PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Audet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guigui Borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Audet comes into the arena with Black Eyed Peas - Pump it blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Audet
vs
Borgne

173 cm
28
167 lbs
8 - 10 - 1

169 cm
29
160 lbs
9 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Audet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Guigui Borgne!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Borgne has taken the fight to the clinch.
Borgne trying to land knees to the body.
Audet throws an elbow but it misses.
Borgne takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Guigui Borgne has been cut.
Audet throws an elbow but it misses.
Audet managing to block the knees to the body from Borgne.
Audet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Borgne tries to pull guard but Audet won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Borgne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Audet misses with a knee to the head.
Audet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Borgne's defenses.
Borgne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Audet blocks it with crossed arms.
Borgne stalling in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Audet takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Audet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borgne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Audet.
Borgne trying to control the position but instead, Audet has worked for underhooks and has pushed Borgne into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Audet is defending well for now.
Audet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Borgne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Audet lands a nice elbow.
Audet tries to land a knee to the head but Borgne blocks with his arms.
Borgne throws an elbow but it misses.
Borgne is stalling here.

Borgne jumps guard and drags Audet to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Audet trying to control but Borgne is working from the bottom.
Audet loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Borgne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Audet trying to control the position from guard on top but Borgne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nathan Audet.

Audet instigates a clinch.
Borgne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Borgne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Audet misses with a knee strike.
Borgne lands with a left to the head.
Borgne misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Audet.
Audet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgne dodges an elbow strike from Audet.
Borgne blocks an elbow strike from Audet.
Audet pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Audet with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Audet just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borgne's brow.
Borgne tries to land a knee to the head but Audet blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Borgne pulls guard effortlessly.
Borgne wants to get back to his feet but Audet is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Audet is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Borgne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Audet.
Audet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Borgne is keeping the position for now.
Audet in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Audet trying to control but Borgne is working from the bottom.
Audet won't allow Borgne to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audet tries to free his leg and advance position but Borgne is retaining full guard.
Audet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Audet makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Audet throwing strikes but missing.
Audet controls from within his opponent's guard.
Audet thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borgne wants to stand up but Audet is controlling him.
Audet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Audet tries to free his leg and advance position but Borgne is retaining full guard.
Audet stops Borgne from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Audet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guigui Borgne's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Audet has Borgne up against the cage in a clinch.
Audet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Borgne's face.
Audet stalling the fight.
Borgne swings wildly with an uppercut but Audet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borgne takes a shot to the head.
Audet tries a knee to the head but Borgne blocks it.
Borgne crunches a lovely knee into Audet's ribcage.
Audet misses with an elbow over the top.
Audet stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Borgne looking to slow down the pace here.
Audet creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne taking a breather.
Borgne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borgne trying to land knees to the body.
Audet blocks a body shot from Borgne.
Borgne misses with a knee strike.
Borgne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Borgne pushes off an throws an elbow but Audet leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Audet lands a good knee to the midsection. Borgne won't want to take too many of those.
Audet leaning against his opponent.
Audet misses with a knee strike.
Borgne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Audet.
Audet stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Audet tries a knee to the head but Borgne blocks it.
Borgne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Borgne seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Audet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borgne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Audet stalling.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Audet just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borgne's brow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Borgne.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borgne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Audet landing knees to the head.
Borgne dodges an elbow strike from Audet.
Audet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Borgne's defenses.
Audet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Audet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet pressing his opponent against the cage.
Borgne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Audet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Audet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Audet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borgne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borgne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borgne looking to slow down the pace here.
Borgne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Audet.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Audet as Borgne tries to tie him up.
Audet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Audet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Borgne is looking to control Audet's arms but Audet gets an underhook and turns him. Now Borgne has his back to the cage.
Audet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borgne tries to throw a body punch but Audet avoids it by throwing Borgne back against the cage.
Audet slowing the pace effectively.
Nathan Audet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Audet lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Audet throws an elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borgne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Audet looking to slow down the pace here.
Borgne avoids the elbow strike from Audet, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Audet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Guigui Borgne's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Audet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Borgne misses with a knee strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Audet lands a nice elbow.
Audet pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Audet is looking to control Borgne's arms but Borgne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Audet has his back to the cage.
Audet lands an elbow inside that Borgne shrugs off.
Borgne being controlled against the cage.
Borgne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Audet.
Audet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borgne lands a left hand.
Borgne trying to stall but Audet improves his position.
Audet throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Audet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Borgne avoiding damage as Audet throws knees to the body.
Borgne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Borgne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Borgne throws a head punch that misses.
Borgne tries to land a knee to the head but Audet blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Borgne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Audet blocks a body shot from Borgne.
Audet blocking some punches.
Borgne avoiding damage as Audet throws knees to the body.
Borgne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Audet is defending well for now.
Borgne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Audet avoids it.
Audet looking to throw knees to the head but Borgne is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Audet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Audet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne scores a nice knee to the body.
Audet misses with an elbow over the top.
Audet with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Audet throws an elbow but misses.
Audet prevents a body shot from Borgne.
Audet misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Audet throws an elbow but misses.
Borgne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Audet blocks it with crossed arms.
Borgne throws a punch but it's blocked by Audet.
Audet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Audet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Audet prevents a body shot from Borgne.
Audet is looking to control Borgne's arms but Borgne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Audet has his back to the cage.
Audet throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Audet connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Audet prevents a body shot from Borgne.
Borgne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Borgne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Audet blocks it with crossed arms.
Borgne tries to throw a body punch but Audet avoids it by throwing Borgne back against the cage.
Borgne lands a right hand.
Audet gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Audet tries a knee to the head but Borgne blocks it.
Audet pushes off an throws an elbow but Borgne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borgne missing with knees to the body.
Audet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borgne is defending well for now.
Borgne tries to pull guard but Audet holds him up against the cage and eventually Borgne drops back down to his feet.
Audet landing knees to the body.
Borgne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Audet is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Audet - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Guigui Borgne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Borgne lands a knee to the body.
Borgne trying to land knees to the body.
Audet has Borgne pushed against the cage.
Audet lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Audet.
Borgne working aggressively here.
Borgne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borgne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Audet is defending well for now.
Audet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Audet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Borgne's defenses.
Borgne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Audet is defending well for now.

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 Nathan Audet.
Well Audet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Audet!