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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Honorio (ranked 274 p4p, 45 weight class) and Darius Ghetea (ranked 42 p4p, 7 weight class). Honorio kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Red Belt
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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 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Ghetea!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghetea stuffs the takedown.
Honorio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Honorio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ghetea moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ghetea takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ghetea takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honorio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honorio throws a poor cross that misses
and Ghetea counters with a slapping leg kick.
Honorio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ghetea takes one to the chin there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghetea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ghetea misses with an uppercut
and Honorio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Honorio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ghetea.
Honorio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Honorio shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ghetea defends it nicely.
It seemed like Ghetea was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinicius Honorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghetea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Honorio.
Honorio is looking to counter the offense by Ghetea and move into the clinch.
Ghetea takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ghetea uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Honorio.
Honorio lands a nice looking body shot.
Honorio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vinicius Honorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Honorio. Those never looked like landing.
Ghetea lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ghetea lands with a shot to the body.
Honorio tries to bum rush Ghetea with a series of wild strikes but Ghetea uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little jabbing left from Ghetea on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ghetea has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Honorio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ghetea.
A bone on bone clash there as Honorio blocks the leg kick.
Ghetea misses the jab.
Honorio changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Honorio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honorio fails with the takedown
and Ghetea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghetea takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Honorio looks to land a left hand but Ghetea moved out of range nicely.
Ghetea misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honorio blocks a jab.
Nice shot by Honorio.
Honorio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ghetea throws out a loose jab but Honorio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honorio misses with a two punch combination.
Ghetea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honorio swings for the body but Ghetea moves out of range.
Ghetea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Honorio misses its intended target.
No joy there for Ghetea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Honorio misses with a right hand
enabling Ghetea to counter with a crisp jab.
Honorio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ghetea connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Honorio scrambles back to his feet.
Honorio jabs Ghetea to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Honorio lands with an uppercut that bounces Ghetea off the cage and back into range.
Ghetea walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Honorio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Honorio throws a combination that misses
and Honorio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ghetea dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Honorio. That did some damage!
Honorio lands a jab to the head.
Honorio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ghetea as he jumps to the side.
Honorio cracks Ghetea with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghetea misses with a hook.
Honorio throws a jab when Ghetea was well out of range.
Honorio throws a right hand that Ghetea ducks under and follows up with a left that Ghetea also avoids with ease.
Honorio misses with a right hand
and Ghetea makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ghetea scores with a jab. Honorio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ghetea throws a big shot that misses.
Ghetea moves forwards but Honorio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Honorio misses the target.
Honorio is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Honorio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Honorio misses with a left hand
and Ghetea counters with a stiff right hand.
Honorio misses with a hook.
Honorio connects with the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that round.
That's time! Honorio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Honorio checks a leg kick.
Honorio checks a low kick from Ghetea.
Honorio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honorio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ghetea throws a low kick, looking for Honorio's leg but Honorio calmly moves out of range.
Ghetea works over Honorio's head and body with a nice combination.
Honorio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Honorio working away.
Ghetea is looking for a sweep.
Ghetea is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ghetea holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Ghetea tries to improve position but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghetea prevents Honorio from improving position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghetea is trying to get back to half guard.
Ghetea is trying to control Honorio's posture but Honorio avoids it.
Honorio moves into full mount!
Ghetea sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ghetea is controlling Honorio's trapped leg to prevent Honorio from advancing to side control.
Ghetea trying to control but Honorio postures up.
Honorio drops an elbow to the side of Ghetea's head.
Honorio trying to control from half guard but Ghetea is working away.
Honorio keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea wants to control but Honorio is keeping busy.
Ghetea wants to sweep but Honorio has passed to side control!
Ghetea tries to improve position but can't.
Ghetea gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ghetea is holding on to half guard well.
Ghetea gets back to full guard.
Ghetea is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Honorio controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio is fighting to break Ghetea's control of his arms but Ghetea is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Honorio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Honorio slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ghetea 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.
Ghetea is still trying to improve position.
Honorio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghetea looking to control.
Honorio stopping the sweep attempt from Ghetea.
Honorio chips away with some ground and pound.
Vinicius Honorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Honorio tries to free his leg and advance position but Ghetea is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghetea preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Honorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Ghetea is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ghetea wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Honorio trying to control but Ghetea is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ghetea wants to stand but Honorio is controlling the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Honorio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ghetea.
Ghetea throws a right and a left that both miss.
A shot to the liver by Honorio. Beautiful body shot.
Ghetea dodges the punch combination from Honorio.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honorio throws a body punch but Ghetea moves out of range.
Darius Ghetea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honorio throws a nice looking combination but Ghetea bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio 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!
A combination from Honorio does no damage.
Ghetea misses with a leg kick.
Ghetea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Honorio slips a jab from Ghetea.
Ghetea ducks under a wild hook from Honorio.
Honorio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ghetea tries a quick counter leg kick but Honorio is wise to it.
Ghetea lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ghetea tried to score with a low kick but Honorio checks it.
Ghetea gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vinicius Honorio is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Honorio throws out a loose jab but Ghetea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honorio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ghetea appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ghetea avoids the body shot from Honorio.
Ghetea swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ghetea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Honorio moves away.
Honorio wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Vinicius Honorio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghetea buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Honorio blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice defenses there by Honorio.
Honorio feinted with a counter takedown.
Honorio misses with a combination
and Ghetea counters with a stiff right hand.
Ghetea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Honorio.
Ghetea jabs Honorio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Honorio moves out of range of the strikes.
Honorio fails with the takedown
and Ghetea counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Honorio thinking.
Honorio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ghetea counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab lands there for Honorio.
A swing and a miss from Honorio.
Ghetea was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honorio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ghetea loads up on a big right hand but Honorio slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghetea displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Honorio.
It seemed like Ghetea was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Honorio defending well as Ghetea loads up on a big left hand.
Honorio tries to counter with a takedown but Ghetea is quick to defend against it.
Honorio shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ghetea is trying to defend but Honorio finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ghetea moves into full guard.
Ghetea keeping moving, preventing Honorio from controlling successfully.
Honorio lands a couple of elbows.
Honorio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio trying to control but Ghetea is working from the bottom.
Honorio is fighting to break Ghetea's control of his arms but Ghetea is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Honorio stops Ghetea from standing up.
Honorio 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.
Ghetea wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ghetea holds on and takes a little breather.
Honorio preventing the sweep.
Honorio pushes down on Ghetea's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ghetea is looking to control Honorio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ghetea avoid being mounted?
Honorio is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ghetea has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Honorio is working away from the top position though.
Honorio is trying to control the action in half guard but Ghetea is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ghetea is looking for a sweep. Honorio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ghetea looks like he's trying to stand up.
Honorio trying to control the action but Ghetea is working from the bottom.
Ghetea trying to control from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters circling - Ghetea throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Honorio half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Darius Ghetea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Honorio misses with a series of wild punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vinicius Honorio.
Well Honorio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Honorio!
During a confident post fight interview, Vinicius Honorio thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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