PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Spiagnu (ranked 7520 p4p, 511 weight class) and Steven Bonner (ranked 4835 p4p, 391 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bonner's choice of entrance music: Dhal Jaun Main-Akshay Kumar & Ileana D'cruz. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Spiagnu
vs
Bonner

179 cm
21
149 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
146 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Red Light Coffeeshop
Fanatic Inc.

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Spiagnu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Bonner!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spiagnu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonner.
Spiagnu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Brian Spiagnu has been cut.
Bonner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Spiagnu misses with a hook.
A lazy left from Bonner finds it's target.
Bonner checks a low kick from Spiagnu.
Spiagnu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bonner looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bonner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bonner misses the shot to the body.
Spiagnu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bonner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Spiagnu. Spiagnu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonner lands a lovely overhand right.

Spiagnu is rocked!
Spiagnu throws a poor cross that misses
and Bonner counters with a nice body shot.
Spiagnu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bonner's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bonner. Spiagnu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bonner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Spiagnu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Spiagnu gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Bonner gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Bonner!
A relieved looking Steven Bonner thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Brian Spiagnu stepped up to the mic, saying 'This is my last fight in MMA, GG WPed'.