PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Bonnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and adolfo padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephan Bonnar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to adolfo padilla's chin.

Bonnar
vs
padilla

190 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

194 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephan Bonnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, adolfo padilla!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonnar throws a looping overhand right but padilla ducks down to avoid it.
padilla misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bonnar keeps the fight on the outside.

Bonnar bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bonnar connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused padilla some visible discomfort.
padilla stops Bonnar from passing to mount.
Bonnar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but padilla is avoiding damage well.
Bonnar postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
padilla looks gassed!
Bonnar controls the position.
Bonnar grinds an elbow into padilla's temple.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bonnar lands a nice forearm strike.

Bonnar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but padilla is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bonnar controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar lands a nice forearm strike.
Bonnar working the ground and pound from side control.
Bonnar lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
padilla is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
padilla takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Bonnar scoring with punches and elbows.
Bonnar landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonnar is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar looks up at the clock and then as padilla takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bonnar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bonnar is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt padilla will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bonnar advances to mount.
Bonnar lands a big shot there that rocks padilla but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

It looks like adolfo padilla has been cut.
Bonnar controlling from the full mount.
Bonnar working padilla over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar controlling from mount.
Bonnar lands a heavy elbow.
Bonnar content just to control the position here.
Bonnar with shots to the head and body - padilla looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bonnar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Bonnar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but padilla manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at padilla to see if he's OK.
Bonnar lands some shots froms side control.
Bonnar controlling the position.
Bonnar lands a nice forearm strike.
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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lull in the action here as Bonnar stalls from top position.
Bonnar lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephan Bonnar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on adolfo padilla's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Bonnar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bonnar avoids the head kick by padilla.
Bonnar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bonnar tries to clinch but padilla moves out of range.

Bonnar gets a clinch.
padilla throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bonnar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bonnar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but padilla was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonnar.
Bonnar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
padilla throws and low kick but Bonnar moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonnar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A bone on bone clash there as padilla blocks the leg kick.
Bonnar tries to clinch but padilla moves out of range.
padilla is breathing heavily.
Bonnar misses with a head kick.
padilla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonnar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bonnar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. padilla did well to prevent Bonnar getting side control.
Bonnar is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Stephan Bonnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bonnar is looking to advance position but padilla won't allow it.
Bonnar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bonnar winds up and cracks padilla with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bonnar content to control rather than advance.
Ground and pound from Bonnar.
Bonnar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that padilla can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar controlling the action here.
Bonnar passes to full mount!
padilla wants to hold on but Bonnar pushes him away.

Bonnar with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
padilla really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bonnar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bonnar lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bonnar with the ground and pound from mount.

That has opened up adolfo padilla's cut even more.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bonnar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bonnar landing strikes from the mount.

The cut above adolfo padilla's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at adolfo padilla's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Stephan Bonnar!