PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dest Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres Bonifacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dest Royer had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Royer
vs
Bonifacio

188 cm
22
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dest Royer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andres Bonifacio!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bonifacio looks to land a right hand but Royer moved out of range.
Bonifacio misses with a looping left.
Royer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bonifacio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Royer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Andres Bonifacio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Royer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bonifacio throws out the jab.

Royer has managed to clinch.
Bonifacio tries to break the clinch but Royer is controlling the position.
Bonifacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bonifacio tries to break the clinch but Royer is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Royer.
Bonifacio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Royer.
Royer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bonifacio avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bonifacio scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Bonifacio.
Royer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Royer as the two fighters clinch.
Bonifacio takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Royer.
Bonifacio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bonifacio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Royer has him pressed against the cage.
Bonifacio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Royer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Bonifacio's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonifacio has had enough of the clinch but Royer keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio tries to break free but Royer pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Bonifacio.
Bonifacio is trying to break free.
Bonifacio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Royer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonifacio's efforts to push away.
Bonifacio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bonifacio is leaning against Royer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bonifacio tries to circle away but Royer has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Royer.
Royer misses with the head strike.
Bonifacio has had enough of the clinch but Royer keeps him there for the moment.
Bonifacio misses with a short punch on the inside.

Royer turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bonifacio looks gassed!
Bonifacio avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Royer.
Royer is looking to take a break and control but Bonifacio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Royer working away.
Bonifacio defending against the ground and pound.
Royer throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Royer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Royer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is looking for a sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bonifacio lands with a shot to the body.
A big right from Bonifacio misses.
Bonifacio lands a right hook to the body.
Royer slips a straight right by Bonifacio.
Bonifacio cracks Royer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Royer.
Bonifacio swats away the attempt to clinch by Royer.
Bonifacio misses the shot to the body.
Royer tries to clinch there but Bonifacio circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royer doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonifacio circles away.
Royer tries to close the distance and clinch but Bonifacio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bonifacio misses with an uppercut.
Royer defending well as Bonifacio loads up on a big left hand.
Bonifacio throws a lazy right hand but Royer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Royer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bonifacio is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bonifacio takes a swing at Royer's ribcage but misses.
Bonifacio takes a swing at Royer's ribcage but misses.
Donk. Bonifacio catches Royer right on the button with a cross.
Royer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bonifacio misses with a wild body shot.

Royer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bonifacio to the mat! Bonifacio manages to get full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is trying to keep Royer in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Royer landing with the ground and pound.
Bonifacio looking to control.
Royer landing with the ground and pound.
Royer connects with a couple of short punches.
Bonifacio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Royer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bonifacio wants to sweep here but Royer controlling him for the moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bonifacio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bonifacio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Royer trying to control but Bonifacio is working from the bottom.
Royer chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dest Royer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bonifacio just misses with a punch to the body.
Bonifacio throws a hook but Royer blocks it.
Bonifacio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bonifacio throws a hook but Royer blocks it.
A slow jab from Bonifacio misses its intended target.
Royer tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from Bonifacio misses the target.
Bonifacio stuns Royer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonifacio cracks a nice hook into Royer's ribs.
Bonifacio looks to land a left hand but Royer moved out of range nicely.
Bonifacio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bonifacio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andres Bonifacio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer tries to clinch but Bonifacio moves out of range.
Bonifacio misses with a wild body shot.
Bonifacio should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bonifacio thows a body shot but no joy.
Bonifacio throws a hook to the side of Royer's head but Royer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Royer blocks a jab.
Royer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bonifacio takes a swing at Royer's ribcage but misses.
Bonifacio swats away the attempt to clinch by Royer.
Royer wants to clinch.
Bonifacio misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bonifacio keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Royer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Royer moves away from the strike by Bonifacio.
Royer shoots for a takedown but Bonifacio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Royer takes one on the button.
Bonifacio misses with a wild body shot.
Bonifacio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Royer.
Royer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bonifacio loads up on a big right hand but Royer slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio scores with a nice right hand.
Bonifacio misses with a straight right.
Royer is looking to clinch but Bonifacio is avoiding it.
Bonifacio throws a body punch but Royer moves out of range.
Bonifacio misses with a looping right.
Bonifacio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Royer wants to clinch up but Bonifacio keeps it at a distance.

Royer instigates a clinch.
Bonifacio lands a nice uppercut.
Bonifacio is trying to force a seperation but Royer has the dominant position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Royer.
Bonifacio is breathing heavily.
Royer misses with the head strike.
Bonifacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bonifacio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bonifacio stops a takedown attempt from Royer.
Bonifacio can't break the clinch.
Bonifacio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Royer's elbow.
Royer lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Royer.
Royer presses Bonifacio against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonifacio.
Royer pushes Bonifacio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Royer scores with a hook to the body.
Royer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonifacios head.

Royer ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Royer no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Royer punching from the bottom.
Royer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Royer 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.
Royer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bonifacio takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Royer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bonifacio's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royer throws a big right hand that misses.
Bonifacio keeping moving, preventing Royer from controlling successfully.
Bonifacio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bonifacio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dest Royer dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Royer blocks a jab.
Royer moves out of range of the strikes.
Bonifacio misses with a looping left.
Bonifacio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonifacio throws an overhand right that lands on Royer's shoulder, as Royer tries to avoid the shot.

Royer gets the takedown into side control.
Royer lands some shots froms side control.
Royer in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Royer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bonifacio struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The strikes coming from Royer are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Royer looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bonifacio is avoiding damage well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bonifacio is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bonifacio struggling a bit here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Royer moves out of range as Bonifacio strikes.
Royer tries to clinch there but Bonifacio circles away.
Bonifacio lands a lovely overhand right.
Bonifacio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Royer manages to avoid it.
Bonifacio missing with a left hand there. Royer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bonifacio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Royer manages to avoid it.
Royer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bonifacio throws out the jab.
Royer doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonifacio circles away.
Bonifacio misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Royer has Bonifacio up against the cage in a clinch.
Bonifacio is trying to break free.
Bonifacio tries to break free but Royer pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Royer as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Bonifacio.
A shot in the inside from Royer.
Royer gets through Bonifacio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Royer lands a nice uppercut.
Royer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bonifacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dest Royer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Royer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bonifacio gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bonifacio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Royer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Royer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Royer pulls guard effortlessly.
Royer keeping moving, preventing Bonifacio from controlling successfully.
Royer controlling Bonifacio's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royer keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Bonifacio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Royer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Royer controls Bonifacio momentarily but Bonifacio frees himself.
Bonifacio wants to pass the guard but Royer is keeping the position.
Royer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Royer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Royer has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bonifacio's face.
Royer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bonifacio wants to hold on but Royer pushes him away.
Bonifacio is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royer with the ground and pound from mount.
Bonifacio is looking to improve his position but Royer isn't that keen on the idea.
Royer lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Royer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bonifacio working to try and regain half guard.
Royer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bonifacio?
Bonifacio just holding on.
Royer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bonifacio really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dest Royer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Royer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dest Royer!