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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pleas Honeywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vandelay comes to the cage accompanied by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man . Honeywood has chosen Soul by the Pound as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
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150 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Art Vandelay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pleas Honeywood!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honeywood shoots in but no luck this time.
Vandelay tries a head kick but it misses.
Vandelay stuffs the takedown.
Vandelay moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vandelay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A head kick misses from Honeywood.
Pleas Honeywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honeywood throws a shot from downtown. Vandelay moves away and avoids it.
Honeywood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vandelay avoids it really well and circles away.
Art Vandelay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pleas Honeywood.
Honeywood tries to land a front kick but Vandelay steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vandelay stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vandelay wants it to stay on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Honeywood is defended easily by Vandelay.
Honeywood misses with an uppercut.
Honeywood throws a jab when Vandelay was well out of range.
Vandelay fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Honeywood has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vandelay tests Honeywood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vandelay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Art Vandelay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay with a hook.
Vandelay connects with a single shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honeywood. Vandelay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vandelay scoring well with a low kick there.
Vandelay throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vandelay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honeywood.
Vandelay sizes up Honeywood with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vandelay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vandelay darts in and clinches Honeywood up against the cage.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vandelay missing with knees to the body.
Vandelay connects with a nasty looking knee right to Honeywood's face.
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!
Honeywood wants to take the fight to the mat but Vandelay manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vandelay avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vandelay landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vandelay obliges.
Honeywood is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Vandelay pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Honeywood looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood is working for takedown but Vandelay is calmly controlling the position for now.
Honeywood has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vandelay after a bit of a struggle.
Vandelay connects with a nasty looking knee right to Honeywood's face.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay tries to land knees in the clinch but Honeywood avoids the damage to the body.
Honeywood drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vandelay pulls his leg out and moves away.
Vandelay scores with a jab to the body.
Vandelay slips under a jab.
Vandelay tries to clinch there but Honeywood circles away.
Vandelay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Vandelay.
Vandelay plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Honeywood doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vandelay counters with an inside leg kick.
Vandelay throws a head kick that half lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay gets a clinch.
Vandelay struggles to land a body shot inside as Honeywood controls his hands.
Vandelay landing knees to the head.
Honeywood wants to take the fight to the mat but Vandelay manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Vandelay misses with a knee to the head.
Honeywood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Honeywood manages to break the clinch.
Vandelay digs a good body shot into Honeywood's ribs.
Vandelay keeps Honeywood at a distance using the push kick.
Vandelay's jab looks to have found its range, popping Honeywood under the eye.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vandelay.
Honeywood is trying desperately to land a takedown but Vandelay is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Honeywood.
Honeywood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vandelay sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honeywood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab, jab by Vandelay - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honeywood steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Vandelay. That one must have hurt.
Vandelay lands a head kick!
Honeywood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown but Vandelay shows good takedown defense.
Vandelay forces Honeywood back against the cage and clinches.
Honeywood wants a takedown but no success here.
Honeywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vandelay.
Vandelay lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vandelay clinches.
Vandelay lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short body shot lands from Vandelay as the two fighters clinch.
Vandelay putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Honeywood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vandelay lands a nice shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Vandelay.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vandelay connects with a knee to the head.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Honeywood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Vandelay gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Art Vandelay dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vandelay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Honeywood, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right from Vandelay on the inside.
Vandelay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Honeywood can do to turn this around?
Vandelay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Honeywood blocks it with crossed arms.
Vandelay scores a nice knee to the body.
Honeywood breaks from the clinch.
Vandelay tries to clinch but Honeywood is having none of it.
Vandelay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honeywood shoots in looking for a takedown but Vandelay manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Honeywood's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Vandelay feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Honeywood's calf.
Vandelay drives through and clinches with Honeywood against the cage.
Vandelay is pressed up against the cage. Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vandelay down to the mat. Vandelay avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Honeywood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Honeywood is breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vandelay, right into the meat.
Nice shot lands for Vandelay.
Honeywood fails to land the takedown.
Art Vandelay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pleas Honeywood.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vandelay blocks a head kick by Honeywood.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay forces Honeywood back against the cage and clinches.
Vandelay looking to throw knees to the head but Honeywood is blocking nicely.
Honeywood breaks the clinch.
Honeywood misses with a head kick.
Vandelay bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Honeywood's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vandelay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honeywood.
Honeywood takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Honeywood throws a head kick but Vandelay moves out of range.
