PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pit Canthropus Jr (ranked 1840 p4p, 212 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 1076 p4p, 132 weight class). Canthropus Jr's entrance music is Austin Powers - Daddy Wasn't There. A fine choice. Honey has chosen Higher Love as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Canthropus Jr
vs
Honey

175 cm
27
165 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

180 cm
31
162 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Kato

Dark Knight Nutrition

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 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pit Canthropus Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honey throws a big shot that misses.

Canthropus Jr closes the distance and pushes Honey back into the cage.
Honey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Canthropus Jr's elbow.
Canthropus Jr blocks a body shot from Honey.
Canthropus Jr lands with a right to the head.
Honey has a couple of punches blocked by Canthropus Jr.
Honey working aggressively here.

Canthropus Jr manages to break the clinch.
Honey feints and then cracks Canthropus Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Canthropus Jr down.
Canthropus Jr seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Honey looks to land a right hand but Canthropus Jr moved out of range.

Canthropus Jr moves into the clinch.
Canthropus Jr is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canthropus Jr stalls.
Honey blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Honey fails to land.
Canthropus Jr's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Honey scores with a shot to the side of Canthropus Jr's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr prevents a body shot from Honey.
Canthropus Jr gets through Honey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Canthropus Jr has Honey pressed against the cage.
Canthropus Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Canthropus Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Honey has double underhooks.
Canthropus Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr effectively controlling the action here.
Honey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Canthropus Jr backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Canthropus Jr.
Honey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Canthropus Jr is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Canthropus Jr manages to break the clinch.
Honey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honey.
Canthropus Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honey.
Honey misses with a looping right.
Canthropus Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Honey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Canthropus Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Honey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Canthropus Jr is looking to clinch.
Canthropus Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Canthropus Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Canthropus Jr is looking to clinch but Honey is avoiding it.
Canthropus Jr slips a jab and a cross from Honey.
A counter left hand to the body from Canthropus Jr misses its target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honey throws a leg kick but Canthropus Jr checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Canthropus Jr drives through and clinches with Honey against the cage.
Canthropus Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Honey fails to land.
Nice body punch from Honey.
Canthropus Jr looking to stall.
Canthropus Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Canthropus Jr.
Honey misses with some punches.
Canthropus Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
Honey can't find room to land a body shot as Canthropus Jr controls the action.
Honey throws a head punch that misses.
Canthropus Jr controlling the action here for a moment.
Canthropus Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Honey.
Honey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Honey swings wildly with an uppercut but Canthropus Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canthropus Jr controlling the action here for a moment.
Honey tries to throw a body punch but Canthropus Jr avoids it by throwing Honey back against the cage.
Honey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Canthropus Jrs head.
Honey misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Honey.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Honey working aggressively here.
Honey has a couple of punches blocked by Canthropus Jr.
Honey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Honey fails to land.
Canthropus Jr leaning against his opponent.

Canthropus Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Honey dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Honey tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Canthropus Jr is able to avoid easily.
It looked like Canthropus Jr was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Canthropus Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Honey throws an overhand right that lands on Canthropus Jr's shoulder, as Canthropus Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Honey throws out a loose jab but Canthropus Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Canthropus Jr went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Honey misses with a two punch combination.
Honey throws a shot to the body.
Canthropus Jr tries to land a body kick
enabling Honey to counter with a crisp jab.
Honey lands a nice looking body shot.

Honey gets tackled into the cage by Canthropus Jr. Canthropus Jr maintains the clinch.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Honey tries to work over Canthropus Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Canthropus Jr blocking some punches.
Canthropus Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Honey misses with a punch on the inside.
Honey misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Honey is pushing Canthropus Jr up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Canthropus Jr tries to break the clinch but Honey is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Canthropus Jr.
Honey misses with the head strike.
Honey working aggressively here.
Honey's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Honey lands a left hand.
Canthropus Jr is trying to break the clinch but Honey has him pressed against the cage.
Canthropus Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honey backwards.
Canthropus Jr prevents a body shot from Honey.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Canthropus Jr controls his hands.
Canthropus Jr takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr pushes Honey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Canthropus Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Honey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Canthropus Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.
Canthropus Jr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Honey backs up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honey blocks a low kick nicely.
Canthropus Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
Honey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Honey throws a one two combo.
Canthropus Jr is looking to clinch but Honey is avoiding it.
Honey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Honey throws a shot from downtown. Canthropus Jr moves away and avoids it.
A lazy left from Honey finds it's target.
Canthropus Jr jabs Honey to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus Jr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Honey throws a hook but Canthropus Jr avoids it easily.
Canthropus Jr checks a leg kick.
Honey misses the shot to the body.

