PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohamed Khanidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borg comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Borg Out. Junior Borg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borg
vs
Khanidov

169 cm
32
203 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

183 cm
28
199 lbs
8 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Junior Borg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mohamed Khanidov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borg lands a high kick!
Borg lands with a kick to the temple. Khanidov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Khanidov blocks a head kick by Borg.

Borg rushes Khanidov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Borg has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Borg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Borg misses with a head kick.
Borg tries a head kick but it misses.

Borg darts in and clinches Khanidov up against the cage.
Khanidov tries to pull guard but Borg forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Khanidov wants a takedown but no success here.

Khanidov jumps guard and drags Borg to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Borg thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Borg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Khanidov trying to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanidov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Borg thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Borg is pushing down on Khanidov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Khanidov is fighting to maintain full guard but Borg has managed to sneak the leg through.

Borg is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Khanidov is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Junior Borg!
Our winner, Junior Borg, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.