PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Honcho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamar Ogaffa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Honcho
vs
Ogaffa

191 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Honcho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tamar Ogaffa!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Honcho darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Honcho escapes and gets back to his feet.
Honcho gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ogaffa.
A swing and a miss from Ogaffa.

Honcho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ogaffa to the mat! Ogaffa manages to get full guard.
Honcho stops Ogaffa from standing up.
Ogaffa keeping moving, preventing Honcho from controlling successfully.
Ogaffa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Honcho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Honcho's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ogaffa wants to sweep but no luck.
Ogaffa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Honcho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ogaffa thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Honcho works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ogaffa missing with punches from the bottom.
Honcho is keen to just control but Ogaffa is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogaffa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ogaffa missing with punches from the bottom.
Ogaffa wants to improve his position but Honcho is controlling well.
Ogaffa looks gassed!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Honcho looks to land a combination but Ogaffa avoids it well.

Honcho looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ogaffa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Honcho there.
Honcho works his foot free and advances to mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Honcho has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ogaffa's face.
Honcho sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ogaffa is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogaffa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
A nice elbow there by Honcho.
Ogaffa is bucking up trying to escape but Honcho cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Honcho lands a big elbow.
Ogaffa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ogaffa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Honcho. What's that going to do exactly?
Honcho working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Ogaffa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Honcho dominating with strikes here.
Honcho content just to control the position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ogaffa taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogaffa is looking to get to half guard.
Ogaffa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Honcho prevents Ogaffa from getting the reversal.
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Honcho prevents Ogaffa from getting the reversal.
Honcho blocks Ogaffa's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Honcho with good strikes from the mount here!
Honcho lands a nice shot to the head.
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Honcho looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ogaffa is squirming around, avoiding Honcho's attempts to control the action.
The referee warns Ogaffa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ogaffa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Honcho wants to control the pace but Ogaffa is squirming around nicely.
Honcho looking to ground and pound but Ogaffa is blocking nicely.

Honcho looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ogaffa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Honcho is looking for a kimura but Ogaffa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Honcho to get the leverage.
Ogaffa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Honcho scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Honcho is trying to work for a kimura but Ogaffa is defending well.
Honcho looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ogaffa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Honcho dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ogaffa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Honcho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ogaffa finds it's way round the side to connect with Honcho's head.
Honcho moves out of range of the body kick from Ogaffa.
Honcho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ogaffa.
Ogaffa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Honcho shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Honcho was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Honcho with shots to the head and body - Ogaffa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Honcho tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ogaffa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ogaffa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Honcho lands a big shot there that rocks Ogaffa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Ogaffa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Honcho looking to finish Ogaffa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ogaffa!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ogaffa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Honcho has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Honcho controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho breaks from Ogaffa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Honcho lands a nice shot to the head.
Honcho looking to finish with strikes here!
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ogaffa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Honcho scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Honcho lands a heavy elbow.
Honcho with the ground and pound from mount.
Honcho postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ogaffa looks a forlorn figure.
Honcho throwing strikes here but Ogaffa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Honcho misses with a head shot.

That's two 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.
Honcho throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ogaffa because Honcho loaded up on that one.
Ogaffa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Honcho.
Ogaffa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ogaffa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Honcho has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ogaffa's face.
BOOM! Honcho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Honcho lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ogaffa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ogaffa is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Honcho.
Honcho scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mike Honcho overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Honcho controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogaffa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ogaffa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Honcho. What's that going to do exactly?
Honcho wants to control the pace but Ogaffa is squirming around nicely.
Ogaffa is in a horrible position here. Honcho smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ogaffa is desperately trying to improve his position but Honcho has a good base and remains in mount.
Ogaffa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Honcho. What's that going to do exactly?
Honcho cracks Ogaffa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Honcho looking to finish Ogaffa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ogaffa!
Ogaffa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ogaffa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Honcho fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Honcho scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Honcho landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Honcho cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Honcho connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Honcho there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ogaffa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ogaffa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Honcho working the head and body with strikes.
Honcho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ogaffa wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honcho is trying to control the action in half guard but Ogaffa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Honcho dominated that second round.
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!

Honcho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ogaffa pinned against the cage. Ogaffa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mike Honcho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Honcho has closed the distance and engaged Ogaffa in a clinch.
Honcho blocks a body shot from Ogaffa.
Ogaffa has a couple of punches blocked by Honcho.
Honcho blocks a body shot from Ogaffa.

Honcho gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ogaffa missing with punches from the bottom.
Ogaffa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Honcho prevents Ogaffa from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Honcho there.
Honcho working over Ogaffa with some ground and pound. Ogaffa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Honcho looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Honcho prevents Ogaffa from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogaffa punching from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honcho tries to bum rush Ogaffa with a series of wild strikes but Ogaffa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ogaffa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Ogaffa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Honcho slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Ogaffa.
Ogaffa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ogaffa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ogaffa missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Honcho lands a nice short elbow.
Tamar Ogaffa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honcho is trying to control the action in half guard but Ogaffa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ogaffa is trying to stand.
Ogaffa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ogaffa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ogaffa misses with a head kick.
Honcho throws a push kick but Ogaffa slaps the foot to one side.
Honcho looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tamar Ogaffa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honcho walks into a straight right hand from Ogaffa.

Honcho shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Honcho was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ogaffa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ogaffa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Honcho. What's that going to do exactly?
Honcho has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ogaffa's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogaffa tries to reverse the position but Honcho maintains control.
Honcho dominating with strikes here.
Honcho scoring with strikes but Ogaffa is staying in there.
Ogaffa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Honcho lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ogaffa hang on?
Honcho landing strikes, looking to finish!
Honcho is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ogaffa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Honcho unloading with bombs!
Honcho landing strikes from the mount and Ogaffa is in trouble!
Honcho scoring with strikes but Ogaffa is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Honcho.
Honcho takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ogaffa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Honcho has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ogaffa's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ogaffa tries to buck Honcho off but he can't manage it.
The referee warns Ogaffa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Honcho dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Honcho.
Honcho tries to control but Ogaffa wriggling away.
Ogaffa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Honcho wants to finish this one by submission but Ogaffa is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Honcho.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honcho lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Honcho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Honcho, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Honcho!