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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caol Uno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Borocop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
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153 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Caol Uno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Borocop!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Borocop catches Uno right on the button with a cross.
Uno swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Borocop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Borocop misses with a hook. Uno ducked under it nicely.
Uno lands a right hook to the body.
Borocop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Uno. That did some damage!
Borocop has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Mark Borocop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borocop.
Borocop feints a jab promting Uno to slip. Borocop then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Uno slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Uno.
Uno cracks Borocop with an open hand slap.
Borocop looks to land a left hand but Uno moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borocop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Uno blocks a low kick nicely.
Borocop throws a lazy right hand but Uno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good work by Uno as he checks the leg kick.
Borocop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Uno scores with a hook to the body. Borocop takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Borocop throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mark Borocop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Borocop does no damage.
A jab from Uno finds it's way through Borocop's defenses.
Borocop takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Uno blocks a leg kick.
Uno has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rings Russia in the buildup to the fight.
Uno slips under a jab from Borocop.
Uno changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Uno slips a jab and a cross from Borocop.
Uno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borocop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Uno. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Borocop misses its intended target.
Borocop misses with a double jab.
Uno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borocop moves away.
Uno scores with a sloppy right hand. Borocop should have avoided that one.
Borocop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Uno.
Borocop unleashes a big counter combination but Uno bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Uno feints and as Borocop raises his hands in defense, Uno changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uno postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno distracts Borocop with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Uno throws a strike but Borocop rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borocop connects with a couple of short punches.
Borocop with a flurry of punches that miss.
Uno is trying to control the position but Borocop postures up.
Uno keeping moving, preventing Borocop from controlling successfully.
Borocop stopping the sweep attempt from Uno.
Borocop wants to get up but he can't break Uno's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Borocop trying to control the position from guard on top but Uno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uno trying to control the position here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Uno is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Uno blocks a jab.
Borocop takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Borocop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Uno manages to avoid it.
Borocop throws a leg kick but Uno checks it.
Borocop throws out a loose jab but Uno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Borocop lands the left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uno scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from Uno.
Borocop tries to get to full guard but Uno has control of the leg.
Borocop trying to hold on to Uno's head to control him but Uno postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uno thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Uno looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Uno throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Uno scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice strikes from Uno there.
Uno is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mark Borocop will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A swing and a miss from Borocop.
Borocop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borocop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Uno.
Uno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Borocop throws a low kick but Uno avoids it.
Uno feinted with a counter takedown.
Uno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Borocop misses with a body shot.
Borocop takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Uno fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uno checks a leg kick.
Borocop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Uno.
Borocop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uno misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uno swings for the body but Borocop moves out of range.
Borocop throws out a counter right but Uno avoids it with no problem.
Uno walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Borocop.
Good exchange - Borocop coming out on top.
Uno on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Uno moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Uno.
Borocop with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Uno to score with a decent uppercut.
Borocop jabs at Uno's body.
Uno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Uno doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borocop connects with a nice looking jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Uno.
Uno needs to keep his hands up - Borocop had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno clobbers Borocop with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A swing and a miss from Uno.
Uno ducks under a wild hook from Borocop.
Borocop throws a nice looking combination but Uno bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Borocop with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Uno to score with a decent uppercut.
Borocop missing with a left hand there. Uno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Borocop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uno throws a body punch but Borocop moves out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Uno or perhaps it was just good defense by Borocop, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caol Uno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borocop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uno.
Uno dodges the punch combination from Borocop.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uno slips a jab from Borocop.
Uno slips a straight right by Borocop.
Borocop misses with a kick to the body.
Uno takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Uno darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Uno will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Borocop misses with a straight left.
Uno lands with a nice body punch.
Borocop connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Borocop wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Uno throws an off balance right hand
and Borocop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Uno lands a jab to the nose.
Mark Borocop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borocop throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Borocop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Uno.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borocop walks into a left hand.
A jab from Uno misses.
Uno changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Uno moves forwards but Borocop connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Borocop lunges at Uno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Uno's hand.
Borocop ducks under a wild hook from Uno.
Borocop throws out a counter right but Uno avoids it with no problem.
Uno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Borocop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borocop gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A left and a right from Borocop both land. Nice combination.
Uno shoots for a takedown but Borocop saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Uno misses with a hook
and Borocop counters with a good low kick that Uno was not able to check.
Uno lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Borocop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Uno scores with a decent looking hook.
Uno throws a hook to the side of Borocop's head but Borocop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Uno getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Borocop misses with a looping left.
Uno rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borocop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Borocop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Uno.
Uno slips under a jab from Borocop.
The fighters circling - Uno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Borocop! But no joy.
Borocop misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borocop lands a two punch combo.
Borocop jabs at Uno's body.
Uno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borocop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uno scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Borocop doesn't seem bothered though.
Uno avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice cross by Borocop.
Borocop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Uno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borocop misses with a leg kick
and Uno counters with a nice double leg into side control. Borocop won't be happy with that.
Borocop struggling a bit here.
Uno throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Uno.
Uno lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Borocop down.
Caol Uno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Borocop tries to buck Uno off but Uno is having none of it.
Borocop is not content to let Uno control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uno working the strikes but Borocop uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Borocop is looking for a sweep. Uno is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Borocop trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borocop won't allow Uno to pass to mount.
Uno wants to advance to full mount but Borocop doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Uno chips away with some ground and pound.
Uno missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Uno stopping the sweep attempt from Borocop.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Borocop just misses with a punch to the body.
Uno attempts a counter takedown but Borocop avoids it well and moves away.
Uno takes one on the button.
A jab from Uno misses.
Borocop throws out a loose jab but Uno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uno changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Borocop on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borocop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Uno looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Uno postures up.
Borocop looking for a sweep. Not yet Borocop, not yet.
Uno cracks Borocop with a solid left hand.
Uno forces his way into half guard.
Borocop is in trouble now - Uno has advanced to mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uno lands a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Caol Uno showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Borocop 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mark Borocop!
Mark Borocop really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Fury Nutrition Inc. logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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