PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pleas Honeywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honeywood comes to the cage accompanied by Soul by the Pound. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Honeywood
vs
Jung

168 cm
28
150 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

180 cm
29
154 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 12 - 9 - 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 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tyler Jung!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jung is looking to clinch.
Honeywood shoots in but Jung avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Honeywood fails with the takedown

and Jung counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jung tries to land knees in the clinch but Honeywood avoids the damage to the body.
Honeywood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jung creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Honeywood tries for a takedown but Jung manages to get underhooks.
Honeywood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jung gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Honeywood wants a takedown but no success here.
Jung has Honeywood pressed against the cage.
Jung with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Honeywood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Honeywood jumps guard but Jung turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Honeywood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeywood looking for a takedown.
Jung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jung throws an elbow but misses.
Jung prevents a takedown attempt there.
Honeywood drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jung avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Honeywood is trying to drag Jung to the mat but Jung just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Honeywood looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Honeywood dodges an elbow strike from Jung.
Jung misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jung comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Honeywood takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Pleas Honeywood has been cut.
Honeywood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jung unloads a knee to the mid-section. Honeywood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jung putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Honeywood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Honeywood is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jung has Honeywood pressed against the cage, preventing Honeywood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jung prevents a takedown attempt there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jung prevents Honeywood from breaking the clinch.
Honeywood is looking to take this one to the mat.
Honeywood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jung pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jung lands a nice elbow.
Honeywood takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood looking for a takedown.
Jung landing knees to the body.
Honeywood is breathing heavily.
Jung pressing his opponent against the cage.
Honeywood wants a takedown but no success here.
Honeywood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Honeywood is trying to break the clinch but Jung has him pressed against the cage.
Honeywood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jung with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Honeywood has Jung pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jung manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Honeywood tries to score a body lock takedown but Jung shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Honeywood tries to score a body lock takedown but Jung shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Honeywood goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jung prevents it.
Jung keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Honeywood's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jung gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Honeywood looking for a takedown.
Jung lands an elbow just above Honeywood 's eye.
Jung creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Honeywood's defenses.
Honeywood drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jung gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jung lands an elbow just above Honeywood 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honeywood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jung gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Honeywood tries to pull guard but Jung won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honeywood wants a takedown.
Honeywood working hard to break the clinch.
Honeywood is working for takedown but Jung is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jung scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Jung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pleas Honeywood's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jung lands with a kick to the temple. Honeywood shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Honeywood keeps the fight on the outside.
Honeywood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jung has Honeywood up against the cage in a clinch.
Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jung avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jung lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jung lands a nice elbow.
Honeywood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jung is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jung prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honeywood fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jung creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Honeywood's defenses.
Honeywood wants to break the clinch but can't.
A bit of stalling here from Jung.
Tyler Jung seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jung scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeywood is trying to push Jung away but Jung has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jung lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Honeywood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jung pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jung lands an elbow inside that Honeywood shrugs off.
Honeywood can't break the clinch.
Honeywood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jung pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jung comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Jung.
Jung misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Honeywood.
Honeywood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jung is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jung comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jung putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Honeywood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jung lands an elbow inside.
Honeywood being controlled against the cage.
Jung is pressed up against the cage. Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jung down to the mat. Jung avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tyler Jung is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Honeywood looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jung throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Honeywood's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honeywood misses with a takedown attempt

and Jung counters by clinching up.
Honeywood dodges an elbow strike from Jung.
Jung putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Honeywood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jung lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Honeywood avoids it.
Honeywood blocks an elbow strike.
Jung comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jung tries to land a knee to the head but Honeywood blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung throws a knee to the head but misses.
Honeywood goes for a takedown attempt but Jung pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Jung clinches.

Honeywood breaks the clinch.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jung as he jumps to the side.
Honeywood fails with a takedown attempt.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honeywood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Honeywood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A head kick from Jung lands but Honeywood takes it in his stride.
Jung is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood keeps the fight on the outside.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honeywood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jung. That's going to slow Honeywood down.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honeywood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Honeywood swings widly with a right hand
and Jung counters with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jung tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honeywood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jung cracks the inside of Honeywood's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jung.
Jung tries to clinch up.

Jung instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jung connects with a knee to the head.
Honeywood is working for takedown but Jung is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jung comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jung is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Jung showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pleas Honeywood's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Honeywood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jung can pounce on him.
Honeywood throws a sloppy head kick and Jung moves out of range easily.
Honeywood jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Jung clinches with his opponent.
Jung looking to throw knees to the head but Honeywood is blocking nicely.
Jung prevents a takedown attempt there.
Honeywood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jung lands an elbow inside.
Jung looking to throw knees to the head but Honeywood is blocking nicely.
Honeywood blocks an elbow strike from Jung.
Jung lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Honeywood takes an elbow to the temple.
Jung landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honeywood avoids the elbow strike from Jung, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung prevents a body shot from Honeywood.
Jung throws an elbow but it misses.
Honeywood drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jung gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Honeywood tries for a takedown but Jung manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jung stalling against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jung just misses with a elbow thrown towards Honeywood's brow.
Honeywood is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jung is defending well.
Honeywood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jung gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Honeywood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jung misses with a knee strike.
Honeywood has Jung pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jung manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jung is pressed up against the cage. Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jung down to the mat. Jung avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood shoots in and drives through. Jung sprawls well.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Honeywood swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Jung clinches.
Jung scores with a knee to the head.
Jung lands a nice elbow.
Jung tries to land knees in the clinch but Honeywood avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Jung.
Jung lands a nice elbow.

Honeywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jung tries to clinch there but Honeywood circles away.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jung but Jung pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jung lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jung throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Honeywood's head.
Jung slips a jab from Honeywood.
Tyler Jung is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood swats away the attempt to clinch by Jung.
Jung cracks Honeywood with an open hand slap.
Honeywood throws a sloppy head kick and Jung moves out of range easily.
Jung stuffs the takedown.

Jung closes the distance and clinches.
Jung has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jung crunches a lovely knee into Honeywood's ribcage.
Jung stalling the fight.
Honeywood can't get the takedown.
Honeywood drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jung pulls his leg out and moves away.
Honeywood takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pleas Honeywood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jung.
Jung throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jung connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Jung tries to clinch but Honeywood is having none of it.
That kick from Jung tenderised Honeywood's leg. Honeywood is trying to keep his angry face on.
A cross from Jung lands.
A head kick misses from Jung.
Pleas Honeywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Honeywood misses its intended target.
Jung lands a head kick!
Jung tries to clinch up but Honeywood circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jung moves into range and clinches up with Honeywood.
Jung pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Jung comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jung has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Jung!