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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andres Bonifacio (ranked 690 p4p, 1403 weight class) and Robert Grandis (ranked 44 p4p, 78 weight class). Bonifacio kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Noypi by Bamboo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Andres Bonifacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Grandis!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grandis lands a nice looking body shot.
Grandis swings widly with a right hand
and Bonifacio counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bonifacio swings widly with a right hand
and Grandis counters with a straight right hand.
Grandis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Grandis moves into the clinch.
Grandis lands with a right to the head.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grandis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Bonifacio's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonifacio.
Bonifacio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bonifacio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grandis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Grandis fails to land.
Bonifacio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grandis or not.
Bonifacio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grandis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grandis lands an uppercut.
Grandis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bonifacio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandis misses with a punch on the inside.
Grandis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bonifacio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grandis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grandis misses with a punch on the inside.
Grandis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grandis working aggressively here.
Bonifacio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grandis throws an off balance right hand
letting Bonifacio counter with a right hand.
Bonifacio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grandis clinches up against the cage.
Grandis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bonifacio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Grandis fails to land.
Grandis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonifacio lands a nice uppercut.
Grandis working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grandis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bonifacio backwards.
A right hand to the body from Grandis.
Grandis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Bonifacio as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Grandis.
A short uppercut from Bonifacio.
Grandis lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grandis.
Grandis misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Grandis on the inside.
Bonifacio swings wildly with an uppercut but Grandis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grandis lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grandis.
Grandis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Bonifacio.
Bonifacio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grandis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio lands with a short shot to the head.
Grandis misses with a body punch.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grandis misses with a body punch.
Grandis tries to work over Bonifacio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grandis swings wildly with an uppercut but Bonifacio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grandis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grandis lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Bonifacio fails to land.
Grandis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grandis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grandis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Grandis fails to land.
A short uppercut from Bonifacio.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grandis.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonifacio misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grandis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grandis.
Bonifacio throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bonifacio.
Bonifacio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grandis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bonifacio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grandis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bonifacio scores with a hook to the body.
Bonifacio misses with a punch to the body.
Grandis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonifacio throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Grandis.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bonifacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonifacio gets through Grandis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grandis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonifacio lands a shoulder strike.
Bonifacio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grandis backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Grandis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bonifacio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grandis misses with a body shot.
Bonifacio looks to clinch
and Grandis makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bonifacio avoids the body shot from Grandis.
Bonifacio throws an off balance right hand
and Grandis counters with a stiff right hand.
Grandis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bonifacio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grandis.
Bonifacio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Grandis misses.
Grandis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bonifacio ducks under a wild hook from Grandis.
Grandis misses with a looping right.
Bonifacio lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonifacio slips under a jab from Grandis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Grandis feints and then cracks Bonifacio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bonifacio down.
Bonifacio walks into a jab.
Bonifacio instigates a clinch.
Grandis working aggressively here.
Grandis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bonifacio throws a punch but it's blocked by Grandis.
Bonifacio throws a punch but it's blocked by Grandis.
A short right from Grandis.
Bonifacio works on Grandis's body with a couple of short punches.
Grandis misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonifacio.
Bonifacio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonifacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grandis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grandis lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grandis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandis has a couple of punches blocked by Bonifacio.
Bonifacio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grandis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bonifacio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grandis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grandis misses with a body punch.
Bonifacio has a couple of punches blocked by Grandis.
Bonifacio scores with a shot to the side of Grandis's head.
Grandis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bonifacio backwards.
A short left from Grandis.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grandis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bonifacio's elbow.
Grandis scores with a shot to the side of Bonifacio's head.
Bonifacio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grandis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short left from Bonifacio.
Bonifacio has a couple of punches blocked by Grandis.
Bonifacio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grandis blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Bonifacio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grandis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grandis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grandis lands a front kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Bonifacio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good leg kick by Grandis.
Grandis throws out a loose jab but Bonifacio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bonifacio is looking to clinch but Grandis is avoiding it.
Bonifacio has closed the distance and engaged Grandis in a clinch.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
Bonifacio blocks a body shot from Grandis.
Bonifacio can't find room to land a body shot as Grandis controls the action.
Grandis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bonifacio.
Grandis misses with some punches.
Grandis digs a right hand into Bonifacio's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bonifacio's gas tank.
Grandis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grandis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grandis misses with the head strike.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonifacio misses with a punch on the inside.
Grandis blocks an uppercut.
Grandis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
Grandis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bonifacio scores with a shot to the side of Grandis's head.
Robert Grandis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grandis.
Bonifacio breaks the clinch.
Grandis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bonifacio.
Bonifacio moves in looking to clinch but Grandis pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Grandis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Grandis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Grandis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonifacio lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grandis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grandis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bonifacio. Bonifacio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Grandis drives through and clinches with Bonifacio against the cage.
Bonifacio takes a shot to the head.
Grandis is working Bonifacio over against the cage.
Grandis is leaning against Bonifacio and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bonifacio takes a shot to the head.
Bonifacio working aggressively here.
Bonifacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grandis has a couple of punches blocked by Bonifacio.
Bonifacio digs a right hand into Grandis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grandis's gas tank.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grandis working aggressively here.
Grandis misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robert Grandis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bonifacio throws a poor cross that misses
and Grandis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bonifacio throws a hook to the side of Grandis's head but Grandis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grandis lands a nice hook to Bonifacio's body. Bonifacio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grandis thuds a left hand into Bonifacio's body.
Grandis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bonifacio is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grandis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bonifacio's hands.
Bonifacio walks into a stiff left hand from Grandis.
Grandis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bonifacio moves away.
Bonifacio is looking to counter punch.
Bonifacio moves out of range of the body kick from Grandis.
Bonifacio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grandis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grandis looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bonifacio has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grandis.
Grandis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bonifacio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonifacio takes a swing at Grandis's ribcage but misses.
Grandis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bonifacio doesn't seem bothered though.
Bonifacio closes the distance and clinches.
Grandis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bonifacio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonifacio swings wildly with an uppercut but Grandis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Grandis.
Grandis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bonifacio misses with the head strike.
Grandis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grandis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bonifacio throws a punch but it's blocked by Grandis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grandis.
Grandis tries to throw a body punch but Bonifacio avoids it by throwing Grandis back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Grandis.
Bonifacio prevents a body shot from Grandis.
Grandis lands an uppercut.
Grandis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grandis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bonifacio backwards.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonifacio working aggressively here.
A short left from Grandis.
Bonifacio lands with a light punch inside.
Andres Bonifacio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robert Grandis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bonifacio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grandis throws a head punch that misses.
Grandis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grandis takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Grandis.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grandis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonifacio misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio throws a punch but it's blocked by Grandis.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
Grandis blocking some punches.
Bonifacio tries to work over Grandis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grandis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bonifacio.
Grandis blocks a body shot from Bonifacio.
Grandis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grandis throws a punch but it's blocked by Bonifacio.
Grandis pushes Bonifacio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Grandis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bonifacio working aggressively here.
Grandis lands an uppercut.
Grandis blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Grandis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grandis 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 Seu Braga scores the fight for Robert Grandis!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Robert Grandis!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Robert Grandis!
Robert Grandis wins by unanimous decision!
Andres Bonifacio spoke after the fight, saying 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated... I will pickup the pieces that I learned today and will grow from it.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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