PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Witcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guigui Borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Witcher comes to the cage accompanied by Vader - Sword of the Witcher. Marcus Witcher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Witcher
vs
Borgne

178 cm
29
166 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

169 cm
30
160 lbs
9 - 18 - 1

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Big right hand

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 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Witcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guigui Borgne!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Witcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Witcher misses with a series of wild punches.
Witcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Witcher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher moves out of range.
Borgne is looking to clinch but Witcher is avoiding it.
Witcher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Borgne.
Witcher closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Borgne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Witcher. Borgne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borgne wants to clinch up but Witcher keeps it at a distance.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Witcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Borgne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borgne moves in looking to clinch but Witcher pushes him off.
Borgne tries to clinch up.
Witcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Witcher's jab looks to have found its range, popping Borgne under the eye.
Borgne staying out of range there.
Witcher throws a series of punches but Borgne moves out of range.
Witcher throws a series of punches but Borgne moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher is having none of it.
Marcus Witcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borgne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Witcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Witcher swinging wildly here.
Witcher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher moves out of range.
Witcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Borgne.
Borgne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borgne tries to clinch up.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Witcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borgne tries to clinch up.
Witcher throws a right and a left that Borgne avoids nicely.
Witcher ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Borgne tries to clinch up but Witcher circles away and keeps his distance.
Borgne tries to clinch up but Witcher circles away and keeps his distance.
Borgne doesn't manage to clinch there - Witcher circles away.
Borgne wants to clinch up but Witcher keeps it at a distance.

Borgne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Witcher drops down looking for an ankle pick but Borgne pulls his leg out and moves away.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Witcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne tries to clinch up but Witcher circles away and keeps his distance.

Borgne forces Witcher back against the cage and clinches.
Borgne lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcus Witcher has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgne controlling the action here for a moment.
Borgne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Witcher blocks it with crossed arms.
Witcher has Borgne pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Borgne manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Borgne scores with a shot to the side of Witcher's head.
Witcher tries to score a body lock takedown but Borgne shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Witcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borgne tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Witcher just stands there and leans against the cage.
Witcher wants a takedown.
Borgne stops a takedown attempt from Witcher.
Witcher is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witcher drops down looking for an ankle pick but Borgne pulls his leg out and moves away.
Witcher misses with a hook. Borgne ducked under it nicely.
Witcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher moves out of range.

Borgne instigates a clinch.
Borgne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Witcher's face.
Borgne lands an elbow inside.

Borgne ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Borgne no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Borgne is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Witcher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgne is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Witcher advances position into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Witcher scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witcher creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Guigui Borgne will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcus Witcher's cut.
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.

Witcher lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Witcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Witcher throws a nice looking combination but Borgne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Witcher misses with a wild body shot.
Borgne tries to clinch up.
Borgne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Witcher as he jumps to the side.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Witcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher is having none of it.
Borgne scores with a head kick.
Witcher throws out a powerful jab.
Borgne wants to clinch.
Borgne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcus Witcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Witcher swings for the body but Borgne moves out of range.
Borgne throws a head kick that misses.
Witcher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Witcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Witcher misses with a left hand
and Borgne counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher is having none of it.
Witcher thows a body shot but no joy.
Witcher lands with a shot to the body.
Borgne is breathing heavily.
Borgne shoots in looking for a takedown. Witcher tries to sprawl out of it but Borgne keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Witcher manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Witcher throws out a powerful jab.
Borgne wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Witcher misses the target.
Marcus Witcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Witcher goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Witcher takes a swing at Borgne's ribcage but misses.
Witcher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Borgne scores with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Witcher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borgne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Borgne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marcus Witcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Borgne.
Borgne tries to clinch up.
Witcher connects with a crisp jab.
Witcher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Borgne doesn't manage to clinch there - Witcher circles away.
Witcher takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sloppy strikes from Borgne. Those never looked like landing.
Witcher misses with a wild body shot.
Borgne wants to clinch.
Witcher fails to land with a series of punches.
Witcher is looking to wear down Borgne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Witcher throws a hook to the side of Borgne's head but Borgne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Witcher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Witcher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borgne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Borgne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Witcher keeps the fight on the outside.

Borgne moves into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Borgne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Witcher.
Knees in the clinch landing for Borgne.
Borgne struggles to land a body shot inside as Witcher controls his hands.
Borgne scores with a knee to the head.
Borgne misses with a knee strike.
Witcher tries for a takedown but Borgne manages to get underhooks.
Borgne is pressed up against the cage. Witcher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Borgne down to the mat. Borgne avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Borgne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Witcher wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Witcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borgne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Witcher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Borgne misses with a knee to the head.
Borgne scores a nice knee to the body.
Borgne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Witcher avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Borgne pulls guard.
Borgne is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Witcher advances position into side control!

Borgne sneaks out the side door and pushes Witcher away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Guigui Borgne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Marcus Witcher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Borgne tries to clinch but Witcher is having none of it.
No joy there for Witcher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Borgne pushes Witcher up against the cage in a clinch.
Borgne tries to pull guard but Witcher won't allow it.
Witcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borgne stalling in the clinch.
Guigui Borgne seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Borgne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Witcher looking for a takedown.
Borgne is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Witcher is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Borgne gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Witcher blocks a body shot from Borgne.
Borgne throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Witcher goes for a takedown in the clinch but Borgne prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Witcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Borgne can't find room to land a body shot as Witcher controls the action.
Borgne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Witcher blocks it with crossed arms.
Borgne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Borgne misses with a knee strike.
Witcher is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Borgne scores a nice knee to the body.
Borgne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Witcher fails to pull guard.
Borgne looking to throw knees to the head but Witcher is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne is trying to maintain a safe position but Witcher gets an underhook and turns Borgne into the cage.
Witcher tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Borgne smiles and moves away.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch but Witcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borgne wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Witcher misses.
Borgne doesn't manage to clinch there - Witcher circles away.
Witcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Witcher connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Witcher is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Witcher throws a combination that misses
and Borgne counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Witcher is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Witcher swings away with a body shot that misses
and Borgne counters with a monster head kick that knocks Witcher out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Guigui Borgne!