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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Declan Duddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honey's entrance music is Cruising in Miami by Bass 305. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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169 cm
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183 lbs
18 - 13 - 0 |
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190 cm
31
185 lbs
22 - 19 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 13 - 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
22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Declan Duddy! The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Duddy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duddy throws a right and a left that Honey avoids nicely. Duddy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Honey shoots in but Duddy avoids the takedown attempt easily. Duddy misses with an uppercut. Honey saw that one coming. Duddy looks to land a combination but Honey avoids it well. Duddy fails to land with a series of punches.
Honey checks a low kick from Duddy. Honey misses with a series of wild punches.
Honey getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Duddy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Duddy throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Duddy misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Duddy tries to bum rush Honey with a series of wild strikes but Honey uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Duddy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duddy tries to clinch but Honey is having none of it. Duddy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honey.
Honey tries to clinch up and Honey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Duddy lands with a nice combination. Honey backs away looking to recover. Duddy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Honey. Honey closes the distance and clinches up with Duddy, looking for a takedown. Honey pushes Duddy against the cage but Duddy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Declan Duddy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Honey is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Duddy's half guard. 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! Duddy wants to get back to his feet.
Duddy is trying to control but can't.
Honey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Duddy regains full guard. Nicely done. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Duddy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Honey is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Honey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duddy swivels though and keeps the full guard. Honey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Duddy looking for a sweep. Not yet Duddy, not yet. Honey won't allow Duddy to get back to his feet. Honey throws a strike but Duddy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. Duddy preventing the sweep. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Honey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Duddy has gone for a leg lock! Honey slips out almost immediately though and dives into Duddy's guard. Honey throws a big right hand that misses. Honey looking to sit in guard and control but Duddy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Duddy throwing strikes from guard but Honey blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Duddy is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Duddy stands up over Honey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Duddy trying to move into half guard but instead Honey has managed to sweep! Honey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Duddy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Duddy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Duddy looking for a guillotine here but Honey defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Declan Duddy dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Duddy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Honey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Honey. A short right from Honey on the inside. Duddy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Honey lands a shoulder strike. Honey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Honey breaks the clinch.
Duddy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Sloppy strikes from Duddy. Those never looked like landing. A head kick by Honey misses and Duddy moves into the clinch. Duddy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. A telegraphed right hand from Duddy misses the target. Duddy wants to clinch up but Honey keeps it at a distance. Honey throws a series of strikes that have Duddy backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Honey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duddy paws at him with a jab and circles away. Duddy throws a right hand that Honey ducks under and follows up with a left that Honey also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duddy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Honey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Honey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duddy's hands. Honey shoots in and bounces Duddy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Honey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Honey got a little sloppy there for a moment and Duddy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Honey has managed to get both his arms back between Duddy's legs - danger averted. Honey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Hugh Honey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Honey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Duddy working for a triangle but Honey defends it easily.
Duddy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Honey drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Duddy dives on top into guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Duddy trying to stand up but can't free himself from Honey's guard. Honey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Duddy. Duddy wants to stand and escape but instead Honey has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. Honey throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Duddy looking to control.
Duddy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Honey is aware though and is defending well. Honey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duddy swivels though and keeps the full guard. Honey throws an elbow that misses. Duddy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Honey's guard. Nice move by Duddy! Duddy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. Duddy trying to control the position from guard on top but Honey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Honey lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Duddy! Honey landing shots from mount. Duddy working to try and regain half guard.
Duddy taking shots to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Honey lands a big shot to the head and Duddy winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hugh Honey! Post fight, an emotional Hugh Honey said 'Meet my fists...Honey and Vinegar. Somebody roll me a victory blunt!'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
39% |
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