PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Honcho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smith Wesson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honcho comes to the cage accompanied by Beastie Boys- Sabotage. Wesson has chosen Cryin like a Bitch as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Honcho
vs
Wesson

181 cm
25
165 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
166 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Rivers Edge 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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Honcho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Smith Wesson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honcho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wesson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Honcho closes the distance and clinches up with Wesson, looking for a takedown. Honcho pushes Wesson against the cage but Wesson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Honcho tries to close the distance and clinch but Wesson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wesson dodges the punch combination from Honcho.
Wesson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Honcho misses the jab.
Honcho throws a nice looking combination but Wesson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Honcho shoots for a double leg takedown but Wesson sprawls well. He's pushed Honcho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Honcho shoots in and drives through. Wesson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Honcho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wesson misses with a head kick.
Wesson tests Honcho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Honcho takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Horrible takedown by Honcho or perhaps it was just good defense by Wesson which made him look bad.
Honcho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Honcho is breathing heavily.
Honcho shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wesson as he avoids it easily.
Wesson throws a jab but it's blocked by Honcho.
Honcho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wesson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wesson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Honcho's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Honcho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wesson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Honcho counters with a single leg into guard. Wesson didn't expect that.

Wesson looking for a guillotine here but Honcho defends easily.
Wesson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Honcho is defending against the submission attempts here by Wesson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wesson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Honcho defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honcho defending well though.
Honcho keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wesson works his way into side control.

Wesson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Honcho has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wesson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Wesson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Honcho rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wesson's guard! Nice work there by Honcho!
Honcho has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Wesson is proving hard to escape from.
Honcho content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Honcho sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Honcho is looking to work some ground and pound but Wesson has wrist control.

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.
Honcho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Wesson looking for a guillotine here but Honcho defends easily.

Wesson is looking for a triangle but Honcho pushes his legs off easily.
Honcho trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Honcho scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wesson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Honcho can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Honcho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Smith Wesson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Honcho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wesson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Honcho shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wesson's guard.
Honcho wants to control from the top but Wesson keeps moving.
Honcho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Wesson is looking for a triangle but Honcho pushes his legs off easily.

Honcho drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Honcho jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Honcho with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Honcho thows a big elbow that misses.
Wesson looking for a sweep. Not yet Wesson, not yet.

Wesson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Honcho defends well.
Wesson is breathing heavily.

Wesson looking for subs off his back but Honcho has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Honcho trying to mount his opponent but Wesson defends it.
Honcho is trying to control the action in half guard but Wesson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wesson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Honcho.

Honcho is looking for a kimura here.
Wesson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Honcho's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Honcho's back!

That's two 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.
Wesson scores with punches from the back.

Wesson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Honcho defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Honcho preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Wesson.

Honcho fending off the submission attempt from Wesson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.

Wesson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Honcho defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Wesson doesn't have the hooks in and Honcho manages to turn into his guard.

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.
Honcho working some strikes from top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Honcho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wesson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Honcho's guard.

Wesson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Honcho manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Wesson has Honcho in his guard.
Honcho scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wesson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honcho.
Honcho wants to pass the guard but Wesson is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Smith Wesson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Honcho is looking to clinch but Wesson is avoiding it.
Honcho fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Honcho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honcho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wesson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Honcho tries to clinch up.
Honcho wants to clinch.
Honcho misses with a low kick.
Honcho is looking to clinch.

Honcho feints and as Wesson raises his hands in defense, Honcho changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wesson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Honcho defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wesson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wesson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith Wesson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wesson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Wesson is looking for a kimura but Honcho is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wesson to get the leverage.
Wesson wants to pass the guard but Honcho is defending well.

Wesson seems to be looking for submissions.
Wesson wants to free his trapped foot but Honcho is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two 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.
Honcho wants to get back to his feet.
Wesson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Wesson seems to be looking for submissions.
Honcho looks like he's trying to stand up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wesson misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson keeps the fight on the outside.

Honcho shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Honcho showed some decent athleticism there.
Wesson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Honcho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Honcho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Honcho stopping the sweep attempt from Wesson.
Mike Honcho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Wesson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Honcho doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Honcho manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honcho works over Wesson with some ground and pound from guard.
Honcho connects with a couple of short punches.
Honcho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Wesson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Smith Wesson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wesson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Honcho working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Honcho content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Honcho wants to control from the top but Wesson keeps moving.
Honcho throwing strikes from guard but Wesson blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Smith Wesson.
Well Wesson 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Smith Wesson!