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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Bonham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan St Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying St Peters's choice of entrance music: Time By Culture Club. John Bonham has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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158 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Good kicks
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Bonham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan St Peters!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonham bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
St Peters takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bonham connects with an inside leg kick.
Bonham buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonham cracks St Peters with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bonham lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bonham scores with a leg kick.
Bonham scoring well with a low kick there.
John Bonham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonham lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bonham lands an overhand right.
St Peters takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St Peters shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bonham sprawls well. Bonham wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Peters gets slowly back to his feet.
St Peters looks gassed!
Bonham pushes St Peters away with a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonham throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bonham scores with a jab to the head.
A solid body kick from Bonham.
Bonham is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonham. That's going to slow St Peters down.
St Peters tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bonham's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bonham duly obliges.
Bonham really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bonham scores with a head kick.
Bonham is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonham scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St Peters doesn't seem bothered though.
Bonham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bonham lands an elbow just above St Peters 's eye.
Bonham pushes St Peters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bonham lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Nathan St Peters has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Peters takes an elbow to the temple.
St Peters takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right handed body shot lands from Bonham.
Bonham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bonham manages to break the clinch.
Bonham lands a high kick!
Bonham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bonham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Peters takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A solid body kick from Bonham.
Bonham lands with a kick to the temple. St Peters shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bonham lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Peters has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bonham.
Bonham's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bonham duly obliges.
John Bonham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bonham scores with a head kick.
St Peters takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bonham throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bonham's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bonham duly obliges.
Bonham throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bonham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonham connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice uppercut lands for Bonham. That snapped St Peters's head back.
Bonham ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bonham lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Peters's sensitive parts.
Bonham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bonham thuds his shin into the meat of St Peters's side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bonham.
Bonham connects with a high kick.
Bonham is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bonham clinches with his opponent.
Bonham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Peters in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bonham.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bonham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonham crunches a lovely knee into St Peters's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bonham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan St Peters's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
St Peters takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
St Peters has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bonham.
St Peters fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bonham forces St Peters back against the cage and clinches.
Bonham lands a nice elbow.
A short body shot lands from Bonham as the two fighters clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonham obliges.
Bonham gets through St Peters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
St Peters's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bonham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Peters can do to turn this around?
A short left from Bonham.
Bonham with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Bonham.
St Peters is breathing heavily.
Bonham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bonham.
Bonham throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bonham lands a nice knee to the body.
St Peters's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonham.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bonham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bonham lands an elbow inside.
Bonham breaks the clinch.
Bonham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bonham.
Bonham is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bonham throws a one two combo.
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!
Bonham throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by St Peters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bonham gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bonham.
Bonham lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
John Bonham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bonham lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bonham throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bonham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Nathan St Peters's cut even more.
Bonham connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Peters's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonham.
Bonham gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonham with a knee to the head.
Bonham pushes St Peters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bonham.
Bonham crunches a lovely knee into St Peters's ribcage.
St Peters takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bonham obliges.
A knee to the head by Bonham.
Bonham lands a right hand.
St Peters takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bonham connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Peters's face.
Bonham scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonham landing knees to the body.
Bonham unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Peters lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bonham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A shot in the inside from Bonham.
Bonham connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Peters's face.
Bonham connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Peters's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonham lands an elbow inside.
Bonham crunches a lovely knee into St Peters's ribcage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonham lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bonham scores a nice knee to the body.
Bonham lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bonham dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathan St Peters's cut.
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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A punch lands to the side of St Peters 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bonham keeps St Peters at a distance using the push kick.
Bonham bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of St Peters's head.
Nathan St Peters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Peters on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bonham scores with a spinning back kick!
St Peters stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bonham.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonham.
Bonham lands a nice shot that snaps St Peters's head back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bonham throws a quick head kick that skims the top of St Peters's head.
Bonham throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bonham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bonham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonham jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bonham throws a head kick that St Peters semi-blocks.
Bonham scores with a leg kick.
Bonham connects with an inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bonham!
St Peters takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bonham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice cross by Bonham.
Bonham drives through and clinches with St Peters against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Peters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bonham pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bonham scores with a knee to the head.
Bonham landing knees to the head.
St Peters takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Peters takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bonham.
Bonham lands an elbow just above St Peters 's eye.
Bonham crunches a lovely knee into St Peters's ribcage.
Bonham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Peters is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bonham to keep the fight standing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonham lands an elbow that stopped St Peters in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Peters takes a knee to the side of the body.
St Peters takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bonham lands a damaging elbow.
Bonham lands with a right to the head.
Bonham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bonham lands a good knee to the midsection. St Peters won't want to take too many of those.
Bonham cracks St Peters with a nice body shot.
Bonham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Peters in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bonham lands a knee to the head.
Bonham cracks St Peters with a nice body shot.
Bonham scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bonham as the two fighters clinch.
St Peters takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Peters takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bonham crunches a lovely knee into St Peters's ribcage.
Bonham lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bonham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bonham.
Bonham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of St Peterss head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St Peters or not.
Nathan St Peters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Bonham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonham lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Bonham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonham 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:24
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:24
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bonham!
A victorious John Bonham thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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