PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Rovanpera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rovanpera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja. Honey is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cruising in Miami by Bass 305. Hugh Honey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rovanpera
vs
Honey

164 cm
30
170 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

169 cm
24
184 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Perkele!
M/S Paint Fightwear

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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 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Rovanpera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Honey!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rovanpera stuns Honey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rovanpera getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Honey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rovanpera on the side of the head.
Honey needs to keep his hands up - Rovanpera had a free shot at his head there.
Rovanpera lands a lovely overhand right.
Honey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rovanpera defending well as Honey loads up on a big left hand.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Rovanpera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rovanpera thumps Honey with a low kick.
Rovanpera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honey was well out of range. Poor timing from Rovanpera.
Rovanpera works Honey's body with a nice hook.
Honey looks gassed!
Rovanpera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Rovanpera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Honey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rovanpera.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rovanpera is looking for a kimura here.
Honey is looking for a sweep. Rovanpera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rovanpera trying to control the action but Honey is working from the bottom.
Honey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rovanpera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera is pressing down on Honey's thigh, looking to free his foot. Honey is holding on for now.
Rovanpera is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rovanpera drops an elbow to the side of Honey's head.
Rovanpera not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rovanpera throwing shots but Honey is blocking nicely.
Rovanpera looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rovanpera trying to pass the guard but Honey defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rovanpera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rovanpera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Rovanpera looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rovanpera stops Honey from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Honey defending well though.
Honey is refusing to be controlled, as Rovanpera sits in half guard.

Rovanpera is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Honey defends it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rovanpera working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Rovanpera dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rovanpera throws a head kick but Honey moves out of range.
Rovanpera has a takedown stuffed.
Rovanpera pivots, looking for a leg kick but Honey is out of range and Rovanpera settles back down.
Honey tries to bum rush Rovanpera with a series of wild strikes but Rovanpera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honey shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rovanpera pinned against the cage. Rovanpera gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Honey throws a jab when Rovanpera was well out of range.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Rovanpera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rovanpera shoots in looking for a takedown but Honey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rovanpera's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rovanpera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Seppo Rovanpera is winning the standup battle so far.
Honey misses with an uppercut. Rovanpera saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honey slips a jab from Rovanpera.
Rovanpera throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rovanpera tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Honey is able to avoid easily.
Honey throws out a loose jab but Rovanpera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Honey or perhaps it was just good defense by Rovanpera which made him look bad.
Rovanpera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Honey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rovanpera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice shot lands for Rovanpera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rovanpera.

Honey shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Honey was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rovanpera sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Seppo Rovanpera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rovanpera slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rovanpera lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Honey!
Rovanpera throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rovanpera is trying to control here but Honey has managed to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rovanpera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rovanpera is working away from the top position though.
Rovanpera is trying to control. Honey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rovanpera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Honey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rovanpera with the ground and pound but Honey uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Rovanpera is pushing down on Honey's leg trying to pass to half guard. Honey is fighting to maintain full guard but Rovanpera has managed to sneak the leg through.
Honey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rovanpera has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Poor strikes thrown by Rovanpera there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rovanpera dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rovanpera controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rovanpera putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Rovanpera dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Honey stuffs the takedown attempt from Rovanpera. Rovanpera gets slowly back to his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rovanpera.

Rovanpera scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rovanpera is trying to control the action in half guard but Honey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rovanpera moves nicely into side control.
Honey tries to bench press Rovanpera off him but Rovanpera keeps the position.
Rovanpera throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rovanpera lands a few punches from side control.
Rovanpera is looking to take a break and control but Honey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rovanpera cracks Honey with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Honey is rocked!

Rovanpera has hold of Honey's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Honey tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Rovanpera cranks the arm and Honey screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Honey, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Seppo Rovanpera!
Seppo Rovanpera retains his welterweight title!