PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gage Bonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JJ Pajis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonds comes to the cage accompanied by Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow. Pajis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Prodigy - Warrior's Dance. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bonds
vs
Pajis

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gage Bonds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, JJ Pajis!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonds keeps the fight on the outside.
Pajis looks for a takedown but Bonds sprawls well.
Bonds connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pajis momentarily.
Pajis shoots in for a takedown but Bonds shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gage Bonds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bonds gets a clinch.
Bonds stalls.
Bonds blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pajis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bonds.
Pajis takes a shot to the head.
Pajis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pajis looks gassed!
Bonds working hard to break the clinch.

Bonds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bonds looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pajis!
Pajis is in a horrible position here. Bonds smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonds trying to control but Pajis is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonds controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bonds scoring with strikes but Pajis is staying in there.
Bonds raining down shots from the mount!
Bonds content just to control the position here.
Bonds working Pajis over with strikes here.
Bonds lands a big shot there that rocks Pajis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pajis is squirming around, avoiding Bonds's attempts to control the action.
Bonds lands a big elbow.
Bonds connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pajis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bonds. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bonds landing strikes from the mount and Pajis is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonds trying to control but Pajis is having none of it.
Bonds tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonds putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bonds scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pajis?
Pajis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bonds takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pajis working to try and regain half guard.

Bonds looking to secure an arm triangle but Pajis defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonds lands with some strikes.
Bonds 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.

Bonds looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bonds content just to control the position here.
Bonds lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonds cracks Pajis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gage Bonds dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bonds lands with a nice body kick.

Pajis feints and as Bonds raises his hands in defense, Pajis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bonds has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bonds is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bonds in particular looking to stall.

Bonds decides to stand up.
Bonds shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pajis but Pajis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pajis slips a jab and a cross from Bonds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonds misses with a takedown

and Pajis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pajis.
Pajis is looking to work some ground and pound but Bonds has wrist control.
Pajis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pajis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bonds manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pajis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Pajis is squirming around, avoiding Bonds's attempts to control the action.
Pajis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonds working the ground and pound effectively.
Bonds working Pajis over with strikes here.
Bonds landing punches.

Bonds looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bonds thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bonds lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pajis is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pajis is trying to escape the mount.
Pajis taking shots to the head.
Bonds looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bonds scoring with strikes but Pajis is staying in there.
Bonds is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pajis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Bonds.
Bonds controlling the pace for now.
Pajis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bonds is landing with some decent strikes but Pajis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pajis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Bonds can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pajis is looking to escape.
Bonds lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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 Gage Bonds will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bonds shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pajis manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bonds landing some decent shots from guard.
Bonds stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pajis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bonds postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bonds trying to control the position from guard on top but Pajis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bonds prevents Pajis from getting back to his feet.
Bonds works over Pajis with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bonds decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bonds doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Pajis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bonds lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonds is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pajis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pajis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bonds is trying to stand.
Pajis working the head and body with strikes.
Bonds wants to get back to his feet.
Bonds wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pajis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bonds.

Pajis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bonds is trying to defend but Pajis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pajis is thwarting Bonds's attempts to control the position.
Pajis lands with a punch from half guard.
Bonds manages to get to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pajis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pajis working some strikes from top position.

Bonds pushes Pajis off and gets back to his feet.
JJ Pajis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonds shoots and misses

and Pajis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gage Bonds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pajis is in close to Bonds's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pajis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bonds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bonds is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pajis works over Bonds with some ground and pound from guard.
Bonds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bonds is trying to control the position but Pajis postures up.
Pajis thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pajis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pajis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Pajis there.
Pajis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bonds gets back to full guard.

Pajis postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bonds is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Pajis, into his guard.

Pajis has his feet on Bonds's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonds takes one to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
JJ Pajis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bonds 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Gage Bonds!