PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Ruoska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guigui Borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruoska comes into the arena with Sympathy for the Devil blaring out of the sound system. Guigui Borgne acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ruoska
vs
Borgne

178 cm
29
169 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

169 cm
33
160 lbs
12 - 23 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mauri Ruoska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guigui Borgne!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borgne moves in looking to clinch but Ruoska pushes him off.
Borgne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Borgne rushes Ruoska and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Borgne gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Borgne content to control rather than advance.
Borgne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Borgne is trying to control. Ruoska wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ruoska is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Borgne frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Borgne with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruoska is squirming around, avoiding Borgne's attempts to control the action.
Borgne controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borgne looking to control but Ruoska is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Borgne takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Borgne working for a guillotine from mount but Ruoska is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Borgne stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Borgne misses with a double jab.
The fighters circling - Ruoska throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruoska defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Borgne.
Ruoska takes a kick to the side of the head.
Borgne shoots in but Ruoska avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruoska. Borgne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borgne wants to clinch
and Ruoska counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruoska paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ruoska avoids the head kick by Borgne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ruoska tries to avoid it but Borgne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ruoska to the ground. Ruoska escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mauri Ruoska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guigui Borgne.
Borgne looks gassed!
Ruoska lunges at Borgne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Borgne's hand.

It looks like Guigui Borgne has been cut.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruoska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Borgne shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ruoska defends it nicely.
Borgne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruoska.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruoska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruoska bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Borgne's head.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruoska swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guigui Borgne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borgne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruoska.
Borgne takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Borgne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Borgne is rocked!

Borgne scores with a takedown into Ruoska's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgne wants to control from the top but Ruoska keeps moving.
Ruoska bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Borgne's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ruoska is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ruoska missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Borgne has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ruoska has passed into side control.
Ruoska scores with punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes there by Ruoska.
The ground and pound from Ruoska seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Borgne is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ruoska off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mauri Ruoska will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Guigui Borgne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ruoska throws a hook but Borgne avoids it easily.
Mauri Ruoska is winning the standup battle so far.
Borgne wants to clinch up but Ruoska keeps it at a distance.
Borgne tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruoska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borgne moves in looking to clinch but Ruoska pushes him off.
Borgne tries to clinch there but Ruoska circles away.
Ruoska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Borgne clinches up against the cage.

Ruoska lands a takedown into guard.
Borgne is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ruoska controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Borgne is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne trying to mount his opponent but Ruoska defends it.
Guigui Borgne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ruoska tries to get to full guard but Borgne has control of the leg.
Borgne throwing shots but Ruoska is blocking nicely.
Ruoska is refusing to be controlled, as Borgne sits in half guard.

Borgne is trying to work for a kimura but Ruoska is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne is just content to waste time from the top position. Ruoska takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ruoska is on top in guard.
Ruoska working some strikes from top position.
Ruoska chips away with some ground and pound.
Borgne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ruoska wants to pass the guard but Borgne is keeping the position.
Ruoska passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne struggling a bit here.
Borgne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Borgne struggling a bit here.
Ruoska is working Borgne over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ruoska cracks Borgne with a big right hand but Borgne just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Borgne takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Borgne is looking for a sweep.
Borgne is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruoska prevents Borgne from escaping the position.
Borgne parries the strikes from Ruoska easily there. Ruoska is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Borgne to escape.
Borgne is looking to reverse the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Ruoska.
Ruoska has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Borgne!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruoska scoring with strikes but Borgne is staying in there.
Ruoska lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Borgne hang on?
Ruoska has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Borgne's face.
Borgne is breathing heavily.
Ruoska with shots to the head and body - Borgne looks very uncomfortable down there.
Borgne is still in real trouble! Can Ruoska finish him?

Ruoska working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruoska avoids the attempt from Borgne to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Ruoska dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Guigui Borgne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Borgne misses with a double jab

and Ruoska counters with a big uppercut that knocks Borgne off his feet! Ruoska dives into side control looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgne wants to control but Ruoska postures up.
Borgne seems to have recovered his senses.
Borgne tries to bench press Ruoska off him but Ruoska keeps the position.
Borgne is trying to control Ruoska's posture but Ruoska avoids it.
Borgne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruoska wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Borgne is trying to control Ruoska's posture but Ruoska avoids it.
Ruoska cracks Borgne with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Borgne avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ruoska.
The strikes coming from Ruoska are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Borgne struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruoska grinds an elbow into Borgne's temple.
Ruoska in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Borgne looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Ruoska turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauri Ruoska!