PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kolo Cornelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Bonce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kolo Cornelius had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Cornelius
vs
Bonce

176 cm
22
182 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

170 cm
21
173 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kolo Cornelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Bonce!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonce blocks a jab.
Bonce swinging wildly here.
A combination from Bonce does no damage.
Bonce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danga de danga de dang - Bonce scores with a four punch combination!
Bonce lands with a nice combination. Cornelius backs away looking to recover.
Cornelius stuffs the takedown.
Bonce scores with a jab to the head.
Bonce connects with a high kick.

Cornelius is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cornelius just misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Cornelius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Bonce closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cornelius tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bonce avoids it.
Cornelius unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bonce lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cornelius seems to have got his legs back now.
Cornelius looking to throw knees to the head but Bonce is blocking nicely.
Cornelius lands a left hand.
Cornelius lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cornelius misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornelius throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cornelius can't find room to land a body shot as Bonce controls the action.
Cornelius tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cornelius has Bonce pressed against the cage, preventing Bonce from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cornelius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cornelius lands a nice knee to the body.
Cornelius throws a punch but it's blocked by Bonce.
Cornelius leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bonce is trying to break the clinch but Cornelius is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius stalling the fight.
Bonce wants to stall.
Cornelius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonce is trying to force a seperation but Cornelius has the dominant position.
Cornelius tries to land a knee to the head but Bonce blocks with his arms.
Bonce wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cornelius with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonce being controlled against the cage.
Cornelius tries to throw a body punch but Bonce avoids it by throwing Cornelius back against the cage.
Cornelius stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonce is looking to break free of the clinch but Cornelius has double underhooks.
Cornelius stalling.
Bonce blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cornelius throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cornelius takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cornelius misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Bonce decides to pull guard.
Bonce is looking to stand up but Cornelius isn't so interested in that idea.
Cornelius is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonce wants to stand but Cornelius is controlling the position.
Cornelius tries to stand but Bonce is controlling from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kolo Cornelius wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Good leg kick by Cornelius there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bonce throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bonce takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonce ducks right into an uppercut from Cornelius.
Cornelius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonce.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cornelius takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cornelius throws a hook but Bonce avoids it easily.
Ben Bonce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kolo Cornelius dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bonce throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cornelius.
Bonce scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Bonce, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bonce throws a combination that misses
and Cornelius counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ben Bonce seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cornelius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bonce.
Cornelius cracks Bonce with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cornelius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cornelius tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bonce manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bonce's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bonce duly obliges.
Ben Bonce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cornelius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonce.
Bonce moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cornelius slips a jab and a cross from Bonce.
Cornelius buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bonce connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bonce throws a right and a left that Cornelius avoids nicely.
Bonce misses with the combination.
Bonce throws a combination that misses
and Cornelius counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bonce throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bonce is breathing heavily.
Bonce throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cornelius counters with a two punch combo.
Bonce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cornelius slips a jab and a cross from Bonce.

Bonce gets a clinch.

Cornelius breaks the clinch.
Cornelius goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bonce lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bonce closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonce tries to break free but Cornelius pushes him back against the cage.
Cornelius lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bonce backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius scores with a shot to the side of Bonce's head.
Cornelius misses with a knee to the head.
Cornelius throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bonce blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee calls for Cornelius to work.
Bonce working hard to break the clinch.
Cornelius tries to land knees in the clinch but Bonce avoids the damage to the body.
Cornelius misses with a punch on the inside.
Cornelius throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonce wants to get back to striking at distance but Cornelius won't allow it.
Cornelius tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonce managing to block the knees to the body from Cornelius.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonce has had enough of the clinch but Cornelius keeps him there for the moment.
Cornelius using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cornelius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonce is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bonce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bonce tries to break free but Cornelius pushes him back against the cage.
Cornelius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bonce can't break the clinch.
Kolo Cornelius has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bonce wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cornelius has him pressed against the cage.
Cornelius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cornelius with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cornelius tries a body shot but Bonce blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Cornelius.
Cornelius landing knees to the head.
Cornelius working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cornelius.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cornelius creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cornelius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonce.
Cornelius displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bonce up against the cage.
Cornelius with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonce working hard to break the clinch.
Cornelius tries to throw a body punch but Bonce avoids it by throwing Cornelius back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kolo Cornelius dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bonce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cornelius throws a body punch but Bonce moves out of range.
Bonce throws a leg kick but Cornelius checks it.
Bonce misses with the combination.
Cornelius throws a jab when Bonce was well out of range.
A leg kick checked by Bonce.
Cornelius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bonce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Bonce misses.
Bonce attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bonce falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cornelius counters with a nice body shot.
Bonce throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bonce misses with a series of wild punches.
Bonce takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Cornelius moves into range and clinches up with Bonce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornelius has a couple of punches blocked by Bonce.

Bonce pulls guard effortlessly.
Cornelius wants to pass the guard but Bonce is keeping the position.
Cornelius prevents Bonce from getting back to his feet.
Bonce being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kolo Cornelius has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Bonce throws a right and a left that Cornelius avoids nicely.
Bonce throws a series of punches but Cornelius moves out of range.

Cornelius moves into the clinch.
Cornelius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cornelius misses with a knee strike.
Bonce is trying to push Cornelius away but Cornelius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cornelius misses with a body punch.
Cornelius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bonce's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Cornelius fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonce blocks a body shot from Cornelius.
Cornelius lands a nice uppercut.
Bonce is looking to break free of the clinch but Cornelius has double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cornelius.
Cornelius keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonce's efforts to push away.
Cornelius throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cornelius slows down the pace here.
Cornelius with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kolo Cornelius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornelius stalls.

Bonce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cornelius misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonce misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bonce misses with a head kick.
Ben Bonce has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cornelius paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cornelius slips a straight right by Bonce.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kolo Cornelius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cornelius, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kolo Cornelius!
Kolo Cornelius spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.