PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lope Bonafacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jett Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Padilla comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In da club - 50 cent kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bonafacio
vs
Padilla

180 cm
26
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lope Bonafacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jett Padilla!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonafacio looks to score with a jab to the body but Padilla is just out of range.
Padilla staying out of range there.

Padilla tries to sprawl but Bonafacio drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Padilla regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bonafacio throws a strike but Padilla rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Padilla missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bonafacio striking off his back but it's not causing Padilla any problems.
Bonafacio throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Bonafacio trying to control the position.
Bonafacio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Padilla's guard.
Bonafacio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Padilla is keeping the position for now.
Bonafacio throws a strike but Padilla rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla advances to half guard.
Bonafacio is trying to get back to full guard.
Bonafacio landing a few short strikes.
Bonafacio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bonafacio.
Padilla throws an elbow that misses. Bonafacio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Padilla's guard. Nice move by Bonafacio!
Bonafacio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bonafacio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Padilla's head.
Bonafacio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bonafacio lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonafacio wants to pass the guard but Padilla is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bonafacio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bonafacio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Padilla works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bonafacio is looking to work some ground and pound but Padilla has wrist control.
Bonafacio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bonafacio throwing strikes from guard but Padilla blocks nicely.
Bonafacio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bonafacio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bonafacio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonafacio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bonafacio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bonafacio has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bonafacio throwing strikes but missing.
Bonafacio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Padilla has momentary wrist control but Bonafacio slips an elbow through the middle.
Bonafacio chips away with some ground and pound.
Padilla looks gassed!
Bonafacio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bonafacio forces his way into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonafacio lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonafacio is pressing down on Padilla's thigh, looking to free his foot. Padilla is holding on for now.

Bonafacio is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bonafacio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bonafacio is working for a submission of some sort.
Padilla on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lope Bonafacio dominated that 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.

Bonafacio is looking to chop away at Padilla's legs.
Bonafacio misses with a hook to the body
and Bonafacio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bonafacio misses with a shot to the body
and Padilla counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Bonafacio manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Padilla on his heels. He'll look to pass Padilla's guard now, I'm sure.
Bonafacio knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Padilla on the ground.
Bonafacio scoring with some ground and pound.
Bonafacio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bonafacio trying to control but Padilla is working from the bottom.
Bonafacio throws a big elbow that misses.
Padilla wants to get back to his feet but Bonafacio is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Padilla tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonafacio lands a couple of digs.
Bonafacio connects with a couple of short punches.
Bonafacio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Padilla works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bonafacio stands up over Padilla, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Padilla is breathing heavily.
Bonafacio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Padilla is rocked!
Bonafacio gets to his feet and stands over Padilla, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Padilla felt that one! Bonafacio unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Padilla from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lope Bonafacio!
Lope Bonafacio decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.