PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Borocop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moses Ohchooto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Borocop
vs
Ohchooto

168 cm
28
153 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

167 cm
24
145 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Borocop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Moses Ohchooto!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Ohchooto.
Borocop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ohchooto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Borocop tries to move into range but Ohchooto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Borocop checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ohchooto misses with a kick to the body
and Borocop counters with a low kick, right behind Ohchooto 's knee.
Moses Ohchooto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Borocop forces Ohchooto back against the cage and clinches.
Borocop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Borocop.
Borocop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ohchooto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Ohchooto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Borocop takes a swing at Ohchooto's ribcage but misses.
We've been informed that Ohchooto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ohchooto misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Borocop counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ohchooto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borocop misses with a punch to the body.
Ohchooto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Borocop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Borocop has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Borocop taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop working aggressively here.
Borocop scores with a knee to the head.
Borocop tries a knee to the head but Ohchooto blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borocop.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ohchooto as Borocop tries to tie him up.
Ohchooto scores with a shoulder strike.
Borocop working aggressively here.
Borocop lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ohchooto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ohchooto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ohchooto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ohchooto misses with a knee strike.
Borocop tries to stall but Ohchooto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ohchooto prevents a body shot from Borocop.
Ohchooto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Borocop misses with a punch on the inside.
Borocop misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto lands a good knee to the midsection. Borocop won't want to take too many of those.
Borocop working aggressively here.
Ohchooto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohchooto lands a good knee to the midsection. Borocop won't want to take too many of those.
Ohchooto lands a body shot.
Ohchooto lands an elbow that stopped Borocop in his tracks for a moment.
Ohchooto misses with a knee to the head.
Ohchooto misses with a knee to the head.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borocop avoids it.
Borocop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ohchooto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ohchooto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ohchooto tries to work over Borocop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ohchooto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Borocop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borocop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Borocop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ohchooto lands a knee to the head.
Ohchooto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borocop lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Borocop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Borocop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ohchooto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borocop throws a punch but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Borocop has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Borocop misses with some punches.
Ohchooto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ohchooto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ohchooto lands a good knee to the midsection. Borocop won't want to take too many of those.
Borocop with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Borocop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ohchooto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borocop.
Borocop lands with a right to the head.
Ohchooto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Borocop working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohchooto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ohchooto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ohchooto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ohchooto scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ohchooto.
Borocop misses with a knee strike.
Borocop managing to block the knees to the body from Ohchooto.
Borocop taking a breather.
Borocop misses with a punch on the inside.
Borocop tries to work over Ohchooto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Borocop is trying to stall.
Borocop lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohchooto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borocop's elbow.
Borocop with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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 Mark Borocop will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Borocop loads up on a big right hand but Ohchooto slips the punch.
Borocop throws a hook to the side of Ohchooto's head but Ohchooto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ohchooto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Borocop manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Borocop half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ohchooto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Borocop misses with a looping right.
Borocop throws a sloppy head kick
and Ohchooto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Borocop avoids the head kick by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borocop cracks Ohchooto with an open hand slap.
Borocop ducks under a wild hook from Ohchooto.
Borocop avoids the body shot from Ohchooto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohchooto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Borocop.
Ohchooto scores with a body shot.
Borocop misses with a body kick.
Ohchooto is looking to clinch.
Borocop has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohchooto throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Borocop lands the left hand.
Ohchooto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ohchooto wants to clinch.
Moses Ohchooto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Borocop scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Borocop moves into the clinch successfully.
Ohchooto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borocop swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohchooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ohchooto.
Borocop is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Borocop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ohchooto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Borocop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Borocop working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borocop throws a punch but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ohchooto obliges.
Ohchooto lands with a light punch inside.
Borocop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Borocop misses with a knee strike.
Ohchooto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borocop.
Borocop leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ohchooto is working Borocop over against the cage.
Ohchooto throws a head punch that misses.
Ohchooto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Borocop stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Borocop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Ohchooto.
Borocop is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Borocop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ohchooto blocking some punches.
Borocop tries to land a knee to the head but Ohchooto blocks with his arms.
Borocop has a couple of punches blocked by Ohchooto.
Borocop lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ohchooto backwards.
Borocop throws a punch but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ohchooto trying to land knees to the body.
Ohchooto pushes Borocop back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ohchooto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borocop throws a head punch that misses.
Ohchooto looking to throw knees to the head but Borocop is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto prevents a body shot from Borocop.
Borocop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Ohchooto breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borocop throws a lazy uppercut
and Ohchooto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Borocop is looking to score with low kicks.

Ohchooto moves into the clinch.
Ohchooto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Borocop backwards.
Borocop stalls.
Borocop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Borocop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ohchooto misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Borocop.
Ohchooto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ohchooto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borocop's brow.
Borocop misses with some punches.
Ohchooto being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Moses Ohchooto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Borocop's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Ohchooto. Borocop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borocop was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Borocop.
Ohchooto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Borocop on the side of the head.
Borocop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ohchooto circles away quickly and effectively.

Ohchooto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ohchooto lands with a left to the head.
Ohchooto misses with a punch to the body.
Borocop blocks a body shot from Ohchooto.
Borocop tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ohchooto's elbow.
Ohchooto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Borocop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ohchooto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borocop lands a right hand.
Ohchooto pushes off an throws an elbow but Borocop leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borocop wants to stall.
Ohchooto lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop blocking some punches.
Ohchooto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Borocop lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moses Ohchooto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ohchooto blocking some punches.
Borocop wants to stall.
Ohchooto misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borocop blocks it with crossed arms.
Borocop misses with a knee to the head.
Ohchooto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borocop is defending well for now.
Ohchooto struggles to land a body shot inside as Borocop controls his hands.
Borocop lands a left hand.
Borocop throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Ohchooto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Borocop lands a right hand.
Ohchooto lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the head but Borocop blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ohchooto takes a shot to the head.
Ohchooto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borocop throws a punch but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borocop is defending well for now.
Ohchooto looking to throw knees to the head but Borocop is blocking nicely.
Ohchooto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borocop blocks it with crossed arms.
Ohchooto scores with a knee to the head.
Ohchooto looking to throw knees to the head but Borocop is blocking nicely.
Borocop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borocop avoiding damage as Ohchooto throws knees to the body.
Ohchooto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borocop blocks it with crossed arms.

Borocop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Borocop connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Borocop misses with a low kick.
Borocop throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ohchooto counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto doesn't manage to clinch there - Borocop circles away.
Ohchooto with a hook.
Borocop drops his hands momentarily and Ohchooto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Borocop lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ohchooto's sensitive parts.
Borocop dodges the punch combination from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands a jab to Borocop's midsection.
Ohchooto misses with a hook
and Borocop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Borocop throws a leg kick but Ohchooto checks it.
Borocop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Borocop slips under a jab from Ohchooto.
Borocop has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Borocop there as he acknowledges the shot.
Borocop scores with a jab. Ohchooto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Borocop throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borocop moves away from the strike by Ohchooto.
Borocop misses with an uppercut.
Ohchooto wants to clinch.
Borocop tries to move into range but Ohchooto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ohchooto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ohchooto slips a jab and a cross from Borocop.
Ohchooto doesn't manage to clinch there - Borocop circles away.
Ohchooto misses with a left hand
and Borocop counters with a straight right hand.
Borocop changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Borocop scores with a nice strike.
Ohchooto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ohchooto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Moses Ohchooto.
I think Ohchooto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moses Ohchooto!
After winning the bout, Moses Ohchooto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.