PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kah Fing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fing comes to the cage accompanied by Whats My Name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fing
vs
Honda

181 cm
24
176 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

183 cm
20
175 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Amber Swan*$10 Rec Supp*

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 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kah Fing!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Piston Honda!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fing misses with a series of wild punches.
Fing is looking to score with low kicks.
Honda fails to land with a series of punches.
Honda throws a right hand that Fing ducks under and follows up with a left that Fing also avoids with ease.
Fing takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Honda stalks Fing and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fing's face. Fing staggers backwards, shaken.
Fing misses with a body kick.
Honda falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fing counters with a nice low kick that buckles Honda's knee momentarily.
Honda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fing moves away.
Honda misses with a low kick.
Fing misses with a low kick.
Fing swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fing walks into a left hand.
Fing takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Honda just misses with a punch to the body.

Fing rushes Honda and presses him up against the cage.
Fing working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good leg kick by Fing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Honda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fing.
Honda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fing was well out of range. Poor timing from Honda.
Honda digs a good hook to Fing's body.
Fing misses with a body kick.
Honda looks to land a right hand but Fing moved out of range.
Honda misses with a hook.
Fing lands a jab-cross combination.
A left and a right from Honda both land. Nice combination.
Fing throws a wild body kick that Honda sees coming a mile off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fing.
Fing avoids the body shot from Honda.
Honda lands with a straight right. Fing didn't see that one coming.
Fing throws a wild body kick that Honda sees coming a mile off.
Fing tries to clinch up.
Honda lands with a hook. Fing tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Honda thows a leg kick but Fing checks it
and Fing counters with a head kick. That will keep Honda thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Honda scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Honda tries to keep at a distance but Fing has taken the fight into the clinch.
Honda letting Fing take a breather here.
Fing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Honda blocks it with crossed arms.
Honda avoiding damage as Fing throws knees to the body.
Fing missing with knees to the body.
Honda has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Fing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honda throws a looping overhand right but Fing ducks down to avoid it.
Honda swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing looks to land a left hand but Honda moved out of range nicely.
Honda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fing moves away.
Fing tries to clinch but Honda moves out of range.
Honda is looking to score with low kicks.
Fing looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fing slips a jab and a cross from Honda.
Honda lands a body shot.
Fing fails to land with a series of punches.
Honda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fing.
Honda lands a jab to Fing's midsection.
Fing slips a jab and a cross from Honda.
Honda throws a right and a left that Fing avoids nicely.
Honda ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fing fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Honda.
Fing wants to land a leg kick but Honda is out of range.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fing gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Honda misses.
Fing takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Honda throws a head kick that misses
and Fing counters with a nice body kick.
Honda checks a leg kick nicely.
Fing throws the left hand but Honda avoids the punch easily.
Honda looks to land a combination. Fing sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Kah Fing has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fing looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Honda lands a slapping body shot.
Fing is breathing heavily.
Honda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the body from Honda misses
and Fing counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Honda attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honda's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Honda duly obliges.
Honda jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fing bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fing loads up on a big right hand but Honda slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piston Honda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kah Fing's cut.
That's time! Fing's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice body kick from Fing.
Fing digs a good hook to Honda's body.
Fing moves forwards but Honda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Honda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Honda thows a body shot but no joy.
Honda walks into a straight right hand from Fing.
Nice shot by Fing.
Honda sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Piston Honda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Honda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fing was well out of range. Poor timing from Honda.
Fing lands with a kick to the ribs.
Honda throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Honda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fing. Fing obviously looking to wear him down.
Honda misses with a series of wild punches.
Fing throws a jab when Honda was well out of range.
Fing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda slips under a jab.
Fing throws a hook to the side of Honda's head but Honda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Honda takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Honda digs a good body shot into Fing's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Honda. That's going to slow Fing down.
Fing slips a straight right by Honda.
Honda misses the jab.
Honda falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fing counters with a head kick.
Honda scores with the left hand. Fing knows he should have avoided that one.
Honda throws a series of punches but Fing avoids them all with ease.
Fing lands with a kick to the ribs.
Honda misses with a double jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fing. That's going to slow Honda down.
Fing throws a leg kick which misses Honda's front leg but catches the back leg as Honda tries to avoid it.
Honda is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fing looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Honda misses with a leg kick
and Fing finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fing, right into the meat.
Honda looks to score with a jab to the body but Fing is just out of range.
Honda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fing dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Honda. That did some damage!
Fing scores with a sloppy right hand. Honda should have avoided that one.
Fing slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fing chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fing lands with a kick to the temple. Honda shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fing connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Honda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fing moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Honda steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fing. That one must have hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing throws a leg kick which misses Honda's front leg but catches the back leg as Honda tries to avoid it.
Fing throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Honda's head.
Fing moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fing.
Honda has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fing.
Fing lands a front kick.
Fing throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Fing closes the distance and clinches.
Fing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Honda blocks it with crossed arms.
Fing content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Honda blocks it.