Canthropus Jr moves into the clinch successfully.

Canthropus Jr breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Canthropus Jr.
Honey throws a big shot that misses.
Honey misses the shot to the body.
Honey thumps Canthropus Jr with a low kick.
Canthropus Jr scores with a leg kick.
Honey throws a jab when Canthropus Jr was well out of range.
Canthropus Jr is looking to clinch.

Canthropus Jr clinches up with Honey and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Honey.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Canthropus Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Canthropus Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Canthropus Jr slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Honey misses its intended target.
Honey misses with a looping left.
Honey throws a low kick, looking for Canthropus Jr's leg but Canthropus Jr calmly moves out of range.
Canthropus Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
Honey takes a swing at Canthropus Jr's ribcage but misses.
Canthropus Jr staying out of range there.
Honey swats away the attempt to clinch by Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Honey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Canthropus Jr moves out of range as Honey strikes.
Honey thuds his right hand into Canthropus Jr's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Honey swats away the attempt to clinch by Canthropus Jr.
Honey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Canthropus Jr was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Pit Canthropus Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Canthropus Jr clinches with his opponent.
Honey misses with a hook from the clinch.

Canthropus Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Canthropus Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canthropus Jr checks the leg kick.
Canthropus Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Canthropus Jr walks into a jab.
Canthropus Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Canthropus Jr backing away here, and Honey unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Canthropus Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Honey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey jabs Canthropus Jr right on the nose. Canthropus Jr blinks but takes it well.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Canthropus Jr wants to clinch.
Nice body punch from Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Canthropus Jr moves in looking to clinch but Honey pushes him off.
Honey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Canthropus Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Honey moves out of range easily.
Honey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Canthropus Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Canthropus Jr misses
enabling Honey to counter with a crisp jab.
Canthropus Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Honey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Canthropus Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honey.
Canthropus Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Honey can pounce on him.
Honey lands a nice hook to Canthropus Jr's body. Canthropus Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honey throws a leg kick that misses.
Canthropus Jr is looking to wear down Honey with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Honey misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honey does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Canthropus Jr moves into the clinch.
Canthropus Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Honey controls the action.
Canthropus Jr lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Honey fails to land.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Canthropus Jr controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey lands a shot to the body.
Honey misses with a body punch.
Honey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Canthropus Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Canthropus Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honey was well out of range. Poor timing from Canthropus Jr.
Honey avoids the head kick by Canthropus Jr.
Canthropus Jr throws a body kick that misses.
Honey misses with a body shot.
Honey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Canthropus Jr on the side of the head.
Canthropus Jr is looking to clinch but Honey is avoiding it.

Canthropus Jr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Honey, pushing him back against the cage.
Honey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Honey working aggressively here.
Honey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Canthropus Jr backwards.
Honey has a couple of punches blocked by Canthropus Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Honey working aggressively here.
Canthropus Jr scores with a shot to the side of Honey's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honey prevents a body shot from Canthropus Jr.
Honey lands a shot to the body.

Canthropus Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honey throws a front kick aimed at Canthropus Jr's knee but Canthropus Jr avoids it well.
Honey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Canthropus Jr does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Honey throws a hook to the side of Canthropus Jr's head but Canthropus Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Honey loads up on a big right hand but Canthropus Jr slips the punch.
Hugh Honey is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Canthropus Jr misses with a right hand
and Honey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Canthropus Jr moves away from the strike by Honey.
Canthropus Jr is looking to counter with head kicks.
Pit Canthropus Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honey connects with the punch.

Canthropus Jr is rocked!
Honey is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Canthropus Jr.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugh Honey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Honey has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugh Honey!
Hugh Honey decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Pit Canthropus Jr was interviewed post fight and said 'I blame this on my shit genetics. Fuck you Dad!'.