PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaverin Vladislavovich (ranked 4155 p4p, 354 weight class) and Yahya Borta (ranked 5404 p4p, 405 weight class). Kaverin Vladislavovich is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Vladislavovich
vs
Borta

167 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaverin Vladislavovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yahya Borta!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vladislavovich has a takedown stuffed.

Borta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vladislavovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Borta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vladislavovich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vladislavovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Borta lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vladislavovich can't break the clinch.
Borta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vladislavovich's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Borta.

It looks like Kaverin Vladislavovich has been cut.
Borta lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vladislavovich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Borta just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vladislavovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Borta.
A head punch on the inside from Vladislavovich fails to land.
Borta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vladislavovich.
A body shot lands from Borta.
Vladislavovich scores with a shoulder strike.
Vladislavovich fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaverin Vladislavovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borta lands an elbow just above Vladislavovich 's eye.
Borta lands a nice elbow.
Vladislavovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vladislavovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vladislavovich misses with the head strike.
Borta lands an elbow just above Vladislavovich 's eye.

Kaverin Vladislavovich's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vladislavovich is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Borta to keep the fight standing.
A right hook to the body lands for Borta.
Borta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Borta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vladislavovich's elbow.
Borta lands a damaging elbow.
Borta tries to work over Vladislavovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Borta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Borta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A shot in the inside from Borta.

Kaverin Vladislavovich's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Borta lands an elbow just above Vladislavovich 's eye.
Vladislavovich working aggressively here.
Vladislavovich misses with the head strike.
Borta lands an elbow just above Vladislavovich 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borta digs a right hand underneath Vladislavovich's ribcage. Vladislavovich let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vladislavovich jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Borta walks away with a smile on his face. Vladislavovich gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Vladislavovich shoots in but no luck this time.
Borta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vladislavovich.
Borta lunges at Vladislavovich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vladislavovich's hand.

Jeez, Kaverin Vladislavovich's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vladislavovich.

Borta darts in and clinches Vladislavovich up against the cage.
Borta lands an elbow just above Vladislavovich 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kaverin Vladislavovich's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Yahya Borta!
A very excited looking Yahya Borta made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.