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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soda Popinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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272 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Soda Popinski!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda missing with a left hand there. Popinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Honda misses the target.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Honda misses.
Popinski misses with a series of wild punches.
Honda throws a push kick but Popinski slaps the foot to one side.
Some wild striking there from Popinski.
Honda throws a series of punches but Popinski avoids them all with ease.
Honda fails with the takedown.
Popinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Honda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Popinski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honda closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Honda lands in his opponent's guard.
Honda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Popinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Popinski keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
Honda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popinski wants to stand but Honda is controlling the position.
Honda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Popinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Popinski is on top in guard.
Honda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Popinski passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Popinski throwing shots but Honda is blocking nicely.
Honda trying to get back to full guard but Popinski takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Popinski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Honda is looking to escape.
Honda is in all sorts of trouble here.
Honda slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Honda gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popinski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Honda is trying to keep Popinski in close.
Honda has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Popinski has passed into side control.
Honda is looking for a sweep.
Honda wants to control but Popinski postures up.
Honda is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Honda regains full guard. Nicely done.
Honda trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Popinski lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Honda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Popinski is one step ahead there.
Honda wants to improve his position but instead Popinski has moved into half guard.
Popinski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Honda's head.
Honda is looking for a sweep. Popinski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Popinski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Popinski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Popinski lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda dominated that round.
That's time! Honda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Honda moves out of range as Popinski strikes.
Honda lunges at Popinski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Popinski's hand.
It looks like Soda Popinski has been cut.
Honda fails with a takedown attempt.
Popinski with a nice cross.
Popinski gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honda pushes down on Popinski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Honda is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Honda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Popinski defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Honda is looking to stall here but Popinski recovers full guard.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Popinski is keeping the position.
Popinski wants to sweep but no luck.
Honda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Popinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A combination from Popinski does no damage.
Honda throws a looping overhand right but Popinski ducks down to avoid it.
Popinski lands a jab-cross combination.
Popinski misses with a series of wild punches.
Piston Honda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Honda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Popinski.
Popinski staying out of range there.
Soda Popinski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Popinski slips under a jab.
Honda throws a series of punches but Popinski avoids them all with ease.
Honda drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Popinski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Honda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Popinski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Honda trying to control but Popinski is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Popinski is keeping the position.
Honda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Popinski looking to control.
Honda looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Popinski.
Honda throws a lazy right hand but Popinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Popinski. No joy for Honda on that attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Honda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Popinski slips under a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Popinski.
Popinski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Honda scores with a nice head shot.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Honda.
Popinski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Popinski takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honda in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Soda Popinski's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Honda throws a jab but it's blocked by Popinski.
Honda jabs at Popinski's body.
Popinski misses with the combination.
Honda decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Honda works his foot free and advances to mount.
Honda with a couple of short strikes.
Honda pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honda has control of Popinski's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Popinski regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Popinski is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popinski is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Honda lands a big elbow.
Honda is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Honda landing punches.
Honda in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Honda has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Popinski's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Popinski is squirming around, avoiding Honda's attempts to control the action.
Honda lands a big elbow.
Honda lands a heavy elbow.
Honda with the ground and pound from mount.
Honda postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Popinski badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Honda around the waist but Honda pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Honda is the winner by TKO! Honda jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piston Honda!
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