Fing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fing throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fing lands with an overhand left.
Honda misses with a shot to the body
and Fing counters with a head kick.
Honda stuns Fing with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fing throws the kick towards the body but Honda avoids it.
Fing has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Honda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Honda scores with a body shot.
Honda lands a with a good body shot.
Honda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Honda takes a swing at Fing's ribcage but misses.
Honda delivers a nice body kick.
Honda ducks under a wild hook from Fing.
Fing throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Honda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fing takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Honda throws a series of punches but Fing avoids them all with ease.
Honda tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kah Fing dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kah Fing's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Honda scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Honda misses with a head kick.
Fing lands with an uppercut that bounces Honda off the cage and back into rage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fing!
Honda has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fing.
Honda lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Honda looks to score with a jab to the body but Fing is just out of range.
Fing throws a sloppy head kick and Honda moves out of range easily.
Honda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Honda swings for the body but Fing moves out of range.

Fing forces Honda back against the cage and clinches.
Fing scores a nice knee to the body.

Honda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fing slips under a jab from Honda.
Honda paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fing lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fing.
Honda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fing pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fing sizes up Honda with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fing tries a low kick but Honda avoids it.
Honda lands a high kick!
Fing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fing slips under a jab from Honda.
A nice inside leg kick there by Honda. That's going to slow Fing down.
Honda lands with a shot to the body.
Fing looks to land a body kick but Honda moved away.
Honda misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fing feints and then cracks Honda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Honda down.
Honda throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fing counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fing throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Honda just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Honda does it's job there.
Honda misses with the combination.
Honda slips under a jab from Fing.
Nice body kick from Fing.
Fing looks to land a right hand but Honda moved out of range.
Honda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fing tries a head kick but it misses.
Fing throws a body punch but Honda moves out of range.
Piston Honda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda blocks a leg kick.
Fing throws a leg kick but Honda moved away.
Fing throws a half hearted mid kick.
Honda lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice defenses there by Fing.
Honda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fing.
Honda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Honda throws a nice looking combination but Fing bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Honda throws a nice looking combination but Fing bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Honda scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A left and a right from Fing both land. Nice combination.
Fing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Honda tries to bum rush Fing with a series of wild strikes but Fing uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honda misses with a leg kick
and Fing counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Honda scoring well with a low kick there.
Fing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honda throws a right and a left that Fing avoids nicely.
Nice jab there from Honda.
Honda misses with a looping right.
Honda with a nice cross.
A combination from Honda does no damage.
Fing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honda tried to score with a low kick but Fing checks it.
Fing feints and then cracks Honda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Honda down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honda throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fing on the side of the head.
Honda jabs at Fing's body.
Honda darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piston Honda really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kah Fing's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Honda moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Honda with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Honda falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fing counters with a low kick, right behind Honda 's knee.
Fing throws a half hearted mid kick.
Honda moves out of range of the body kick.
Honda lands a right hook to the body.
Fing with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Honda to score with a decent uppercut.
A shot to de liver by Honda. Beautiful body shot.
Honda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fing takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Honda lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honda. Fing does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honda throws a lazy head kick
and Fing makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fing moves into the clinch successfully.