Vandelay cracks Honeywood with an open hand slap.
Vandelay buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vandelay slips a jab and a cross from Honeywood.
Vandelay jabs Honeywood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vandelay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Honeywood.
Vandelay closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vandelay.
A nice left hand lands by Vandelay.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vandelay landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay landing knees to the body.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay landing knees to the body.
Vandelay lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Honeywood backwards.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay lands a shoulder strike.
Vandelay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honeywood backwards.
Vandelay lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vandelay lands a body punch.
Vandelay lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Honeywood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vandelay is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Honeywood takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vandelay displaying some good clinch control by pressing Honeywood up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vandelay.
Vandelay landing knees to the body.
Vandelay tries to land a knee to the head but Honeywood blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Vandelay.
Vandelay is pressed up against the cage. Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vandelay down to the mat. Vandelay avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vandelay jabs Honeywood right on the nose. Honeywood blinks but takes it well.
Honeywood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vandelay defends it nicely.
Vandelay lands a jab to Honeywood's midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Vandelay. That snapped Honeywood's head back.
Vandelay lands a nice shot that snaps Honeywood's head back.
Vandelay connects with a high kick.
Honeywood ducks right into an uppercut from Vandelay.
That kick from Vandelay tenderised Honeywood's leg. Honeywood is trying to keep his angry face on.
Honeywood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vandelay avoids it really well and circles away.
Vandelay lands a nice leg kick that just misses Honeywood's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vandelay tries to avoid it but Honeywood manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vandelay to the ground. Vandelay escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Honeywood takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Honeywood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vandelay. That's going to slow Honeywood down.
Vandelay closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vandelay.
Vandelay is pressed up against the cage. Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vandelay down to the mat. Vandelay avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vandelay lands a high kick!
Vandelay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vandelay cracks Honeywood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vandelay scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Vandelay.
Art Vandelay is winning the standup battle so far.
Vandelay plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. Honeywood looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vandelay lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Art Vandelay dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Vandelay throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vandelay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vandelay. That's going to slow Honeywood down.
Vandelay defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Honeywood.
Vandelay tries to clinch but Honeywood moves out of range.
Honeywood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vandelay counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Honeywood is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Vandelay scores with a punch to the head.
Vandelay moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vandelay moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vandelay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honeywood shoots and misses
and Vandelay counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Honeywood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vandelay doesn't seem phased though.
Honeywood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Honeywood takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vandelay with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Vandelay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Honeywood has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vandelay.
Honeywood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vandelay but Vandelay pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Art Vandelay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pleas Honeywood.
Vandelay takes the fight into the clinch.
Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vandelay avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Honeywood tries for a takedown but Vandelay manages to get underhooks.
Vandelay with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Vandelay.
Vandelay pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vandelay connects with a nasty looking knee right to Honeywood's face.
A short left from Vandelay.
Vandelay gets underhooks to prevent Honeywood's takedown attempt.
Vandelay lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vandelay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vandelay.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vandelay lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vandelay putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Honeywood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay has Honeywood pressed against the cage.
Vandelay scores a nice knee to the body.
Honeywood wants a takedown.
Vandelay lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Honeywood blocks it with crossed arms.
Honeywood is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vandelay is defending well.
Honeywood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vandelay's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Vandelay.
Vandelay tries a knee to the head but Honeywood blocks it.
Vandelay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vandelay landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay is pressed up against the cage. Honeywood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vandelay down to the mat. Vandelay avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vandelay.
Honeywood shoots in looking for a takedown. Vandelay tries to sprawl out of it but Honeywood keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vandelay manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Vandelay moves into range and connects with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vandelay.
Vandelay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honeywood throws a sloppy head kick
and Vandelay counters with a big head kick but Honeywood shrugs it off.
Honeywood misses with an uppercut
and Vandelay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Honeywood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vandelay thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Honeywood if he has to take too many more of those.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Honeywood looking for a takedown.
Pleas Honeywood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Art Vandelay is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Honeywood tries to pull guard but Vandelay forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Vandelay unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Art Vandelay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vandelay prevents the takedown attempt.
Honeywood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.
Vandelay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Honeywood has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Honeywood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honeywood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vandelay backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vandelay is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Honeywood takes a knee right on the jaw!
Honeywood jumps guard but Vandelay stands there with Honeywood around his waist. Honeywood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Art Vandelay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vandelay 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Art Vandelay!
A relieved looking Art Vandelay thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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