PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmond Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinton Marshall is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Honda
vs
Marshall

208 cm
20
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
26
235 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edmond Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quinton Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall thows a leg kick but Honda checks it
and Honda counters with a stiff right hand.
Marshall scoring well with a low kick there.
Marshall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marshall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Honda counters with a stiff right hand.
Marshall falls off balance throwing a combination
and Honda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marshall misses with a right hand
and Honda counters with a straight right hand.
Marshall tries to close the distance and clinch but Honda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Honda feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marshalls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A low kick from Marshall misses
and Honda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Honda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marshall throws a leg kick
and Honda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marshall misses with a leg kick
and Honda counters with a stiff right hand.
Honda fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honda stuns Marshall with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Honda lands a jab.
Marshall misses with a leg kick
and Honda counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Honda.
Honda scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Honda bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marshall's head backwards.
Honda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marshall throws a predictable looking body shot
and Honda counters with a stiff right hand.
Marshall throws an off balance right hand
and Honda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marshall throws a predictable looking body shot
and Honda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Honda throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marshall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marshall looks gassed!
Honda lands a really nice looking cross but Marshall seems unphased.
Honda lunges at Marshall with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marshall's hand.
Honda with a jab.
Marshall takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honda scoring well with a low kick there.
Honda bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marshall's head backwards.
Honda scores with a jab to the body.
Honda is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Honda throws a good cross that connects.
Honda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marshall, right into the meat.
Marshall misses with a leg kick
and Honda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Honda's corner calls for a 1-2. Honda obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Honda connects with a jab.
Marshall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marshall is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Honda.
Honda scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice combination there by Honda.
Honda throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Honda lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marshall doesn't seem phased though.
Honda lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Honda scores with a shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Honda scores with a four punch combination!
Honda scores with a decent looking hook.
Marshall takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marshall walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Marshall has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda lunges at Marshall with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marshall's hand.
Marshall swings away with a body shot that misses
and Honda counters with a right hand to the body.
Marshall takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Marshall moves forwards but Honda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marshall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marshall throws a right hand that misses
and Honda counters with a nice body shot.
Honda connects with a single shot there.
Honda swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marshall.
Marshall with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Honda to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Honda lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marshall doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Honda scores with a hook.
Honda is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Marshall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honda cracks Marshall with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Marshall throws a right hand that misses
and Honda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Honda cracks Marshall with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall throws a left and a right that both miss
and Honda counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Honda connects with a right hand. Marshall shakes it off.
Honda connects with a leg kick. Marshall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Honda is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Honda lands with a good body shot.
A jab lands there for Honda.
Honda connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Honda!
Marshall takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Honda fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Honda connects with a solid leg kick.
Honda connects with a right hand. Marshall shakes it off.
Marshall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Honda.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Honda lands a jab to Marshall's midsection.
Honda fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Honda lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmond Honda dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice shot lands for Honda.
Marshall misses with a hook
and Honda counters with a nice body shot.
Honda scores with a nice strike.
Marshall throws a right hand that misses
and Honda counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marshall thinking.
Marshall's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Marshall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Honda counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marshall misses with a jab to the body
and Honda makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marshall is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Honda fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Honda paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A lazy left from Honda finds it's target.
Marshall takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marshall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Honda jabs Marshall to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Honda can pounce on him.
Honda stalks Marshall and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marshall's face. Marshall staggers backwards, shaken.
Honda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marshall at a distance.
Marshall is breathing heavily.
Honda moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Honda lands with a hook. Marshall tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Honda connects with a looping right hand.
Honda feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marshalls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Honda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda catches Marshall with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Quinton Marshall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda lands with a nice combination. Marshall backs away looking to recover.
Honda cracks Marshall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Honda thumps Marshall with a low kick.
Honda lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jab from Honda.
Honda lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marshall throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Honda counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall throws a leg kick
and Honda counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marshall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marshall thows a leg kick but Honda checks it
and Honda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honda shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Marshall eats them both and turns towards Honda to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall misses with an uppercut
and Honda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Honda.
Marshall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Honda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshall doesn't seem bothered though.
Honda feints and then cracks Marshall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marshall down.
Good shot there by Honda.
Marshall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marshall on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Edmond Honda is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall wants to clinch.
Marshall drops his hands momentarily and Honda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda with a jab.
A cross from Honda lands.
A low kick from Marshall is predictable there
letting Honda counter with a right hand.
Honda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Honda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshall can do to turn this around?
Marshall falls off balance throwing a combination
and Honda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marshall drops his hands momentarily and Honda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Honda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marshall throws a lazy uppercut
and Honda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Honda lands with a slapping head kick.
Honda works Marshall's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Honda lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Honda connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A decent looking cross lands there for Honda.
Marshall misses with a hook
and Honda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Honda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honda jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marshall misses with a leg kick
and Honda counters with an outside leg kick.
Honda connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Marshall momentarily.
A low kick from Marshall is predictable there
and Honda counters with an outside leg kick.
Marshall throws a lazy uppercut
and Honda counters with a series of strikes. Marshall will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshall walks into a straight right hand from Honda.
Marshall on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Honda with a jab.
Honda lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmond Honda dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Honda connects with the punch.
Honda connects with a looping right hand.
Marshall throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Honda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Honda scores with a hook to the body. Marshall takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marshall misses with a leg kick
and Honda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marshall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Honda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Honda connects with a body shot that sends Marshall's belly button to the back.
Honda jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donk. Honda catches Marshall right on the button with a cross.
Nice uppercut lands for Honda. That snapped Marshall's head back.
Honda lands a right hook to the body.
Honda moves into range and connects with a jab.
Honda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marshall circles away quickly and effectively.
Marshall misses with an uppercut
and Honda counters with a two punch combo.
Marshall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A left and a right from Honda both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda scores with a jab to the jaw.
Marshall wants to clinch.
Marshall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Honda can pounce on him.
Honda scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marshall in his tracks.
Honda punishes Marshall's body with a nice straight punch.
Honda scores with a nice head shot.
Nice shot by Honda.
Marshall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Honda is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marshall misses with a leg kick
and Honda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice cross by Honda.
Honda clobbers Marshall with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall misses with a hook
and Honda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Honda lands a right hook to the body.
Honda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Honda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Marshall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Honda lands a jab to Marshall's midsection.
Jab from Honda.
Marshall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Honda can pounce on him.
Honda uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Honda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Honda dips to his left and cracks Marshall with an uppercut!
Honda uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Marshall needs to keep his hands up - Honda had a free shot at his head there.
Edmond Honda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda lands with a shot to the body.
Honda is working the combinations to good effect here.
Honda fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Honda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshall doesn't seem bothered though.
Marshall takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marshall on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Marshall swings widly with a right hand
enabling Honda to counter with a crisp jab.
Honda throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marshall on the side of the head.
Marshall on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Honda bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marshall's head.
Honda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Honda lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice jab there from Honda.
Honda lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Honda lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marshall on the side of the head.
A low kick from Marshall is predictable there
and Honda counters with a three punch combo that has Marshall backing up. Marshall nods at Honda to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Honda. That snapped Marshall's head back.
Honda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marshall tries to clinch there but Honda circles away.
Honda lands a jab to the head.
Marshall throws a sloppy body shot
and Honda counters with a series of strikes. Marshall will be more careful next time no doubt.
Honda keeps the fight on the outside.
Marshall tries to clinch but Honda is having none of it.
Honda throws a quick inside leg kick.
A left lands for Honda.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marshall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Honda manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall lands a two punch combo.
Quinton Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honda works the jab nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edmond Honda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Honda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edmond Honda!