at Honeywood's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Jeremy.
Jeremy loads up on a big right hand but Honeywood slips the punch.
Honeywood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Honeywood closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jeremy did well to prevent Honeywood getting side control.

Jeremy manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Honeywood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jeremy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Honeywood. Honeywood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jeremy slaps away a takedown attempt from Honeywood, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jeremy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Honeywood counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jeremy won't be happy with that.
Jeremy is trying to buck Honeywood off.
Jeremy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Honeywood postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jeremy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Honeywood is controlling him well.
Honeywood scores with punches from side control.
Jeremy is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Honeywood asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Honeywood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jeremy down.
Honeywood throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Honeywood goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Jeremy has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Honeywood but great work by Jeremy.

Jeremy has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jeremy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeremy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Honeywood feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honeywood works over Jeremy with some ground and pound from guard.
Jeremy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jeremy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Honeywood keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jeremy's head.

Honeywood drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jeremy looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jeremy looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jeremy!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood is trying to get back to half guard.
Honeywood manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jeremy's best efforts.

Honeywood looking for submissions off his back.
Honeywood is trying to get back to full guard.

Jeremy decides to return to a standing position.
Jeremy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Honeywood counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Honeywood with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jeremy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Honeywood is controlling him.
Honeywood with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood with a flurry of punches that miss.
Honeywood throws and elbow that misses. Jeremy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Honeywood's guard. Nice move by Jeremy!
Jeremy connects with a couple of short punches.

Jeremy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Honeywood throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Honeywood has his foot on Jeremy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jeremy works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jeremy chips away with some ground and pound.

Honeywood had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jeremy defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pleas Honeywood showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honeywood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pleas Honeywood!