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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Bonin (ranked 21879 p4p, 3381 weight class) and Tim Drive (ranked 654 p4p, 442 weight class). Drive has chosen Look into My Eyes as his entrance music. Tim Drive is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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178 cm 26 174 5 - 12 - 0 |
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180 cm 26 175 8 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt World class boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Bonin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Drive! The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A swing and a miss from Drive. Bonin slips a jab from Drive. Bonin throws a shot from downtown. Drive moves away and avoids it. A jab from Drive misses. Drive uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bonin has time to react. Bonin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Bonin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drive cracks Bonin with a good jab. Bonin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Tim Drive seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bonin connects with a body shot. Drive scores with a decent looking hook. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bonin lands a nice hook to Drive's body. Drive takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. A swing and a miss from Drive. Bonin misses with a hook to the body
and Drive counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Bonin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Drive misses with a looping right. Drive scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Drive throws a big shot that misses. It looked like Bonin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Drive. Bonin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drive. Bonin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drive. Bonin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Drive might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Bonin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bonin throws a body punch but Drive moves out of range. Drive throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bonin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Drive defending well as Bonin loads up on a big left hand. Drive lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Drive misses with a wild body shot. Drive is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bonin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Bonin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Bonin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Drive moves out of range as Bonin throws a body kick.
Drive cracks Bonin with a right hand to the side of the head. Bonin throws a jab but it's blocked by Drive.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bonin on the wrong end of a nice jab. Bonin looks to score with a jab to the body but Drive is just out of range. Drive misses with a looping right. Drive connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bonin. Bonin circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Bonin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drive was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonin. Drive throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Drive misses with an uppercut. Bonin saw that one coming. Bonin throws a sloppy head kick and Drive moves out of range easily. Drive misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonin.
A big right from Drive misses. Bonin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drive throws out the jab. Drive connects with a looping right hand.
Bonin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drive.
Bonin misses with a hook. Bonin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Drive with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bonin to score with a decent uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bonin takes a swing at Drive's ribcage but misses. Drive looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Bonin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drive sees it coming and avoids it easily. Drive throws out a counter right but Bonin avoids it with no problem. A slow jab from Bonin misses its intended target. Drive is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bonin with a body shot. Bonin defending well as Drive loads up on a big left hand. Bonin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. The fighters circling - Drive throws out the jab but it was never going to land. A decent looking cross lands there for Drive. Drive connects with a crisp jab. Drive just misses with a punch to the body.
Drive uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonin.
Nice straight punches there by Drive. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drive. Drive misses with a looping right. Bonin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drive to score with a decent uppercut. Bonin misses with a few strikes there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Drive! But no joy. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Bonin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drive.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Good standup being displayed there by Drive as he connects with a hook. Bonin misses with a series of wild punches.
Drive throws out a counter right but Bonin avoids it with no problem. Bonin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. No joy there for Drive, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Bonin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Drive throws a hook but Bonin blocks it. Bonin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drive was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonin. That kick from Bonin tenderised Drive's leg. Drive is trying to keep his angry face on. Bonin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Drive connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bonin momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Drive scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Bonin throws a body shot but no joy. Drive lands with a hook. Bonin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Bonin digs a good hook to Drive's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Drive dominated that round. That's time! Bonin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Bonin misses with a hook. Drive ducked under it nicely. Drive scores with a punch to the head. Bonin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Bonin feints and then cracks Drive's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drive down. William Bonin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Bonin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drive.
A telegraphed right hand from Drive misses the target. Drive with a nice cross. This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bonin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far. Drive rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonin moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Bonin throws out a powerful jab. Drive looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonin is just out of range. Bonin throws a head kick that misses. Drive misses with a straight left. Drive smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Drive lands with a right hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jab, jab by Drive - just one landing.
Bonin is rocked! Drive drops Bonin with a big left hand! Bonin is injured, injured bad! Drive jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Drive!
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