PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Born (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pugh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Pugh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kevin Born's chin.

Born
vs
Pugh

187 cm
24
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Born!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Pugh!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pugh is trying hard to land a takedown here. Born sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Pugh shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pugh was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Born tries to reverse the position but Pugh maintains control.
Born is trying to stand.
Born tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Born is working hard here to advance position.

Born defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pugh.
Born is squirming around, avoiding Pugh's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pugh avoids the attempt from Born to control.
Pugh putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Born is trying desperately to improve position.
Pugh trying to control but Born is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Born tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Born wants to control but Pugh is having none of it.
Pugh tries to control but Born wriggling away.
Born tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pugh jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Born manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Pugh should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Born manages to get back to half guard.
Born is trying to stand back up but Pugh is controlling him
Pugh trying to control the action but Born is working from the bottom.
Born tries to kick Pugh off but Pugh keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pugh wants to work for an arm triangle but Born is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Pugh is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Born is just riding it out for now. Pugh eventually gives up the hold.
Born is trying to stand back up but Pugh is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Pugh dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Born gets caught napping as Pugh dives in and scores a takedown. Born manages to retain guard.
Born is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pugh stopping the sweep attempt from Born.
Born throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Born looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Born throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pugh being controlled here momentarily.
Born is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Pugh drops back, looking for a kneebar! Born looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Born looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Born!
Born throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Born connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pugh some visible discomfort.
Born wants to control for a moment but Pugh uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Born is trying to control. Pugh wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pugh is looking for a sweep. Born is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pugh gets full guard.
Born stays in close to Pugh's body and controls the position.
Born wants to control from the top but Pugh keeps moving.
Born pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pugh is keeping the position for now.

We're going to have a standup here because Kevin Born wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Born is looking to clinch but Pugh is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pugh with a lazy takedown attempt

and Born counters by moving into the clinch.
Pugh tries to pull guard but Born won't allow it.
Born jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pugh walks away with a smile on his face. Born gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pugh looks for a takedown but Born sprawls well.
Kevin Born has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Pugh.
Pugh is breathing heavily.
Born wants to clinch but Pugh slips to the side

and Pugh counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Born is controlling Pugh's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Born is trying to control but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pugh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kevin Born will probably get the nod.
That's time! Born's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Born misses with a wild combination.
Born stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Born wants it to stay on the feet.

Born scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Born decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Pugh takes the fight into the clinch.
Born working hard to break the clinch.

Born jumps into guard, dragging Pugh to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Born is controlling Pugh's posture.
Born is trying to control the position but Pugh postures up.
Pugh looking to sit in guard and control but Born gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Born is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Pugh is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pugh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pugh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Born.
Born works over Pugh with some ground and pound from guard.

Pugh has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Born is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Pugh.
Pugh tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Born presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Kevin Born overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Born wants to finish this one by submission but Pugh is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Born.
Pugh is in all sorts of trouble here.
Born wants to control the pace but Pugh is squirming around nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Born cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Born controlling from the full mount.
Pugh is squirming around, avoiding Born's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Born showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Born has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Born!