PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borisov (ranked 4105 p4p, 4139 weight class) and Dan McLaughlin (ranked 0 p4p, 457 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Alexander Borisov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Alexander Borisov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Borisov
vs
McLaughlin

200 cm
23
299
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
270
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Northern Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Borisov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan McLaughlin!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLaughlin slips a jab from Borisov.
Borisov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Borisov misses with a lunging right hand
letting McLaughlin counter with a right hand.
Borisov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McLaughlin ducks under a wild hook from Borisov.
Borisov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McLaughlin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McLaughlin throws a jab but it's blocked by Borisov.
Borisov misses with an uppercut.
Borisov misses with a left hand
enabling McLaughlin to counter with a crisp jab.
McLaughlin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borisov.
McLaughlin lands a glancing blow to the side of Borisov's head.
Borisov misses with a left hand
and McLaughlin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Borisov misses with a hook
enabling McLaughlin to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Borisov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLaughlin.
Borisov misses with a left hand
and McLaughlin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Alexander Borisov has been cut.
Alexander Borisov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borisov throws a hook but McLaughlin blocks it.
McLaughlin lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borisov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McLaughlin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Borisov's head backwards.
Borisov misses with a right hand
and Borisov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Borisov misses with an uppercut
and McLaughlin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from McLaughlin.
Borisov looks to land a left hand but McLaughlin moved out of range nicely.
Borisov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McLaughlin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Borisov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Borisov swings widly with a right hand
and McLaughlin counters with a stiff right hand.
Borisov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from McLaughlin misses the target.
Borisov misses with a lunging right hand
and McLaughlin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donk. Borisov catches McLaughlin right on the button with a cross.
McLaughlin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Borisov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Borisov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Borisov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McLaughlin counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLaughlin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Borisov misses with a hook
and McLaughlin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Borisov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McLaughlin ducks under a wild hook from Borisov.
Borisov misses with a hook
and Borisov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Borisov throws a poor cross that misses
and McLaughlin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Borisov throws an off balance right hand
and Borisov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Borisov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Borisov throws a poor cross that misses
and McLaughlin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Borisov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McLaughlin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borisov misses with a right hand
and McLaughlin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Borisov is breathing heavily.
Borisov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McLaughlin throws a hook but Borisov avoids it easily.
Borisov misses with a right hand
and McLaughlin counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by McLaughlin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLaughlin scores with a jab.
Borisov throws a poor cross that misses
and McLaughlin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Borisov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McLaughlin jabs Borisov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McLaughlin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McLaughlin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McLaughlin stuns Borisov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McLaughlin lands with a right hand.
Borisov misses with an uppercut
and McLaughlin counters with a stiff right hand.
McLaughlin lunges at Borisov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Borisov's hand.
A cross from McLaughlin lands.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Borisov misses the target.
McLaughlin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McLaughlin throws a hook but Borisov avoids it easily.
McLaughlin cracks Borisov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borisov misses with a right hand
and McLaughlin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Alexander Borisov's cut is getting worse.
McLaughlin throws a good cross that connects.
Borisov misses with a hook
and McLaughlin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McLaughlin scores with a jab to the head.
McLaughlin with a nice cross.

Borisov is rocked!
McLaughlin's corner calls for a 1-2. McLaughlin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oh Borisov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Borisov lands a really nice looking cross but McLaughlin seems unphased.
Borisov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McLaughlin drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Borisov right on the button. Borisov goes down! McLaughlin follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! McLaughlin gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan McLaughlin!