PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William H Bonney (ranked 1058 p4p, 1271 weight class) and Petar Popara (ranked 161 p4p, 199 weight class). Petar Popara has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bonney
vs
Popara

190 cm
22
210
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
220
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

AVALON
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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, William H Bonney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Petar Popara!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bonney is looking to counter punch.
Popara misses the body punch
and Bonney counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Popara tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bonney counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Popara swings widly with a right hand
and Bonney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Popara lands a nice hook to Bonney's body. Bonney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've been told by Bonney's head coaches at Outlaw MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Popara looks to clinch
and Bonney counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bonney blocks an uppercut.
Popara lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like William H Bonney has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Popara throws an elbow that misses.
Popara tries to work over Bonney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Popara blocks a body shot from Bonney.
Popara lands an elbow just above Bonney 's eye.
Popara blocks an uppercut.
Popara lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonney.
Bonney has a couple of punches blocked by Popara.
Popara can't find room to land a body shot as Bonney controls the action.
A short right from Bonney.
Bonney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bonney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Popara's elbow.
Bonney misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Bonney.
Bonney lands a nice uppercut.
Popara lands an elbow that stopped Bonney in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Popara.
Popara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonney prevents a body shot from Popara.
Popara tries to throw a body punch but Bonney avoids it by throwing Popara back against the cage.
Popara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonney wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Popara has him pressed against the cage.
Popara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Popara lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonney is trying to force a seperation but Popara has the dominant position.
Popara misses with a punch to the body.
Bonney avoids the elbow strike from Popara, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Popara tries to throw a body punch but Bonney avoids it by throwing Popara back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Popara.
Popara keeps control of Bonney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Popara blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Popara.
Popara has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bonney seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Popara can turn it around.
Popara struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonney controls his hands.
Bonney avoids a wild elbow strike from Popara.
Popara can't find room to land a body shot as Bonney controls the action.
Popara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bonney dodges an elbow strike from Popara.
A head punch on the inside from Bonney fails to land.
Popara lands an elbow inside that Bonney shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Popara.
Popara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Popara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonney's brow.
Bonney avoids a wild elbow strike from Popara.
Popara struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonney controls his hands.
Bonney digs a right hand underneath Popara's ribcage. Popara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Popara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonneys head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popara lands a shot to the body.
Bonney is breathing heavily.
Popara lands an elbow that stopped Bonney in his tracks for a moment.

William H Bonney's cut is getting worse.
Bonney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bonney stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Popara lands an elbow that stopped Bonney in his tracks for a moment.
Bonney avoids a wild elbow strike from Popara.
A short right from Bonney on the inside.
Popara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bonney tries a body shot but Popara blocks it.
Bonney tries to work over Popara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Popara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Popara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bonney's defenses.

William H Bonney's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Popara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonney's brow.
Bonney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonney scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Popara.
Popara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Popara creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bonney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Popara tries to work over Bonney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Popara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonney misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Bonney fails to land.
Bonney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Popara throws an elbow but it misses.
Popara is working Bonney over against the cage.
Bonney blocks a body shot from Popara.
Bonney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bonney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Popara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Popara tries to work over Bonney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bonney lands a body shot.
Popara throws an elbow that misses.
Bonney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Popara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bonney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Popara's elbow.
Popara tries to throw a body punch but Bonney avoids it by throwing Popara back against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Popara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bonney's elbow.
Popara is working Bonney over against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Popara.
Popara misses with an elbow over the top.
Popara misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Petar Popara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William H Bonney's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Popara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Popara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Popara throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Popara.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bonney.
Popara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bonney misses with some punches.
Popara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bonney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bonney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bonney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Popara looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonney is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bonney misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Popara clobbers Bonney with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Popara gets a clinch.
Bonney struggles to land a body shot inside as Popara controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Popara lands an elbow just above Bonney 's eye.
Bonney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bonney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Popara misses with a punch to the body.
Popara can't find room to land a body shot as Bonney controls the action.
Popara throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Popara.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Popara pushes Bonney back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Popara misses with a punch to the body.
Popara tries to work over Bonney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bonney blocks an elbow strike.
Popara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jeez, William H Bonney's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at William H Bonney's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Petar Popara!
Our winner, Petar Popara, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.