PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Albert Anastasia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Borocop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anastasia comes to the cage accompanied by hellrazor. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Anastasia
vs
Borocop

183 cm
28
148 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

168 cm
24
153 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Anastasia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Borocop!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borocop lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Borocop slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Borocop misses with a straight left.
Anastasia attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Borocop checks a leg kick.
Anastasia just misses with a punch to the body.
Borocop stuns Anastasia with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anastasia. Borocop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anastasia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anastasia fails with a takedown attempt.
Borocop ducks under a wild hook from Anastasia.
Borocop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borocop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anastasia.
Anastasia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Borocop. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Anastasia.
Borocop punishes Anastasia's body with a nice straight punch.
Anastasia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borocop lands a head shot.
Anastasia misses with a body punch
and Borocop counters with a straight right hand.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Borocop has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop throws a right hand that Anastasia ducks under and follows up with a left that Anastasia also avoids with ease.
Anastasia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Borocop's hands.
Anastasia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anastasia misses with a looping left.
Borocop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Borocop lands a jab to Anastasia's midsection.
Borocop digs a good hook to Anastasia's body.
Anastasia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anastasia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Borocop has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anastasia.
Borocop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anastasia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Borocop.
Anastasia misses with a low kick as Borocop jumps back.
Borocop takes a swing at Anastasia's ribcage but misses.
Anastasia misses with a body shot.
Mark Borocop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Borocop throws a nice looking combination but Anastasia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anastasia misses the shot to the body.

Anastasia shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borocop is in trouble now - Anastasia has advanced to mount!
Borocop is working to get back to half guard.
Anastasia landing strikes from the mount and Borocop is in trouble!
Anastasia controlling his opponent.
Anastasia tries to control but Borocop wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Anastasia.
Anastasia trying to control but Borocop is having none of it.
Borocop is looking to get to half guard.
Anastasia lands a nice shot to the head.
Anastasia wants to control the pace but Borocop is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Borocop can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Anastasia with shots to the head and body - Borocop looks very uncomfortable down there.
Anastasia tries to control but Borocop wriggling away.
Anastasia is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Borocop is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Anastasia controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borocop is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Anastasia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A slow jab from Anastasia misses its intended target.
Anastasia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anastasia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borocop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borocop slips under a jab.
Anastasia dives in and grabs Borocop's left leg, looking for a takedown. Borocop pushes down on Anastasia's head and hops out.
Borocop walks into a stiff left hand from Anastasia.
Anastasia keeps Borocop at a distance using the push kick.
Borocop scores with the left hand. Anastasia knows he should have avoided that one.
Anastasia with a nice cross.
Anastasia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anastasia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Borocop counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Anastasia just misses with a punch to the body.
Albert Anastasia is winning the standup battle so far.
Borocop missing with a left hand there. Anastasia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Borocop throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Borocop lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borocop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anastasia circles away quickly and effectively.
Anastasia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anastasia looks to land a left hand but Borocop moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Anastasia misses.
Anastasia misses the jab.
Albert Anastasia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borocop avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Anastasia moves out of range of the body kick from Borocop.
Borocop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borocop finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Borocop with a hook.
Anastasia walks into a stiff left hand from Borocop.
Borocop takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Anastasia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Borocop's sensitive parts.
Anastasia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Borocop's sensitive parts.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Borocop.
Borocop swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Anastasia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia thows a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick from Anastasia misses.
Anastasia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Borocop swings for the body but Anastasia moves out of range.
A jab from Borocop misses.
Anastasia throws a lazy right hand but Borocop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Borocop uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anastasia has time to react.

Anastasia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Borocop keeping moving, preventing Anastasia from controlling successfully.
Anastasia is really struggling to control Borocop but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Albert Anastasia wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Anastasia swings for the body but Borocop moves out of range.
Borocop on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anastasia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anastasia tries to land a leg kick but Borocop saw it coming and moves away.
Borocop lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anastasia's sensitive parts.
Anastasia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anastasia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Borocop slips under a jab.
Anastasia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borocop takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Borocop avoids the head kick by Anastasia.
Anastasia thows a body shot but no joy.

Anastasia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Anastasia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Borocop gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasia is trying to control. Borocop wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Anastasia passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Borocop!
Anastasia unloading with bombs!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anastasia controlling the position easily from mount.
Anastasia unloads with some shots from mount but Borocop bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Anastasia dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

A big left from Borocop misses.
Anastasia misses with a double jab
and Borocop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anastasia misses with a looping right.
Anastasia looks to throw the jab but Borocop is out of range.
Borocop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anastasia.
Anastasia jabs Borocop right on the nose. Borocop blinks but takes it well.
Anastasia throws a jab but it's blocked by Borocop.
Anastasia connects with a solid leg kick.
Anastasia lands a body shot.
Anastasia lands a jab to Borocop's midsection.
Borocop's corner calls for a 1-2. Borocop obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Borocop smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Borocop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anastasia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anastasia throws a lazy right hand but Borocop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasia avoids the body shot from Borocop.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anastasia misses with a straight right.
Anastasia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Borocop walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Borocop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Borocop jabs at Anastasia's body.
Anastasia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Borocop takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anastasia moves out of range as Borocop strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anastasia. Borocop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anastasia misses with a low kick.
Borocop throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Anastasia defending well as Borocop loads up on a big left hand.
Anastasia lands a slapping body shot.
Nice shot by Borocop.
Anastasia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Anastasia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Borocop in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borocop takes one on the button.
Anastasia shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Albert Anastasia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borocop looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Borocop takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borocop misses with a series of wild punches.
Borocop misses with a straight left.
Borocop fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Borocop uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anastasia.
Anastasia connects with a jab.
Borocop's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Borocop lands a nice hook to Anastasia's body. Anastasia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Borocop moves out of range of the leg kick from Anastasia.
Borocop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anastasia cracks Borocop with a good jab.
Anastasia looks to throw the jab but Borocop is out of range.
Anastasia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Borocop tests Anastasia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anastasia throws a hook but Borocop blocks it.
Borocop swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Anastasia counters with a nice kick to the body.
Borocop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anastasia.
Borocop throws a jab but it's blocked by Anastasia.
Albert Anastasia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A jab from Anastasia misses.
Anastasia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Anastasia defending well as Borocop loads up on a big left hand.
Donk. Anastasia catches Borocop right on the button with a cross.
Borocop moves away from the strike by Anastasia.
Borocop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anastasia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Borocop lunges at Anastasia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anastasia's hand.
Borocop pushes Anastasia away with a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borocop throws a body kick that misses.
Borocop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anastasia.
Borocop cracks Anastasia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Anastasia is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anastasia misses with a straight left.
Mark Borocop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anastasia throws a hook but Borocop blocks it.
Anastasia lands a lovely overhand right.
Anastasia misses the jab.
Anastasia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anastasia slips under a jab from Borocop.
Anastasia tries to score a power double leg takedown but Borocop sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anastasia somewhat.
Anastasia moves out of range as Borocop strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borocop swings for the body but Anastasia moves out of range.
Anastasia looks to land a right hand but Borocop moved out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mark Borocop.
I think Anastasia 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Anastasia!
A very excited looking Albert Anastasia made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.