PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pleas Honeywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Sol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honeywood's entrance music is Soul by the Pound. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Honeywood
vs
Sol

168 cm
28
150 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

170 cm
24
152 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

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 11 - 7 - 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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Viktor Sol!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honeywood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honeywood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sol circles away.
Pleas Honeywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sol misses with a takedown attempt - Honeywood sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Honeywood tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sol swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sol defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Honeywood.
Honeywood misses with a body kick.
Honeywood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sol takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sol chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sol shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Honeywood pinned against the cage. Honeywood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Honeywood keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood trying to control but Sol postures up.
Sol prevents Honeywood from improving his position.
Honeywood taking some punishment here, with Sol in his half guard.

Honeywood is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sol pulls his head out easily.
Honeywood trying to hold on to Sol's head to control him but Sol postures up.
Honeywood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sol tries to pass the half guard into mount. Honeywood knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sol thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Honeywood wants to control but Sol is keeping busy.
Sol drops an elbow to the side of Honeywood's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sol is looking for a kimura but Honeywood is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sol to get the leverage.
Sol throwing shots but Honeywood is blocking nicely.

Honeywood looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sol connects with a nice short shot to Honeywood's temple.
Honeywood works his way to full guard. Good work.

Honeywood looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sol wants to pass the guard but Honeywood is keeping the position.

Honeywood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sol gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sol looking to pass the guard.
Honeywood looking for a sweep. Not yet Honeywood, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sol accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Honeywood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Honeywood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Honeywood is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sol defends well.
Sol connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sol is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sol throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sol trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sol postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Honeywood keeping full guard, as Sol tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sol trying to control but Honeywood is working from the bottom.
Sol has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Honeywood looking for a sweep. Not yet Honeywood, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Honeywood digs a good hook to Sol's body.
Honeywood changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sol tries to avoid it but Honeywood manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sol to the ground. Sol escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sol keeps the fight on the outside.
Sol has a takedown stuffed.
Honeywood throws a combination. Sol tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Honeywood fails with a takedown attempt.
Honeywood stuffs the takedown attempt from Sol. Sol gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Honeywood closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sol quickly recovers to half guard.
Honeywood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Honeywood is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sol sees it coming and defends easily.
It looks like Honeywood is going to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Honeywood is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sol sees it coming and defends easily.
Sol avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Honeywood.

Honeywood seems to be working for a kimura but Sol defends the submission attempt.
Sol is not content to let Honeywood control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood wants to control but Sol is keeping him busy.
Viktor Sol has got the better of the ground game so far.
Honeywood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Honeywood works his way into full mount!
Honeywood landing strikes from the mount.
Honeywood wants to control the pace but Sol is squirming around nicely.
Sol tries to hold on but Honeywood postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Honeywood wants to finish this one by submission but Sol is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Honeywood.
Honeywood breaks from Sol's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Honeywood cracks Sol with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honeywood sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Honeywood misses with some ground and pound and Sol recovers position to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pleas Honeywood dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Honeywood leaves Sol with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Honeywood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sol circles away.
Honeywood misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honeywood has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sol.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Sol shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sol.

Sol wants to work for an arm triangle but Honeywood is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Sol is working for a submission of some sort.
Honeywood is trying to control but can't.

Honeywood looking for submissions off his back.
Honeywood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sol thows a big elbow that misses.

Sol drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sol jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sol sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Honeywood's guard.

Sol seems to be looking for submissions.

Sol is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sol throwing shots but Honeywood is blocking nicely.
Sol sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honeywood defending well though.
Honeywood is trying to get back to full guard.
Honeywood wants to control but Sol is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Honeywood looking for submissions off his back.

Sol is working for a kimura but Honeywood is defending it quite comfortably.
Sol throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Honeywood is defending against the submission attempts here by Sol.
Sol is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Honeywood controls Sol momentarily but Sol frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sol stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Honeywood swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Honeywood has his foot on Sol's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sol works his way back into a safe position though.

Honeywood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Honeywood throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sol trying to control the position from guard on top but Honeywood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sol passes into half guard.

Honeywood is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sol pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Sol comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sol 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Sol!