PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Bonney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Walker is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bonney
vs
Walker

190 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Sport Science Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bonney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Walker!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker shoots in but Bonney avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bonney closes the distance and clinches up with Walker, looking for a takedown. Bonney pushes Walker against the cage but Walker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Walker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bonney is looking to control Walker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bonney avoid being mounted?
Bonney tries to roll over but Walker keeps him under control.
Bonney flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Walker performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bonney is looking to escape.
Walker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bonney is looking for a sweep. Walker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bonney trying to control but Walker postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker tries to stand and escape but Bonney is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonney manages to get to full guard.
Bonney trying to control the position.
Walker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Bonney looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bonney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker sitting in guard here, content to control.
Walker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bonney is proving hard to escape from.
Bonney is trying to control the position but Walker postures up.

Bonney is looking for a triangle but Walker pushes his legs off easily.

Walker drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bonney manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Walker has Bonney in his guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bonney thows a big elbow that misses.
Walker trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bonney. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bonney working some strikes from top position.
Bonney is fighting to break Walker's control of his arms but Walker is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bonney with a flurry of punches that miss.

Walker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Walker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bonney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bonney lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bonney thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bonney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Walker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bonney landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bonney's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bonney throws a big right hand that misses.
Bonney in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bonney throws a big right hand that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Walker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walker controlling Bonney's posture.
Bonney stops Walker from standing up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Walker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bonney throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonney in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bonney loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Walker controlling Bonney's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Bonney dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice sprawl there from Walker as Bonney shoots in.
Walker shoots in for a takedown but Bonney shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick misses from Walker.
A jab from Walker misses.
Bonney tries for a takedown but Walker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bonney sprawls well. Bonney wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walker gets slowly back to his feet.
Walker shoots in looking for a takedown but Bonney manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Walker's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
William Bonney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Walker.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bonney throws a low kick but Walker avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker tries for a takedown but Bonney sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice sprawl there from Bonney as Walker shoots in.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bonney as he jumps to the side.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Walker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Walker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bonney avoids it really well and circles away.
Bonney fails with a takedown attempt.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Walker. No joy for Bonney on that attempt.
Bonney shoots in looking for a takedown. Walker tries to sprawl out of it but Bonney keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Walker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Walker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bonney swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker.
Bonney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Walker moves into the clinch successfully.
Bonney is pressed up against the cage. Walker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bonney down to the mat. Bonney avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Walker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bonney is fending him off so far but Walker persists. Nope, Bonney circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bonney's waist but Bonney gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Walker off to one side.

Walker has Bonney up against the cage in a clinch.
Bonney changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Walker fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Walker clinches with his opponent.
Bonney has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Walker lands a knee to the body.
Walker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Walker manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonney looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
A jab from Walker misses.
Walker fails with a takedown attempt.
Walker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bonney.
Walker shoots in and drives through. Bonney sprawls well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney shoots in looking for a takedown but Walker manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bonney's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Walker fails with the takedown.
Bonney tries to score a power double leg takedown but Walker sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bonney somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Walker slaps away a takedown attempt from Bonney, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bonney fails with the takedown.
Bonney looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bonney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bonney misses with a double jab.
Walker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Walker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bonney.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bonney as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walker closes the distance and pushes Bonney back into the cage.
Bonney can't get the takedown.

Walker has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bonney is trying to keep an underhook but Walker manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Walker blocks the strikes from Bonney.
Bonney misses with some strikes from the bottom.
William Bonney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bonney looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bonney trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonney is looking to improve his position.
Walker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Walker is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bonney regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bonney controls Walker momentarily but Walker frees himself.
Bonney 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bonney had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Walker defends it easily.
Walker postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a strike but Bonney rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bonney missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Walker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bonney lands a couple of elbows.
Walker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bonney.
Walker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bonney.

Walker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Walker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walker wants to sweep here but Bonney controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bonney is looking to work some ground and pound but Walker has wrist control.
Bonney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bonney here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Walker has Bonney pulled in close to control his posture.
Walker wants to stand and escape but Bonney is having none of it.
Bonney scoring with some ground and pound.
Bonney advances position into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney throwing shots but missing, from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonney is putting a hurting on Walker here, landing some big shots from side control.
An elbow from Bonney crashes against the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Bonney showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bonney has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Bonney!