PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cung Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonjasky has chosen -=Fried Day=- as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lee
vs
Bonjasky

183 cm
25
210 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

190 cm
41
219 lbs
30 - 19 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernesto Bonjasky!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonjasky tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bonjasky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bonjasky checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Bonjasky ducks down to avoid it.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Bonjasky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee throws a series of punches but Bonjasky avoids them all with ease.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bonjasky looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Bonjasky.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonjasky blocks the body kick.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Bonjasky lands a nice looking body shot.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Bonjasky checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bonjasky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Cung Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonjasky on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lee. Lee obviously looking to wear him down.
Bonjasky moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Cung Lee has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bonjasky shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lee is breathing heavily.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bonjasky looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bonjasky throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee pushes Bonjasky off looking to stand but Bonjasky dives back in and keeps control.
Well, if Bonjasky is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ernesto Bonjasky was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee avoids the head kick by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donk. Lee catches Bonjasky right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonjasky blocks a jab.

Bonjasky looking to score a takedown here. Lee is defending well but Bonjasky drives through and ends up in Lee's guard.
Bonjasky 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 three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ernesto Bonjasky hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bonjasky scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bonjasky uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Bonjasky blocks the body kick.
Lee throws a hook but Bonjasky blocks it.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonjasky staying out of range there.
Lee throws a jab when Bonjasky was well out of range.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Bonjasky counters with an inside leg kick.
Lee tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bonjasky misses with a kick to the body.
Bonjasky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bonjasky.
Bonjasky scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bonjasky is out of range and Lee settles back down.
Lee throws a lazy uppercut
and Bonjasky counters with a head kick.
Bonjasky fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lee has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonjasky makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lee really felt that one!
A cross from Bonjasky lands.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonjasky circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Lee drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Bonjasky follows Lee to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ernesto Bonjasky!
A relieved looking Ernesto Bonjasky thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.