PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Kray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonid Borcov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kray comes to the cage accompanied by "Sexy and I Know It". Leonid Borcov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kray
vs
Borcov

188 cm
19
189 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

194 cm
23
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trevor Kray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonid Borcov!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kray misses with a takedown

and Borcov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kray's guard now.
Kray looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Borcov trying to control the position from guard on top but Kray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borcov stays in close to Kray's body and controls the position.

Kray is working an open guard so Borcov takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Borcov throws a sloppy head kick and Kray moves out of range easily.

Borcov clinches up against the cage.
Borcov just leaning against Kray, taking a breather.

Borcov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Borcov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kray napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kray knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Borcov on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borcov working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Borcov looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Borcov misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Borcov throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Borcov throws a strike aimed at the side of Kray's head but Kray avoids it well.
Borcov happy to just control the position for now.
Borcov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kray keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Borcov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kray takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Borcov has hold of Kray's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Kray seems comfortable defending it but Borcov has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Kray is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Kray is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Borcov couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Leonid Borcov!