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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clay Hayden (ranked 2382 p4p, 2001 weight class) and Luigi Bonifacio (ranked 296 p4p, 269 weight class). Bonifacio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Karate - Kennedy. Luigi Bonifacio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Clay Hayden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Bonifacio !
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayden lands with a cross.
Bonifacio misses with a looping right.
Hayden drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bonifacio sprawls and moves away.
Bonifacio misses with a looping left.
Hayden tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bonifacio is able to avoid easily.
Hayden throws a leg kick but Bonifacio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hayden tries to land a leg kick but Bonifacio saw it coming and moves away.
Hayden connects with a leg kick.
Hayden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bonifacio .
Bonifacio ducks under a wild hook from Hayden.
Bonifacio misses with a combination
and Hayden counters with a nice body kick.
Hayden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bonifacio slips a jab and a cross from Hayden.
Bonifacio doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonifacio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hayden circles away quickly and effectively.
Bonifacio with a jab.
A big left from Bonifacio misses.
A clash of legs there as Bonifacio blocks the low kick.
Bonifacio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayden.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayden throws a series of punches but Bonifacio avoids them all with ease.
Bonifacio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hayden throws a head kick but Bonifacio moves out of range.
Bonifacio throws out a counter right but Hayden avoids it with no problem.
Hayden tries a low kick but Bonifacio avoids it.
Bonifacio throws a body shot but no joy.
Hayden misses with a low kick.
Bonifacio misses with a body shot.
Hayden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bonifacio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hayden defending well as Bonifacio loads up on a big left hand.
Bonifacio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayden tries a head kick but it misses.
Bonifacio looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayden is just out of range.
Hayden changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hayden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bonifacio throws a body shot but no joy.
Bonifacio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonifacio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hayden.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Hayden misses
and Bonifacio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good shot there by Bonifacio .
Bonifacio throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayden fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bonifacio checks it well.
Hayden throws a leg kick
and Bonifacio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Bonifacio .
Bonifacio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bonifacio throws a body punch but Hayden moves out of range.
Bonifacio throws a series of punches but Hayden avoids them all with ease.
Bonifacio misses with a wild body shot.
Hayden feinted with a counter takedown.
Bonifacio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hayden.
Bonifacio appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Luigi Bonifacio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hayden throws a leg kick
and Hayden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bonifacio throws a body shot but no joy.
Bonifacio misses with a shot to the body
and Hayden counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is adopting a defensive guard.
Hayden works over Bonifacio with some ground and pound from guard.
Hayden wants to control from the top but Bonifacio keeps moving.
Bonifacio keeping full guard, as Hayden tries to pass.
Hayden passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hayden wants to control but Bonifacio is keeping him busy.
Hayden is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bonifacio is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is looking to reverse the position.
Hayden in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bonifacio takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bonifacio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bonifacio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hayden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sloppy strikes there by Hayden.
Bonifacio wants to control but Hayden postures up.
Hayden wants to control but Bonifacio is keeping him busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Clay Hayden will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bonifacio connects with the punch.
Hayden tried to score with a low kick but Bonifacio checks it.
Hayden throws a low kick, looking for Bonifacio 's leg but Bonifacio calmly moves out of range.
Hayden scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hayden avoids the body shot from Bonifacio .
Hayden drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hayden tries a low kick but Bonifacio avoids it.
Hayden scoring well with a low kick there.
Hayden misses with a low kick.
Bonifacio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayden misses with a low kick as Bonifacio jumps back.
Luigi Bonifacio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bonifacio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hayden's hands.
Hayden is looking to chop away at Bonifacio 's legs.
Bonifacio throws a big shot that misses.
Hayden tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio avoids the head kick by Hayden.
Bonifacio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hayden throws a leg kick that misses.
Hayden misses with the combination.
Hayden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bonifacio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hayden lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bonifacio has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bonifacio and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bonifacio punishes Hayden's body with a nice straight punch.
Hayden takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bonifacio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bonifacio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonifacio cracks Hayden with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bonifacio throws a body punch but Hayden moves out of range.
