PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Bonito (ranked 6099 p4p, 20920 weight class) and Luciano Violante (ranked 514 p4p, 624 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bonito
vs
Violante

178 cm
19
155
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

MKFC

Distinct Label
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulo Bonito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luciano Violante!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Violante moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Bonito has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bonito misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bonito.
Bonito using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Bonito scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Violante fails to land.
Violante lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Violante has a couple of punches blocked by Bonito.
Bonito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonito obliges.
Violante takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Violante misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bonito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Violante has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Violante tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonito managing to block the knees to the body from Violante.
Bonito managing to block the knees to the body from Violante.
Violante struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonito controls his hands.
Bonito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Violante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bonito tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonito lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Violante takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonito connects with a knee to the head.
Violante misses with a knee to the head.
Violante lands a nice uppercut.
Bonito looking to throw knees to the head but Violante is blocking nicely.
Bonito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonito blocks the elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Bonito.

Bonito has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Violante clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonito has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Violante's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonito's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Bonito.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Bonito showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bonito has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 10:9
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 10:9
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Bonito!