PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Logan Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Bonja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Foster
vs
Bonja

190 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Logan Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luis Bonja!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foster stuffs the takedown.

Bonja tries to keep at a distance but Foster has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bonja is trying to break the clinch but Foster has him pressed against the cage.
Foster with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Foster landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Foster with a knee to the head.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Bonja has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Foster with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bonja avoiding damage as Foster throws knees to the body.
Foster scores with a knee to the head.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Foster with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonja is looking to control Foster's arms but Foster gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bonja has his back to the cage.
Bonja takes a knee right on the jaw!
Foster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bonja blocks it with crossed arms.
Foster scores with a knee to the head.
Foster misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonja.
Bonja lands with a left to the head.
Bonja dodges an elbow strike from Foster.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Bonja wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Foster has him pressed against the cage.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Foster throws a knee to the head but misses.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Bonja working hard to break the clinch.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster is breathing heavily.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Bonja avoids the elbow strike from Foster, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Foster throws a knee to the head but misses.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Foster looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Foster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short body shot lands from Bonja as the two fighters clinch.
A knee to the head by Foster.
Bonja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A left hand lands to the body for Bonja.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonja lands a body punch.
Bonja wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bonja is trying to force a seperation but Foster has the dominant position.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Foster using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Foster keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonja's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonja wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Foster has him pressed against the cage.
Bonja is trying to break free.
Foster is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bonja is defending well for now.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bonja has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Foster landing knees to the head.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Bonja.
Bonja looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonja tries to circle away but Foster has him pinned against the cage.
Bonja is trying to force a seperation but Foster has the dominant position.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Foster keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonja's efforts to push away.
Bonja tries to circle away but Foster has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bonja is looking to break free of the clinch but Foster has double underhooks.
Foster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bonja blocks it with crossed arms.
Bonja avoids a wild elbow strike from Foster.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Foster throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonja is trying to break the clinch but Foster is controlling him.
Bonja looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonja wants to break free but Foster has control.
Foster pushes off an throws an elbow but Bonja leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Foster tries to land knees in the clinch but Bonja avoids the damage to the body.
Bonja has had enough of the clinch but Foster keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Foster dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bonja tries to score a power double leg takedown but Foster sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bonja somewhat.
Foster tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bonja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Bonja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Foster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Foster leaves Bonja with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bonja circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Bonja misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonja swats away the attempt to clinch by Foster.
Foster moves in looking to clinch but Bonja pushes him off.
Bonja shoots in for a takedown but Foster shows good takedown defense.
Logan Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Bonja.
Foster showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonja.
Foster really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Foster clinches up with Bonja and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bonja's face.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonja tries to break the clinch but Foster is controlling the position.
Foster with a knee to the head.
Foster with a knee to the head.
Foster with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Foster throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonja blocks an elbow strike from Foster.
Foster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Foster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bonja blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bonja is trying to break the clinch but Foster is controlling him.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Foster crunches a lovely knee into Bonja's ribcage.
Foster keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonja's efforts to push away.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Foster.
Foster lands a good knee to the midsection. Bonja won't want to take too many of those.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Foster prevents Bonja from breaking the clinch.
Foster prevents Bonja from breaking the clinch.
Foster lands an elbow just above Bonja 's eye.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Bonja dodges an elbow strike from Foster.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Bonja tries to circle away but Foster has him pinned against the cage.
Bonja lands a nice shot to the body.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Foster prevents Bonja from breaking the clinch.
Bonja digs a right hand underneath Foster's ribcage. Foster let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Foster keeps control of Bonja as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Foster with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Foster throws a knee to the head but misses.
Foster throws a knee to the head but misses.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Bonja lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Foster.
Foster throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Foster just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonja's brow.
Bonja tries to circle away but Foster has him pinned against the cage.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bonja as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Foster scores with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Bonja.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bonja scores with a shot to the side of Foster's head.
Bonja tries to break free but Foster pushes him back against the cage.
Bonja trying to stall but Foster improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Foster dominated that second round.
That's time! Foster's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Foster stuffs the takedown attempt from Bonja. Bonja gets slowly back to his feet.
Foster moves in looking to clinch but Bonja pushes him off.
Foster tries to clinch up but Bonja circles away and keeps his distance.
Bonja fails with a takedown attempt.

Foster moves into the clinch successfully.
Bonja looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Foster landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Foster missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Foster lands a knee to the head.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Foster misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonja.
Foster throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Foster tries to land knees in the clinch but Bonja avoids the damage to the body.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Foster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bonja blocks it with crossed arms.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foster keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bonja's efforts to push away.
Bonja wants to break free but Foster has control.
With the fighters up against the cage, Foster throws an elbow but misses.
Foster lands a knee to the head.
Foster throws an elbow that misses.
Bonja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonja is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bonja is trying to break the clinch but Foster is controlling him.
Bonja lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Bonja wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Foster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foster lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bonja is leaning against Foster and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Bonja is trying to stall.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Bonja is trying to break free.
Foster with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonja tries to circle away but Foster has him pinned against the cage.
Bonja managing to block the knees to the body from Foster.
A frustrated look appears on Bonja's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Foster looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Foster throws an elbow but misses.
Bonja is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Foster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bonja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Foster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bonja blocks it with crossed arms.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Bonja looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonja wants to break free but Foster has control.
Foster pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bonja tries to break free but Foster pushes him back against the cage.
Bonja avoiding damage as Foster throws knees to the body.
Bonja is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Foster misses with a knee strike.
Bonja tries to break free but Foster pushes him back against the cage.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster looking to throw knees to the head but Bonja is blocking nicely.
Bonja can't break the clinch.
Bonja lands a shot to the body.
Bonja wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Foster tries a knee to the head but Bonja blocks it.
Foster trying to land knees to the body.
Foster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Bonja.
Foster tries to land a knee to the head but Bonja blocks with his arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Foster misses with a knee to the head.
Bonja wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luis Bonja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bonja wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bonja working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Foster showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Foster 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Foster!