PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Garbutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borg comes to the cage accompanied by Willst du mit mir tanzen. Garbutt has chosen Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Borg
vs
Garbutt

195 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Borg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Garbutt!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borg misses with a straight left.
Borg has his takedown stuffed
and Garbutt counters with a low kick, right behind Borg 's knee.
Borg connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garbutt momentarily.
Borg moves out of range as Garbutt throws a body kick.
As Garbutt looks to move away, Borg throws a big counter combo but Garbutt just gets out of the way.

Garbutt rushes Borg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Borg tries a body shot but Garbutt blocks it.
Borg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Garbutt.
Borg tries to break the clinch but Garbutt is controlling the position.
Borg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garbutt has a couple of punches blocked by Borg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borg tries a body shot but Garbutt blocks it.
Garbutt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Borg stalls.
Garbutt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Garbutt avoids the damage to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Borg has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Borg struggles to land a body shot inside as Garbutt controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garbutt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garbutt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borg.
Borg lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garbutt.

Garbutt lands a big head kick that sends Borg tumbling to the mat! Garbutt takes a step backwards and waves Borg back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Borg is rocked!

It looks like Frank Borg has been cut.
Borg throws a jab when Garbutt was well out of range.
Oh Borg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Borg clobbers Garbutt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Borg seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borg throws a head kick but Garbutt moves out of range.
Borg cracks Garbutt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Borg just misses with a punch to the body.
Garbutt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garbutt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garbutt throws out a loose jab but Borg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borg takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Borg tries to bum rush Garbutt with a series of wild strikes but Garbutt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg misses with a body shot.
Borg dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Frank Borg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Garbutt lands a big head kick that sends Borg tumbling to the mat! Garbutt takes a step backwards and waves Borg back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Garbutt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Borg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Borg connects with a single shot there.
Garbutt tries a head kick but it misses.
Borg swings widly with a right hand

and Garbutt counters with a crisp right hand that drops Borg! Garbutt lets Borg back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
A low kick from Borg misses
and Garbutt counters with a big right hand! Oh Borg is in trouble here! Garbutt follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Garbutt!
During a confident post fight interview, Kevin Garbutt thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.