PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanislav Borisovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Borisovich
vs
Thai

179 cm
18
236 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stanislav Borisovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Muay Thai!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borisovich moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A right-left combo lands from Borisovich.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borisovich could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Borisovich lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Borisovich finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Thai is looking to clinch.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Borisovich misses with a two punch combination.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich throws a leg kick but Thai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borisovich lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Borisovich tries to bum rush Thai with a series of wild strikes but Thai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Borisovich cracks Thai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borisovich lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borisovich lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Thai blocks the low kick.
Borisovich misses with a few strikes there.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Borisovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thai tries to clinch up but Borisovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Borisovich lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Thai wants to clinch up but Borisovich keeps it at a distance.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich is working the combinations to good effect here.
Danga de danga de dang - Borisovich scores with a four punch combination!
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Thai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Borisovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Borisovich tries to bum rush Thai with a series of wild strikes but Thai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Thai is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Borisovich, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borisovich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Borisovich lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Thai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Borisovich misses.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borisovich throws a leg kick that misses.
Thai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thai wants to clinch.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borisovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai tries to clinch up but Borisovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A left and a right from Borisovich both land. Nice combination.
Borisovich goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borisovich!
Borisovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Borisovich fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thai.
Thai wants to clinch.
Borisovich scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borisovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Borisovich scores with a jab to the head.
Borisovich tried to score with a low kick but Thai checks it.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borisovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Thai is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borisovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A cross from Borisovich lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Borisovich.

Thai clinches.
Borisovich prevents Thai from breaking the clinch.
Thai has Borisovich pressed against the cage, preventing Borisovich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Thai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Thai rushes Borisovich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Borisovich is trying to break free.
Borisovich is breathing heavily.
Borisovich tries to circle away but Thai has him pinned against the cage.
Thai wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Thai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Borisovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Borisovich looks to land a combination but Thai avoids it well.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai dodges the punch combination from Borisovich.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanislav Borisovich dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai tries to clinch there but Borisovich circles away.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thai tries to clinch up but Borisovich circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stanislav Borisovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Borisovich tried to score with a low kick but Thai checks it.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch up but Borisovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Stanislav Borisovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Thai is looking to clinch.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borisovich shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borisovich lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich throws a right hand that Thai ducks under and follows up with a left that Thai also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borisovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Borisovich throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Borisovich throws a one two combo.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Borisovich lands with a hook. Thai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Borisovich lands a jab-cross combination.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Borisovich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Borisovich throws a leg kick but Thai sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Borisovich connects with a jab.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borisovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Borisovich both land. Nice combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right-left combo lands from Borisovich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thai tries to clinch there but Borisovich circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
A punch combination from Borisovich misses.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borisovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thai can do to turn this around?
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Borisovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Borisovich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thai blocks a leg kick.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai wants to clinch up but Borisovich keeps it at a distance.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Borisovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borisovich lands a jab-cross combination.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
A combination from Borisovich does no damage.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Thai blocks a low kick nicely.
Borisovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Borisovich throws a nice looking combination but Thai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich throws a right and a left that Thai avoids nicely.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thai has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borisovich!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thai slips a jab and a cross from Borisovich.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borisovich throws a low kick, looking for Thai's leg but Thai calmly moves out of range.
Thai wants to clinch.
Borisovich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Borisovich scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Borisovich throws a nice looking combination but Thai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai tries to clinch up.

Thai gets a clinch.

Thai manages to break the clinch.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai is looking to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanislav Borisovich dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Thai is looking to clinch.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai tries to clinch up but Borisovich circles away and keeps his distance.
A good leg kick by Borisovich.
Borisovich misses with a wild combination.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Borisovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borisovich misses with a two punch combination.
Borisovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borisovich misses with a two punch combination.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Thai is looking to clinch.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borisovich!
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai tries to clinch there but Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich throws a leg kick that misses.
Borisovich lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Borisovich.
Thai slips a jab and a cross from Borisovich.
Borisovich misses with a few strikes there.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thai backs up against the cage.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Borisovich.
Thai wants to clinch up but Borisovich keeps it at a distance.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich moves out of range.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thai tries to clinch up but Borisovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Borisovich.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Borisovich circles away.
Borisovich misses with a low kick.

Thai moves into the clinch.

Thai breaks the clinch.
Borisovich tries a low kick but Thai avoids it.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but Borisovich is having none of it.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Thai tries to clinch there but Borisovich circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borisovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Borisovich.
Borisovich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thai wants to clinch.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borisovich swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borisovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borisovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Borisovich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Borisovich pushes him off.
Borisovich throws a series of punches but Thai avoids them all with ease.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borisovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Borisovich looks to land a combination but Thai avoids it well.
Borisovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borisovich keeps the fight on the outside.

Thai gets a clinch.
Thai wants to break free but Borisovich has control.

Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thai wants to clinch.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borisovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
Thai is looking to clinch but Borisovich is avoiding it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Borisovich throws a right and a left that Thai avoids nicely.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muay Thai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick from Thai lands but Borisovich takes it in his stride.

It looks like Stanislav Borisovich has been cut.
Thai tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stanislav Borisovich.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Borisovich, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanislav Borisovich!