PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Bonney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Dos Santos told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bonney
vs
Dos Santos

190 cm
20
175 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

190 cm
26
193 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bonney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, John Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonney shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.

Bonney closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dos Santos quickly recovers to half guard.
Bonney controlling the pace.

Dos Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Dos Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bonney.
Dos Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Bonney sits in half guard.
Dos Santos wants to improve his position but Bonney is controlling well.
Dos Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Bonney sits in half guard.
Dos Santos manages to get to full guard.
Bonney stopping the sweep attempt from Dos Santos.

Dos Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bonney doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bonney manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonney trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.

Bonney decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos, up you get!
Dos Santos scores with a leg kick.
Bonney shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.
Bonney is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dos Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bonney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bonney's head.

It looks like William Bonney has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Bonney tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bonney shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.
Dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bonney.
Bonney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dos Santos can pounce on him.
Bonney shoots in looking for a takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Bonney keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Bonney shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bonney was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos working to try and regain half guard.
Bonney looking to control but Dos Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dos Santos is looking to get to half guard.
Bonney tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.
Dos Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Bonney controlling the pace for now.
Bonney tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos regains half guard.

Dos Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bonney pulls his head out easily.

Dos Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dos Santos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bonney's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bonney's back!
Bonney trying to control the position but Dos Santos manages to sink in the hooks.

Dos Santos is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonney looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dos Santos is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Bonney's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bonney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bonney shoots in but Dos Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bonney shoots in looking for a takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Bonney keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that half lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bonney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bonney shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dos Santos but Dos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bonney tries to clinch up
and Dos Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonney shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Dos Santos lands a two punch combo.
Bonney shoots in looking for a takedown but Dos Santos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bonney's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bonney misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonney throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bonney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos lands a lovely overhand right.
William Bonney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A jab lands there for Dos Santos.
Bonney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonney is looking to clinch.
John Dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bonney tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bonney looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bonney tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dos Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bonney.
Dos Santos throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bonney shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Bonney fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
William Bonney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos lands a nice hook to Bonney's body. Bonney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bonney shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Dos Santos knocks Bonney to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Bonney is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonney is looking for a sweep.
Oh Bonney is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
John Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.

Dos Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Bonney is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dos Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dos Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Dos Santos is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Bonney is trying to escape and Dos Santos transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Bonney is forced to tap! Nice work there by Dos Santos! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Dos Santos!