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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joy Rones (ranked 440 p4p, 71 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 897 p4p, 132 weight class). Honey has chosen Higher Love as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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178 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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162 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joy Rones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Honey connects with a body shot.
Rones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rones needs to keep his hands up - Honey had a free shot at his head there.
Honey rushes Rones and presses him up against the cage.
Rones blocking some punches.
Honey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rones misses with some punches.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rones misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Rones fails to land.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
Rones tries a body shot but Honey blocks it.
Rones working aggressively here.
We've been informed that Honey has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Honey can't find room to land a body shot as Rones controls the action.
Honey lands a right hand.
Rones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rones blocks an uppercut.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Honey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rones throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Honey on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Rones throws a punch but it's blocked by Honey.
Honey lands a right hand.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rones can't find room to land a body shot as Honey controls the action.
Honey misses with some punches.
Rones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Honey lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Honey - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Honey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rones can't find room to land a body shot as Honey controls the action.
Rones presses Honey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rones blocks an uppercut.
Honey gets through Rones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Honey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Honey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey scores with a hook to the body.
Honey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Honey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Honey working aggressively here.
Rones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honey tries to throw a body punch but Rones avoids it by throwing Honey back against the cage.
Rones misses with a punch on the inside.
Honey blocks an uppercut.
Rones is working Honey over against the cage.
Rones blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
A short left from Honey.
Rones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honey takes a shot to the head.
Rones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Rones.
Rones misses with some punches.
Honey misses with some punches.
Honey tries to throw a body punch but Rones avoids it by throwing Honey back against the cage.
Honey takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rones.
Honey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Rones on the inside.
Honey gets through Rones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Honey.
A right hand to the body from Rones.
Rones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Honey's elbow.
Honey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Honey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Honey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Honey throws a head punch that misses.
Honey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Honey.
Rones misses with a punch on the inside.
Honey misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honey.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Rones controls his hands.
Rones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Honey blocks an uppercut.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
Honey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Rones controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Honey.
Rones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Honey has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
Honey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Honey tries to work over Rones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rones blocks a body shot from Honey.
Rones throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Honey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rones's elbow.
Honey scores with a shot to the side of Rones's head.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Honey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugh Honey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Honey throws a good cross that connects.
Rones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honey staying out of range there.
Honey scores with a hook.
Honey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Honey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Honey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Honey listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Honey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Honey tries to close the distance and clinch but Rones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Honey doesn't manage to clinch there - Rones circles away.
Rones is looking to counter punch.
Nice straight punches there by Honey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Honey.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Honey in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honey scores with the left hand. Rones knows he should have avoided that one.
Honey is looking to clinch.
Rones defending well as Honey loads up on a big left hand.
Rones staying out of range there.
Honey loads up on a big right hand but Rones slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey drops his hands momentarily and Rones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rones lands with a hook. Honey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rones works Honey's body with a nice hook.
Rones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Rones saw that one coming.
Honey misses with a left hand
and Rones counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rones. Honey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honey takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Honey is rocked!
Honey misses with a right hand
and Rones rattles Honey with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Honey tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Rones dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Honey stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joy Rones!
Joy Rones retains his welterweight title!
Joy Rones seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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