PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Name Less (ranked 2998 p4p, 303 weight class) and William Henry Bonney (ranked 1602 p4p, 178 weight class). Bonney has chosen Call me Young Gun as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Less
vs
Henry Bonney

178 cm
36
159 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

173 cm
41
149 lbs
38 - 22 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Name Less!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Henry Bonney!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Less scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bonney doesn't seem bothered though.
Less throws the kick towards the body but Bonney avoids it.
Less throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bonney walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Less fails with an attempt to clinch.
Less takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bonney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Bonney drives through and clinches with Less against the ropes.
Bonney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Less's elbow.
Bonney trying to stall but Less improves his position.
Bonney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Less misses with an elbow over the top.
Bonney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonney slowing the pace effectively.
Less managing to block the knees to the body from Bonney.
Bonney throws a punch but it's blocked by Less.
Bonney has a couple of punches blocked by Less.
Bonney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonney lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've been informed that Bonney has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Less lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Less just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonney's brow.
Less lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonney.
Bonney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Less lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less gets through Bonney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bonney blocking some punches.
Bonney is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Less is keeping busy.
Less with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Bonney.
Bonney is trying to break the clinch but Less is controlling him.
Less looking to throw knees to the head but Bonney is blocking nicely.
Less misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bonney misses with a body punch.
Bonney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Less blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonney takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bonney misses with a knee strike.
Less throws a knee to the head but misses.
Less working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Bonney.
Bonney unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Bonney.
Bonney throws a punch but it's blocked by Less.
Bonney pushes Less back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonney scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Less doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Less.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Less tries a body shot but Bonney blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Less scores with a nice short uppercut.
Less creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bonney takes a shot to the head.
Bonney prevents a body shot from Less.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Less as Bonney tries to tie him up.
A short left from Bonney.
Bonney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Less landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Less lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonney blocks an uppercut.
Less lands a hook to the side of the head.
Less on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bonney is looking to break free of the clinch but Less has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Name Less will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Less takes a swing at Bonney's ribcage but misses.
Bonney lands a nice looking body shot.
Bonney throws the kick towards the body but Less avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bonney checks a leg kick.
Less with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Less takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Less throws a right and a left that Bonney avoids nicely.
Bonney looks to land a right hand but Less moved out of range.
Less looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bonney slips under a jab from Less.
A nice inside leg kick there by Less. That's going to slow Bonney down.
Bonney misses the shot to the body.

Less clinches up against the ropes.
Less misses with a punch to the body.
Name Less has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonney tries to throw a body punch but Less avoids it by throwing Bonney back against the ropes.

Bonney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Less scores with a hook to the body. Bonney takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Less tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Less scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Less checks a leg kick nicely.
Less throws a lazy uppercut
and Bonney counters with a low kick, right behind Less 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonney misses with a kick to the body.
Less tries to work over Bonney's front leg with a kick but Bonney checks it.
Less swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bonney just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Less.
Less throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bonney swings for the body but Less moves out of range.
Bonney misses with a looping right.
Less seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Name Less is winning the standup battle so far.
Less finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bonney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Less.
Bonney looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Less tries a head kick but it misses.
Bonney appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Less thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bonney if he has to take too many more of those.
Bonney misses with a body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Less finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bonney moves out of range as Less throws a body kick.
Less takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Less throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bonney misses with a few strikes there.
Bonney thows a leg kick but Less checks it
and Less connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less pushes Bonney away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Less throws a poor cross that misses
and Bonney counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bonney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonney misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Bonney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Less throws a leg kick
letting Bonney counter with a right hand.
Less uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonney.
Bonney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Less.
Bonney looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Less - that will leave a mark!
Bonney is looking to land body kicks.
Less moves out of range as Bonney strikes.
Less throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Bonney on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Less misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney misses with the combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Less checks a leg kick.
Less lands a nice hook to Bonney's body. Bonney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bonney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Name Less will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bonney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
William Henry Bonney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bonney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Less takes one on the button.
Less feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bonney's calf.
A nice leg kick lands there from Less.
Bonney tries to land a front kick but Less steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bonney takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Less lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Less on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bonney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Bonney closes the distance and pushes Less back into the ropes.

Bonney breaks the clinch.
Less looks to land a body kick but Bonney moved away.
Bonney checks a low kick from Less.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bonney scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Name Less has been cut.
Bonney misses with a body kick.
Name Less seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Less was well out of range. Poor timing from Bonney.
Less cracks Bonney with a right hand to the side of the head.
Less throws a low kick but Bonney avoids it.
Bonney flicks out a counter leg kick but Less steps away.
Less lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonney shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Bonney gets tackled into the ropes by Less. Less maintains the clinch.

Bonney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Less tests Bonney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Less lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bonney at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bonney misses with a wild body shot.
As Bonney tries to get set, Less tries to push him back and clinch up but Bonney manages to avoid the attempt.
Bonney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bonney on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Less bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Less bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bonney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bonney turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Less scores with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Less checks a leg kick.

Less moves into the clinch.
Less scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bonney.
A short left from Less.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Less.
Bonney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Less backwards.
Bonney's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Less creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bonney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Less lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bonney backwards.
Bonney takes a shot to the head.
Bonney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesss head.
Bonney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Less is defending well for now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bonney.
Less creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bonney's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Less scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Less.
A frustrated look appears on Bonney's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bonney is trying to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonney is trying to stall.
Bonney is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Less has denied him.
Bonney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bonney takes a shot to the head.
Less lands an elbow that stopped Bonney in his tracks for a moment.
Bonney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Name Less showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Less 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Name Less!
An out of breath Name Less thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.