PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guigui Borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nunes has chosen Pitbull- Hey Baby as his entrance music. Antonio Nunes looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Borgne
vs
Nunes

169 cm
39
160 lbs
18 - 35 - 1

176 cm
34
162 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 18 - 35 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guigui Borgne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nunes closes the distance and pushes Borgne back into the cage.
Borgne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Borgne lands a nice knee to the body.
Borgne landing knees to the head.
Borgne stalling against the cage.
Borgne lands a body punch.
Borgne crunches a lovely knee into Nunes's ribcage.
Nunes looks winded!
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!
Borgne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Borgne managing to block the knees to the body from Nunes.
Borgne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Borgne obliges.
Borgne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Borgne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nuness head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne scores a nice knee to the body.
Borgne lands a knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Borgne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Borgne scores with a knee to the head.
Borgne landing knees to the head.
Borgne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Borgne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nunes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borgne leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne lands a knee to the head.
Borgne digs a right hand into Nunes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nunes's gas tank.
Borgne taking a breather.
Borgne gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Nunes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nunes can't find room to land a body shot as Borgne controls the action.
Borgne lands a shot to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Borgne working Nunes over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nunes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borgne avoiding damage.
Nunes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Borgne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Borgne slowing the pace effectively.
Borgne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nunes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nunes is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Borgne pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Borgne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nunes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Borgne scores with a shoulder strike.
Borgne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgne lands an elbow just above Nunes 's eye.
Borgne gets underhooks to prevent Nunes's takedown attempt.
Borgne scores a nice knee to the body.
Borgne lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgne landing knees to the body.
Borgne avoiding damage.
Borgne working Nunes over with knees to the body.
Borgne presses Nunes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borgne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Come on Borgne - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Borgne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guigui Borgne dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Borgne gets a takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Borgne postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Nunes to stand up.
Borgne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nunes can do to turn this around?

Borgne closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Borgne lands in his opponent's guard.

Borgne gets to his feet. Nunes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Borgne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nunes as he jumps to the side.
Borgne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nunes is fending him off so far but Borgne persists. Nope, Nunes circles away and we're back to standing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borgne fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guigui Borgne. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Borgne shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne is trying to control. Nunes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Borgne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nunes won't allow Borgne to pass to mount.
Borgne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nunes keeps working.
Borgne wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Borgne controlling the action here.

We're going to have a standup here because Guigui Borgne wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Borgne dives in and grabs Nunes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nunes pushes down on Borgne's head and hops out.
Borgne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nunes tries to avoid it but Borgne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nunes to the ground. Nunes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Nunes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Borgne trying to control but Nunes is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nunes is proving hard to escape from.

Nunes is working an open guard so Borgne takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Borgne looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Borgne stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Borgne decides to stand up.
Borgne shoots in and drives through. Nunes sprawls well.
Nunes looks to land a combination but Borgne avoids it well.
Borgne tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Nunes defends well and Borgne ends up having to push Nunes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bit of stalling here from Borgne.
Nunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guigui Borgne dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Nunes. Those never looked like landing.

Borgne shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nunes manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Borgne controlling from the top position.
Guigui Borgne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Borgne passes into half guard.
Borgne takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nunes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes is trying to stand up here but Borgne is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Borgne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Borgne tries to stand and escape but Nunes is controlling the position.

Borgne stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Nunes to get to his feet.

Nunes tries to sprawl but Borgne drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Borgne decides to return to a standing position.
Borgne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes looks to land a combination but Borgne avoids it well.
Borgne fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Borgne fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guigui Borgne. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nunes instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borgne prevents Nunes from breaking the clinch.
Borgne is pressed up against the cage. Nunes 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.
Borgne fails with the takedown.

Borgne gets the takedown into side control.

Borgne decides to stand back up. Borgne steps back and let's Nunes get back to his feet.
Borgne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Nunes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Nunes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Borgne is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Nunes has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nunes stands up.

Borgne looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Nunes!
Nunes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Borgne.

Borgne decides to stand up, so the ref orders Nunes to his feet.
Borgne shoots in looking for a takedown. Nunes tries to sprawl out of it but Borgne keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nunes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Borgne throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nunes tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Borgne is in Nunes's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borgne looking to sit in guard and control but Nunes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nunes is fighting to break Borgne's control of his arms but Borgne is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Borgne wants to stand up but Nunes is controlling him.
Nunes throws a strike but Borgne rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Antonio Nunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borgne tries to free his leg and advance position but Nunes is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guigui Borgne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Borgne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guigui Borgne!