PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borgia (ranked 3089 p4p, 3387 weight class) and Salomon Mukunzi (ranked 439 p4p, 474 weight class). Mukunzi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: All We Got - Chance The Rapper. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Borgia
vs
Mukunzi

184 cm
20
200
2 - 2 - 1

178 cm
21
197
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Borgia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Salomon Mukunzi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borgia misses with an uppercut.
Mukunzi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mukunzi swinging wildly here.
Borgia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mukunzi sprawls and moves away.
Borgia tries to bum rush Mukunzi with a series of wild strikes but Mukunzi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Borgia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mukunzi.
Borgia lands with a shot to the body.
Borgia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Borgia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Alexander Borgia has been cut.
Borgia tries to clinch
and Mukunzi counters with a nice body shot.
Borgia connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab lands there for Borgia.
Borgia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mukunzi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borgia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Borgia misses with a double jab

and Mukunzi counters with a crisp right hand that drops Borgia! Mukunzi lets Borgia back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Borgia is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mukunzi. Borgia does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Borgia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Borgia definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borgia. Mukunzi does a little dance to reset his feet.

Borgia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mukunzi leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borgia.
Mukunzi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Borgia up against the cage.
Mukunzi lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Mukunzi on the inside.
Borgia misses with some punches.
Borgia takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Mukunzi.
Borgia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mukunzi controlling the action here for a moment.
Mukunzi struggles to land a body shot inside as Borgia controls his hands.
Mukunzi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Borgia prevents Mukunzi from breaking the clinch.

Mukunzi breaks the clinch.
Borgia misses with a right hand
and Mukunzi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgia cracks Mukunzi with a good jab.

Oooooh!!! Mukunzi has knocked Borgia down with a huge combo! Mukunzi steps away and waves a wobbly Borgia back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Oh Borgia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Mukunzi tries to keep at a distance but Borgia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mukunzi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mukunzi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Borgia up against the cage.

Mukunzi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown attempt by Borgia or perhaps it was just good defense by Mukunzi, which made it look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia switches off momentarily and Mukunzi cracks him with a monster right hand! Borgia topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Mukunzi dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Mukunzi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Salomon Mukunzi!
A very excited looking Salomon Mukunzi rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.