PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Smirnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilfred Bongderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bongderson has chosen Dirt Nasty - 1980 as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Smirnov
vs
Bongderson

173 cm
20
140 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
135 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Smirnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wilfred Bongderson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smirnov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bongderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smirnov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smirnov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Bongderson tries to keep at a distance but Smirnov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smirnov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bongderson trying to control the position but instead, Smirnov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bongderson into the ropes.
Smirnov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bongderson's efforts to push away.
Smirnov misses with a knee to the head.
Bongderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bongderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smirnov looking to throw knees to the head but Bongderson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bongderson trying to stall but Smirnov improves his position.
Bongderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bongderson.
Smirnov misses with a knee strike.
Smirnov misses with a knee strike.
Bongderson avoids the elbow strike from Smirnov, against the ropes.
Smirnov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bongderson is trying to stall.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smirnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Bongderson avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bongderson stalling against the ropes.
Bongderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smirnov holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Smirnov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smirnov landing knees to the head.
Smirnov trying to land knees to the body.
Bongderson managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Smirnov trying to control the position but instead, Bongderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smirnov into the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Bongderson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bongderson avoids it.
Smirnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Bongderson avoids the damage to the body.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bongderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bongderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Bongderson avoids the damage to the body.
Smirnov misses with a knee strike.
Bongderson managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Bongderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bongderson managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bongderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov tries a knee to the head but Bongderson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Smirnov as Bongderson tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smirnov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bongderson's brow.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Smirnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bongderson.
Smirnov scores a nice knee to the body.
Bongderson taking a breather.
Bongderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bongderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnov misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Smirnov dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bongderson throws a looping overhand right but Smirnov ducks down to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Bongderson blocks the low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smirnov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bongderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bongderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smirnov moves out of range of the strikes.
Smirnov throws a nice head kick!
Bongderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bongderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bongderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bongderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smirnov has time to react.
Smirnov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bongderson looks to throw the jab but Smirnov is out of range.
Smirnov throws a looping overhand right but Bongderson ducks down to avoid it.
Smirnov wants to clinch up but Bongderson keeps it at a distance.
Bongderson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smirnov will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongderson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bongderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smirnov misses with a low kick as Bongderson jumps back.
Smirnov misses with a low kick as Bongderson jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smirnov. Bongderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bongderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bongderson throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Bongderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smirnov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bongderson.
Nice shot by Bongderson.
Smirnov tries to clinch but Bongderson moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smirnov. Bongderson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov throws a leg kick which misses Bongderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Bongderson tries to avoid it.
Smirnov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smirnov moves in looking to clinch but Bongderson pushes him off.
Bongderson connects with a jab.
Bongderson throws out a loose jab but Smirnov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bongderson connects with a body shot.
Bongderson 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bongderson misses with a head kick.
Smirnov misses the body punch
and Bongderson counters with a left to the body.
Smirnov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bongderson's sensitive parts.
Smirnov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bongderson throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Smirnov.
Smirnov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bongderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Smirnov scrambles back to his feet.
Smirnov is looking to slow Bongderson down with leg kicks.
Good exchange - Bongderson coming out on top.
Smirnov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bongderson counters with a nice body shot.
Bongderson throws a lazy right hand but Smirnov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bongderson throws an overhand right that lands on Smirnov's shoulder, as Smirnov tries to avoid the shot.
Smirnov throws a body kick that misses.
Bongderson misses with a straight left.

Smirnov has managed to clinch.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the head but Bongderson blocks with his arms.
Smirnov taking a breather.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bongderson avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bongderson dodges an elbow strike from Smirnov.
Bongderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smirnov trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bongderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bongderson avoids it.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bongderson blocks it with crossed arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bongderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bongderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smirnov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bongderson is defending well for now.
Bongderson stalling in the clinch but Smirnov improves position.
Smirnov 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.

A close second round but Wilfred Bongderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Smirnov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bongderson. That did some damage!
Bongderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smirnov's head.
Bongderson blocks the body kick.
Bongderson misses with a hook.
Smirnov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bongderson works Smirnov's body with a nice hook.
Smirnov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Smirnov scoring well with a low kick there.
Smirnov looks to land a right hand but Bongderson moved out of range.
Smirnov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smirnov throws a head kick but Bongderson moves out of range.
Bongderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smirnov throws the left hand but Bongderson avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bongderson.
Bongderson slips a jab from Smirnov.
Bongderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smirnov.
A cross from Bongderson lands.
Bongderson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smirnov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bongderson counters with a leg kick.
Smirnov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bongderson tries to score with a low kick but Smirnov moves his leg out of the way.
Bongderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Bongderson misses with a hook. Smirnov ducked under it nicely.
Smirnov throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bongderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smirnov is looking to land body kicks.
Bongderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov just misses with a punch to the body.
Smirnov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bongderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Smirnov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bongderson cracks Smirnov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alexander Smirnov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bongderson misses with an uppercut. Smirnov saw that one coming.
Bongderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smirnov. That did some damage!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bongderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Smirnov - the referee stops the clock and Bongderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Smirnov. Bongderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smirnov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bongderson is out of range.
Bongderson thuds his shin into the meat of Smirnov's side.
Smirnov misses with an uppercut. Bongderson saw that one coming.
Bongderson throws out a loose jab but Smirnov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bongderson connects with a body shot that sends Smirnov's belly button to the back.
Bongderson cracks Smirnov with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov tries a head kick but it misses.
Bongderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bongderson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bongderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bongderson throws a body punch but Smirnov moves out of range.
Bongderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bongderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bongderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smirnov was well out of range. Poor timing from Bongderson.
Smirnov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wilfred Bongderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smirnov missing with a left hand there. Bongderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smirnov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bongderson moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smirnov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bongderson lands a nice looking body shot.
Bongderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Smirnov.
Smirnov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
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!
Bongderson thuds a left hand into Smirnov's body.
Bongderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smirnov. Smirnov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bongderson throws an overhand right that lands on Smirnov's shoulder, as Smirnov tries to avoid the shot.
Bongderson throws a head kick that Smirnov semi-blocks.

Smirnov is rocked!
Bongderson moves out of range of the leg kick from Smirnov.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wilfred Bongderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bongderson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilfred Bongderson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Wilfred Bongderson waved his t-shirt featuring The Nutritionists (O.R.G) »Q155 only $49!«'s logo in front of the cameras.