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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). Edward Tjahyadikarta told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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300 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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300 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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 - 0, 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 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edward Tjahyadikarta!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tjahyadikarta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tjahyadikarta slips a jab from Honda.
Tjahyadikarta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tjahyadikarta manages to avoid it.
Honda misses with a wild body shot.
Tjahyadikarta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honda manages to avoid it.
Honda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slow jab from Honda misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tjahyadikarta. Honda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tjahyadikarta. Honda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honda tries to clinch up but Tjahyadikarta circles away and keeps his distance.
Honda moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Edward Tjahyadikarta has been cut.
Tjahyadikarta lands a nice shot that snaps Honda's head back.
Honda just misses with a punch to the body.
Honda throws a hook but Tjahyadikarta avoids it easily.
Tjahyadikarta swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
Tjahyadikarta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda misses with some punches.
Tjahyadikarta gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Honda moves into full guard.
Tjahyadikarta throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Honda controlling Tjahyadikarta's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tjahyadikarta throws a strike but Honda rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tjahyadikarta looking for a sweep. Not yet Tjahyadikarta, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda being controlled here momentarily.
Tjahyadikarta wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tjahyadikarta bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Honda's guard.
Honda trying to control the position here.
Tjahyadikarta trying to control the position from guard on top but Honda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta won't allow Honda to sweep him here.
Tjahyadikarta throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tjahyadikarta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tjahyadikarta postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Honda not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tjahyadikarta won't allow Honda to sweep him here.
Tjahyadikarta pushes down on Honda's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Honda might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tjahyadikarta working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Honda's thigh. Honda counters though and makes it back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Honda holds on and takes a little breather.
Tjahyadikarta is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Honda is trying to keep Tjahyadikarta in close.
Honda wants to hit a switch here but Tjahyadikarta passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Honda there!
Honda really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Piston Honda will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edward Tjahyadikarta's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Honda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda just misses with a punch to the body.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Honda in his tracks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Honda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Honda connects with the punch.
Honda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tjahyadikarta comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Honda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tjahyadikarta moves away.
Tjahyadikarta shoots in for a takedown but Honda shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Honda wants to clinch up but Tjahyadikarta keeps it at a distance.
Honda is looking to clinch but Tjahyadikarta is avoiding it.
Honda wants to clinch up but Tjahyadikarta keeps it at a distance.
Nice jab there from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda tries to clinch there but Tjahyadikarta circles away.
Honda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tjahyadikarta manages to avoid it.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Honda in his tracks.
Tjahyadikarta digs a good hook to Honda's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tjahyadikarta, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Honda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tjahyadikarta swats away the attempt to clinch by Honda.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Honda doesn't seem bothered though.
Tjahyadikarta is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Honda's half guard.
Tjahyadikarta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tjahyadikarta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Honda tries to kick Tjahyadikarta off but Tjahyadikarta keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tjahyadikarta drops an elbow to the side of Honda's head.
It looks like Piston Honda has been cut.
Honda keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tjahyadikarta throws a strike but Honda avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Tjahyadikarta content to stall in guard here.
Tjahyadikarta tries to free his leg and advance position but Honda is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tjahyadikarta trying to control the position from guard on top but Honda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tjahyadikarta wants to pass the guard but Honda is keeping the position.
Honda looking to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tjahyadikarta slips a jab and a cross from Honda.
Honda doesn't manage to clinch there - Tjahyadikarta circles away.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tjahyadikarta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tjahyadikarta has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Honda wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Honda misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda drops his hands momentarily and Tjahyadikarta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Piston Honda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tjahyadikarta shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tjahyadikarta showed some decent athleticism there.
Tjahyadikarta trying to pass the guard but Honda defending well.
Tjahyadikarta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tjahyadikarta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tjahyadikarta thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Honda keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Honda is controlling Tjahyadikarta's trapped leg to prevent Tjahyadikarta from advancing to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta is looking to advance position but Honda won't allow it.
Tjahyadikarta wants to take a breather but Honda is having none of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tjahyadikarta throws an overhand right that lands on Honda's shoulder, as Honda tries to avoid the shot.
Tjahyadikarta throws a lazy right hand but Honda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honda displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tjahyadikarta blocks an uppercut.
Honda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Honda.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Honda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta is breathing heavily.
Honda lands a right hand.
Honda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Honda.
Honda lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Edward Tjahyadikarta will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Honda lands a nice hook to Tjahyadikarta's body. Tjahyadikarta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Honda instigates a clinch.
Honda lands a nice uppercut.
