PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephan Bonnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephan Bonnar is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

marques
vs
Bonnar

190 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stephan Bonnar!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bonnar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
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.
Bonnar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bonnar is looking to take a break and control but marques is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bonnar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed marques's head.
marques trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
marques is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Bonnar.
Bonnar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bonnar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
marques is trying to escape the mount.
Bonnar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as marques is looking to escape.
Bonnar with good strikes from the mount here!
Bonnar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar looking to control but marques is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bonnar prevents marques from getting the reversal.
Bonnar lands a heavy elbow.
Bonnar lands a big shot to the head and marques winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Stephan Bonnar!