PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Shorton (ranked 1637 p4p, 145 weight class) and Mark Borrego (ranked 1987 p4p, 184 weight class). Borrego has chosen Amongst the greats -by FRANK ZAPPA as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Shorton
vs
Borrego

202 cm
21
270 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Shorton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Borrego!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Darius Henderson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shorton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shorton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borrego throws an overhand right that lands on Shorton's shoulder, as Shorton tries to avoid the shot.
Borrego misses with a looping right.
Shorton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Borrego to counter with a crisp jab.
Borrego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shorton is looking to counter punch.
Borrego takes a swing at Shorton's ribcage but misses.
Shorton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shorton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Borrego slips under a jab from Shorton.
Borrego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shorton scores with a three punch combo!
Shorton with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borrego looks to land a left hand but Shorton moved out of range nicely.
Shorton scores with a hook.
Borrego rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shorton counters with a right hand to the body.
Borrego looks to land a right hand but Shorton moved out of range.
Shorton 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.
Borrego loads up on a big right hand but Shorton slips the punch.
Shorton lands a really nice looking cross but Borrego seems unphased.
Nice body punch from Shorton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Borrego, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shorton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Borrego.
Borrego misses with the combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Shorton misses the target.
A big left from Borrego misses.
Shorton misses with a body shot.
Shorton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shorton cracks Borrego with a right hand to the side of the head.
Borrego slips a jab from Shorton.
Borrego misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Shorton tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Shorton as he connects with a hook.
Borrego fails with an attempt to clinch.
Borrego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shorton drops Borrego with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Borrego! Shorton dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Shorton!
During a confident post fight interview, Bill Shorton thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Mark Borrego had this to say: 'I AM my own worst enemy I drank way too much right before the fight.....drunken boxing didn't work...im off to AA.... '.