PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radik Borishov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borishov has chosen Pozavi Menya - Lube as his entrance music. Radik Borishov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Price
vs
Borishov

186 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bubba Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radik Borishov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borishov misses with a takedown attempt - Price sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Price has closed the distance and engaged Borishov in a clinch.
Borishov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Price pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Borishov can't break the clinch.
Price gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Borishov.
Bubba Price has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Radik Borishov.

Price has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Borishov is trying to keep an underhook but Price manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Price wants to pass to mount but Borishov is defending the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Price connects with a nice short shot to Borishov's temple.
Price is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Borishov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Price is tying to control. Borishov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Price passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Borishov!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price looking to control and managing it successfully.
Price lands a nice shot to the head.
Price sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Price scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Borishov?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Price cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Price tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Price lands a heavy elbow.
Borishov looks gassed!
Borishov is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Price connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Borishov hang on?
Price landing punches.

Borishov bucks up and throws Price to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Borishov looks to land a combination. Price sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Price throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Borishov.

Price rushes Borishov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Price breaks the clinch.
Price cracks Borishov with a good jab.
Price with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Price stalks Borishov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Borishov's face. Borishov staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Price misses with a series of wild punches.

Price shoots in and bounces Borishov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Borishov wants to stand and escape but Price is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Borishov uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Good leg kick by Borishov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Borishov shoots and misses

and Price counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Price scores with punches from side control.
Borishov is pushing Price's head away, looking to escape. Price manages to hold on to the position though.
Price landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Price in side control lands a decent elbow.
Price is chipping away with strikes.
Borishov is pushing Price's head away, looking to escape. Price manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price is looking to take a break and control but Borishov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Borishov tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Borishov misses with a takedown

and Price counters with a shoot takedown. Borishov fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Borishov wants to stand up but Price is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borishov keeping moving, preventing Price from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Price dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Price connects with a good right hand that stumbles Borishov. Borishov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt

and Price counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Borishov wants to get back to his feet but Price passes into half guard.
Price seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Borishov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Price wants to free his trapped foot but Borishov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Price wants to take a breather but Borishov is having none of it.

Price seems to be working for a kimura but Borishov defends the submission attempt.
Price 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.
Borishov is trying to stand back up but Price is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Borishov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Borishov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bubba Price has been cut.
Borishov tries to land a knee to the head but Price blocks with his arms.

Borishov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Borishov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Borishov misses with a takedown

and Price counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Price.

Borishov wriggles free and stands up.
Borishov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Price fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borishov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Price bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price lands some shots froms side control.
Borishov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Price trying to control the action but Borishov is working from the bottom.
Price throws an elbow but Borishov slips to the side and avoids it well.

Price has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Borishov shoots and misses

and Price counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Borishov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Price is controlling him.
Price lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Price showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Borishov keeping moving, preventing Price from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price postures up in Borishov's guard and throws a big left but Borishov blocks it.
Price connects with a couple of short punches.
Borishov has momentary wrist control but Price slips an elbow through the middle.
Price wants to control from the top but Borishov keeps moving.
Price lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Price is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Price cracks Borishov with a solid left hand.
Price scoring with some ground and pound.
Price chips away with some ground and pound.
Borishov wants to stand up but Price is controlling him.
Borishov keeping full guard, as Price tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Borishov pushes Price off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Borishov is looking to land body kicks.
Borishov closes the distance but Price moves to the side
and Price counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Price buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Borishov works the jab nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Price. No joy for Borishov on that attempt.
Bubba Price has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Radik Borishov.
Price tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Radik Borishov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Price takes a kick to the side of the head.
Borishov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Borishov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borishov tries to clinch but Price moves away

and Price counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Borishov!
Price controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Price dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bubba Price's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Price avoids the head kick by Borishov.
Borishov tries to clinch up

and Price decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Borishov's guard.
Price trying to control but Borishov is working from the bottom.
Price is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Borishov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Price slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Price trying to move into half guard but instead Borishov has managed to sweep!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Price is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Borishov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Price's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Borishov tries to buck Price off but he can't manage it.
Price breaks from Borishov's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Borishov tries to buck Price off but he can't manage it.
Price has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Borishov's face.
Price sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Price trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Borishov is bucking up trying to escape but Price cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Price takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Borishov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Price landing shots from mount.
Borishov is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Borishov is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
A nice elbow there by Price.
Borishov tries to buck Price off but he can't manage it.
Bubba Price overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Price dominating with strikes here.
Price is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Borishov can do to turn this around?
Price with good strikes from the mount here!
Price controlling from the full mount.
Price lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borishov wants to try and get back to his feet.
Borishov taking shots to the head.
Price raining down shots from the mount!
Price controlling the pace for now.
Price won't let Borishov get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Price wants to control the pace but Borishov is squirming around nicely.
Borishov's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Borishov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Borishov is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Price landing strikes from the mount.
Price scoring with strikes but Borishov is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Price.
Price can't control as he wanted to and Borishov manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Borishov is trying to stand.

Price decides to return to a standing position.
Price throws a push kick but Borishov slaps the foot to one side.
Bubba Price is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Price bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Borishov's head backwards.

Price shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Borishov's guard.
Price landing with the ground and pound.
Borishov is looking to stand back up but Price counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Borishov.
Borishov is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Price has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Radik Borishov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Borishov throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bubba Price showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Price 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Bubba Price!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Bubba Price!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Bubba Price!

Bubba Price wins by unanimous decision!