PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Laguna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bonaparte
vs
Laguna

176 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
145 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Crashforce Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Napoleon Bonaparte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marty Laguna!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laguna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonaparte was well out of range. Poor timing from Laguna.
Laguna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laguna throws a jab when Bonaparte was well out of range.
No joy there for Laguna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laguna misses with a wild body shot.
Bonaparte thuds his shin into the meat of Laguna's side.
Bonaparte throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Laguna.
Laguna avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bonaparte throws a front kick aimed at Laguna's knee but Laguna avoids it well.
Laguna lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bonaparte circles away quickly and effectively.
Laguna blocks a low kick nicely.
Bonaparte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bonaparte dodges the punch combination from Laguna.
Laguna lands with a nice body punch.
Bonaparte throws out a leg kick but Laguna moves out of range and Bonaparte only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte misses with a leg kick.

Bonaparte closes the distance and clinches.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laguna.
Laguna wants to break free but Bonaparte has control.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laguna.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laguna.
Laguna misses with a short punch on the inside.

Laguna manages to break the clinch.
Bonaparte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laguna swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte throws a chopping leg kick but Laguna manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laguna checks a low kick from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte throws a low kick but it's checked well by Laguna.
A punch combination from Laguna misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laguna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bonaparte throws a solid leg kick but Laguna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bonaparte.
Laguna lands a nice shot that snaps Bonaparte's head back.
Napoleon Bonaparte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laguna throws a body punch but Bonaparte moves out of range.
Bonaparte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bonaparte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick but Laguna checks it.
Laguna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laguna checks a leg kick nicely.
Bonaparte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bonaparte throws a sloppy head kick and Laguna moves out of range easily.
Bonaparte tries to clinch but Laguna moves out of range.
Laguna takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bonaparte there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A leg kick checked by Laguna.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bonaparte 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 Laguna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laguna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laguna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bonaparte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick that misses.
Bonaparte cracks the inside of Laguna's front leg.
Laguna looks gassed!
Laguna takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bonaparte tries to clinch up but Laguna circles away and keeps his distance.
Laguna keeps the fight on the outside.
Laguna throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte pivots, looking for a leg kick but Laguna is out of range and Bonaparte settles back down.
Bonaparte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte slips a jab and a cross from Laguna.
Both fighters circling a little - Bonaparte finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bonaparte throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonaparte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick which misses Laguna's front leg but catches the back leg as Laguna tries to avoid it.
Laguna avoids a kick to the body.
Bonaparte lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte tries to clinch up but Laguna circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonaparte connects with a solid leg kick.

Bonaparte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonaparte obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Napoleon Bonaparte dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A leg kick checked by Laguna.
Laguna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laguna takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonaparte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laguna lands a really nice looking cross but Bonaparte seems unphased.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bonaparte. Laguna shrugs it off though.
Laguna lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bonaparte circles away quickly and effectively.
Bonaparte chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laguna sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bonaparte connects with a solid leg kick.
Laguna is breathing heavily.
Bonaparte wants to clinch up but Laguna keeps it at a distance.
Bonaparte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bonaparte thumps Laguna with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bonaparte scores with a head kick. Laguna tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonaparte wants to land a leg kick but Laguna is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laguna's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laguna throws a jab when Bonaparte was well out of range.
Bonaparte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laguna can do to turn this around?
Bonaparte fakes the leg kick and cracks Laguna in the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bonaparte.
Bonaparte plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That kick from Bonaparte tenderised Laguna's leg. Laguna is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bonaparte closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laguna takes an elbow to the temple.

Laguna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Bonaparte.
Laguna is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bonaparte rather than just go for the knockout.
Bonaparte connects with an inside leg kick.
Laguna throws a shot from downtown. Bonaparte moves away and avoids it.
Bonaparte scores with a head kick.
Bonaparte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laguna keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laguna thows a body shot but no joy.
Napoleon Bonaparte is winning the standup battle so far.
Bonaparte plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laguna misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguna throws out a loose jab but Bonaparte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bonaparte tries to work over Laguna's front leg with a kick but Laguna checks it.
Bonaparte turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marty Laguna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bonaparte avoids the body shot from Laguna.
Nice uppercut lands for Laguna. That snapped Bonaparte's head back.

Bonaparte has taken the fight to the clinch.
Laguna is trying to break free.
Laguna is trying to break free.

Laguna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Laguna misses.
Laguna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bonaparte throws a chopping leg kick but Laguna manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laguna avoids the head kick by Bonaparte.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laguna.
Laguna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonaparte thuds his shin into the meat of Laguna's side.
Laguna misses the jab.
Laguna throws a nice looking combination but Bonaparte bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Laguna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laguna tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice straight punches there by Laguna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Laguna.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonaparte misses with a low kick.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick which misses Laguna's front leg but catches the back leg as Laguna tries to avoid it.
Bonaparte attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Napoleon Bonaparte dominated that second round.
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.

Bonaparte turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Laguna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laguna thuds a left hand into Bonaparte's body.
Bonaparte shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bonaparte walks into a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Bonaparte finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bonaparte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laguna misses the shot to the body.

