PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 47 p4p, 204 weight class) and William H Bonney (ranked 9 p4p, 33 weight class). Stalinovich's entrance music is Hell March. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stalinovich
vs
Bonney

192 cm
37
210
34 - 16 - 1

190 cm
27
210
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Conviction

NARCOS
Shadow Realm Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, William H Bonney!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bonney throws a hook but Stalinovich avoids it easily.
William H Bonney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bonney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bonney connects with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Bonney misses
and Stalinovich counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stalinovich moves out of range as Bonney strikes.
Stalinovich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bonney connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stalinovich momentarily.
Bonney throws a lazy uppercut
and Stalinovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stalinovich takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Bonney.

Bonney feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Stalinovich sprawling to the canvas! Stalinovich rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bonney finish him?!

Stalinovich is rocked!
Bonney throws a right hand that misses
and Stalinovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Stalinovich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonney throws a hook but Stalinovich avoids it easily.
Stalinovich throwing a counter right hand but Bonney manages to avoid it.
Stalinovich seems to have got his legs back now.
Stalinovich gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). William H Bonney!
William H Bonney is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking William H Bonney thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.