PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Paris (ranked 269 p4p, 827 weight class) and William Bonin (ranked 32 p4p, 121 weight class). William Bonin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paris
vs
Bonin

183 cm
24
179
12 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
195
7 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Paris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Bonin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paris gets a double leg takedown into Bonin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bonin wants to stand up but Paris is controlling him.
Paris connects with a couple of short punches.
Paris 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.
Bonin wants to stand up but Paris is controlling him.
Paris scoring with some ground and pound.
Paris connects with a couple of short punches.
Bonin told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Paris won't allow Bonin to get back to his feet.
Paris controlling from the top position.
Paris is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bonin wants to stand but Paris is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paris is pushing down on Bonin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bonin is fighting to maintain full guard but Paris has managed to sneak the leg through.
Paris has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Bonin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Paris ducks under a wild hook from Bonin.
Paris tries to counter by clinching up but Bonin breaks away and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonin misses with an uppercut. Paris saw that one coming.
William Bonin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bonin looks to land a right hand but Paris moved out of range.
Paris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bonin throws out the jab.

Paris darts in and clinches Bonin up against the cage.
Paris keeps control of Bonin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paris misses with a hook from the clinch.

Bonin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bonin misses with an uppercut. Paris saw that one coming.
Paris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice shot lands for Paris.

Bonin gets tackled into the cage by Paris. Paris maintains the clinch.

Paris successfully pulls guard.
Paris might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Paris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bonin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Paris is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonin is looking to stand up but Paris won't let him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paris wants to sweep here but Bonin controlling him for the moment.
Paris lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Paris postures up and lands a big shot to Bonin's brow.
Paris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Paris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paris lands a couple of elbows.
Bonin is looking to stand up but Paris isn't so interested in that idea.
Paris tries to free his leg and advance position but Bonin is retaining full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Paris postures up and lands a big shot to Bonin's brow.
Bonin wants to stand and escape but Paris is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bonin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonin wants to get back to his feet but Paris is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Paris is working Bonin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Paris stays in close to Bonin's body and controls the position.
Paris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bonin wants to stand and escape but Paris is having none of it.
Paris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paris missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Paris prevents Bonin from getting back to his feet.
Paris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Paris trying to control but Bonin is working from the bottom.
Bonin wants to stand but Paris is controlling the position.
Paris is pushing down on Bonin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bonin is fighting to maintain full guard but Paris has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonin has hold of Paris's hands but Paris slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Paris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Bonin is rocked!
Paris working Bonin over with strikes.
Bonin is still in real trouble! Can Paris finish him?
Paris 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.
Paris lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Bonin! More strikes land and this one is all over! Paris jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Paris!
After winning the bout, Marco Paris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.