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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bishop Bonesteel (ranked 1204 p4p, 298 weight class) and Petcharon Darawan (ranked 110 p4p, 29 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bishop Bonesteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Petcharon Darawan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonesteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darawan! But no joy.
Bonesteel slips a straight right by Darawan.
Bonesteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darawan manages to avoid it.
A cross from Bonesteel lands.
Darawan throws an off balance right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a thumping low kick.
Bonesteel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darawan throws a push kick but Bonesteel slaps the foot to one side.
Darawan checks the leg kick.
Darawan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bonesteel with a body shot.
Bonesteel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darawan looks to land a left hand but Bonesteel moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darawan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bonesteel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darawan. That did some damage!
Bonesteel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bishop Bonesteel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonesteel scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darawan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darawan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bonesteel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Darawan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darawan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Darawan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonesteel.
A lazy body kick from Bonesteel
and Darawan counters with a straight right hand.
Bonesteel misses with a straight right.
Darawan misses with a right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bonesteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonesteel defending well as Darawan loads up on a big left hand.
Bonesteel throws a hook but Darawan avoids it easily.
Darawan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bonesteel lands with a good body shot.
Darawan takes a swing at Bonesteel's ribcage but misses.
Darawan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darawan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonesteel throwing a counter right hand but Darawan manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonesteel scores with a hook to the body. Darawan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darawan checks a low kick from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Darawan has time to react.
Bonesteel connects with a looping right hand.
A swing and a miss from Darawan.
Bonesteel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bonesteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darawan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bonesteel lands with a cross.
Bonesteel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bonesteel connects with a leg kick.
Bonesteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darawan throws out the jab.
Darawan swings widly with a right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darawan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bonesteel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bonesteel throws a body shot but no joy.
Darawan 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.
Bonesteel misses with a hook
and Darawan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bonesteel's knee momentarily.
Darawan throws an off balance right hand
and Bonesteel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Darawan swings widly with a right hand
letting Bonesteel counter with a right hand.
Bonesteel misses with a body kick.
Darawan misses with an uppercut
and Bonesteel counters with a thumping low kick.
Darawan looks to land a combination but Bonesteel avoids it well.
Darawan swinging wildly here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bonesteel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Bonesteel coming out on top.
Darawan throws a looping overhand right but Bonesteel ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Darawan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonesteel counters with a thumping low kick.
Bonesteel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darawan digs a good hook to Bonesteel's body.
Bonesteel misses with an uppercut
and Darawan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bonesteel throws a hook to the side of Darawan's head but Darawan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bonesteel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darawan misses with an uppercut
and Bonesteel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice jab there from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel's corner calls for a 1-2. Bonesteel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bonesteel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bonesteel looks to throw the jab but Darawan is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Darawan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bishop Bonesteel dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bonesteel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darawan on the side of the head.
Bonesteel misses with a low kick.
Darawan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bonesteel with a nice calf kick.
Bishop Bonesteel is winning the standup battle so far.
Bonesteel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darawan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bonesteel misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Bonesteel.
Darawan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bonesteel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darawan misses with a hook. Bonesteel ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darawan throws a series of punches but Bonesteel avoids them all with ease.
Bonesteel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bonesteel lands with a nice body punch.
Darawan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bonesteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonesteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Darawan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Darawan can do to turn this around?
Bonesteel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darawan.
Darawan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab lands there for Bonesteel.
Bonesteel lands the left hand.
Bonesteel misses with a wild body shot.
Darawan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bonesteel slips a jab from Darawan.
Bonesteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darawan throws a body shot but no joy.
Darawan misses with a lunging right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a thumping low kick.
Bonesteel tries to move into range but Darawan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Bonesteel.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonesteel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Darawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonesteel throws a leg kick but Darawan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Darawan misses with a lunging right hand
and Bonesteel counters with a straight right hand.
Bonesteel misses with a low kick as Darawan jumps back.
Bonesteel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darawan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bonesteel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Darawan under the eye.
Darawan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Darawan misses with a hook. Bonesteel ducked under it nicely.
Bonesteel throws a lazy right hand but Darawan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some wild striking there from Darawan.
Bonesteel was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Darawan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonesteel moves away from the strike by Darawan.
Darawan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bonesteel throws a hook to the side of Darawan's head but Darawan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darawan lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Bishop Bonesteel has been cut.
Darawan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bonesteel throws a good cross that connects.
Bonesteel's corner calls for a 1-2. Bonesteel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bonesteel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darawan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slow jab from Darawan misses its intended target.
Bonesteel connects with a crisp jab.
Darawan misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonesteel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A shot to the body from Bonesteel misses
and Darawan counters with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonesteel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darawan.
Darawan misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bonesteel avoids the body shot from Darawan.
Bonesteel thuds a left hand into Darawan's body.
A slow jab from Darawan misses its intended target.
Bonesteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darawan moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Darawan misses.
Darawan misses with an uppercut
enabling Bonesteel to counter with a crisp jab.
Darawan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonesteel connects with a jab.
Darawan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bishop Bonesteel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bishop Bonesteel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bonesteel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Darawan misses with a right hand
and Bonesteel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good leg kick by Bonesteel.
Bonesteel lands a leg kick that knocks Darawan off balance momentarily.
Darawan ducks under a wild hook from Bonesteel.
Darawan misses with a hook
and Bonesteel counters with a nice leg kick.
Darawan defending well as Bonesteel loads up on a big left hand.
Bonesteel lands a nice shot that snaps Darawan's head back.
Bonesteel cracks Darawan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonesteel connects with an inside leg kick.
Bonesteel jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Darawan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bonesteel has got the better of the exchanges.
Bonesteel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darawan on the side of the head.
Darawan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bonesteel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darawan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bonesteel.
Bonesteel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bonesteel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bonesteel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darawan counters with a straight right hand.
Darawan walks into a left hand.
Bonesteel sizes up Darawan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darawan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darawan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bonesteel is looking to counter with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Darawan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darawan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bonesteel scores with a hook to the body. Darawan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darawan slips under a jab.
Petcharon Darawan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonesteel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bonesteel defending well as Darawan loads up on a big left hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Bonesteel as he connects with a hook.
Bonesteel lands with a hook. Darawan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bonesteel lands a body shot.
Darawan tries to move into range but Bonesteel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Darawan moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
Darawan ducks right into an uppercut from Bonesteel.
Bonesteel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bonesteel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darawan moves out of range as Bonesteel strikes.
Darawan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Bonesteel as he connects with a hook.
Bonesteel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Darawan if he has to take too many more of those.
Darawan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bonesteel misses with an uppercut
and Darawan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Darawan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bonesteel throws a lazy uppercut
and Bonesteel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bonesteel connects with a nice looking jab.
Darawan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bonesteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Darawan drops his hands momentarily and Bonesteel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Darawan misses with a left hand
letting Bonesteel counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonesteel moves out of range as Darawan strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Bonesteel misses its target.
Bonesteel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Darawan is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Darawan.
Darawan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bonesteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darawan manages to avoid it.
Darawan throws a sloppy head kick and Bonesteel moves out of range easily.
Darawan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonesteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Darawan.
Bonesteel tests Darawan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darawan throws a poor cross that misses
and Bonesteel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A head kick by Darawan misses
and Bonesteel counters with a nice body shot.
Bonesteel misses with a body shot
and Darawan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darawan checks the leg kick.
Darawan throws a hook to the side of Bonesteel's head but Bonesteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bishop Bonesteel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonesteel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bishop Bonesteel!
Bishop Bonesteel decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Petcharon Darawan stepped up to the mic, saying 'I have nothing to say.'.
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