PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TJ Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fisher
vs
Bonjasky

185 cm
24
205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
218 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Convicted

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TJ Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernesto Bonjasky!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher throws a jab when Bonjasky was well out of range.
Fisher tries to clinch up.

Bonjasky moves into range and clinches up with Fisher.

Fisher gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fisher keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bonjasky is looking to improve his position.
Fisher passes to side control.

Fisher stands up and beckons Bonjasky to his feet.
Bonjasky goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like TJ Fisher has been cut.
Fisher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fisher waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bonjasky.
Fisher swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonjasky.
Fisher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fisher tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fisher takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Bonjasky closes the distance and clinches.
Fisher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bonjasky backwards.
Bonjasky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fisher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bonjasky looking to throw knees to the head but Fisher is blocking nicely.
Bonjasky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fisher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonjasky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bonjasky lands a nice knee to the body.
Bonjasky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fisher managing to block the knees to the body from Bonjasky.

Bonjasky breaks the clinch.
Bonjasky lands a head kick!
TJ Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fisher throws a hook but Bonjasky blocks it.
Fisher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fisher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fisher throws out a loose jab but Bonjasky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fisher wants to clinch but Bonjasky slips to the side
and Bonjasky counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A big left from Fisher misses.
Fisher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonjasky was well out of range. Poor timing from Fisher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher looks to clinch
and Bonjasky counters with an inside leg kick.
Bonjasky throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fisher is breathing heavily.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonjasky, right into the meat.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch but Bonjasky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bonjasky moves into the clinch successfully.
Fisher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonjasky has him pressed against the cage.
Bonjasky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonjasky lands an elbow just above Fisher 's eye.
Bonjasky keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fisher's efforts to push away.
Bonjasky tries to land a knee to the head but Fisher blocks with his arms.

Bonjasky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher throws a leg kick
and Bonjasky counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bonjasky stuffs the takedown.
Fisher 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.
Bonjasky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fisher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bonjasky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fisher throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fisher throws out the jab.
Fisher throws a series of punches but Bonjasky avoids them all with ease.
Bonjasky throws a nice head kick!
Bonjasky looks to land a combination. Fisher sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ernesto Bonjasky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fisher tries to clinch but Bonjasky moves away
and Bonjasky counters with a solid body kick.
Fisher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonjasky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fisher.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the temple. Fisher shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fisher misses with a series of wild punches.
Fisher doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonjasky circles away.
Bonjasky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fisher tries to clinch but Bonjasky moves out of range.
Bonjasky lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fisher throws a leg kick
and Bonjasky counters with a good, hard body kick but Fisher shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Fisher misses.
Fisher looks to clinch
and Bonjasky counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bonjasky scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fisher takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bonjasky, as that shot connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bonjasky.
Fisher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bonjasky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bonjasky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bonjasky scores with a nice body kick.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice uppercut there from Bonjasky.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky scores with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Bonjasky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TJ Fisher's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bonjasky has closed the distance and engaged Fisher in a clinch.
Bonjasky misses with a knee to the head.
Fisher takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fisher wants a takedown.

Bonjasky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fisher will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fisher misses with a hook.
Bonjasky is looking to slow Fisher down with leg kicks.
Fisher shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bonjasky defends it nicely.
Bonjasky throws a nice head kick!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fisher is defended easily by Bonjasky.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fisher walks into a straight right hand from Bonjasky.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fisher tries for a takedown but Bonjasky sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bonjasky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fisher moves in looking to clinch but Bonjasky pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.
Bonjasky throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the temple. Fisher shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Bonjasky closes the distance and clinches.
Bonjasky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fisher's face.
Fisher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fisher.
Bonjasky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonjasky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonjasky lands a good knee to the midsection. Fisher won't want to take too many of those.
Bonjasky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fisher takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonjasky tries to land a knee to the head but Fisher blocks with his arms.
Fisher swings wildly with an uppercut but Bonjasky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fisher wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonjasky won't allow it.
Bonjasky prevents Fisher from breaking the clinch.
Fisher wants to break free but Bonjasky has control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bonjasky landing knees to the head.
Bonjasky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fisher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bonjasky keeps control of Fisher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fisher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fisher wants to break free but Bonjasky has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Fisher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fisher is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bonjasky is keeping busy.

