PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Honcho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoyt Jurgensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honcho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Beastie Boys- Sabotage. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jurgensen's choice of entrance music: Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Beret. Mike Honcho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Honcho
vs
Jurgensen

181 cm
28
165 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

183 cm
27
165 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Honcho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoyt Jurgensen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurgensen dodges the punch combination from Honcho.
Jurgensen swinging wildly here.
Honcho swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Honcho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Honcho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jurgensen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Jurgensen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jurgensen wants to pass the guard but Honcho is defending well.
Jurgensen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jurgensen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Honcho's head.
Jurgensen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jurgensen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jurgensen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jurgensen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Honcho's head.
Jurgensen controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurgensen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jurgensen perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Honcho avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jurgensen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jurgensen passes to side control.
Jurgensen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jurgensen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jurgensen grinds an elbow into Honcho's temple.
Honcho is breathing heavily.
Honcho avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jurgensen.
Jurgensen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurgensen tries to advance to mount but Honcho denies him.
Jurgensen remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jurgensen lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honcho parries the strikes from Jurgensen easily there. Jurgensen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Honcho to escape.
Honcho seems a little lost for a moment, as Jurgensen dominates the positioning.
Check out the look on Jurgensen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Jurgensen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jurgensen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Honcho is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jurgensen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Honcho being controlled for a moment.
Jurgensen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurgensen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jurgensen lands some shots froms side control.
Jurgensen advances nicely into full mount.
Jurgensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Jurgensen thowing shots but they're missing.
Jurgensen unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hoyt Jurgensen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jurgensen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jurgensen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Honcho in his tracks.
Jurgensen looks to land a left hand but Honcho moved out of range nicely.
Honcho walks into a left hand.

Jurgensen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jurgensen trying to control the position but Honcho is working away.
Jurgensen works to advance to full mount. Honcho defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jurgensen raining down shots from the mount!
Jurgensen throwing strikes here but Honcho is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jurgensen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Honcho is bucking up trying to escape but Jurgensen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honcho is in a horrible position here. Jurgensen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jurgensen lands a big elbow.
Jurgensen controlling the pace for now.
Jurgensen lands a heavy elbow.
Jurgensen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurgensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Jurgensen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jurgensen tries to control but Honcho wriggling away.
Jurgensen landing strikes from the mount and Honcho is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jurgensen lands a nice shot to the head.

Jurgensen goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Honcho is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jurgensen kicks Honcho off and gets to his feet.
Jurgensen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jurgensen jabs Honcho to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jurgensen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jurgensen lands with a hook. Honcho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jurgensen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Jurgensen catches Honcho right on the button with a cross.

Honcho is rocked!
Honcho walks straight into a right hand from Jurgensen - that's dropped him! Jurgensen jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Honcho from any more punishment! Honcho complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hoyt Jurgensen!