PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Borhes (ranked 5345 p4p, 514 weight class) and Rick Hustle (ranked 3637 p4p, 407 weight class). The key to victory for Cristian Borhes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Borhes
vs
Hustle

179 cm
27
179 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

150 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cristian Borhes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Hustle!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borhes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Borhes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hustle trying to control the position but instead, Borhes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hustle into the cage.
Borhes tries to stall but Hustle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Borhes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Borhes.
A frustrated look appears on Hustle's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Borhes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Borhes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rick Hustle has been cut.
Borhes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hustle tries for a takedown. No joy.
Borhes lands a damaging elbow.
Borhes scores a nice knee to the body.
Hustle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Borhes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Borhes.
Hustle is looking to take this one to the mat.
Borhes lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borhes lands a shoulder strike.
Borhes has Hustle pushed against the cage.
Borhes gets underhooks to prevent Hustle's takedown attempt.
Cristian Borhes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Hustle.
Borhes slowing the pace effectively.
Borhes has Hustle pressed against the cage.
Hustle jumps guard but Borhes stands there with Hustle around his waist. Hustle gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hustle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Borhes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Borhes lands a nice knee to the body.
Hustle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Borhes.
Borhes prevents Hustle from breaking the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hustle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hustle looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Borhes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Borhes.
Knees to the body from Borhes.
Borhes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A knee to the head by Borhes.
Borhes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Borhes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hustle stalling in the clinch but Borhes improves position.
Borhes lands with a right to the head.
Hustle is looking to control Borhes's arms but Borhes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hustle has his back to the cage.
Borhes has Hustle pressed against the cage, preventing Hustle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Borhes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hustle stalling in the clinch but Borhes improves position.
Hustle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Borhes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Borhes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hustle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Borhes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hustle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hustle wants to stall.
Borhes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Borhes tries to stall but Hustle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hustle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Borhes landing knees to the body.
Borhes lands a body punch.
We've been informed that Hustle has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hustle is looking to break free of the clinch but Borhes has double underhooks.
Borhes lands a right hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hustle.
Hustle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Borhes up against the cage.
The referee calls for Borhes to work.
Borhes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hustle is trying to force a seperation but Borhes has the dominant position.
Hustle wants to get back to striking at distance but Borhes won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Borhes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Borhes trying to control the position but instead, Hustle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Borhes into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hustle's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Borhes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Borhes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hustle is trying to break the clinch but Borhes is controlling him.
Borhes lands an elbow inside that Hustle shrugs off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hustle has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Borhes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hustle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Borhes just stands there and leans against the cage.
Borhes lands with a right to the head.
Borhes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Borhes - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Borhes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Hustle's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Borhes moves in looking to clinch but Hustle pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Borhes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borhes moves in looking to clinch but Hustle pushes him off.
Borhes tries to clinch up but Hustle circles away and keeps his distance.
Hustle swats away the attempt to clinch by Borhes.

Hustle dives in and scores a takedown into Borhes's guard.
Borhes keeping moving, preventing Hustle from controlling successfully.
Borhes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hustle can do to turn this around?
Hustle throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hustle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hustle postures up in Borhes's guard and throws a big left but Borhes blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hustle is stalling in the full guard.
Hustle throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hustle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hustle prevents Borhes from getting back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Hustle shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Borhes's guard.
Hustle is looking to work some ground and pound but Borhes has wrist control.
Hustle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hustle works over Borhes with some ground and pound from guard.
Hustle slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hustle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hustle postures up in Borhes's guard and throws a big left but Borhes blocks it.
Hustle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Borhes's guard.
Hustle sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Borhes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hustle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hustle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Borhes defending well though.
Hustle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hustle is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hustle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hustle throwing shots but Borhes is blocking nicely.
Borhes tries to kick Hustle off but Hustle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hustle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

It looks like Cristian Borhes has been cut.
Hustle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Borhes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Borhes is rocked!
Hustle passes to side control.
Oh Borhes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hustle grinds an elbow into Borhes's temple.
Hustle lands a strong strike to the head of Borhes. That's dazed him! Hustle looking to finish here. Borhes is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Hustle lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Hustle!
Our winner, Rick Hustle, 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.