PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Neves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Bonerz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Neves
vs
Bonerz

170 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thiago Neves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Bonerz!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neves fails to land with a series of punches.
We've been told by Neves's head coaches at Abobomination Training $700 13 LEGIT elite coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A big right from Neves misses.
Neves lands a jab-cross combination.

Bonerz darts in and clinches Neves up against the cage.
Neves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bonerz's elbow.
Bonerz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bonerz trying to land knees to the body.
Bonerz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neves's elbow.
Bonerz lands a hook that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bonerz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Neves takes a shot to the head.
Bonerz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonerz lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Neves fails to land.
Bonerz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonerz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bonerz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Neves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bonerz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Neves working aggressively here.
Bonerz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Neves can't break the clinch.
Bonerz is trying to maintain a safe position but Neves gets an underhook and turns Bonerz into the cage.
Bonerz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bonerz lands with a right to the head.
Neves throws a punch but it's blocked by Bonerz.
Nice body punch from Bonerz - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonerz throws an elbow but misses.
Neves is trying to push Bonerz away but Bonerz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bonerz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bonerz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bonerz works on Neves's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Bonerz on the inside.
Bonerz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bonerz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bonerz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bonerz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neves misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonerz lands a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Neves is trying to break the clinch but Bonerz has him pressed against the cage.
Neves misses with a punch to the body.
Bonerz lands a shoulder strike.
Bonerz presses Neves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Neves blocks an uppercut.
Bonerz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Neves seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bonerz can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Bonerz fails to land.
Bonerz lands a nice uppercut.

Bonerz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neves lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bonerz at a distance.
Bonerz misses with a leg kick
and Neves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonerz fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Neves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bonerz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bonerz misses with an uppercut
and Neves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonerz misses with an uppercut. Neves saw that one coming.
A combination from Bonerz does no damage.
Neves moves out of range as Bonerz strikes.
Neves listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bonerz cracks Neves with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Bonerz clinches up against the cage.
Bonerz presses Neves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bonerz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Neves tries to circle away but Bonerz has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Bonerz dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bonerz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bonerz misses with an uppercut.
Neves looks to throw the jab but Bonerz is out of range.
Neves staying out of range there.
Bonerz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bonerz misses with the combination.
Neves is looking to counter punch.
Neves misses with a looping right.
Bonerz throws a head kick that misses
and Neves counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonerz avoids a punch combination nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Neves blocks the leg kick.
Bonerz throws a jab but it's blocked by Neves.
Bonerz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Neves throws a body shot but no joy.
Bonerz is trying to counter with his kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bonerz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Neves was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bonerz.
Neves getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bonerz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Neves misses its target.
A slow jab from Neves misses its intended target.
Thiago Neves is winning the standup battle so far.
Neves misses with a series of wild punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bonerz.
Neves lands with an uppercut that bounces Bonerz off the cage and back into range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonerz looks for the body kick but Neves saw that one coming.
Neves staying out of range there.
Bonerz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bonerz ducks right into an uppercut from Neves.
Bonerz throws a chopping leg kick but Neves manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bonerz misses the shot to the body.
Bonerz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Neves looks to land a right hand but Bonerz moved out of range.
Bonerz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Neves with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bonerz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bonerz staying out of range there.
Bonerz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bonerz throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Neves wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bonerz connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bonerz moves into the clinch.
Bonerz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Neves up against the cage.
The referee calls for Bonerz to work.
Bonerz lands a left hand.

Bonerz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Neves keeps the fight on the outside.
Neves smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bonerz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bonerz wants to clinch up but Neves keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonerz wants to clinch.
Bonerz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bonerz tries to clinch
and Neves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Bonerz darts in and clinches Neves up against the cage.
Neves blocks an elbow strike.
Neves struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonerz controls his hands.
Bonerz scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonerz has him pressed against the cage.
Neves is trying to force a seperation but Bonerz has the dominant position.
Neves throws a punch but it's blocked by Bonerz.
Bonerz pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Peter Bonerz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Bonerz throws a nice looking combination but Neves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bonerz looks to throw the jab but Neves is out of range.
Neves jabs Bonerz right on the nose. Bonerz blinks but takes it well.
Bonerz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Neves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bonerz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Bonerz misses.
Bonerz throws out a powerful jab.
Bonerz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bonerz lands with a good body shot.
Neves is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neves throws a body shot but no joy.
Bonerz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Neves misses.
Bonerz misses with a body shot.
Neves throws a lazy uppercut
letting Bonerz counter with a right hand.
Bonerz throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Neves misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neves lands with a cross.
Neves takes a swing at Bonerz's ribcage but misses.
Bonerz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Neves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bonerz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Neves scores with a jab to the jaw.
Neves throws the left hand but Bonerz avoids the punch easily.
Neves walks into a jab.
Bonerz misses with a body shot.
Bonerz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Neves misses with a hook to the body
and Bonerz counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Neves misses.
Bonerz misses with a right hand
and Neves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonerz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thiago Neves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bonerz misses.
A head kick misses from Bonerz.
Neves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonerz was well out of range. Poor timing from Neves.
Neves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonerz.
A little jabbing left from Bonerz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bonerz thuds a left hand into Neves's body.

Bonerz clinches up with Neves and pushes him back against the cage.
Bonerz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bonerz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bonerz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Neves backwards.
Bonerz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neves's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Bonerz scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonerz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bonerz has him pressed against the cage.
Bonerz tries a body shot but Neves blocks it.
Bonerz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bonerz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bonerz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bonerz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Neves struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonerz controls his hands.
Neves blocks a body shot from Bonerz.
Neves managing to block the knees to the body from Bonerz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neves.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bonerz.
A right hook to the body lands for Bonerz.
Bonerz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Peter Bonerz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bonerz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Neves tries to break free but Bonerz pushes him back against the cage.
Bonerz missing with knees to the body.
Neves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bonerz lands with a right to the head.
Bonerz lands a shoulder strike.

Neves is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neves tries a body shot but Bonerz blocks it.
Peter Bonerz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Neves misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Bonerz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bonerz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Bonerz!