PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Tjahyadikarta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Honda
vs
Tjahyadikarta

200 cm
22
300 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

225 cm
20
300 lbs
7 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Piston Honda!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edward Tjahyadikarta!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda throws a body punch but Tjahyadikarta moves out of range.
Honda lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Edward Tjahyadikarta has been cut.
Honda connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Honda just misses with a punch to the body.
Honda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Honda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tjahyadikarta misses the shot to the body.
Honda takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a wild body shot.
Tjahyadikarta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Honda misses with a straight right.
Tjahyadikarta lands a nice hook to Honda's body. Honda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tjahyadikarta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tjahyadikarta slips a straight right by Honda.
Tjahyadikarta tests Honda's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tjahyadikarta lands with a good body shot.
Honda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tjahyadikarta.
A jab from Tjahyadikarta finds it's way through Honda's defenses.

It looks like Piston Honda has been cut.
Honda throws a sloppy body shot
and Tjahyadikarta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Honda misses with a straight right.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A cross from Honda lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda misses with an uppercut.
Tjahyadikarta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a straight right.
Tjahyadikarta changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Honda tries to avoid it but Tjahyadikarta manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Honda to the ground. Honda escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tjahyadikarta keeps the fight on the outside.
Honda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tjahyadikarta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honda manages to avoid it.
Tjahyadikarta digs a good body shot into Honda's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta swats away the attempt to clinch by Honda.
Tjahyadikarta is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Honda rather than just go for the knockout.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honda.
Tjahyadikarta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honda manages to avoid it.
Honda slips a straight right by Tjahyadikarta.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tjahyadikarta is defended easily by Honda.
Honda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edward Tjahyadikarta will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tjahyadikarta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honda.

Tjahyadikarta gets the takedown into side control.
Honda tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tjahyadikarta wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Honda explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Tjahyadikarta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honda manages to avoid it.
Honda throws an overhand right that lands on Tjahyadikarta's shoulder, as Tjahyadikarta tries to avoid the shot.
Honda slips under a jab from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda wants to clinch up but Tjahyadikarta keeps it at a distance.
Tjahyadikarta throws a body punch but Honda moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tjahyadikarta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tjahyadikarta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honda.
Tjahyadikarta slips under a jab from Honda.
Honda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tjahyadikarta was well out of range. Poor timing from Honda.
Honda tries to clinch up
and Honda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tjahyadikarta moves away from the strike by Honda.
Honda thows a body shot but no joy.
Honda throws the left hand but Tjahyadikarta avoids the punch easily.
Tjahyadikarta changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Honda tries to avoid it but Tjahyadikarta manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Honda to the ground. Honda escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tjahyadikarta punishes Honda's body with a nice straight punch.
Tjahyadikarta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honda stuns Tjahyadikarta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Honda's waist but Honda gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tjahyadikarta off to one side.
Tjahyadikarta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tjahyadikarta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That has opened up Edward Tjahyadikarta's cut even more.
A shot to the body from Honda misses
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Honda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tjahyadikarta.
Piston Honda is winning the standup battle so far.
Honda connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Honda moves into range and connects with a jab.

The cut above Edward Tjahyadikarta's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tjahyadikarta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to the body from Honda misses
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a nice uppercut.
Tjahyadikarta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honda moves away.
Honda defending well as Tjahyadikarta loads up on a big left hand.
Tjahyadikarta lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tjahyadikarta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honda was well out of range. Poor timing from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tjahyadikarta moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piston Honda dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Honda closes the distance but Tjahyadikarta moves to the side
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tjahyadikarta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Honda doesn't seem bothered though.
Honda looks to land a left hand but Tjahyadikarta moved out of range nicely.
Honda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Honda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Honda tries to clinch there but Tjahyadikarta circles away.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honda connects with a jab.
Honda throws a big shot that misses.
Honda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Honda throws a shot from downtown. Tjahyadikarta moves away and avoids it.
Honda throws a body punch but Tjahyadikarta moves out of range.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Honda throws out a loose jab but Tjahyadikarta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tjahyadikarta slips under a jab from Honda.
Honda takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Honda throws a jab but it's blocked by Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta moves away from the strike by Honda.
Tjahyadikarta loads up on a big right hand but Honda slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Honda misses.
Honda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A shot to the body from Tjahyadikarta misses
and Honda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Edward Tjahyadikarta's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Edward Tjahyadikarta's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Piston Honda!
Piston Honda retains his super heavyweight title!