Bundt Cake posted:

To add on to what Fatherdog said, Bonnar likes to fight really recklessly, even when he's got his poo poo together he often just rushes in throwing punches, despite the fact he can box pretty well if he wants to. I almost think he likes getting punched in the face.

He generally doesn't like to go to the ground against guys where he's probably got an advantage over most if not everyone in the division. You can see when Schafer and Nickels pushed the issue of taking the fight to the ground Bonnar eventually decided just to beat the poo poo out of them there instead of trying to get back to the feet and playing rock em sock em robots.

He's really a lot like little nogueira skill wise, nice hands, good off his back, and they both have a great chin but Bonnar has worse wrestling and better cardio (and not really a lot of power in his punching). Anyway most guys can get Bonnar to trade with them wildly so his good boxing isn't in full effect, and his jiu jitsu isn't even usually seen. But he's so drat tough with such good cardio and capable of keeping up a high pace sometimes guys can't even exploit him that way. For instance, he was knocking down Jardine left and right while Jardine was trying to measure him for inside and outside leg kick/big right combos. Krystof S. was perfectly capable of brawling with Bonnar, and it seemed like his power was actually giving him an edge in the first fight, but Bonnar is just so loving gritty he was able to take it and blast sos. out.

bonnar owns