PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Semmy Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bonjasky
vs
Christ

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

161 cm
18
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Semmy Bonjasky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jesus Christ!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ misses with a straight left.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christ tries to clinch up but Bonjasky circles away and keeps his distance.
Christ misses with a takedown attempt - Bonjasky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Christ throws a sloppy head kick and Bonjasky moves out of range easily.
Bonjasky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Christ throws a right hand that Bonjasky ducks under and follows up with a left that Bonjasky also avoids with ease.
Bonjasky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Christ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ thows a leg kick but Bonjasky checks it
and Bonjasky counters with a nice body kick.
Crunch! Bonjasky slams his shin into Christ's torso.
Christ doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonjasky circles away.
Christ throws a leg kick
and Bonjasky counters with a thumping low kick.
Jesus Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky keeps the fight on the outside.
Christ throws a leg kick
and Bonjasky counters with a nice leg kick.
Bonjasky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christ's head.
Christ on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bonjasky. Bonjasky obviously looking to wear him down.
Christ is looking to clinch but Bonjasky is avoiding it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonjasky. That's going to slow Christ down.
Christ looks gassed!
Christ shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bonjasky but Bonjasky pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Semmy Bonjasky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Christ.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the temple. Christ shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bonjasky cracks the inside of Christ's front leg.
Christ tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bonjasky. Bonjasky obviously looking to wear him down.
Christ fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bonjasky manages to avoid it.
Bonjasky buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonjasky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Christ's sensitive parts.
Christ looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A head kick from Bonjasky lands but Christ takes it in his stride.
Bonjasky scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.
Christ shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bonjasky sprawls well. Bonjasky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Christ gets slowly back to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonjasky, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Christ is defended easily by Bonjasky.
Christ shoots in and drives through. Bonjasky sprawls well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Christ should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Christ closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bonjasky circles away.
Bonjasky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christ's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky lands a head kick!
A good leg kick by Bonjasky.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonjasky feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Christ's calf.
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Bonjasky dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bonjasky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Christ's sensitive parts.
Bonjasky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christ's head.
Christ walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bonjasky.
Semmy Bonjasky is winning the standup battle so far.
Bonjasky dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christ. That did some damage!
Bonjasky throws a leg kick which misses Christ's front leg but catches the back leg as Christ tries to avoid it.
Bonjasky turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Christ's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Christ shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bonjasky as he avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bonjasky.
Jesus Christ is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bonjasky scores with a head kick.
Nice body kick from Bonjasky.
Christ is breathing heavily.
Christ takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonjasky thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Christ if he has to take too many more of those.
Bonjasky throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bonjasky throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bonjasky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christ can do to turn this around?
Bonjasky scores with a leg kick.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bonjasky scores with a kick to the body.
Bonjasky throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Christ has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bonjasky.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.
Bonjasky lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Christ chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bonjasky can pounce on him.
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Christ is looking to clinch but Bonjasky is avoiding it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bonjasky. Christ shrugs it off though.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bonjasky.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonjasky throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bonjasky turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonjasky feints and then cracks Christ's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Christ down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonjasky, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by Bonjasky there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bonjasky connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Christ might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bonjasky has got the better of the exchanges.
Bonjasky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bonjasky.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bonjasky.
Bonjasky connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky scores with a leg kick.
Bonjasky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christ's head.
Bonjasky throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky stuffs the takedown.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bonjasky.
Bonjasky lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonjasky looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Christ fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Bonjasky dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Bonjasky throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christ doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bonjasky counters with a low kick, right behind Christ 's knee.
Good leg kick by Bonjasky there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Bonjasky.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonjasky. That's going to slow Christ down.
Christ takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bonjasky lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bonjasky lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bonjasky throws a leg kick which misses Christ's front leg but catches the back leg as Christ tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonjasky, right into the meat.
Christ is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bonjasky sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bonjasky lands a high kick!
Bonjasky lands a head kick. Christ smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Christ shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bonjasky sprawls well. Bonjasky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Christ gets slowly back to his feet.
Semmy Bonjasky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Christ.
Bonjasky feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Christ's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonjasky. That's going to slow Christ down.
Bonjasky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonjasky is looking to slow Christ down with leg kicks.
Bonjasky connects with a solid leg kick.
Christ stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky scores with a head kick.
Bonjasky scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Christ fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christ doesn't manage to clinch there - Bonjasky circles away.
Christ is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bonjasky is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Christ.
Christ shoots in looking for a takedown. Bonjasky tries to sprawl out of it but Christ keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bonjasky manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonjasky, right into the meat.
Christ tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bonjasky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christ throws a sloppy head kick
and Bonjasky counters with a nice low kick that buckles Christ's knee momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Bonjasky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bonjasky lands with a kick to the ribs.
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonjasky throws a nice head kick!
Christ takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Semmy Bonjasky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonjasky. That's going to slow Christ down.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonjasky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Horrible takedown by Christ or perhaps it was just good defense by Bonjasky which made him look bad.
Jesus Christ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bonjasky buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Semmy Bonjasky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonjasky has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:24
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:24
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Semmy Bonjasky!