PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Liechtenauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres Bonifacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonifacio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: push me!!!. Johannes Liechtenauer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Liechtenauer
vs
Bonifacio

180 cm
20
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johannes Liechtenauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andres Bonifacio!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liechtenauer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Liechtenauer.
Bonifacio blocks a jab.
Bonifacio avoids the head kick by Liechtenauer.
Liechtenauer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonifacio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liechtenauer.
Liechtenauer throws a head kick but Bonifacio moves out of range.
Bonifacio moves out of range as Liechtenauer strikes.

Bonifacio dives in and scores a takedown into Liechtenauer's guard.
Bonifacio connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bonifacio working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Liechtenauer's head.

Liechtenauer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bonifacio trying to control but Liechtenauer is working from the bottom.

Liechtenauer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Bonifacio thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Liechtenauer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio landing some decent shots from guard.
Bonifacio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Bonifacio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bonifacio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bonifacio sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bonifacio passes Liechtenauer's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Bonifacio is looking for a kimura but Liechtenauer is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bonifacio to get the leverage.
Bonifacio controlling the action here.
Bonifacio trying to pass the guard but Liechtenauer defending well.
Liechtenauer wants to control but Bonifacio is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bonifacio is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Liechtenauer is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bonifacio pulls his head out easily.
Bonifacio wants to control but Liechtenauer is keeping him busy.
Bonifacio is looking to advance position but Liechtenauer won't allow it.
Bonifacio working over Liechtenauer with some ground and pound. Liechtenauer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bonifacio wants to control but Liechtenauer is keeping him busy.
Liechtenauer makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Liechtenauer.

Liechtenauer is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bonifacio defends well.
Liechtenauer is breathing heavily.
Bonifacio passes into half guard.
Bonifacio scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio slows the pace down in half guard.
Liechtenauer wants to get back to full guard.
Bonifacio wants to free his trapped foot but Liechtenauer is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bonifacio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Liechtenauer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Liechtenauer is staying active underneath Bonifacio, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Liechtenauer looking for submissions off his back.
Bonifacio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bonifacio not doing much here.
Liechtenauer gets back to full 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Liechtenauer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bonifacio wants to control from the top but Liechtenauer keeps moving.
Bonifacio 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.
Bonifacio passes into half guard.
Bonifacio working the head and body with strikes.
Bonifacio tries to pass to full mount but Liechtenauer defends it.

Bonifacio is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Bonifacio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Liechtenauer throws a shot from downtown. Bonifacio moves away and avoids it.
Liechtenauer throws a sloppy head kick and Bonifacio moves out of range easily.
Liechtenauer throws a hook but Bonifacio blocks it.
Liechtenauer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bonifacio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liechtenauer.
Johannes Liechtenauer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liechtenauer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Bonifacio shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bonifacio showed some decent athleticism there.
Bonifacio controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio trying to control the action but Liechtenauer is working from the bottom.
Bonifacio might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Liechtenauer kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Liechtenauer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bonifacio in particular looking to stall.

Bonifacio wants to work for an arm triangle but Liechtenauer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Liechtenauer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bonifacio looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bonifacio prevents Liechtenauer from improving his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two 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.

Bonifacio is looking for a kimura but Liechtenauer is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bonifacio to get the leverage.
Bonifacio looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bonifacio working over Liechtenauer with some ground and pound. Liechtenauer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Bonifacio there.
Bonifacio is trying to control. Liechtenauer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonifacio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Bonifacio is working for a kimura but Liechtenauer is defending it quite comfortably.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bonifacio connects with a nice short shot to Liechtenauer's temple.
Liechtenauer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bonifacio's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bonifacio's back!
I really don't envy Bonifacio right now.
Liechtenauer doesn't have the hooks in and Bonifacio manages to turn into his guard.
Bonifacio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Liechtenauer has his foot on Bonifacio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bonifacio works his way back into a safe position though.

Liechtenauer working for a triangle but Bonifacio defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liechtenauer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bonifacio defends it easily.
Bonifacio wants to control from the top but Liechtenauer keeps moving.

Liechtenauer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bonifacio defends it easily.

Bonifacio drops back looking for a leg! Liechtenauer is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Liechtenauer manages to kick Bonifacio off! Bonifacio jumps back into Liechtenauer's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bonifacio controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Bonifacio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Liechtenauer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonifacio throws a leg kick but Liechtenauer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Liechtenauer misses with a straight right.
Liechtenauer throws a head kick that misses.
Bonifacio defending well as Liechtenauer loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick from Liechtenauer lands but Bonifacio takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liechtenauer throws a poor cross that misses

and Bonifacio counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bonifacio.
Liechtenauer can't keep his opponent in guard - Bonifacio advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bonifacio works his way into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bonifacio lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liechtenauer is in all sorts of trouble here.

Bonifacio is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Liechtenauer to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Liechtenauer shrugs it off.

Bonifacio working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Liechtenauer turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Bonifacio off and cradles Liechtenauer's limp body as Bonifacio celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Andres Bonifacio!