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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honey comes to the cage accompanied by Cruising in Miami by Bass 305. Mathers has chosen Square Dance as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
20 - 14 - 0 |
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185 lbs
20 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hugh Honey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Marshall Mathers!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honey misses with a left hand
and Mathers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Honey misses with a looping left.
Honey connects with a single shot there.
Mathers moves out of range of the strikes.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honey slips a jab from Mathers.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honey tries to land a front kick but Mathers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mathers stuns Honey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mathers wants to land a leg kick but Honey is out of range.
Mathers connects with a body shot that sends Honey's belly button to the back.
Mathers cracks Honey with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Mathers misses with a low kick.
Mathers throws a body kick that misses.
Mathers scores with a shot to the body.
Mathers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Honey cracks a nice hook into Mathers's ribs.
Honey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mathers manages to avoid it.
Honey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mathers.
Honey tries to close the distance and clinch but Mathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A good leg kick by Mathers.
Mathers misses the jab.
Honey wants to clinch.
Nice jab there from Honey.
A swing and a miss from Honey.
Honey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mathers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Honey takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Honey swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mathers moves out of range as Honey throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mathers thumps Honey with a low kick.
Honey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mathers uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Honey has time to react.
Honey throws a combination that misses
and Mathers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Honey throws a nice looking combination but Mathers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Honey has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mathers.
Honey is breathing heavily.
Mathers moves out of range of the strikes.
Mathers throws a hook to the side of Honey's head but Honey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mathers scores with a jab to the body.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Mathers moves away and avoids it.
Honey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey misses with a wild body shot.
Mathers connects with a nice looking jab.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
Mathers scores with a kick to the body.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Mathers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mathers is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Honey is looking to clinch but Mathers is avoiding it.
Mathers is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mathers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mathers scores with a punch to the head.
Honey drops his hands momentarily and Mathers takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honey scores with a hook to the body. Mathers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A good leg kick by Mathers.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honey thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Honey's calf.
Honey is looking to wear down Mathers with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mathers fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Honey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters circling a little - Mathers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mathers thuds his shin into the meat of Honey's side.
Mathers throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mathers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Honey in his tracks.
Mathers is looking to slow Honey down with leg kicks.
Mathers lands a nice hook to Honey's body. Honey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mathers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Honey's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mathers.
Mathers lands a really nice looking cross but Honey seems unphased.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mathers throws an overhand right that drops Honey like a sack of potatoes! Mathers dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshall Mathers!
After winning the bout, Marshall Mathers thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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