PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between William Bonney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Hawk will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bonney
vs
Hawk

160 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Bonney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonney.
Hawk looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hawk looks to land a left hand but Bonney moved out of range nicely.

Bonney clinches.
Bonney tries a knee to the head but Hawk blocks it.
Hawk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bonney landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bonney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hawk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bonney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bonney keeps control of Hawk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bonney has Hawk pressed against the cage, preventing Hawk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bonney.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bonney - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bonney tries to land a knee to the head but Hawk blocks with his arms.
Bonney tries to land a knee to the head but Hawk blocks with his arms.
Bonney tries to land a knee to the head but Hawk blocks with his arms.
Bonney lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonney is pushing Hawk up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hawk wants to break free but Bonney has control.
Bonney lands a nice knee to the body.
Bonney scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonney stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hawk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawk tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bonney just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hawk working hard to break the clinch.
Bonney will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hawk up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonney obliges.
Bonney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bonney as Hawk tries to tie him up.
Bonney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hawk's face.
Bonney crunches a lovely knee into Hawk's ribcage.
Bonney effectively controlling the action here.
Hawk tries to circle away but Bonney has him pinned against the cage.
Hawk is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonney has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonney holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hawk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonney putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hawk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bonney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hawk tries a body shot but Bonney blocks it.
Bonney landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bonney unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bonney with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonney taking a breather.
Bonney working Hawk over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonney controlling the action here for a moment.
Bonney tries to land a knee to the head but Hawk blocks with his arms.
Hawk tries to circle away but Bonney has him pinned against the cage.
Bonney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hawk's face.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bonney.
Hawk fails to pull guard.
A knee to the head by Bonney.
Hawk is trying to pull guard but Bonney has him pressed against the cage.
William Bonney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Hawk.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney has Hawk pressed against the cage.
Bonney landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Bonney dominated that round.
That's time! Bonney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bonney moves into the clinch.
Bonney is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Hawk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bonney scores with a kick to the midsection.

Bonney has Hawk up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawk takes a knee right on the jaw!

Hawk is rocked!
Hawk is breathing heavily.
Bonney lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hawk is still on wobbly legs! Can Bonney finish him?
Bonney jerks Hawk's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Hawk drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bonney goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bonney because Hawk was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). William Bonney!