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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Honey has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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162 lbs
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162 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Powerful takedowns
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Honey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Hitman !
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitman looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Honey manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Honey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hitman tries to free his leg and advance position but Honey is retaining full guard.
Honey looking for a sweep. Not yet Honey, not yet.
Hitman stops Honey from standing up.
Honey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hitman is stalling in the full guard.
Hitman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Honey gets back to full guard.
Hitman looking to sit in guard and control but Honey gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey sitting in guard here, content to control.
Honey wants to control from the top but Hitman keeps moving.
Hitman working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Honey has passed into half guard!
Hitman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Honey's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Honey's back!
Honey manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hitman 's guard. Nice work there by Honey.
Honey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hitman is keeping the position for now.
Honey is looking to advance position but Hitman has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hitman working for a guillotine from mount but Honey is in no mood to give up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitman has hold of Honey's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Honey manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hitman looks gassed!
Hitman jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Honey is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Honey and Hitman has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Honey prevents Hitman from moving into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honey manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Honey is trying to control. Hitman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitman tries to get to full guard but Honey has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hitman is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Honey pulls his head out easily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Honey misses with a takedown
and Hitman counters with a single leg into guard. Honey didn't expect that.
Honey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hitman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honey is keeping the position for now.
Hitman stopping the sweep attempt from Honey.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitman prevents Honey from getting back to his feet.
Hitman tries to free his leg and advance position but Honey is retaining full guard.
Honey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hitman postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Honey is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hitman , into his guard.
Honey really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Honey works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Honey sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Honey passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mark Hitman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Honey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Honey darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Honey is pressing down on Hitman 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hitman is holding on for now.
Honey controlling the action here.
Honey uses his free foot to push down on Hitman 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hitman .
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Honey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Honey is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Honey controlling from the full mount.
Hitman is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Honey works his way to his opponent's back.
Honey has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Hitman has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Honey tightening his grip on Hitman , looking for the choke.
Hitman is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Honey off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Hitman is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Honey.
Honey patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Honey is persistently looking for the submission but Hitman is defending it well.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Honey's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Hitman turns into Honey and is now in his guard.
Hitman is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Honey is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Honey has escaped and now he's on top!
Hitman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Honey is aware though and is defending well.
Hitman keeping moving, preventing Honey from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jack Honey just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Honey shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hitman defends it nicely.
Honey closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Honey lands in his opponent's guard.
Hitman being controlled here, momentarily.
Hitman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Honey trying to control the position from guard on top but Hitman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hitman has momentary wrist control but Honey slips an elbow through the middle.
Hitman keeping moving, preventing Honey from controlling successfully.
Honey is really struggling to control Hitman but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Honey looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Honey misses with a takedown
and Hitman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Honey won't be happy with that.
Honey is looking to regain half guard here but Hitman keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Honey dominated that second round.
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!
Honey scores with a takedown into Hitman 's guard.
Honey trying to control but Hitman is working from the bottom.
Hitman wants to sweep but no luck.
Hitman working a defensive guard here.
Honey wants to control from the top but Hitman keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hitman looking for a sweep. Not yet Hitman , not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey wants to control from the top but Hitman keeps moving.
Jack Honey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hitman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hitman as he avoids it easily.
Hitman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Honey counters with a single leg into guard. Hitman didn't expect that.
Honey cracks Hitman with a solid left hand.
Hitman trying to control the position.
Honey trying to control the position from guard on top but Hitman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honey advances to half guard.
Honey is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hitman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Honey.
Honey wants to control but Hitman is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Honey stands up and beckons Hitman to join him on the feet.
Honey scores a takedown into full mount!
Hitman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Honey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Honey tries to control but Hitman wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey wants to take Hitman 's back but he can't do it this time.
Honey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hitman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hitman wants to control but Honey is having none of it.
Honey gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Hitman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Honey to score an easy takedown into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hitman is on top in guard.
Honey working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hitman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hitman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Honey keeping moving, preventing Hitman from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Honey swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Honey is on top in guard.
Honey will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hitman working for a triangle but Honey defends it easily.
Hitman keeping moving, preventing Honey from controlling successfully.
Honey is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Honey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Honey!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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