PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Read (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bonnie Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Bonnie Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Read
vs
Bonnie Jr

180 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

♦Xplode Nutrition♦
[MMABR]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthur Read!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Bonnie Jr!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Bonnie Jr. No joy for Read on that attempt.

Read shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Read controlling the action here.
Read throws a strike but Bonnie Jr avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Read is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bonnie Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Read is controlling him.
Read not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnie Jr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bonnie Jr wants to stand up but Read is controlling him.
Read controls from within his opponent's guard.

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.
Read throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Read is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Arthur Read just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Bonnie Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Read closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bonnie Jr did well to prevent Read getting side control.
Read missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonnie Jr wants to get back to his feet.
Read looks to land a strike but Bonnie Jr avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bonnie Jr wants to get back to his feet but Read is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Read is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Read stops Bonnie Jr from standing up.
Read missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bonnie Jr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Read.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Read will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Read. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Read throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bonnie Jr's waist but Bonnie Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Read off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bonnie Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bonnie Jr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Read.
Read shoots for a takedown but Bonnie Jr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bonnie Jr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Read.
Read fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Arthur Read seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonnie Jr throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Read is breathing heavily.
Read shoots in but no luck this time.
Bonnie Jr gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Read counters with a shoot takedown. Bonnie Jr fights it but they end up in guard.
Bonnie Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Read is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Read dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bonnie Jr instigates a clinch.
Bonnie Jr connects with a knee to the head.
Bonnie Jr scores with a knee to the head.

Read is rocked!
Bonnie Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Read's face.
Oh Read is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonnie Jr creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Read! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Bonnie Jr.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Bonnie Jr!