PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steffan Bonnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curt Leocadio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Steffan Bonnar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steffan Bonnar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Bonnar
vs
Leocadio

190 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steffan Bonnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curt Leocadio!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leocadio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leocadio throws a shot to the body.
Leocadio misses with an uppercut. Bonnar saw that one coming.
Bonnar misses with the combination.
Bonnar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leocadio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bonnar.
Nice takedown defense from Leocadio. No joy for Bonnar on that attempt.
Leocadio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Leocadio misses with a head kick.

Bonnar drives through with a takedown into Leocadio's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Leocadio is looking to stand up but Bonnar isn't so interested in that idea.

Bonnar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Leocadio looks gassed!
Leocadio lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Bonnar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar moves into full mount! Leocadio won't be happy about that!
Leocadio is bucking up trying to escape but Bonnar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bonnar controlling from the full mount.
Bonnar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bonnar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Bonnar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leocadio wants to get back to his feet.
Bonnar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Leocadio looks a forlorn figure.
Bonnar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonnar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Leocadio?
Bonnar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar lands a big shot there that rocks Leocadio but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Leocadio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bonnar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bonnar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Leocadio is in a horrible position here. Bonnar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Leocadio is rocked!
Bonnar controlling from the full mount.
Leocadio is still in real trouble! Can Bonnar finish him?
The referee warns Leocadio that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Leocadio is trying to stand.

Bonnar is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Leocadio is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steffan Bonnar!