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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moai Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honey comes to the cage accompanied by Cruising in Miami by Bass 305. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
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180 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Honey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Moai Burns!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a push kick but Honey slaps the foot to one side.
Burns throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Honey closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Burns's guard.
Burns wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Honey manages to pass to side control.
Honey stops Burns from getting back to his feet.
Honey has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Burns is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Burns in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Burns is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Honey jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Burns manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Honey looks up at the clock and then as Burns takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Honey smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honey landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
Honey landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Burns is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Burns is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Honey looks up at the clock and then as Burns takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Honey smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Honey is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Burns has escaped the position, nice work there.
Burns is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Honey asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Honey 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.
Honey works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Burns is trying to get back to his feet.
Burns bucks up and tries to throw Honey off but instead Honey has got his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honey has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Burns has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Honey gets his way!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Honey looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Honey throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Burns!
Burns is trying to stand back up.
Honey lands a shot to the body.
Honey looking for the choke from the back.
Burns is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honey is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Burns is defending well though. Honey let's go of the attempt for now.
Burns is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Burns looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Burns is trying to defend but Honey finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Honey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Honey working Burns over with strikes.
Honey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Honey is controlling the pace.
Burns wants to stand back up but Honey manages to pass into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey is chipping away with strikes.
Burns tries to escape but Honey is in control.
Honey lands some shots froms side control.
Burns is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Honey goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Burns rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Honey's guard! Nice work there by Burns!
Honey is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honey working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugh Honey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Honey shoots in and drives through. Burns sprawls well.
Burns misses with a body shot
and Honey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Burns blocks a head kick by Honey.
No luck for Honey with that takedown attempt.
Burns showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honey.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Honey coming out on top.
Honey throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Honey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honey looks for a takedown but Burns sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burns misses with a body kick.
Burns misses with a leg kick
and Honey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Honey.
Burns tries to work over Honey's front leg with a kick but Honey checks it.
Honey misses with an uppercut
enabling Burns to counter with a crisp jab.
Burns tries to clinch but Honey moves out of range.
Honey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns scores with a kick to the body.
Burns throws a leg kick but Honey moved away.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honey. Burns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honey is looking to land body kicks.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honey manages to avoid it.
Burns fakes the leg kick and cracks Honey in the body.
Honey misses with a hook
and Honey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Honey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burns counters with a stiff right hand.
Burns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burns was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
Honey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Honey moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.
Burns throws a right and a left that both miss.
Honey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns.
Honey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burns counters with a straight right hand.
Honey shoots in for a takedown but Burns shows good takedown defense.
Burns throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Burns but Burns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honey manages to avoid it.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns throws a half hearted mid kick.
Honey misses the jab.
Honey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Honey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Burns is looking to slow Honey down with leg kicks.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moai Burns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Burns throws a series of punches but Honey moves out of range.
Honey moves out of range as Burns throws a body kick.
Honey misses with the body kick
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.
Burns is looking to land body kicks.
Honey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Honey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burns counters with a thumping low kick.
Honey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Honey tries a head kick but it misses.
Honey misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honey scores with a jab to the jaw.
Moai Burns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey throws an off balance right hand
and Burns counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burns throws an elbow but misses.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns is pressed up against the cage. Honey has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burns down to the mat. Burns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Burns has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Burns on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Burns drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Burns falls off balance throwing a combination
and Honey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Honey misses with a body shot.
Honey moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honey moves away.
Burns misses with a combination
and Honey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns jabs Honey right on the nose. Honey blinks but takes it well.
Burns looks for the body kick but Honey saw that one coming.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burns manages to avoid it.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honey throws a lazy uppercut
and Burns counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Burns.
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burns misses with an elbow over the top.
Honey has Burns pressed against the cage, preventing Burns from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Honey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burns misses with an elbow strike.
Burns looking to slow down the pace here.
Burns throws an elbow that misses.
Honey avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Honey won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
Honey cracks Burns with a nice body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Honey.
Honey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Honey taking a breather.
Burns looking to slow down the pace here.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
Burns working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Burns.
Burns looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burns lands an elbow just above Honey 's eye.
Burns has a couple of punches blocked by Honey.
Nice body punch from Honey - that landed with a thud.
Honey leaning against his opponent.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Honey.
Honey blocks an uppercut.
Burns misses with an elbow strike.
Honey has Burns pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Honey pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Burns tumbling to the mat - Honey dives into Burns's guard.
Honey prevents Burns from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Honey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Honey lands a couple of digs.
Burns is looking to stand up but Honey isn't so interested in that idea.
Honey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Honey is pushing down on Burns's leg trying to pass to half guard. Burns is fighting to maintain full guard but Honey has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hugh Honey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Honey working over Burns with some ground and pound. Burns looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Honey wants to take a breather but Burns is having none of it.
Honey is looking to advance position but Burns won't allow it.
Honey frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Honey looking to isolate an arm here. Burns doesn't see it coming and as Honey extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Honey!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hugh Honey!
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hype
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