PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmundo Benton (ranked 24147 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Bonnair (ranked 4625 p4p, 0 weight class). Edmundo Benton has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Benton
vs
Bonnair

209 cm
19
278 lbs
3 - 5 - 1

185 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Edmundo Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Bonnair!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bonnair ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bonnair no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bonnair is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Benton is looking to work some ground and pound but Bonnair has wrist control.
Benton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Benton trying to control the position from guard on top but Bonnair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Benton is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Benton wants to stand but Bonnair is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonnair looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bonnair is looking to stand up but Benton isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bonnair working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Benton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Benton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bonnair utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benton throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benton stands up over Bonnair, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bonnair trying to control the position here.
Benton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Benton is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Bonnair is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Benton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Benton trying to control but Bonnair is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Bonnair feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bonnair being controlled here momentarily.
Benton is trying to control the position but Bonnair postures up.
Bonnair trying to control the position from guard on top but Benton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benton throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonnair prevents Benton from getting back to his feet.

Bonnair gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Bonnair closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Benton did well to prevent Bonnair getting side control.

Benton kicks off Bonnair and gets to his feet.
Benton shoots in for a takedown but Bonnair shows good takedown defense.
Benton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bonnair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bonnair lands a head kick!

It looks like Edmundo Benton has been cut.

Bonnair shoots in and bounces Benton off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bonnair stands and steps away. Benton gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bonnair defends well and Benton ends up having to push Bonnair into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edmundo Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bonnair misses with a two punch combination.
Benton tries to clinch but Bonnair is having none of it.

Bonnair has closed the distance and engaged Benton in a clinch.

Bonnair breaks the clinch.

Bonnair closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Benton manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Bonnair keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bonnair.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Richard Bonnair will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edmundo Benton's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bonnair shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Benton wants to control but Bonnair passes into side.
Benton is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bonnair wants to control but Benton is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton parries the strikes from Bonnair easily there. Bonnair is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Benton to escape.

Bonnair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Benton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton is looking to regain half guard here but Bonnair keeps moving and retains side control.

Bonnair stands up and beckons Benton to his feet.

Bonnair shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Benton manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bonnair is looking to advance position but Benton has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Benton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benton has hold of Bonnair's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bonnair manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Bonnair should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Benton controlling the pace for now.
Benton unloads with some shots from mount but Bonnair bucks and avoids them well.
Benton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bonnair is trying desperately to improve position.

Benton is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bonnair can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bonnair really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bonnair is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to control but instead Bonnair manages to regain half guard.
Benton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Edmundo Benton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Benton is working for a kimura but Bonnair is defending it quite comfortably.
Benton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bonnair holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Bonnair is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Benton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bonnair is looking for a sweep. Benton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bonnair keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Benton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Benton controlling the action here.
Benton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton trying to control the action but Bonnair is working from the bottom.

Benton is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bonnair wants to control but Benton is keeping busy.

Benton is working for a kimura but Bonnair is defending it quite comfortably.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bonnair is looking to improve his position.
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 Edmundo Benton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edmundo Benton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Benton tries to clinch there but Bonnair circles away.

Bonnair moves into the clinch.

Bonnair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bonnair scores with a takedown into Benton's guard.

Bonnair stands and steps away. Benton gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Bonnair closes the distance and clinches.
Bonnair pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton is looking to control Bonnair's arms but Bonnair gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benton has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnair has Benton pushed against the cage.

Bonnair pulls guard successfully.
Benton wants to control from the top but Bonnair keeps moving.
Benton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bonnair. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Benton trying to control the position from guard on top but Bonnair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bonnair wants to sweep but no luck.
Benton cracks Bonnair with a solid left hand.
Bonnair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bonnair has a closed guard, preventing Benton from standing up.
Benton is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonnair is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Benton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bonnair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Benton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Bonnair pushes Benton off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Benton tries to keep at a distance but Bonnair has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bonnair leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonnair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonnair throws an elbow but misses.

Bonnair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benton shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bonnair defends it nicely.
Bonnair wants to counter with a clinch but Benton pushes him away.
Benton doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonnair circles away.
Bonnair lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Bonnair darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Benton wants to control but Bonnair is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonnair wants to take a breather but Benton is having none of it.
Benton is trying is best to control the position here.
Benton wants to control but Bonnair is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bonnair sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bonnair is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bonnair unloads with some shots from mount but Benton bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Bonnair comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bonnair has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Bonnair!