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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Bonner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant Bonner has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Bonner!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Man.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bonner circles away quickly and effectively.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bonner counters by clinching up.
Bonner jumps guard.
Man wants to get up but he can't break Bonner's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bonner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bonner looking to control.
Bonner has his hands on Man's head, controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Grant Bonner wasn't active enough on the ground.
Man shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bonner counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bonner.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man works over Bonner's head and body with a nice combination.
Man gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bonner counters with a shoot takedown. Man fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonner trying to control the position from guard on top but Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Man is looking to stand up but Bonner isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Man is looking to stand up but Bonner isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonner is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Grant Bonner hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bonner manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Man on his heels. He'll look to pass Man's guard now, I'm sure.
Man is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bonner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Man swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bonner prevents Man from getting back to his feet.
Bonner gets to his feet. Man looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Man closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bonner circles away.
Man is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonner clinches up against the cage.
Bonner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Man is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bonner breaks the clinch.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bonner.
Man misses with a takedown
and Bonner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Man's guard now.
Bonner decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Man, up you get!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bonner.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonner wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bonner is controlling him well.
Bonner tries to move to mount but Man blocks the move with his legs.
Bonner content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Bonner lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bonner looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Man wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Bonner dominated that round.
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.
Bonner feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bonner controls from within his opponent's guard.
Man wants to get back to his feet but Bonner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bonner is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bonner stands and steps away. Man gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bonner gets the takedown into side control.
Man bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Man!
Bonner is breathing heavily.
Man wants to get back to his feet.
Bonner controlling from the full mount.
Bonner lands a big shot there that rocks Man but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Man trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bonner working Man over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bonner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Man trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bonner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bonner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is bucking up trying to escape but Bonner cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bonner goes for an armbar but Man turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Man.
Grant Bonner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bonner working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Man doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Man manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Man trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bonner's guard.
Man has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Man wants to get up but he can't break Bonner's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bonner will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Bonner has a closed guard, preventing Man from standing up.
Bonner looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bonner is on top in guard.
Man wants to get back to his feet but Bonner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man is wriggling around but Bonner manages to pass to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Bonner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Man lands with a nice combination. Bonner backs away looking to recover.
Man gets caught flat footed, as Bonner shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Man keeping moving, preventing Bonner from controlling successfully.
Bonner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Man is keeping the position for now.
Bonner trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.
Bonner wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bonner not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant Bonner has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bonner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Man to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Man would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Man stopping the sweep attempt from Bonner.
Bonner has a closed guard, preventing Man from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonner looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bonner shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Man napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Man wants to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonner controls the position.
Bonner decides to stand back up. Bonner steps back and let's Man get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Bonner shoots in and bounces Man off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bonner prevents Man from getting back to his feet.
Bonner sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Grant Bonner hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Man doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bonner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bonner.
Bonner should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
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!
Bonner sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bonner wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
Bonner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man wants to get back to his feet but Bonner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grant Bonner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bonner winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Bonner!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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