Hayden looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonifacio is just out of range.
Bonifacio works Hayden's body with a nice hook.
Hayden takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bonifacio swings for the body but Hayden moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayden takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bonifacio checks a low kick from Hayden.
Bonifacio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hayden's hands.
Some wild striking there from Bonifacio .
Bonifacio blocks a jab.
Hayden lands with a nice body punch.
Bonifacio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bonifacio cracks Hayden with an open hand slap.
A punch lands to the side of Hayden 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bonifacio throws a big shot that misses.
Hayden throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bonifacio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonifacio takes a swing at Hayden's ribcage but misses.
Bonifacio throws a shot from downtown. Hayden moves away and avoids it.
Hayden walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bonifacio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bonifacio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bonifacio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Haydens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bonifacio scores with a body shot.
Bonifacio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayden misses with a body kick.
Bonifacio misses the shot to the body.
Bonifacio slips a straight right by Hayden.
Bonifacio throws a big shot that misses.
Hayden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Bonifacio releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bonifacio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hayden looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bonifacio throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Bonifacio .
Bonifacio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Hayden misses the target.
Bonifacio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hayden dives in for a single leg takedown but Bonifacio sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio can't find room to land a body shot as Hayden controls the action.
Hayden trying to land knees to the body.
Bonifacio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonifacio breaks the clinch.
Bonifacio slips under a jab from Hayden.
Bonifacio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonifacio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hayden's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Bonifacio . No joy for Hayden on that attempt.
Hayden doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bonifacio just misses with a punch to the body.
Bonifacio stuns Hayden with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luigi Bonifacio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hayden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Bonifacio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayden shoots in but Bonifacio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bonifacio let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hayden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hayden looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hayden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonifacio throws a body punch but Hayden moves out of range.
Bonifacio lands with a straight right. Hayden didn't see that one coming.
Bonifacio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hayden takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bonifacio takes a swing at Hayden's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonifacio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayden moves away.
A head kick misses from Hayden.
Bonifacio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hayden slips a straight right by Bonifacio .
Hayden is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bonifacio 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hayden fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bonifacio avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayden throws a body shot but no joy.
Hayden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonifacio .
Hayden shoots in but Bonifacio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clay Hayden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hayden throws a hook but Bonifacio avoids it easily.
Bonifacio tries to bum rush Hayden with a series of wild strikes but Hayden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bonifacio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Hayden misses.
Bonifacio digs a good body shot into Hayden's ribs.
Bonifacio misses with a hook
and Hayden counters with a thumping low kick.
Bonifacio misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayden attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bonifacio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hayden's head backwards.
Bonifacio loads up on a big right hand but Hayden slips the punch.
Bonifacio misses with a looping left.
Hayden takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hayden tries a low kick but Bonifacio avoids it.
Bonifacio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hayden slips a jab from Bonifacio .
Bonifacio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bonifacio .
Hayden looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bonifacio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonifacio misses the jab.
Bonifacio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hayden.
Bonifacio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bonifacio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bonifacio tries to avoid it but Hayden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bonifacio to the ground. Bonifacio escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bonifacio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayden closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bonifacio looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayden is just out of range.
Nice cross by Bonifacio .
Bonifacio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hayden manages to avoid it.
Bonifacio gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hayden tries to free his leg and advance position but Bonifacio is retaining full guard.
Hayden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hayden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hayden working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bonifacio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hayden is looking to work some ground and pound but Bonifacio has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayden passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hayden 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.
Bonifacio parries the strikes from Hayden easily there. Hayden is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bonifacio to escape.
Hayden trying to control the position but Bonifacio is working away.
Clay Hayden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You can see the frustration on Bonifacio 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bonifacio takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bonifacio is looking for a sweep.
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!
Hayden wants to control for a moment but Bonifacio uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luigi Bonifacio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bonifacio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luigi Bonifacio !
A very excited looking Luigi Bonifacio rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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