PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darek Borkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borkowski has chosen Sabaton- 40:1 as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Saunders
vs
Borkowski

191 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
201 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darek Borkowski!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borkowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borkowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Borkowski is looking to land body kicks.
Borkowski looks to land a body kick but Saunders moved away.
Borkowski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Borkowski tries to land a front kick but Saunders steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Borkowski tries to clinch there but Saunders circles away.
Darek Borkowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders throws a head kick that misses.
Borkowski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saunders paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Borkowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Borkowski misses with a combination
and Saunders counters with a head kick.
Saunders takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saunders misses with a head kick.
Borkowski moves in looking to clinch but Saunders pushes him off.
Borkowski throws a wild body kick that Saunders sees coming a mile off.
Borkowski throws a sloppy head kick
and Saunders counters with a good, hard body kick but Borkowski shrugs it off.
Borkowski looks gassed!
Saunders lands a front kick.
Dan Saunders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders thuds his shin into the meat of Borkowski's side.

Oooooh!!! Saunders has knocked Borkowski down with a huge combo! Saunders steps away and waves a wobbly Borkowski back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Darek Borkowski has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saunders circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Borkowski drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Saunders follows Borkowski to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Saunders!
Our winner, Dan Saunders, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.