PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bon Joy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Folignus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joy comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Breathe. Folignus has chosen Laces Out as his entrance music. Nick Folignus has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Joy
vs
Folignus

190 cm
34
199 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

186 cm
28
193 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bon Joy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Folignus!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Folignus catches Joy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Joy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Folignus misses with a wild body shot.
Joy wants to clinch up but Folignus keeps it at a distance.
Folignus has his takedown stuffed

and Joy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Joy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Joy managing to block the knees to the body from Folignus.
Folignus tries a knee to the head but Joy blocks it.
Joy keeps control of Folignus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Folignus has Joy pressed against the cage.
Joy gets underhooks to prevent Folignus's takedown attempt.
Folignus working Joy over with knees to the body.
Folignus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Joy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bon Joy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Folignus.
Joy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Folignus stalling in the clinch but Joy improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Folignus fails to pull guard.
Joy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Folignus's defenses.
Joy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Folignus trying to control the position but instead, Joy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Folignus into the cage.
Folignus has had enough of the clinch but Joy keeps him there for the moment.
Joy misses with a punch on the inside.
Joy throws a punch but it's blocked by Folignus.
Joy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Folignus goes for a takedown attempt but Joy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bon Joy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Folignus goes for a double leg but Joy avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Joy continues to drive forward.
Joy crunches a lovely knee into Folignus's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folignus trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Joy as Folignus tries to tie him up.
Joy misses with some punches.
Joy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Folignus.
Joy lands an elbow inside that Folignus shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Joy throws an elbow but misses.
Folignus dodges an elbow strike from Joy.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Folignus.
Joy struggles to land a body shot inside as Folignus controls his hands.
Joy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Folignus is trying to pull guard but Joy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Joy is leaning against Folignus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Folignus missing with knees to the body.
Joy lands a nice shot to the body.
Joy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Folignus is stalling here.
Folignus scores a nice knee to the body.
Joy gets through Folignus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joy tries to land knees in the clinch but Folignus avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Folignus as Joy tries to tie him up.

Folignus pulls guard successfully.

Folignus is working an open guard so Joy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Folignus throws a front kick aimed at Joy's knee but Joy avoids it well.
A low kick from Folignus misses
and Joy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Folignus misses with a leg kick
and Joy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joy takes one to the chin there.
Folignus tries to land a leg kick but Joy saw it coming and moves away.
Good work by Joy as he checks the leg kick.
Folignus misses with a hook.
Joy tries to clinch up but Folignus circles away and keeps his distance.
Folignus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Folignus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Folignus throws a sloppy head kick and Joy moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Folignus shoots in but no luck this time.
Joy ducks under a wild hook from Folignus.
Joy wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bon Joy will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Joy tries to close the distance and clinch but Folignus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Folignus throws a low kick, looking for Joy's leg but Joy calmly moves out of range.
Folignus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joy tries to clinch but Folignus moves out of range.
Folignus goes for a double leg but Joy avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Joy continues to drive forward.
Folignus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Folignus lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Joy manages to get to full guard.
Folignus seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joy looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Joy trying to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bon Joy.
Folignus throws a leg kick but Joy checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Joy moves into the clinch successfully.
Joy struggles to land a body shot inside as Folignus controls his hands.
Folignus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Folignus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joy lands an uppercut.
Joy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Folignus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Folignus lands a body shot.
Folignus working Joy over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Joy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bon Joy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Folignus content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Folignus has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Joy regains guard immediately.
Joy keeping moving, preventing Folignus from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Joy is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy trying to stand up but can't free himself from Folignus's guard.

Folignus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Folignus working a defensive guard here.
Joy is looking to stand up but Folignus won't let him.

Folignus is working an open guard so Joy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Joy tries to clinch
and Folignus counters with an outside leg kick.
Joy tries to clinch but Folignus is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Folignus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joy tries to clinch but Folignus moves out of range.
Folignus shoots for a double leg takedown but Joy sprawls well. He's pushed Folignus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bon Joy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Folignus.
Folignus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Joy closes the distance and pushes Folignus back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Joy fails to land.
Folignus prevents a body shot from Joy.
Folignus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Joy to keep the fight standing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Folignus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Joy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Folignus fails to pull guard.
Joy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bon Joy will probably get the nod.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Joy tries to close the distance and clinch but Folignus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Joy moves into the clinch.
Folignus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joy's face.
Joy throws a head punch that misses.
Joy managing to block the knees to the body from Folignus.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Folignus obliges.
Joy lands an uppercut.
Folignus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Joy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joy misses with an elbow strike.
Joy is looking to control Folignus's arms but Folignus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Joy has his back to the cage.
Folignus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joy tries a body shot but Folignus blocks it.
Joy tries to land a knee to the head but Folignus blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Folignus tries to pull guard but Joy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Joy misses with some punches.
Joy missing with knees to the body.
Joy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Folignus's elbow.
Folignus looking to stall.
Joy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Folignus.
Joy lands with a right to the head.
Joy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Folignus.
Folignus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Joy.
Joy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Folignus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Folignus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Joy as Folignus tries to tie him up.
Joy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joy misses with a punch on the inside.
Folignus managing to block the knees to the body from Joy.
Joy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
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!
Folignus blocks an uppercut.
Folignus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joy slowing the pace effectively.
Joy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Folignus breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Joy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Folignus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Folignus.
Folignus feints and then cracks Joy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Joy down.
Nick Folignus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joy tries to clinch up but Folignus circles away and keeps his distance.
Joy is looking to clinch.
Joy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Joy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Folignus misses.
A head kick by Folignus misses
and Joy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Folignus keeps the fight on the outside.
Folignus misses with a leg kick
and Joy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Folignus thinking.
Nick Folignus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Folignus throws a body kick that misses
and Joy counters with a head kick. That will keep Folignus thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Folignus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Folignus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Folignus shoots in but Joy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bon Joy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Folignus.
Folignus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Folignus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Joy fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bon Joy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Joy, 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bon Joy!
Bon Joy got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'