PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Bonaza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eks Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man has chosen The Prodigy 'Invaders Must Die' as his entrance music. Eks Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bonaza
vs
Man

192 cm
23
216 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

181 cm
24
217 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Bonaza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eks Man!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man misses the shot to the body.
Bonaza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bonaza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bonaza slips under a jab from Man.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bonaza.

Bonaza has Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Man is pushing Bonaza up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Come on Bonaza - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bonaza trying to land knees to the body.
Bonaza misses with a punch on the inside.
Man goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bonaza prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaza misses with a body punch.
Bonaza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonaza throws an elbow that misses.
Bonaza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bonaza.
A punch combination from Bonaza misses.
Man throws a jab when Bonaza was well out of range.
Bonaza misses with a hook.
Bonaza throws a leg kick but Man sees it coming and moves out of range.
Man shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bonaza pinned against the cage. Bonaza gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a hook. Bonaza ducked under it nicely.
Bonaza misses with a wild combination.
Bonaza attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bonaza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Man dives in and grabs Bonaza's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bonaza pushes down on Man's head and hops out.
Carlos Bonaza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eks Man.
Bonaza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Man.
Bonaza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonaza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Man moves out of range of the body kick from Bonaza.
Man throws a hook but Bonaza avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Bonaza. Those never looked like landing.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonaza counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Man!
Bonaza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonaza slaps away a takedown attempt from Man, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Man fails with a takedown attempt.
Man throws an off balance right hand
and Bonaza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Man shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bonaza defends it nicely.
Bonaza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonaza.
Bonaza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonaza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Man.
Man misses with an uppercut
and Bonaza counters with a nice body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonaza looks to land a body kick but Man moved away.
Bonaza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bonaza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Bonaza dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bonaza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bonaza misses with a head kick.
Man misses with a straight right.
Man shoots in but no luck this time.
Man is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Man throws a nice looking combination but Bonaza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bonaza misses with a wild body shot.
Man on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bonaza. Bonaza obviously looking to wear him down.
Bonaza thows a leg kick but Man checks it
and Man counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sloppy strikes from Bonaza. Those never looked like landing.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bonaza connects with an inside leg kick.
Bonaza ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Carlos Bonaza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaza looks to land a combination. Man sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Carlos Bonaza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Man lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bonaza at a distance.
Bonaza throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bonaza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bonaza misses with a few strikes there.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bonaza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bonaza lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Man misses.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonaza.
Bonaza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaza looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Bonaza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Man misses with a body shot.
Man closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Man closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bonaza's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man looking to pass the guard.
Man controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bonaza is keeping the position for now.
Man engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Man's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bonaza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Man on the ground.

Eks Man has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Man pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonaza motions for Man to come forward. Bonaza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaza misses with a low kick as Man jumps back.
Bonaza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Man checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bonaza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Bonaza.
Bonaza scores with a jab.
Bonaza ducks under a wild hook from Man.

Man shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bonaza manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Man advances to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eks Man will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Bonaza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Man sizes up Bonaza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Man blocks a head kick by Bonaza.
Bonaza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bonaza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Man slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bonaza throws a head kick that misses.
Bonaza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man connects with a single shot there.
Man throws the left hand but Bonaza avoids the punch easily.
Man tries to move into range but Bonaza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Bonaza gets caught flat footed, as Man shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bonaza keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaza on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bonaza tries to get out of the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Eks Man.
Bonaza is looking to chop away at Man's legs.
Bonaza fails to land with a series of punches.
Man bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Man takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man fails with a takedown attempt.
Bonaza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bonaza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Man closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bonaza did well to prevent Man getting side control.
Man content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Man looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bonaza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Man is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Man passes to side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eks Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Man has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eks Man!