PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Honcho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honcho has chosen 30 Seconds to Mars- Battle of One as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Davis
vs
Honcho

155 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matthew Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Honcho!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Honcho moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.

Honcho has picked Davis up - he's going for a ride! Honcho dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Davis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Honcho trying to pass the guard but Davis defending well.
Honcho is looking to take a break and control but Davis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Honcho stands up out of the half guard.
Honcho plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Davis tries to clinch but Honcho moves away

and Honcho counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honcho tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Davis takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Davis is trying to get back to his feet.
Davis trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is not content to let Honcho control the position.
Davis is trying to buck Honcho off.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honcho shoots in for a double leg but Davis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Honcho looks gassed!
No joy there for Honcho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Honcho lands a jab to Davis's midsection.
Honcho looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis darts in trying to clinch

and Honcho moves into the clinch.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Honcho blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Matthew Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Honcho.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Honcho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davis trying to stall but Honcho improves his position.
Davis prevents Honcho from breaking the clinch.
Davis has Honcho pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Honcho breaks from the clinch.
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Honcho pushes him off.
Honcho misses with a wild combination.
Honcho moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A head kick by Davis misses
and Honcho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Honcho looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis closes the distance but Honcho moves to the side
and Honcho counters with a two punch combo.
Honcho throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Honcho feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis keeping full guard, as Honcho tries to pass.
Honcho won't allow Davis to get back to his feet.
Honcho stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Honcho scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honcho prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
Honcho tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honcho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matthew Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A combination from Honcho does no damage.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Davis wants to clinch but Honcho slips to the side

and Honcho counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Honcho blocks it.
Honcho wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Honcho.
Davis missing with knees to the body.

Honcho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis tries to clinch up

and Honcho counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Davis's guard now.

Davis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Honcho off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Honcho wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Honcho lands a nice shot to the body.
Davis wants to clinch but Honcho slips to the side
and Honcho counters with a head kick.
Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Honcho counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis keeps control of Honcho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Honcho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Honcho is trying to maintain a safe position but Davis gets an underhook and turns Honcho into the cage.
Honcho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Honcho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis tries a knee to the head but Honcho blocks it.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Honcho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis is stalling here.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Honcho wants to break free but Davis has control.
Honcho tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.

Honcho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Honcho tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honcho circles away from the clinch attempt

and Honcho counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis is trying to stand.
Honcho thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Honcho gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Honcho keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Honcho dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Honcho lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A head kick misses from Davis.

Honcho moves into range and clinches up with Davis.

Honcho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Honcho misses with a series of wild punches.
Honcho lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Honcho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Honcho lands a two punch combo.

Davis clinches with his opponent.
Honcho wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Honcho lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Honcho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Honcho.
Honcho lands a two punch combo.
Davis closes the distance but Honcho moves to the side

and Honcho counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but Honcho is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Davis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Honcho won't allow Davis to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davis wants to stand up but Honcho is controlling him.
Davis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Honcho.
Honcho throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A left and a right from Honcho both land. Nice combination.
Honcho closes the distance and clinches up with Davis, looking for a takedown. Honcho pushes Davis against the cage but Davis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Honcho is breathing heavily.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Honcho pushes him off.
No joy there for Honcho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Honcho counters with a three punch combo that has Davis backing up. Davis nods at Honcho to acknowledge the strikes.
Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Honcho fakes the leg kick and cracks Davis in the body.
Davis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Honcho counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Davis looks to clinch

and Honcho counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honcho passes into half guard.
Honcho stops Davis from getting back to his feet.
Honcho is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.

Davis makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Davis tries to clinch but Honcho moves away

and Honcho counters by moving into the clinch.
Honcho takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Honcho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Honcho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Honcho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davis tries to clinch but Honcho is having none of it.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matthew Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis tries to clinch
and Honcho counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Honcho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Honcho misses.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick
and Honcho counters with a good, hard body kick but Davis shrugs it off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Honcho can't break the clinch.

Honcho breaks from the clinch.
Honcho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Honcho shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Honcho was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honcho scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Honcho dominating with strikes here.
Davis is bucking up trying to escape but Honcho cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Honcho is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Davis is trying to stand up.
Honcho landing strikes from the mount and Davis is in trouble!
Honcho unloading with bombs!
Mike Honcho has got the better of the ground game so far.
Honcho looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Honcho working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Davis tries to buck Honcho off but he can't manage it.
Honcho working the ground and pound effectively.
Honcho landing shots from mount.
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Davis is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Honcho cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.

Honcho looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Davis's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Honcho dominating with strikes here.
Davis is trying to stand up.
Honcho looking to control and managing it successfully.
Davis is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Honcho lands a heavy elbow.
Honcho lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Davis hang on?
Davis is trying to stand.
Davis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Honcho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Davis throws a head kick that misses

and Honcho counters by clinching up.

Honcho has picked Davis up - he's going for a ride! Honcho dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Honcho is keen to just control but Davis is a slippery customer.
Davis pushes Honcho off looking to stand but Honcho dives back in and keeps control.

Davis makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Davis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Honcho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Davis.

Davis closes the distance and clinches.

Honcho breaks from the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch up
and Honcho counters with a series of strikes. Davis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Davis wants to clinch up but Honcho keeps it at a distance.

Honcho forces Davis back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Honcho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Honcho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Honcho feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honcho content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Davis wants to stand but Honcho is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.
Honcho is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Honcho stops Davis from standing up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honcho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
Davis throws a head kick but Honcho moves out of range.
Davis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Honcho throws a leg kick but Davis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Honcho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davis throws a head kick that misses.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honcho.
Davis closes the distance but Honcho moves to the side
and Honcho counters with a stiff right hand.
Honcho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Davis gets caught flat footed, as Honcho shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Honcho pushing down on Davis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to stand up here but Honcho is controlling him well.

Davis has one foot on Honcho's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Davis closes the distance but Honcho moves to the side
and Honcho counters with a left and a right that stings Davis.
Honcho shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Davis but Davis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Davis wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mike Honcho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davis tries to clinch but Honcho moves out of range.
Honcho punishes Davis's body with a nice straight punch.
Honcho shoots in looking for a takedown. Davis tries to sprawl out of it but Honcho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Davis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Honcho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Davis misses with a head kick.
Honcho misses with a few strikes there.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Honcho checks it well.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Honcho pushes him off.
Honcho lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Honcho is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Davis rather than just go for the knockout.

Honcho fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davis, pushing him back against the cage.

Honcho breaks from the clinch.
Honcho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honcho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Honcho counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davis looks to clinch
and Honcho counters with a one-two to the body.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Honcho closes the distance and clinches.
Honcho has Davis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Matthew Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Honcho.
Honcho goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Honcho is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Honcho - that landed with a thud.
Honcho wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Honcho blocks with his arms.
Honcho has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.

Honcho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honcho fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Honcho lands a head kick. Davis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honcho avoids the head kick by Davis.

Honcho shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Honcho moves into full mount! Davis won't be happy about that!
Honcho lands a heavy elbow.
Honcho punishing his opponent with strikes.
Davis is in a horrible position here. Honcho smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
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!

Davis somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Honcho connects with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Honcho.
Honcho throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Honcho.
Davis looks to clinch
and Honcho counters with a nice uppercut.
Honcho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matthew Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis stuffs the takedown.
Davis misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Honcho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Honcho 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 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Honcho!