PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Khalidovic (ranked 1181 p4p, 583 weight class) and BIshop Bonesteel (ranked 156 p4p, 79 weight class). Khalidovic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Зима-мама 25/17. This should be a great matchup!

Khalidovic
vs
Bonesteel

183 cm
22
162
6 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
155
12 - 3 - 0

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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mamed Khalidovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, BIshop Bonesteel!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonesteel bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That kick from Bonesteel tenderised Khalidovic's leg. Khalidovic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bonesteel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khalidovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khalidovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Bonesteel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bonesteel connects with an inside leg kick.
Bonesteel throws an overhand right that lands on Khalidovic's shoulder, as Khalidovic tries to avoid the shot.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Bonesteel ducks down to avoid it.
Bonesteel misses with a hook. Khalidovic ducked under it nicely.
Bonesteel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khalidovic is out of range and Bonesteel settles back down.
Khalidovic throws a sloppy body shot
and Bonesteel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bonesteel lands a jab to the nose.
Khalidovic throws an off balance right hand
and Bonesteel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bonesteel throws a solid leg kick but Khalidovic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bonesteel.
Khalidovic lands a really nice looking cross but Bonesteel seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonesteel moves out of range as Khalidovic strikes.
Mamed Khalidovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khalidovic needs to keep his hands up - Bonesteel had a free shot at his head there.
Khalidovic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bonesteel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bonesteel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khalidovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonesteel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Khalidovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalidovic scores with a jab.
Bonesteel scores with a leg kick.
Bonesteel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bonesteel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khalidovic.
Bonesteel lands a jab to the nose.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
Bonesteel throws a shot from downtown. Khalidovic moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bonesteel.
Khalidovic throws a hook but Bonesteel avoids it easily.
Khalidovic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bonesteel doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonesteel throws a hook but Khalidovic blocks it.
Bonesteel tries to land a leg kick but Khalidovic saw it coming and moves away.
Bonesteel misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel slips a jab and a cross from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bonesteel takes one to the side of the head.
Khalidovic checks a low kick from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic throwing a counter right hand but Bonesteel manages to avoid it.
Khalidovic loads up on a big right hand but Bonesteel slips the punch.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Bonesteel throws a body kick.
It looked like Khalidovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bonesteel misses with a right hand
and Khalidovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khalidovic connects with a looping right hand.
Khalidovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bonesteel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Bonesteel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khalidovic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bonesteel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khalidovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khalidovic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bonesteel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khalidovic scrambles back to his feet.
Bonesteel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khalidovic ducks right into an uppercut from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khalidovic scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bonesteel counters with a nice kick to the body.
Khalidovic misses with a straight left.
Nice shot lands for Bonesteel.
Bonesteel tries to land a leg kick but Khalidovic saw it coming and moves away.
Khalidovic throwing a counter right hand but Bonesteel manages to avoid it.
Bonesteel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a jab when Bonesteel was well out of range.
Bonesteel fails to land with a series of punches.
Khalidovic cracks Bonesteel with a good jab.
Bonesteel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khalidovic.
Bonesteel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khalidovic.
Bonesteel missing with a left hand there. Khalidovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bonesteel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khalidovic checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic works Bonesteel's body with a nice hook.
Khalidovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel looks to land a body kick but Khalidovic moved away.
Khalidovic lands a really nice looking cross but Bonesteel seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khalidovic walks into a stiff left hand from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khalidovic misses with an uppercut. Bonesteel saw that one coming.
Khalidovic throws an off balance right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a slapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalidovic misses the target.
Bonesteel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khalidovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Khalidovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khalidovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bonesteel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bonesteel moves away from the strike by Khalidovic.
Bonesteel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khalidovic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonesteel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bonesteel feints a counter leg kick.
Bonesteel moves forwards but Khalidovic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bonesteel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bonesteel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Khalidovic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Khalidovic is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bonesteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khalidovic throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but BIshop Bonesteel will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bonesteel throws a hook but Khalidovic avoids it easily.
Bonesteel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bonesteel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Khalidovic misses with a right hand
and Khalidovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khalidovic misses with a hook. Bonesteel ducked under it nicely.
Bonesteel missing with a left hand there. Khalidovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khalidovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khalidovic misses with a hook.
Bonesteel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bonesteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bonesteel scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Mamed Khalidovic has been cut.
Bonesteel slips a jab from Khalidovic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonesteel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khalidovic checks a low kick from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bonesteel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonesteel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khalidovic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khalidovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bonesteel slips under a jab from Khalidovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bonesteel under the eye.
Bonesteel throws a body punch but Khalidovic moves out of range.
Khalidovic throwing a counter right hand but Bonesteel manages to avoid it.
Khalidovic lands a head shot.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Bonesteel ducks down to avoid it.
Bonesteel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khalidovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khalidovic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khalidovic misses with a jab to the body
and Bonesteel counters with a nice uppercut.
Bonesteel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalidovic.
Nice body punch from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Bonesteel counter with a right hand.
Bonesteel misses with a looping right.
Bonesteel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalidovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bonesteel throws a low kick but Khalidovic moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Bonesteel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bonesteel throws a jab when Khalidovic was well out of range.
Khalidovic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic misses with an uppercut