Tjahyadikarta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Honda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That has opened up Edward Tjahyadikarta's cut even more.
Honda lands a hook that snaps the head of Tjahyadikarta backwards.
Nice body punch from Honda - that landed with a thud.
Honda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tjahyadikartas head.
A body shot lands from Honda.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honda.
Honda is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tjahyadikarta's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tjahyadikarta swings wildly with an uppercut but Honda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Honda scores with a nice short uppercut.
The cut above Edward Tjahyadikarta's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Good body shot from Honda.
Honda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tjahyadikarta backwards.
Piston Honda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Honda digs a right hand into Tjahyadikarta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tjahyadikarta's gas tank.
Honda is working Tjahyadikarta over against the cage.
Honda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Honda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tjahyadikarta or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honda.
Honda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Honda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Honda lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Honda - that landed with a thud.
Honda lands a shoulder strike.
Honda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tjahyadikarta backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Honda.
A shot in the inside from Honda.
A left hand lands to the body for Honda.
Honda lands a body shot in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Honda.
Honda scores with a shot to the side of Tjahyadikarta's head.
A short right from Honda on the inside.
Honda is leaning against Tjahyadikarta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Honda lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honda.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Honda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Honda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tjahyadikarta backwards.
Honda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Honda presses Tjahyadikarta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Honda lands a right hand.
Honda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Honda cracks Tjahyadikarta with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Honda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Edward Tjahyadikarta's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Honda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Honda.
Honda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Honda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a punch on the inside.
Honda lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Honda - that landed with a thud.
Honda works on Tjahyadikarta's body with a couple of short punches.
Honda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tjahyadikarta drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Honda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tjahyadikarta tries to work over Honda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honda misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Honda.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tjahyadikarta.
Honda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tjahyadikarta or not.
Tjahyadikarta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Honda digs a right hand underneath Tjahyadikarta's ribcage. Tjahyadikarta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda lands a right hand.
Honda lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tjahyadikarta backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Honda.
A shot in the inside from Honda.
Honda digs a right hand underneath Tjahyadikarta's ribcage. Tjahyadikarta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Honda lands a nice uppercut.
Honda lands a hook that snaps the head of Tjahyadikarta backwards.
Honda lands a body shot.
Honda digs a right hand underneath Tjahyadikarta's ribcage. Tjahyadikarta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Honda.
Honda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Honda lands with a short shot to the head.
Honda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Honda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Honda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tjahyadikartas head.
Honda throws a punch but it's blocked by Tjahyadikarta.
Still in the clinch, Honda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Honda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Honda works on Tjahyadikarta's body with a couple of short punches.
Tjahyadikarta can't get the takedown.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda digs a right hand underneath Tjahyadikarta's ribcage. Tjahyadikarta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a body punch.
Honda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Honda on the inside.
Honda lands a body punch.
Honda is leaning against Tjahyadikarta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Honda lands a nice shot to the body.
Honda lands a body shot.
Honda lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Honda.
Honda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Honda lands a body punch.
Honda digs a right hand into Tjahyadikarta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tjahyadikarta's gas tank.
Honda gets through Tjahyadikarta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tjahyadikarta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Honda.
Honda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tjahyadikarta can do to turn this around?
Honda is working Tjahyadikarta over against the cage.
Honda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Honda lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice uppercut there from Honda.
Honda misses with a straight left.
Honda thows a body shot but no joy.
Tjahyadikarta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honda.
Piston Honda is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Tjahyadikarta.
Honda moves forwards but Tjahyadikarta connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Honda throws a series of punches but Tjahyadikarta moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Honda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tjahyadikarta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Honda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tjahyadikarta throws out a powerful jab.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a nice strike.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Tjahyadikarta fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Honda throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honda.
Honda throws a series of punches but Tjahyadikarta moves out of range.
Tjahyadikarta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Honda at a distance.
Honda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A left lands for Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta cracks Honda with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tjahyadikarta is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tjahyadikarta lands a lovely overhand right.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a hook to the body. Honda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tjahyadikarta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tjahyadikarta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tjahyadikarta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Honda takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Honda throws a hook but Tjahyadikarta avoids it easily.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a hook to the body. Honda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tjahyadikarta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tjahyadikarta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Honda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tjahyadikarta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tjahyadikarta shoots in but no luck this time.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Honda ducks right into an uppercut from Tjahyadikarta.
A jab from Tjahyadikarta does it's job there.
Tjahyadikarta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Honda misses with a wild body shot.
Tjahyadikarta punishes Honda's body with a nice straight punch.
