PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Bond (ranked 6025 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Mahomes (ranked 24792 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonathan Mahomes is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bond
vs
Mahomes

180 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
157 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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Blue Moon

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Bond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Mahomes!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bond lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bond keeps Mahomes at a distance using the push kick.

Mahomes tries to keep at a distance but Bond has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bond breaks from the clinch.
Jason Bond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahomes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bond works Mahomes's body with a nice hook.
Mahomes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bond.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bond gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bond breaks from the clinch.
Mahomes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bond throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Bond clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bond has Mahomes up against the cage in a clinch.

Bond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bond lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Bond clinches with his opponent.
Mahomes is trying to pull guard but Bond turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Bond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bond throws a head kick that Mahomes semi-blocks.
Bond lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Mahomes is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bond jabs at Mahomes's body.

Bond gets a clinch.
Bond putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mahomes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mahomes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bond just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mahomes jumps guard but Bond turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jason Bond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Mahomes.
Mahomes jumps guard but Bond turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mahomes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bond just stands there and leans against the cage.

Bond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahomes takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Bond.
Bond cracks the inside of Mahomes's front leg.
Nice body punch from Bond.
Mahomes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bond's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bond duly obliges.
A right-left combo lands from Bond.
Bond lands with a nice combination. Mahomes backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bond connects with a high kick.
Bond is breathing heavily.
Mahomes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mahomes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Bond has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bond manages to break the clinch.
Mahomes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bond explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bond.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bond. Mahomes shrugs it off though.
Bond tries a head kick but it misses.
Mahomes walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bond.

Bond clinches up with Mahomes and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bond moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bond clinches with his opponent.
Bond is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mahomes can do to turn this around?

Bond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mahomes gets tackled into the cage by Bond. Bond maintains the clinch.

Bond manages to break the clinch.
Mahomes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Mahomes tries to keep at a distance but Bond has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bond clinches.

Bond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bond scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mahomes is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bond scores with a head kick. Mahomes tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Bond rushes Mahomes and presses him up against the cage.

Bond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bond misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bond scores with a push kick.
A punch combination from Bond misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bond misses with the body kick

and Mahomes counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bond keeping moving, preventing Mahomes from controlling successfully.
Mahomes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bond is defending against the submission attempts here by Mahomes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mahomes is working for a kimura but Bond is defending it quite comfortably.

Mahomes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bond sees it coming and defends easily.

Mahomes seems to be working for a kimura but Bond defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mahomes seems to be looking for submissions.

Mahomes seems to be working for a kimura but Bond defends the submission attempt.
Mahomes works his foot free and advances to mount.

Mahomes is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bond has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bond!

Mahomes is looking to cinch up a triangle. Bond throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Mahomes's body to avoid the submission. Mahomes has instead reached around Bond's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Mahomes arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jonathan Mahomes!
An out of breath Jonathan Mahomes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.