PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amiko Bono (ranked 6698 p4p, 618 weight class) and What Addams (ranked 6129 p4p, 597 weight class). Addams has chosen Family Vales as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bono
vs
Addams

185 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Woodhouse's

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amiko Bono!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, What Addams!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Addams fails with a takedown attempt.
Bono fails with an attempt to clinch.

Addams gets a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Addams.
Bono with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bono lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Addams content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Bono escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Addams moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Addams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bono as he avoids it easily.
Addams shoots in for a takedown but Bono shows good takedown defense.
Amiko Bono has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of What Addams.
Addams goes for a double leg but Bono avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bono continues to drive forward.
Addams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bono circles away.
Amiko Bono seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Addams avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bono works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bono tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Addams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Amiko Bono is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bono gets a clinch.

Bono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bono throws a head kick but Addams moves out of range.
Addams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Addams shoots in for a takedown but Bono shows good takedown defense.
Bono throws a series of punches but Addams avoids them all with ease.
Bono displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Addams.

Bono closes the distance and clinches.
Bono has a couple of punches blocked by Addams.
Bono misses with a punch to the body.
Bono looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Addams breaks from the clinch.
Addams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bono defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Addams.
Jab from Bono.
Bono tries to close the distance and clinch but Addams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Addams darts in looking for a takedown but Bono gets double underhooks and turns Addams into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Addams tries for a takedown but Bono sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bono tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Addams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bono paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Addams shoots for a double leg takedown but Bono sprawls well. He's pushed Addams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Addams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bono is fending him off so far but Addams persists. Nope, Bono circles away and we're back to standing.
Bono misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bono misses with a body shot
and Addams counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bono's knee momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Bono. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Bono does no damage.
Addams misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Addams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bono displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Addams.
Addams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bono swivels and escapes.

Bono moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Bono scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bono tries to work over Addams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Addams is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bono is defending well.
Addams tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Addams prevents Bono from breaking the clinch.
Bono misses with the head strike.
Bono throws a punch but it's blocked by Addams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Addams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Addams shoots for a takedown but Bono saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Addams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bono fails in his attempt to clinch.
Addams throws out a counter right but Bono avoids it with no problem.
A good leg kick by Bono.
Bono moves in looking to clinch but Addams pushes him off.

Addams gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bono holds on to Addams's head and controls the position momentarily.
Bono is trying to get back to his feet.
Bono is trying to control Addams's posture but Addams avoids it.
Bono tries to buck Addams off but Addams is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amiko Bono 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.

Addams fails with a takedown attempt.

Bono closes the distance and clinches.
Addams changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bono fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Addams slips a straight right by Bono.
Bono wants to clinch.
Addams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bono looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Addams with the counter takedown but Bono avoids it easily.
Bono looks to throw the jab but Addams is out of range.
Addams changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bono moves into range and clinches up with Addams.
Addams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bono just stands there and leans against the cage.
Amiko Bono has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of What Addams.
Bono keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Addams's efforts to push away.
Addams tries for a takedown but Bono manages to get underhooks.
Addams stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Bono breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Addams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Addams shoots in but no luck this time.
Bono drops down looking for a counter takedown but Addams sprawls and moves away.
Bono scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bono looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bono pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Addams moves into the clinch successfully.
Addams blocks an uppercut.
Addams has had enough of the clinch but Bono keeps him there for the moment.

Addams pulls guard effortlessly.
Addams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bono is looking to stand up but Addams won't let him.
Bono controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Addams pulls Bono in close to prevent any damage.

Addams looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bono passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bono prevents Addams from improving his position.
Bono wants to get back to his feet.
Bono not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Addams is looking for a sweep. Bono is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Addams works his way to full guard. Good work.
Addams is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Addams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bono accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Amiko Bono is winning the standup battle so far.
Bono doesn't manage to clinch there - Addams circles away.
Addams moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Addams tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bono sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Addams somewhat.
Bono is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Addams can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bono looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amiko Bono dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Addams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bono tries to avoid it but Addams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bono to the ground. Bono escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bono misses with a series of wild punches.
Bono scores with a crisp jab that stopped Addams in his tracks.
Addams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bono is fending him off so far but Addams persists. Nope, Bono circles away and we're back to standing.
Addams shoots for a double leg takedown but Bono sprawls well. He's pushed Addams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Amiko Bono has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of What Addams.
Addams looks to score with a jab to the body but Bono is just out of range.
Bono doesn't manage to clinch there - Addams circles away.
Addams tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bono misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Addams shoots in but Bono avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bono lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Bono. No joy for Addams on that attempt.
Addams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sloppy strikes from Bono. Those never looked like landing.
Addams swats away the attempt to clinch by Bono.
Bono thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Addams if he has to take too many more of those.
Addams circles away from the clinch attempt.

Addams closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bono tries to bench press Addams off him but Addams keeps the position.
Addams is looking to take a break and control but Bono is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Addams tries for a kimura but Bono is defending well.
What Addams has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Bono's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bono is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Addams trying to control the action but Bono is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bono throws a series of punches but Addams moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Addams shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bono sprawls well. Bono wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Addams gets slowly back to his feet.
Addams shoots in for a takedown but Bono shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bono.
Addams swats away the attempt to clinch by Bono.
Some wild striking there from Addams.
Bono comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Bono clinches up against the cage.

Bono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bono throws a series of punches but Addams avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Addams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Addams looks to move away, Bono throws a big counter combo but Addams just gets out of the way.

Bono tries to keep at a distance but Addams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bono wants to break free but Addams has control.
Addams fails to pull guard.
Bono missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Addams tries to pull guard but Bono holds him up against the cage and eventually Addams drops back down to his feet.

Bono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bono tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Addams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Addams looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
What Addams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Amiko Bono is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Addams.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amiko Bono showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bono, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amiko Bono!