PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunner Bond (ranked 3212 p4p, 3561 weight class) and Julian Avila (ranked 388 p4p, 420 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bond
vs
Avila

180 cm
19
175
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
180
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunner Bond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julian Avila!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avila feints and then cracks Bond's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bond down.
Avila throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bond to counter with a crisp jab.
Avila throws a low kick, looking for Bond's leg but Bond calmly moves out of range.
Avila looks to score with a jab to the body but Bond is just out of range.
Avila blocks a low kick nicely.
Avila tries to clinch but Bond moves out of range.
Avila scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bond doesn't seem bothered though.
Avila works Bond's body with a nice hook.
Bond throws a body shot but no joy.
Avila motions for Bond to come forward. Avila throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bond throws a quick counter head kick but Avila was just out of range.
Avila takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Avila scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bond doesn't seem bothered though.
Avila tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bond was well out of range. Poor timing from Avila.
Bond tried to counter with a leg kick but Avila avoided it.
A slow jab from Bond misses its intended target.
Avila swings widly with a right hand
and Bond makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila tries a low kick but Bond avoids it.
Avila cracks Bond with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Avila lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bond's sensitive parts.
Avila misses with a low kick.
Avila takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Avila.

Avila has managed to clinch.
Bond misses with a punch on the inside.
Avila crunches a lovely knee into Bond's ribcage.
Avila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bond.
Avila connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bond's face.

It looks like Gunner Bond has been cut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bond fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond lands a right hand that snaps the head of Avila backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Avila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Avila lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Bond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bond bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Avila swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bond moves out of range as Avila throws a body kick.
Avila lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bond takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Avila shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Avila tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bond cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Avila tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bond paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Julian Avila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bond walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila moves out of range of the body kick.
Avila just misses with a punch to the body.
Avila misses with a wild body shot.
Avila lands with a right hand.
Bond waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Avila.
Avila defending well as Bond loads up on a big left hand.
Avila throws an overhand right that lands on Bond's shoulder, as Bond tries to avoid the shot.
Bond is looking to counter punch.
Avila misses with a right hand
and Bond finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Avila doesn't manage to clinch there - Bond circles away.
Avila doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Avila throws a leg kick
and Bond counters with a nice low kick that buckles Avila's knee momentarily.
Bond connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila tries to work over Bond's front leg with a kick but Bond checks it.
Bond swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Avila connects with a leg kick.
Bond keeps the fight on the outside.
We've been told by Bond's head coaches at FIST OF FURY that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bond checks a leg kick nicely.
Bond misses the jab.
Bond misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avila missing with a left hand there. Bond was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bond throws a sloppy head kick and Avila moves out of range easily.
Avila with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Avila throws a sloppy head kick
and Bond counters with a good low kick that Avila was not able to check.
Avila throws a leg kick but Bond sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A low kick from Avila misses
enabling Bond to counter with a crisp jab.
Bond tries to score with a low kick but Avila moves his leg out of the way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Julian Avila will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gunner Bond's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Avila attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
It looked like Bond was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Avila.
Bond has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Avila scores with a sloppy right hand. Bond should have avoided that one.
Bond getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bond checks a leg kick.
Bond was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bond misses with a body shot.
Avila attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bond was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Avila will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Avila tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Avila throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bond 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.
Bond looks to land a body kick but Avila moved away.
Avila is looking to chop away at Bond's legs.
Bond moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila misses with a kick to the body.
Bond scoring well with a low kick there.
Avila tries to score with a low kick but Bond moves his leg out of the way.
Bond tried to counter with a leg kick but Avila avoided it.
Avila connects with a body shot that sends Bond's belly button to the back.
Avila connects with a solid leg kick.
Avila thuds his right hand into Bond's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Avila fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bond is out of range.
Avila swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Avila connects with a leg kick.
Avila fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bond ducks under a wild hook from Avila.
Avila tries a low kick but Bond avoids it.
Bond is looking to counter punch.
Bond on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Avila. Avila obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Avila has taken the fight to the clinch.
Avila is looking to control Bond's arms but Bond gets an underhook and turns him. Now Avila has his back to the cage.

