PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Bonifacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mikey Walsh enters the ring!

Bonifacio
vs
Walsh

185 cm
25
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Bonifacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walsh swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonifacio.

Bonifacio closes the distance and pushes Walsh back into the ropes.
Bonifacio pushes off an throws an elbow but Walsh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bonifacio throws an elbow but misses.
Bonifacio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
Bonifacio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walsh is defending well for now.
Walsh manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Walsh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bonifacio is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walsh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Walsh breaks the clinch.

Bonifacio gets caught flat footed, as Walsh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Walsh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh is pushing down on Bonifacio's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bonifacio is fighting to maintain full guard but Walsh has managed to sneak the leg through.
Walsh frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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.
Bonifacio is in a horrible position here. Walsh smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Walsh throws some wild stikes that Bonifacio manages to avoid easily.
Walsh throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Walsh thowing shots but they're missing.
Bonifacio is bucking up trying to escape but Walsh cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Walsh raining down hammerfists from mount.
Walsh landing strikes from the mount.
Bonifacio 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!
Walsh tries to control but Bonifacio wriggling away.
Walsh lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
You get the feeling that Bonifacio really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The referee warns Bonifacio that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bonifacio is squirming around, avoiding Walsh's attempts to control the action.
Walsh tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh trying to control but Bonifacio is having none of it.
Walsh landing shots from mount.
Bonifacio blocking the ground and pound.
Walsh lands with some strikes.
Bonifacio wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Walsh punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bonifacio is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Walsh locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Bonifacio is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mikey Walsh!
During a confident post fight interview, Mikey Walsh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.