PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rubicon Brandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Bonney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rubicon Brandy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brandy
vs
Bonney

174 cm
26
152 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

160 cm
26
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rubicon Brandy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Bonney!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brandy lands with an overhand left.
Brandy throws a lazy right hand but Bonney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rubicon Brandy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brandy misses with a body punch
and Bonney counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brandy throws a shot to the body.
Bonney moves forwards but Brandy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brandy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brandy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bonney's coach down at WarZone Training Facility 2 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bonney's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bonney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandy throws a lazy body kick
and Bonney counters with an inside leg kick.
Bonney moves to clinch but Brandy breaks away
and Brandy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandy clobbers Bonney with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch lands to the side of Bonney 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brandy scores with a jab to the head.
Brandy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bonney's head.
Bonney avoids the body shot from Brandy.
Brandy tries to work over Bonney's front leg with a kick but Bonney checks it.
Brandy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brandy misses with a wild body shot.
Bonney takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brandy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bonney's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandy lands a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Bonney 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brandy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonney was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandy.
Brandy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brandy lands a nice hook to Bonney's body. Bonney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jab, jab by Brandy - just one landing.
Bonney walks into a straight right hand from Brandy.
Brandy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brandy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brandy throws a hook but Bonney avoids it easily.
Donk. Brandy catches Bonney right on the button with a cross.

Bonney is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bonney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brandy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brandy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bonney stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bonney checks the leg kick.
Brandy scores with a jab to the head.
Bonney defending well as Brandy loads up on a big left hand.
Bonney takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brandy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brandy throws a jab when Bonney was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandy thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brandy misses with an uppercut. Bonney saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Brandy misses.
Brandy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bonney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brandy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bonney should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Brandy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bonney doesn't seem bothered though.
Brandy throws a low kick but Bonney avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Brandy.
A low kick from Brandy misses

and Bonney counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubicon Brandy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brandy scores with a nice right hand.
Brandy swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonney.
Brandy just misses with a punch to the body.
Bonney walks into a straight right hand from Brandy.
Brandy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bonney ducks under a wild hook from Brandy.
Bonney ducks under a wild hook from Brandy.
Bonney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brandy scores with a decent looking hook.
Brandy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bonney can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonney.
Bonney tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brandy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bonney's hands.

Bonney rushes Brandy and presses him up against the cage.
Brandy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bonney walks away with a smile on his face. Brandy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brandy.
Bonney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brandy lands a nice looking body shot.
Brandy scores with a punch to the head.
Rubicon Brandy is winning the standup battle so far.
Brandy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandy avoids the head kick by Bonney.
Brandy misses with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bonney avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Brandy misses its intended target.
Brandy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bonney moves in looking to clinch but Brandy pushes him off.
Brandy throws a hook but Bonney blocks it.
Bonney moves out of range as Brandy strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brandy. Bonney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brandy dips to his left and cracks Bonney with an uppercut!
Bonney has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brandy lands a glancing blow to the side of Bonney's head.
Brandy throws a low kick but Bonney avoids it.

Bonney closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Brandy tries to improve position but can't.
Brandy manages to get back to half guard.
Brandy wants to get back to full guard.
Brandy is trying to control but can't.
Brandy is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at WarZone Training Facility 1, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Bonney content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brandy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Brandy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brandy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brandy is looking for a sweep. Bonney is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubicon Brandy dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Brandy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bonney doesn't seem bothered though.
Brandy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brandy throws out a leg kick but Bonney moves out of range and Brandy only half commits.
Bonney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brandy throws a head kick that misses

and Bonney holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Bonney.
Brandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Brandy manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Brandy.
Brandy shoots in for a takedown but Bonney shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice combination there by Brandy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bonney manages to avoid it.
Brandy lands a nice shot that snaps Bonney's head back.
Bonney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brandy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bonney is out of range.
Bonney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brandy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brandy lands a jab to Bonney's midsection.
Brandy clobbers Bonney with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bonney misses with a low kick.
Brandy throws a looping overhand right but Bonney ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonney walks into a jab.
Brandy throws an overhand right that lands on Bonney's shoulder, as Bonney tries to avoid the shot.
Bonney defending well as Brandy loads up on a big left hand.
Brandy lands with a good body shot.
Brandy takes a swing at Bonney's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Brandy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brandy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bonney.
Bonney checks the leg kick.
Bonney tries to clinch up.
Brandy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonney checks a low kick from Brandy.
Bonney throws a looping overhand right but Brandy ducks down to avoid it.
Bonney tries to move into range but Brandy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Brandy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Brandy finds it's way through Bonney's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandy misses with a double jab.
Bonney takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brandy throws a hook but Bonney blocks it.
Bonney throws a leg kick
and Brandy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good standup being displayed there by Brandy as he connects with a hook.
Brandy lands a jab to Bonney's midsection.
Bonney avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brandy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brandy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rubicon Brandy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brandy, 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rubicon Brandy!