PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benson Bonanza (ranked 3340 p4p, 1836 weight class) and Ivan Draganov (ranked 273 p4p, 157 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bonanza
vs
Draganov

160 cm
44
155
25 - 23 - 1

178 cm
28
154
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Benson Bonanza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ivan Draganov!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Watson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonanza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Draganov lands a nice shot that snaps Bonanza's head back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Draganov. That's going to slow Bonanza down.
Draganov scores with a jab to the head.
Draganov lands with a hook. Bonanza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bonanza takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bonanza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bonanza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draganov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bonanza walks into a stiff left hand from Draganov.
Draganov lands a right hook to the body.
Ivan Draganov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Draganov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Benson Bonanza has been cut.
Draganov lands with a good body shot.
Draganov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Draganov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bonanza on the side of the head.
Bonanza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Draganov finds it's way round the side to connect with Bonanza's head.
Draganov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Draganov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Draganov throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Draganov scores with the left hand. Bonanza knows he should have avoided that one.
Draganov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bonanza's hands.
Draganov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Draganov misses with a wild combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Draganov.
Bonanza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Draganov to score with a decent uppercut.
Bonanza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Draganov cracks Bonanza with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Draganov has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bonanza to stand back up!

Bonanza is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draganov scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Bonanza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Draganov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bonanza had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Bonanza moves out of range as Draganov throws a body kick.
Bonanza throws a counter high kick but Draganov was just alert enough to avoid it.
Bonanza seems to have got his legs back now.
Draganov lands a lovely overhand right.
Danga de danga de dang - Draganov scores with a four punch combination!
Draganov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bonanza ducks right into an uppercut from Draganov.
Bonanza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Draganov finds it's way round the side to connect with Bonanza's head.
Both fighters circling a little - Draganov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draganov misses with a double jab
and Draganov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draganov cracks Bonanza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Draganov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Draganov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Draganov scores with the left hand. Bonanza knows he should have avoided that one.
Draganov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonanza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Draganov connects with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonanza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bonanza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Draganov swings for the body but Bonanza moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bonanza misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Draganov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benson Bonanza's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bonanza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draganov can pounce on him.
Ivan Draganov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draganov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bonanza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bonanza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bonanza appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bonanza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Draganov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Draganov.
A head kick from Draganov lands but Bonanza takes it in his stride.
Draganov lands a big right hook! Bonanza looks hurt but is still standing! Draganov lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Bonanza falls down and Draganov dives in with a huge hammer fist! Bonanza's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Draganov runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ivan Draganov!
Ivan Draganov spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.