Bond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Bond throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Avila cracks a nice hook into Bond's ribs.
Avila tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bond missing with a left hand there. Avila was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Avila comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Avila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avila listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Avila stalks Bond and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bond's face. Bond staggers backwards, shaken.
Bond checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bond.
Avila thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bond if he has to take too many more of those.
Avila throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bond counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Avila stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bond.
A good leg kick by Avila.
Bond tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Avila has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Avila moves into the clinch.
Bond throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Bond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Avila throws a sloppy head kick and Bond moves out of range easily.
Bond lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Avila misses
and Bond counters with a thumping low kick.
Avila throws a hook to the side of Bond's head but Bond sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Avila.
Avila throws a combination that misses
and Bond counters with a leg kick.
Bond thows a left - swing and a miss!
Julian Avila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Avila will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bond fires out a quick counter leg kick but Avila just manages to avoid it.
Avila throws a leg kick
and Bond counters with a thumping low kick.
Avila finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Avila just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBond.
Avila scores with a leg kick.
Bond keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bond was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Avila avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Avila throws a body kick that misses
and Bond counters with a thumping low kick.
Avila misses with the body kick
and Bond counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Avila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gunner Bond's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Avila throws a leg kick but Bond checks it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bond, as that shot connected.
Bond keeps the fight on the outside.
Avila connects with a leg kick.
Avila throws a front kick aimed at Bond's knee but Bond avoids it well.
Bond throws a quick counter kick to the body but Avila avoids it.
A big right from Bond misses.
Nice defenses there by Avila.
A low kick from Avila misses
and Bond counters with a right hand to the body.
Avila throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bond cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avila attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Avila's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bond avoids a kick to the body.
Bond was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A low kick from Avila is predictable there
and Bond counters with a good, hard body kick but Avila shrugs it off.
Avila takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bond tries to work over Avila's front leg with a kick but Avila checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila tries to clinch but Bond is having none of it.
It looked like Bond was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Avila.
Avila throws a leg kick
and Bond counters with a low kick, right behind Avila 's knee.
Avila chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bond can pounce on him.
Bond blocks a head kick by Avila.
Bond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bond looks to land a right hand but Avila moved out of range.
Jab from Avila.
Avila throws a right hand that misses
and Bond counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bond blocks a leg kick.
Bond wants to land a leg kick but Avila is out of range.
Avila is looking for the big counter here.
Avila thumps Bond with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bond.

Avila has Bond up against the cage in a clinch.
Bond has had enough of the clinch but Avila keeps him there for the moment.

Bond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Avila wants to clinch up but Bond keeps it at a distance.
Bond swats away the attempt to clinch by Avila.
Bond appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Avila throws a leg kick but Bond sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bond misses with a wild body shot.
Avila was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bond checks a low kick from Avila.
Avila throws a lazy right hand but Bond sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Avila is looking to chop away at Bond's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila moves out of range of the strikes.
Avila is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Avila misses with a low kick.
Avila throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bond counters with a leg kick.
Bond steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Avila.
Bond circles away from the clinch attempt.
Avila pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bond is out of range and Avila settles back down.
Bond looks to throw the jab but Avila is out of range.
Bond 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.
Bond misses with a head kick.
Bond backing away here, and Avila unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Avila fakes the leg kick and cracks Bond in the body.
Avila throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bond.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila moves out of range as Bond strikes.
Avila misses with a low kick.
Avila swings for the body but Bond moves out of range.
Avila connects with a leg kick.
Avila misses with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Bond.
Bond stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Avila wants to clinch.
Avila motions for Bond to come forward. Avila throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gunner Bond showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Avila has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight for Julian Avila!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight as a draw!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Julian Avila!

Julian Avila wins by majority decision!