PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tod Dervon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Bonanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Dervon
vs
Bonanza

185 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tod Dervon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eduardo Bonanza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dervon misses with a wild combination.

Bonanza drives through and clinches with Dervon against the ropes.
Bonanza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonanza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.

It looks like Tod Dervon has been cut.
Nice elbow from Bonanza.
Bonanza landing knees to the head.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonanza crunches a lovely knee into Dervon's ribcage.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonanza is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dervon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dervon is breathing heavily.
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!
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Bonanza.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Bonanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Dervon won't want to take too many of those.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonanza scores a nice knee to the body.
Dervon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Dervon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dervon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bonanza scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dervon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Bonanza.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Bonanza.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Dervon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bonanza with a knee to the head.
Bonanza scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Bonanza misses with an elbow over the top.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the head but Dervon blocks with his arms.
Bonanza looking to throw knees to the head but Dervon is blocking nicely.
Bonanza landing knees to the head.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike from Bonanza.
Bonanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dervon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bonanza prevents Dervon from breaking the clinch.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Bonanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dervon avoids the elbow strike from Bonanza, against the ropes.
Dervon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike.
Bonanza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dervon's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonanza obliges.
Bonanza missing with knees to the body.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dervon is trying to break the clinch but Bonanza is controlling him.
Dervon tries to break the clinch but Bonanza is controlling the position.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bonanza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bonanza working Dervon over with knees to the body.
Bonanza prevents Dervon from breaking the clinch.
Bonanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Dervon avoids the damage to the body.
Dervon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonanza has double underhooks.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Bonanza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dervon's face.
Bonanza lands a damaging elbow.
Dervon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonanza won't allow it.
Bonanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bonanza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bonanza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dervon's brow.
Dervon can't break the clinch.
Dervon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonanza won't allow it.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bonanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Dervon won't want to take too many of those.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dervon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bonanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dervon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dervon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bonanza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonanza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bonanza has Dervon pressed against the ropes, preventing Dervon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bonanza landing knees to the head.
Dervon avoids the elbow strike from Bonanza, against the ropes.
Bonanza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dervon's efforts to push away.
Bonanza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bonanza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dervon's brow.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike.
Dervon is trying to break the clinch but Bonanza is controlling him.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dervon avoids the elbow strike from Bonanza, against the ropes.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Bonanza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dervon's face.
Bonanza lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Dervon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Dervon tries to circle away but Bonanza has him pinned against the ropes.
Bonanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bonanza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonanza misses with an elbow strike.
Bonanza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Dervon tries to break the clinch but Bonanza is controlling the position.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Bonanza.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bonanza throws an elbow but misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bonanza scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonanza tries a knee to the head but Dervon blocks it.
Bonanza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dervon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dervon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonanza won't allow it.
Dervon is trying to break the clinch but Bonanza has him pressed against the ropes.
Bonanza lands a damaging elbow.
Bonanza with a knee to the head.
Bonanza misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Bonanza.
Bonanza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonanza missing with knees to the body.
Dervon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dervon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonanza missing with knees to the body.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dervon avoids it.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bonanza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dervon's brow.
Dervon avoids a wild elbow strike from Bonanza.
Bonanza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bonanza misses with an elbow strike.
Bonanza pushes off an throws an elbow but Dervon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dervon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Bonanza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bonanza misses with an elbow strike.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Dervon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonanza has double underhooks.
Bonanza landing knees to the head.
Bonanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dervon is defending well for now.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it misses.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dervon avoids it.
Bonanza looking to throw knees to the head but Dervon is blocking nicely.
Dervon wants to break free but Bonanza has control.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonanza.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonanza pushes off an throws an elbow but Dervon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dervon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dervon wants to break free but Bonanza has control.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Bonanza misses with an elbow strike.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Bonanza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tod Dervon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

No joy there for Dervon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dervon looks to land a combination but Bonanza avoids it well.

Bonanza rushes Dervon and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Bonanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Dervon won't want to take too many of those.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dervon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonanza has double underhooks.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bonanza.
Dervon working hard to break the clinch.
Bonanza lands a damaging elbow.
Dervon can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Dervon takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Dervon is trying to break free.
Bonanza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Dervon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bonanza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonanza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Bonanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bonanza misses with a knee strike.
Dervon is trying to break free.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Bonanza.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Dervon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bonanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dervon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bonanza throws an elbow that misses.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonanza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside.
Bonanza prevents Dervon from breaking the clinch.
Bonanza misses with an elbow over the top.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it misses.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dervon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonanza won't allow it.
Bonanza pushes off an throws an elbow but Dervon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Eduardo Bonanza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike.
Bonanza has Dervon pressed against the ropes, preventing Dervon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it misses.
Dervon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonanza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonanza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dervon is trying to force a seperation but Bonanza has the dominant position.
Dervon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonanza.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bonanza throws an elbow but misses.
Bonanza keeps control of Dervon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dervon is trying to force a seperation but Bonanza has the dominant position.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dervon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Dervon tries to break free but Bonanza pushes him back against the ropes.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Bonanza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike.
Bonanza misses with an elbow strike.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Dervon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Bonanza lands an elbow inside that Dervon shrugs off.
Dervon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonanza obliges.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza landing knees to the body.
Bonanza connects with a knee to the head.
Bonanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dervon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonanza prevents Dervon from breaking the clinch.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Bonanza with a knee to the head.
Bonanza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dervon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonanza has him pressed against the ropes.
Bonanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bonanza with a knee to the head.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow.
Dervon working hard to break the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bonanza lands a knee to the head.
Bonanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bonanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dervon's defenses.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Bonanza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dervon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bonanza missing with knees to the body.
Bonanza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Dervon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Dervon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonanza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bonanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dervon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonanza lands an elbow just above Dervon 's eye.
Dervon dodges an elbow strike from Bonanza.
Bonanza landing knees to the head.
Dervon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dervon wants to break free but Bonanza has control.
Bonanza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dervon is trying to force a seperation but Bonanza has the dominant position.
Bonanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Dervon won't want to take too many of those.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
Bonanza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonanza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dervon's face.
Bonanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dervon is defending well for now.
Bonanza tries to land a knee to the head but Dervon blocks with his arms.
Dervon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bonanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dervon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it misses.
Bonanza has Dervon pressed against the ropes, preventing Dervon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bonanza lands a knee to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonanza looking to throw knees to the head but Dervon is blocking nicely.
Bonanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dervon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dervon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dervon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonanza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
Bonanza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonanza throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Bonanza.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bonanza throws an elbow but misses.
Dervon blocks an elbow strike.
Dervon has had enough of the clinch but Bonanza keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Bonanza.
Bonanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tod Dervon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bonanza throws an elbow but misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dervon is trying to break the clinch but Bonanza is controlling him.
Bonanza misses with a knee strike.
Bonanza scores with a knee to the head.
Dervon is trying to force a seperation but Bonanza has the dominant position.
Dervon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonanza has double underhooks.
Bonanza lands an elbow that stopped Dervon in his tracks for a moment.
Dervon tries to break free but Bonanza pushes him back against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonanza obliges.
Bonanza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dervon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bonanza won't allow it.
Bonanza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bonanza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dervon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bonanza lands a knee to the body.
Bonanza lands a nice knee to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dervon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonanza has him pressed against the ropes.
Bonanza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dervon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dervon throws a head punch that misses.
Bonanza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dervon misses with the head strike.
Dervon misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Bonanza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bonanza 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Eduardo Bonanza!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Eduardo Bonanza!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Eduardo Bonanza!

Eduardo Bonanza wins by unanimous decision!