and Bonesteel counters with a body kick.
Khalidovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khalidovic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bonesteel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khalidovic scrambles back to his feet.
Bonesteel throws a body kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Khalidovic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Khalidovic misses with a looping left.
Bonesteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khalidovic moves away.
Bonesteel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khalidovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic dodges the punch combination from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel tried to score with a low kick but Khalidovic checks it.
Bonesteel tries to land a leg kick but Khalidovic saw it coming and moves away.
Khalidovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bonesteel manages to avoid it.
Bonesteel misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Khalidovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
Khalidovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bonesteel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic blocks a low kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic thuds his right hand into Bonesteel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bonesteel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bonesteel throws a leg kick but Khalidovic moved away.
Bonesteel throws a hook but Khalidovic blocks it.
Bonesteel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khalidovic momentarily.
BIshop Bonesteel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Bonesteel ducks down to avoid it.
Bonesteel throws a wild body kick that Khalidovic sees coming a mile off.
Bonesteel needs to keep his hands up - Khalidovic had a free shot at his head there.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khalidovic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bonesteel - the referee stops the clock and Khalidovic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bonesteel. Khalidovic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Khalidovic cracks Bonesteel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bonesteel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bonesteel slips a jab from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Khalidovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bonesteel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonesteel misses with a low kick as Khalidovic jumps back.
Khalidovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel scores with a sloppy right hand. Khalidovic should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Bonesteel misses the target.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Bonesteel throws a body kick.
Bonesteel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Khalidovic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khalidovic throws a hook to the side of Bonesteel's head but Bonesteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khalidovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khalidovic takes a swing at Bonesteel's ribcage but misses.
Khalidovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bonesteel moves away.
Bonesteel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Khalidovic drops his hands momentarily and Bonesteel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bonesteel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khalidovic.
Bonesteel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidovic catches Bonesteel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Both fighters circling a little - Bonesteel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bonesteel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Bonesteel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khalidovic scores with a decent looking hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but BIshop Bonesteel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidovic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Khalidovic lands an overhand right.
Mamed Khalidovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bonesteel slips a jab from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalidovic throws a right hand that Bonesteel ducks under and follows up with a left that Bonesteel also avoids with ease.
Khalidovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khalidovic throws a hook but Bonesteel blocks it.
Khalidovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khalidovic looks to land a left hand but Bonesteel moved out of range nicely.
Bonesteel misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonesteel. That's going to slow Khalidovic down.
Khalidovic misses with an uppercut.
Khalidovic misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalidovic looks to land a left hand but Bonesteel moved out of range nicely.
Bonesteel looks to land a right hand but Khalidovic moved out of range.
Bonesteel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khalidovic doesn't seem bothered though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khalidovic.
Bonesteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalidovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonesteel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bonesteel throws a nice outside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonesteel is just out of range.
Bonesteel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bonesteel lands with a right hand.
Bonesteel throws a hook but Khalidovic blocks it.
Bonesteel misses with a kick to the body.
Bonesteel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bonesteel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khalidovic looks to land a right hand but Bonesteel moved out of range.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalidovic misses the target.
Khalidovic throws a good cross that connects.
Bonesteel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bonesteel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khalidovic.
A low kick lands for Bonesteel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel blocks a jab.
Khalidovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalidovic missing with a left hand there. Bonesteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khalidovic swings widly with a right hand
enabling Bonesteel to counter with a crisp jab.
Bonesteel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalidovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bonesteel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonesteel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khalidovic walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bonesteel.
Khalidovic dips to his left and cracks Bonesteel with an uppercut!
Bonesteel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bonesteel defending well as Khalidovic loads up on a big left hand.
Bonesteel throws a lazy right hand but Khalidovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khalidovic swings for the body but Bonesteel moves out of range.
Khalidovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khalidovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalidovic throws a right hand that misses
and Bonesteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khalidovic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Bonesteel counters with an outside leg kick.
Bonesteel misses with a kick to the body.
Khalidovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Bonesteel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khalidovic misses with a straight left.
Bonesteel scores with a body shot.
Bonesteel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khalidovic misses with an uppercut
and Bonesteel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khalidovic avoids a kick to the body.
Khalidovic throws a big counter combination but Bonesteel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Khalidovic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bonesteel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bonesteel connects with a body shot that sends Khalidovic's belly button to the back.
Bonesteel clobbers Khalidovic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Khalidovic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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!
Bonesteel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalidovic misses the target.
Bonesteel ducks under a wild hook from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bonesteel.
BIshop Bonesteel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bonesteel. Bonesteel obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Bonesteel misses its intended target.
Khalidovic misses with a hook. Bonesteel ducked under it nicely.
Khalidovic takes one to the side of the head.
Bonesteel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bonesteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bonesteel scores with a shot to the body.
Khalidovic lands with a cross.
Khalidovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bonesteel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bonesteel throws the kick towards the body but Khalidovic avoids it.
Khalidovic takes one on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonesteel throws a body kick that misses.
Khalidovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khalidovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
BIshop Bonesteel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bonesteel 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... BIshop Bonesteel!
BIshop Bonesteel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.