PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andres Bonifacio (ranked 4182 p4p, 5582 weight class) and Morello Hawthorne (ranked 218 p4p, 245 weight class). Bonifacio comes into the arena with Don't Stop Me Now- Queen blaring out of the sound system. Andres Bonifacio has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bonifacio
vs
Hawthorne

170 cm
20
140
2 - 2 - 0

159 cm
19
130
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andres Bonifacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morello Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonifacio looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawthorne is just out of range.
Hawthorne throws out a counter right but Bonifacio avoids it with no problem.
Bonifacio scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawthorne should have avoided that one.
Bonifacio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonifacio takes one on the button.
Bonifacio jabs at Hawthorne's body.
Hawthorne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bonifacio avoids the body shot from Hawthorne.
Bonifacio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hawthorne.
Bonifacio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Andres Bonifacio has been cut.
Hawthorne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hawthorne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawthorne misses with a wild body shot.
Bonifacio scores with a sloppy right hand. Hawthorne should have avoided that one.
Hawthorne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bonifacio.
Bonifacio throws a shot to the body.
Hawthorne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bonifacio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bonifacio throws a hook to the side of Hawthorne's head but Hawthorne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hawthorne doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hawthorne on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Andres Bonifacio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonifacio avoids the body shot from Hawthorne.
Bonifacio lands with a hook. Hawthorne tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bonifacio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bonifacio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bonifacio throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawthorne.
It seemed like Hawthorne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bonifacio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hawthorne was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonifacio.
Bonifacio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bonifacio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hawthorne has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bonifacio throws a jab when Hawthorne was well out of range.
Hawthorne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawthorne works the jab nicely.
Bonifacio throws a hook but Hawthorne avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bonifacio.
Bonifacio missing with a left hand there. Hawthorne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bonifacio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawthorne connects with a body shot.
Bonifacio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawthorne.
Bonifacio lands a head shot.
Bonifacio misses the body punch
and Hawthorne counters with a nice body shot.
Bonifacio throws a jab when Hawthorne was well out of range.
Hawthorne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bonifacio. Bonifacio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A head kick from Hawthorne lands but Bonifacio takes it in his stride.
Bonifacio throws the left hand but Hawthorne avoids the punch easily.
Hawthorne lands a jab to the head.
Hawthorne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bonifacio.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hawthorne.
Bonifacio just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Hawthorne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne looks to land a left hand but Bonifacio moved out of range nicely.
Jab by Bonifacio.
Hawthorne looks to land a right hand but Bonifacio moved out of range.
Hawthorne scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bonifacio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hawthorne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bonifacio lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bonifacio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bonifacio walks into a jab.
Nice jab there from Bonifacio.
Hawthorne connects with a right hand. Bonifacio shakes it off.

Bonifacio is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonifacio throws a right hand that misses
and Hawthorne counters with a big right hand! Oh Bonifacio is in trouble here! Hawthorne follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Morello Hawthorne!