PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Bonham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kung Chen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bonham
vs
Chen

190 cm
25
158 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
149 lbs
10 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Bonham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kung Chen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A lazy body kick from Bonham
and Chen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Chen.
Chen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bonham throws out a loose jab but Chen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bonham connects with an inside leg kick.
Bonham really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bonham throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Chen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Chen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bonham throws a lazy head kick
enabling Chen to counter with a crisp jab.
Bonham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonham feints and then cracks Chen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chen down.
Chen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
John Bonham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonham connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonham thows a body shot but no joy.
Bonham throws a lazy head kick
and Chen counters with an inside leg kick.
Bonham tries to clinch up but Chen circles away and keeps his distance.
Bonham is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chen.
Bonham throws a hook to the side of Chen's head but Chen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bonham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonham throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Bonham lands a nice looking body kick.
Bonham throws a jab when Chen was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonham closes the distance but Chen moves to the side
and Chen counters with a nice uppercut.
Bonham is looking to clinch but Chen is avoiding it.
Chen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chen avoids the body shot from Bonham.
Bonham throws a leg kick but Chen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chen looks to land a left hand but Bonham moved out of range nicely.
Bonham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donk. Bonham catches Chen right on the button with a cross.
Bonham cracks Chen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bonham throws a body kick that misses
and Chen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bonham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chen.
Bonham looks to land a right hand but Chen moved out of range.
Chen with a jab.
Bonham wants to clinch up but Chen keeps it at a distance.
Chen stalks Bonham and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bonham's face. Bonham staggers backwards, shaken.
Bonham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chen moves away from the strike by Bonham.
Bonham connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chen. Chen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
Bonham misses with a leg kick.
Bonham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bonham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bonham misses with a leg kick
and Chen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bonham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bonham.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonham fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chen.
No joy there for Chen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bonham dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Chen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonham tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chen is able to avoid easily.
A left lands for Chen.
Bonham misses the body punch
and Chen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonham.
Bonham throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Chen to counter with a crisp jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chen.
Chen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bonham.
Chen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Bonham closes the distance and clinches.
Chen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bonham working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bonham pressing his opponent against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonham.
Chen trying to land knees to the body.
Chen trying to land knees to the body.
Chen with a knee to the head.
Chen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bonham lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chen dodges an elbow strike from Bonham.
Chen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bonham avoids it.
A short uppercut from Bonham.
Chen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bonham is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bonham lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonham avoiding damage as Chen throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonham taking a breather.
Chen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bonham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bonham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bonham.
Chen trying to land knees to the body.
Chen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonham.
Chen pushes off an throws an elbow but Bonham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bonham managing to block the knees to the body from Chen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chen.
Chen lands a good knee to the midsection. Bonham won't want to take too many of those.
Chen connects with a knee to the head.
Bonham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bonham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonham struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen controls his hands.
Chen crunches a lovely knee into Bonham's ribcage.
Chen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chen avoids it.
Chen looking to slow down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Bonham.
Bonham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Bonham fails to land.
Chen tries a knee to the head but Bonham blocks it.
Bonham throws an elbow that misses.
Bonham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
Bonham misses with the head strike.
Bonham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kung Chen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short left from Bonham.
Chen missing with knees to the body.
Bonham misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bonham keeps control of Chen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonham managing to block the knees to the body from Chen.
Bonham has Chen pushed against the cage.
Chen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonham has a couple of punches blocked by Chen.
Chen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bonham avoiding damage as Chen throws knees to the body.
Bonham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bonham stalls.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonham slowing the pace effectively.
Bonham throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Chen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bonham fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bonham misses with a right hand
and Chen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chen misses with a straight left.
John Bonham is winning the standup battle so far.
Chen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonham, right into the meat.
Chen misses the body punch
and Bonham counters with a head kick. That will keep Chen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A left lands for Bonham.
Bonham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen defending well as Bonham loads up on a big left hand.
Bonham throws a shot from downtown. Chen moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonham misses with a lunging right hand
and Bonham takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bonham misses with a left hand
and Chen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bonham misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Chen to counter with a crisp jab.
Bonham throws an off balance right hand
and Chen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bonham connects with a crisp jab.
Bonham misses the shot to the body.
Chen avoids a kick to the body.
Bonham throws a hook but Chen blocks it.
Bonham thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonham. That's going to slow Chen down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bonham.
Chen blocks a head kick by Bonham.
Bonham tries to clinch up
and Chen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bonham's knee momentarily.
Kung Chen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chen is looking to land body kicks.
Bonham throws a sloppy head kick
and Chen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonham misses with a right hand
and Chen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bonham throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Chen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chen misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonham is looking to clinch but Chen is avoiding it.
Bonham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bonham works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bonham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bonham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chen swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonham.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bonham!
Bonham wants to clinch.
Chen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bonham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonham closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bonham lands a head shot.
Bonham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Bonham on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chen blocks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chen misses with a right hand
and Bonham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bonham throws a jab but it's blocked by Chen.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Bonham showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bonham 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bonham!
After winning the bout, John Bonham thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.