PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lemuel Bonner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mak Karatzas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karatzas has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bonner
vs
Karatzas

180 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lemuel Bonner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mak Karatzas!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bonner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Karatzas pulls guard successfully.
Karatzas looks winded!
Karatzas trying to keep a closed guard but Bonner is proving a slippery customer.
Karatzas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bonner controls the pace.
Bonner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bonner stays in close to Karatzas's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonner postures up and lands a big shot to Karatzas's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonner throwing strikes from guard but Karatzas blocks nicely.
Bonner working some strikes from top position.
Bonner with a nice head shot there.
Bonner connects with a couple of short punches.
Bonner is stalling in the full guard.
Karatzas trying to keep a closed guard but Bonner is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bonner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karatzas's head.
Karatzas being controlled here, momentarily.
Bonner postures up and lands a big shot to Karatzas's brow.
Bonner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bonner stays in close to Karatzas's body and controls the position.
Bonner throwing strikes from guard but Karatzas blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonner lands a leg kick that knocks Karatzas off balance momentarily.

Bonner dives in and scores a takedown into Karatzas's guard.
Bonner landing with the ground and pound.
Bonner postures up and lands a big shot to Karatzas's brow.
Bonner is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bonner has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Bonner pushes Karatzas up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lemuel Bonner dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Karatzas drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bonner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bonner lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Bonner distracts Karatzas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bonner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karatzas can do to turn this around?
Bonner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bonner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Karatzas looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bonner passes into half guard.
Karatzas is breathing heavily.
Bonner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonner working the head and body with strikes.
Bonner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bonner lands with a punch from half guard.
Bonner drops an elbow to the side of Karatzas's head.
Bonner working Karatzas over with strikes.
Karatzas has hold of Bonner's hands but Bonner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bonner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karatzas has hold of Bonner's hands but Bonner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bonner lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bonner keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bonner is controlling the pace.
Karatzas has hold of Bonner's hands but Bonner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bonner is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Bonner closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
We've been informed that Karatzas has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bonner lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karatzas down.
Bonner taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lemuel Bonner dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Karatzas tries to keep at a distance but Bonner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bonner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karatzas up against the cage.

Bonner breaks the clinch.

Bonner looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonner stays in close to Karatzas's body and controls the position.
Karatzas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Karatzas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonner landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonner landing with the ground and pound.

Karatzas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bonner escapes and throws Karatzas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Bonner taking a breather here.
Karatzas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bonner connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bonner is working Karatzas over with some ground and pound from side control.
Karatzas struggling a bit here.
Bonner is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Karatzas's shoulder. That is not cool.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bonner lands some shots froms side control.
Bonner is chipping away with strikes.
Bonner landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bonner slows the pace down.
Karatzas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonner seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Karatzas for as long as he can get away with.
You can see the frustration on Karatzas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Bonner wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Karatzas, who protects the arm well.
Bonner is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Karatzas will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bonner.
A lull in the action here as Bonner stalls from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Bonner working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lemuel Bonner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lemuel Bonner!