Bonjasky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fisher throws a hook but Bonjasky avoids it easily.
Fisher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ernesto Bonjasky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonjasky.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fisher.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bonjasky has taken the fight to the clinch.

Fisher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fisher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bonjasky throws a leg kick which misses Fisher's front leg but catches the back leg as Fisher tries to avoid it.
Bonjasky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick from Bonjasky lands but Fisher takes it in his stride.
Fisher throws a lazy head kick
and Bonjasky counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fisher's head.
Fisher is looking to clinch.
Fisher misses with a hook.
Fisher tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bonjasky sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fisher somewhat.
Bonjasky chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fisher throws a big shot that misses.
Fisher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fisher on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fisher shoots for a double leg takedown but Bonjasky sprawls well. He's pushed Fisher's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bonjasky chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fisher fails with a takedown attempt.
Bonjasky with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fisher takes a step back to recover.
Fisher fails with a takedown attempt.
Bonjasky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fisher's head.
Bonjasky thumps Fisher with a low kick.
Fisher waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bonjasky.

Bonjasky closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fisher is trying to break the clinch but Bonjasky is controlling him.
Fisher has had enough of the clinch but Bonjasky keeps him there for the moment.
Bonjasky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Fisher tightens his grip and picks Bonjasky up, before dumping him to the ground. Bonjasky manages to land in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fisher is looking to stand up but Bonjasky won't let him.
Bonjasky is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Bonjasky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on TJ Fisher's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bonjasky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fisher's sensitive parts.

Fisher shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fisher controlling from the top position.
Bonjasky keeping moving, preventing Fisher from controlling successfully.
Bonjasky is looking to stand up but Fisher isn't so interested in that idea.
Fisher trying to control but Bonjasky is working from the bottom.

Bonjasky pushes Fisher off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Bonjasky takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher tries for a takedown but Bonjasky sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fisher shoots in looking for a takedown. Bonjasky tries to sprawl out of it but Fisher keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bonjasky manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fisher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonjasky.

Bonjasky has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fisher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bonjasky as Fisher tries to tie him up.

Bonjasky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fisher tries to clinch there but Bonjasky circles away.
Bonjasky tries a head kick but it misses.
Fisher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bonjasky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bonjasky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fisher.
Fisher misses with an uppercut. Bonjasky saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonjasky.

Fisher closes the distance and pushes Bonjasky back into the cage.
Bonjasky with a knee to the head.
Fisher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fisher tries to break the clinch but Bonjasky is controlling the position.
Bonjasky has Fisher pressed against the cage, preventing Fisher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fisher is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonjasky has double underhooks.
Bonjasky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bonjasky misses with a knee strike.
Fisher tries to circle away but Bonjasky has him pinned against the cage.
Fisher misses with a knee strike.
Bonjasky misses with a knee strike.
Fisher is looking to control Bonjasky's arms but Bonjasky gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fisher has his back to the cage.
Fisher is working Bonjasky over against the cage.

Bonjasky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bonjasky misses with a two punch combination.
Fisher tries to close the distance and clinch but Bonjasky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fisher connects with a right hand. Bonjasky shakes it off.
Fisher misses with a takedown
and Bonjasky makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fisher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bonjasky throws out the jab.

Fisher shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fisher sitting and controlling from the half guard.
TJ Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fisher wants to stand but Bonjasky has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Fisher seems to be working for a kimura but Bonjasky defends the submission attempt.

Fisher gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fisher drives through and clinches with Bonjasky against the cage.
Bonjasky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bonjasky trying to land knees to the body.
Fisher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fisher lands a shot to the body.

Fisher has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bonjasky clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fisher lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fisher scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Bonjasky wants to control his opponent's hands but Fisher gets his hands free.
Ernesto Bonjasky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Fisher.

And that's the end of the fight!
TJ Fisher showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bonjasky 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Bonjasky!