Tjahyadikarta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tjahyadikarta lands a nice looking body shot.
Tjahyadikarta swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
Tjahyadikarta jabs at Honda's body.
Honda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A shot to de liver by Tjahyadikarta. Beautiful body shot.
Honda is looking to wear down Tjahyadikarta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Honda on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta works Honda's body with a nice hook.
Honda takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Honda throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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.
Piston Honda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Tjahyadikarta.
Honda takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tjahyadikarta shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Honda but Honda pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A lazy left from Tjahyadikarta finds it's target.
Honda takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tjahyadikarta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tjahyadikarta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Honda's head.
Honda has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tjahyadikarta finds it's way round the side to connect with Honda's head.
Honda wants to clinch
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a straight right hand.
Good shot there by Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta connects with a single shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Honda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tjahyadikarta feints and as Honda raises his hands in defense, Tjahyadikarta changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tjahyadikarta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Honda can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tjahyadikarta controls the pace.
Honda looking to control.
Tjahyadikarta throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tjahyadikarta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Honda manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tjahyadikarta is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Tjahyadikarta dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tjahyadikarta swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
Honda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Honda ducks right into an uppercut from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda tries to clinch up.
Honda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tjahyadikarta was well out of range. Poor timing from Honda.
Tjahyadikarta lands a nice hook to Honda's body. Honda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Honda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tjahyadikarta.
Honda tries to clinch but Tjahyadikarta is having none of it.
Tjahyadikarta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Honda at a distance.
Honda lands a jab to Tjahyadikarta's midsection.
Tjahyadikarta bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Honda's head backwards.
Tjahyadikarta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tjahyadikarta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honda avoids the body shot from Tjahyadikarta.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Tjahyadikarta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tjahyadikarta circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a nice body shot.
No joy there for Honda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Honda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tjahyadikarta lands a nice shot to the body.
Tjahyadikarta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tjahyadikarta.
Tjahyadikarta connects with a single shot there.
Honda clobbers Tjahyadikarta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tjahyadikarta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honda.
Tjahyadikarta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tjahyadikarta jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Honda throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Honda looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a nice right hand.
Honda throws a combination that misses
and Tjahyadikarta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tjahyadikarta digs a good hook to Honda's body.
Tjahyadikarta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Piston Honda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tjahyadikarta fails with a takedown attempt.
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!
No luck for Tjahyadikarta with that takedown attempt.
Piston Honda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Tjahyadikarta.
Honda misses the body punch
and Tjahyadikarta counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tjahyadikarta scores with a jab to the body.
Honda throws an overhand right that lands on Tjahyadikarta's shoulder, as Tjahyadikarta tries to avoid the shot.
Tjahyadikarta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tjahyadikarta comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tjahyadikarta shoots for a double leg takedown but Honda sprawls well. He's pushed Tjahyadikarta's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tjahyadikarta lands with a nice body punch.
Tjahyadikarta lands with a good body shot.
Tjahyadikarta lands with an uppercut that bounces Honda off the cage and back into rage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta thows a body shot but no joy.
A left lands for Tjahyadikarta.
Honda misses the body punch
and Honda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tjahyadikarta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Honda. Honda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Honda takes the fight into the clinch.
Honda gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tjahyadikarta.
Honda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tjahyadikarta's elbow.
Good body shot from Honda.
Honda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Honda lands with a light punch inside.
Honda gets through Tjahyadikarta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tjahyadikarta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Honda backwards.
Tjahyadikarta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honda tries to work over Tjahyadikarta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Honda struggles to land a body shot inside as Tjahyadikarta controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tjahyadikarta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tjahyadikarta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Honda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tjahyadikarta's elbow.
Honda gets through Tjahyadikarta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tjahyadikarta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Honda's elbow.
Tjahyadikarta is working Honda over against the cage.
Tjahyadikarta can't find room to land a body shot as Honda controls the action.
Honda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Honda throws a punch but it's blocked by Tjahyadikarta.
A short right from Honda on the inside.
Honda struggles to land a body shot inside as Tjahyadikarta controls his hands.
Honda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tjahyadikarta wants a takedown but no success here.
Tjahyadikarta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Honda.
Honda tries a body shot but Tjahyadikarta blocks it.
Honda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tjahyadikarta.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tjahyadikarta prevents a body shot from Honda.
Honda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tjahyadikarta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Honda misses with a body punch.
Honda stops a takedown attempt from Tjahyadikarta.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Tjahyadikarta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tjahyadikarta has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 47:47
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 47:47
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 46:47
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Piston Honda retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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