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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neal Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honey comes to the cage accompanied by Higher Love. The key to victory for Hugh Honey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hugh Honey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neal Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honey scores with a body shot.
Diaz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Honey lands a right hook to the body.
Diaz walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Honey misses its intended target.
Diaz tries to counter with a clinch but Honey shakes him off and moves away.
Diaz has closed the distance and engaged Honey in a clinch.
Honey manages to break the clinch.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Honey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Honey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Honey has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Urban Achievers in the buildup to the fight.
Diaz scores with a decent looking hook.
Diaz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Honey doesn't seem bothered though.
Diaz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz misses with a hook
and Honey counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey with a hook.
Diaz looks to clinch
and Honey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Honey misses.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honey. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Honey just misses with a punch to the body.
Honey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Neal Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Honey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Honey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Honey's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Honey throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Diaz has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Honey counters with a one-two to the body.
Diaz misses with a body shot
enabling Honey to counter with a crisp jab.
Honey takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Honey throwing a counter right hand but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz throws a body punch but Honey moves out of range.
Honey misses with a hook to the body
and Diaz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Honey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Honey tries a body shot but Diaz blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Honey.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Honey.
Diaz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Honey.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Honey lands with a light punch inside.
Diaz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Honey wants to pass the guard but Diaz is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Honey is aware though and is defending well.
Diaz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Honey manages to get himself to full guard.
Honey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Honey controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.
Diaz drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Honey dives on top into guard.
Honey trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honey tries to stand but Diaz is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working for a triangle but Honey defends it easily.
Honey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Honey defends it easily.
Honey trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Honey can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hugh Honey will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice shot by Diaz.
Honey misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Honey staying out of range there.
Diaz darts in trying to clinch
and Honey counters with a nice uppercut.
Honey misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz takes a swing at Honey's ribcage but misses.
Honey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
and Honey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Honey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hugh Honey is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Honey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honey ducks right into an uppercut from Diaz.
Diaz cracks Honey with a right hand to the side of the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaz, as that shot connected.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Honey.
Diaz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Honey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Honey is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Honey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Honey's head but Honey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Honey was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diaz.
Diaz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Honey under the eye.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Honey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Honey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diaz misses with an uppercut
and Honey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz takes the fight into the clinch.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Diaz.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Honey gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honey tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honey has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Diaz wants to stall.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Honey can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Good body shot from Honey.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Honey.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Honey.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
Diaz works on Honey's body with a couple of short punches.
Honey trying to control the position but instead, Diaz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Honey into the cage.
Honey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Honey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz pulls guard successfully.
Honey trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Honey showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Diaz looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Honey has picked Diaz up and slammed him! Diaz can't keep hold of the triangle and Honey manages to pass to side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz actively working from the bottom here.
Honey controlling the action here.
Honey tries to stand but can't do so whilst Diaz controls his leg.
Honey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Honey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hugh Honey will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz misses with an uppercut
and Honey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diaz takes one to the side of the head.
Honey connects with a single shot there.
Honey lands a jab to the head.
Honey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz punishes Honey's body with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Honey does no damage.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
A countering left hand to the body from Diaz misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Honey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honey walks into a straight right hand from Diaz.
Diaz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Honey's head but Honey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
Honey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diaz's hands.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
and Honey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Honey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Honey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Honey's shoulder, as Honey tries to avoid the shot.
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honey seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Honey digs a good body shot into Diaz's ribs.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Honey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Neal Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Honey tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz misses with a hook
enabling Honey to counter with a crisp jab.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diaz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Honey.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Honey.
Diaz throws a poor cross that misses
and Honey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to clinch
and Honey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diaz misses with a hook to the body
enabling Honey to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz works Honey's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Honey does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Honey misses its target.
Diaz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Honey slips the punch.
Honey throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Honey to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz scores with a nice head shot.
Honey cracks Diaz with a good jab.
Diaz stuns Honey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hugh Honey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Honey.
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Honey counters with a stiff right hand.
Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to clinch but Honey moves away
and Honey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Honey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diaz.
Diaz throws an off balance right hand
and Honey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diaz throws a poor cross that misses
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and Honey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Diaz misses
letting Honey counter with a right hand.
Diaz throws an off balance right hand
and Honey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honey's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Honey duly obliges.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
Honey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hugh Honey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Honey, 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hugh Honey!
An out of breath Hugh Honey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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