Fing manages to break the clinch.
Fing misses with a body kick.
Honda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honda throws a body punch but Fing moves out of range.
Honda throws a sloppy head kick and Fing moves out of range easily.
Honda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fing.
Fing misses with the body kick
and Honda counters with a right hand to the body.
Honda lands a nice hook to Fing's body. Fing takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Honda lands a nice shot to the body.
Honda throws a shot to the body.

Fing closes the distance and pushes Honda back into the cage.
Honda tries to break free but Fing pushes him back against the cage.
Fing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fing lands an uppercut.
Fing lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Honda blocks it.
Fing is trying to maintain a safe position but Honda gets an underhook and turns Fing into the cage.
Fing tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Honda managing to block the knees to the body from Fing.
Fing looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Honda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fing misses with a knee to the head.
Honda blocking some punches.
Honda tries to break free but Fing pushes him back against the cage.
Fing prevents Honda from breaking the clinch.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Honda blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Honda's efforts to push away.

Fing pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fing takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A shot to the body from Honda misses
and Fing counters with a nice body kick.
Honda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fing rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honda. Fing does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honda lands a head shot.
Fing walks into a stiff left hand from Honda.
Honda throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Honda throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Honda moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Honda cracks a nice hook into Fing's ribs.
Honda misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda fails to land with a series of punches.
Honda scores with a hook.
Honda lands a body shot.
Honda swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fing.
Honda avoids the head kick by Fing.
Honda misses with a wild body shot.
Honda scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fing tries to work over Honda's front leg with a kick but Honda checks it.
Honda digs a good body shot into Fing's ribs.
Good shot there by Fing.
Fing showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honda.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honda looks to land a left hand but Fing moved out of range nicely.
A shot to de liver by Honda. Beautiful body shot.
Honda lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piston Honda dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kah Fing's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Good shot there by Honda.
Fing clinches but Honda breaks the clinch
and Honda counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Honda swinging wildly here.
Fing scores with a kick to the body.
Honda looks to score with a jab to the body but Fing is just out of range.
Fing tries to land a leg kick but Honda saw it coming and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Honda misses the target.
Honda lands with an uppercut that bounces Fing off the cage and back into rage.
Fing throws a leg kick but Honda checks it.
Fing throws a head kick but Honda moves out of range.
Honda throws a series of punches but Fing avoids them all with ease.
Honda throws a right hand that Fing ducks under and follows up with a left that Fing also avoids with ease.
Honda looks to land a combination. Fing sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honda looks to throw a body kick
and Fing counters with a nice kick to the body.
Fing steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Honda. That one must have hurt.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Honda looks to score with a jab to the body but Fing is just out of range.
Fing dodges the punch combination from Honda.
Honda misses with a two punch combination.
Honda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fing on the side of the head.
A jab from Honda does it's job there.
Fing scores with the left hand. Honda knows he should have avoided that one.
Honda misses with a low kick as Fing jumps back.
Honda connects with a body shot.
Honda throws a series of punches but Fing avoids them all with ease.
Honda throws a right and a left that Fing avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honda.
Honda lands a body shot.
Fing moves in looking to clinch but Honda pushes him off.
Fing looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Honda misses.
Fing scores with a kick to the body.

Fing gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fing with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Honda blocks it with crossed arms.
Fing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Honda is defending well for now.
Come on Fing - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Honda avoiding damage as Fing throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Honda blocks a body shot from Fing.
Fing looking to slow down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fing throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Honda blocks it.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Honda blocks it.

Honda breaks the clinch.
Fing throws and low kick but Honda moves out of range easily.
Fing takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fing on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fing is looking to clinch.
Honda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fing looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Honda throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fing counters with a thumping low kick.
Kah Fing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honda misses with a jab to the body

and Fing moves into the clinch.
Honda is trying to break free.
Fing tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Fing breaks from the clinch.
Honda lands a glancing blow to the side of Fing's head.
Fing doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Honda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fing.
Fing fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Honda checks it well.
Honda lands a jab to the head.
Honda lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fing misses with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Piston Honda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Honda has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 46:49
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piston Honda! Piston Honda retains his welterweight title!