Bonaparte gets a clinch.
Bonaparte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Laguna's face.
Bonaparte lands an elbow that stopped Laguna in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte trying to land knees to the body.
Laguna working hard to break the clinch.
Laguna has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte misses with a knee strike.
Laguna's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bonaparte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Laguna in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laguna.
Laguna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonaparte has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bonaparte lands a good knee to the midsection. Laguna won't want to take too many of those.
Bonaparte working Laguna over with knees to the body.
Bonaparte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bonaparte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonaparte utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bonaparte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonaparte tries to land knees in the clinch but Laguna avoids the damage to the body.
Laguna tries to break the clinch but Bonaparte is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bonaparte.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Laguna's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laguna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laguna takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laguna takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonaparte.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonaparte.
Laguna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bonaparte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laguna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonaparte scores with a knee to the head.
Laguna can't break the clinch.
Bonaparte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Laguna's face.
Bonaparte scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonaparte landing knees to the body.
Bonaparte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonaparte.
Laguna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laguna is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laguna.
Laguna is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonaparte has double underhooks.
Bonaparte lands a good knee to the midsection. Laguna won't want to take too many of those.
Bonaparte misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte misses with a knee to the head.
Laguna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laguna throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Laguna's face.
Bonaparte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laguna blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Bonaparte.

Laguna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bonaparte 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 Laguna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laguna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laguna swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Laguna swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bonaparte goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bonaparte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that misses.
Bonaparte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laguna throws a jab when Bonaparte was well out of range.
Laguna looks to land a combination. Bonaparte sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Laguna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laguna throws a series of punches but Bonaparte avoids them all with ease.
Laguna blocks a low kick nicely.
Bonaparte tried to score with a low kick but Laguna checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Napoleon Bonaparte clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bonaparte throws a leg kick but Laguna checks it.
Laguna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonaparte was well out of range. Poor timing from Laguna.
Laguna misses with a series of wild punches.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick which misses Laguna's front leg but catches the back leg as Laguna tries to avoid it.
Laguna scores with a shot to the body.
Bonaparte misses with a head kick.
Bonaparte throws a low kick but Laguna avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laguna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bonaparte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laguna throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laguna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laguna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte scores with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte ducks right into an uppercut from Laguna.
Bonaparte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bonaparte throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A leg kick checked by Laguna.
Laguna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bonaparte.
A good leg kick by Bonaparte.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte slips a jab from Laguna.
Bonaparte lands a head kick!
Laguna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bonaparte manages to avoid it.
Laguna misses with a series of wild punches.
Laguna on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bonaparte. Bonaparte obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte is looking to clinch but Laguna is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Laguna.
Bonaparte tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laguna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Laguna looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonaparte is just out of range.
Bonaparte throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laguna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bonaparte throws a low kick but Laguna moves out of range easily.
Laguna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte tries to clinch up but Laguna circles away and keeps his distance.
Bonaparte moves in looking to clinch but Laguna pushes him off.
Bonaparte avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Laguna does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Laguna misses with the combination.
Laguna throws a hook but Bonaparte blocks it.
Bonaparte misses with a low kick.
Laguna takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A head kick misses from Bonaparte.
Laguna misses the shot to the body.
Bonaparte lands with a kick to the temple. Laguna shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bonaparte moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick but Laguna sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Napoleon Bonaparte had his way with Marty Laguna in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bonaparte throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Laguna.
Laguna looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonaparte is just out of range.
Bonaparte throws a front kick aimed at Laguna's knee but Laguna avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Laguna blocks the low kick.
Laguna lands a nice shot to the body.
Bonaparte looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laguna lands with a nice body punch.
Bonaparte swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laguna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Laguna throws a series of punches but Bonaparte moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laguna misses with a looping left.
Bonaparte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laguna.
No joy there for Laguna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that Laguna semi-blocks.
Bonaparte lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bonaparte throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Laguna's head.

Laguna is rocked!
Bonaparte tries to clinch there but Laguna circles away.
Bonaparte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bonaparte wants to slow Laguna down by chopping away at his legs.
Bonaparte keeps Laguna at a distance using the push kick.
Laguna throws a big shot that misses.
Bonaparte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Laguna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marty Laguna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Napoleon Bonaparte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick which misses Laguna's front leg but catches the back leg as Laguna tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Bonaparte.
Laguna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laguna on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bonaparte. Bonaparte obviously looking to wear him down.
Laguna fails to land with a series of punches.
Bonaparte throws a wild body kick that Laguna sees coming a mile off.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laguna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laguna is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Bonaparte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bonaparte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laguna's sensitive parts.
Bonaparte pivots, looking for a leg kick but Laguna is out of range and Bonaparte settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laguna's calf.
Bonaparte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bonaparte lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bonaparte feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laguna's calf.
Bonaparte throws a low kick, looking for Laguna's leg but Laguna calmly moves out of range.
Bonaparte lands a leg kick that knocks Laguna off balance momentarily.
Bonaparte looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bonaparte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bonaparte throws a sloppy head kick and Laguna moves out of range easily.
Bonaparte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laguna.
Bonaparte tries a head kick but it misses.
Laguna lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laguna blocks a head kick by Bonaparte.
Laguna throws the left hand but Bonaparte avoids the punch easily.
Bonaparte avoids the body shot from Laguna.
Laguna wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch but Laguna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laguna throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte connects with a leg kick. Laguna looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bonaparte is looking to slow Laguna down with leg kicks.
Bonaparte wants to clinch.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Napoleon Bonaparte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonaparte has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Napoleon Bonaparte!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Napoleon Bonaparte!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Napoleon Bonaparte!

Napoleon Bonaparte wins by unanimous decision!
Napoleon Bonaparte retains his featherweight title!