PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Cornish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres Bonifacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cornish comes to the ring accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls (Instrumental) by Metallica. Bonifacio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: push me!!!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Cornish
vs
Bonifacio

180 cm
25
159 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

165 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Cornish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andres Bonifacio!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bonifacio shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cornish manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bonifacio wants to control from the top but Cornish keeps moving.

Bonifacio drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Cornish manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bonifacio has Cornish in his guard.
Bonifacio is trying to control the position but Cornish postures up.
Cornish sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cornish is pushing down on Bonifacio's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bonifacio is fighting to maintain full guard but Cornish has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornish missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bonifacio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bonifacio is looking to improve his position.

Cornish seems to be working for a kimura but Bonifacio defends the submission attempt.
Cornish performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bonifacio on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cornish frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bonifacio is bucking up trying to escape but Cornish cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cornish with a couple of short strikes.
Cornish trying to control but Bonifacio is having none of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bonifacio is looking to improve his position but Cornish isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cornish wants to control the pace but Bonifacio is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornish landing strikes from the mount.
Bonifacio tries to lock up and control but Cornish gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is in a horrible position here. Cornish smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cornish working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cornish wants to control the pace but Bonifacio is squirming around nicely.

Cornish looking for a guillotine from mount but Bonifacio is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cornish unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Cornish dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bonifacio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cornish fails with the takedown.
Cornish defending well as Bonifacio loads up on a big left hand.

Bonifacio drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cornish will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cornish keeping full guard, as Bonifacio tries to pass.
Bonifacio passes into half guard.
Bonifacio moves into full mount! Cornish won't be happy about that!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio throws a wild left hand from mount and Cornish manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Bonifacio is looking to advance position but Cornish won't allow it.
Bonifacio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bonifacio is looking to take a break and control but Cornish is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cornish won't allow Bonifacio to pass to mount.

Bonifacio seems to be looking for submissions.
Cornish works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cornish swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cornish managing to control the position.
Cornish wants to sweep but no luck.
Jeremy Cornish overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bonifacio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bonifacio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio trying to control the position from guard on top but Cornish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cornish wants to sweep but no luck.
Bonifacio wants to pass the guard but Cornish is keeping the position.
Cornish is trying to control the position but Bonifacio postures up.
Cornish preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bonifacio looking to pass the guard.
Cornish is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bonifacio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornish keeping moving, preventing Bonifacio from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cornish is defended easily by Bonifacio.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Cornish. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bonifacio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cornish with a lazy takedown attempt

and Bonifacio decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cornish's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonifacio is working Cornish over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonifacio advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Bonifacio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cornish shoots in looking for a takedown. Bonifacio tries to sprawl out of it but Cornish keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Bonifacio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bonifacio. Cornish does a little dance to reset his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cornish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornish misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Cornish. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cornish tries to sprawl but Bonifacio drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio working the head and body with strikes.
Bonifacio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Bonifacio is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cornish has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bonifacio works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bonifacio misses with a head shot.
Bonifacio punching from mount but Cornish doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is landing with some decent strikes but Cornish is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cornish is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bonifacio looking to finish with strikes here!
Cornish is squirming around, avoiding Bonifacio's attempts to control the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonifacio breaks from Cornish's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bonifacio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cornish really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bonifacio throwing strikes here but Cornish is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Cornish can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cornish holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bonifacio tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cornish is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Cornish that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bonifacio tries to control but Cornish wriggling away.
Bonifacio throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bonifacio thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Bonifacio goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Cornish is on top in guard.
Cornish engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornish missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bonifacio manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cornish manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cornish not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonifacio wants to control from the top but Cornish keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andres Bonifacio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bonifacio 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight for Andres Bonifacio!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Andres Bonifacio!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Andres Bonifacio!

Andres Bonifacio wins by unanimous decision!