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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borgia (ranked 1809 p4p, 810 weight class) and Tyrone Mack (ranked 260 p4p, 111 weight class). Tyrone Mack is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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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 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Borgia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyrone Mack!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borgia blocks a jab.
Borgia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mack has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Borgia moves forwards but Mack connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Borgia tries to bum rush Mack with a series of wild strikes but Mack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch lands to the side of Mack 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Borgia throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mack to counter with a crisp jab.
Mack drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borgia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mack pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Borgia is keeping the position for now.
Mack postures up in Borgia's guard and throws a big left but Borgia blocks it.
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!
Mack stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Borgia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mack is still trying to improve position.
Mack has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Borgia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Borgia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack trying to control the position from guard on top but Borgia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mack preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borgia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Borgia seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Borgia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mack is one step ahead there.
Borgia keeping moving, preventing Mack from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Borgia connects with a nice looking jab.
Borgia misses with a combination
letting Mack counter with a right hand.
Borgia throws a lazy uppercut
and Mack counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Borgia is not content to let Mack control the position.
Borgia is looking to improve his position.
Mack looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mack trying to pass the guard but Borgia defending well.
Borgia blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mack.
Borgia is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Borgia has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Mack.
Mack with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mack is thwarting Borgia's attempts to control the position.
Borgia is refusing to be controlled, as Mack sits in half guard.
Mack throws a strike but Borgia avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mack tries to free his leg and advance position but Borgia is retaining full guard.
Borgia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mack throws a big elbow that misses.
Mack trying to move into half guard but instead Borgia has managed to sweep!
Borgia lands a couple of digs.
Mack is trying to keep Borgia in close.
Borgia lands a couple of digs.
Borgia with a nice head shot there.
Mack is trying to keep Borgia in close.
Mack has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Borgia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Borgia scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Mack dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Borgia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Mack lands an impressive looking overhand right. Borgia doesn't seem phased though.
Mack looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mack throws an elbow that misses. Borgia uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mack's guard. Nice move by Borgia!
Borgia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mack is trying to keep Borgia in close.
Mack is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Borgia is aware though and is defending well.
Borgia throws a big elbow that misses.
Borgia stands up over Mack, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mack is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Borgia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mack working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Borgia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Borgia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Borgia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mack avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Borgia working some strikes from top position.
Borgia throws a big elbow that misses.
Borgia landing with the ground and pound.
Borgia throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Borgia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Borgia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Borgia chips away with some ground and pound.
Mack is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Borgia is aware though and is defending well.
Borgia lands a couple of digs.
Mack is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Borgia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Borgia is in close to Mack's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Borgia postures up and lands a big shot to Mack's brow.
Borgia postures up in Mack's guard and throws a big left but Mack blocks it.
Borgia passes into half guard.
Borgia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mack's head.
Borgia winds up and cracks Mack with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Borgia is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borgia is nestled in close to Mack, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mack wants to control but Borgia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Borgia is looking to take a break and control but Mack is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mack is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Borgia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mack blocking the ground and pound attempt from Borgia.
Borgia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mack is trying to maintain the position but Borgia is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack is pressing down on Borgia's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Borgia distracts Mack with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mack is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Borgia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Borgia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Borgia trying to control but Mack is working from the bottom.
Mack is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mack is looking for a triangle but Borgia pushes his legs off easily.
Borgia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Borgia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Borgia scoring with some ground and pound.
Mack is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mack looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Borgia defends it easily.
Borgia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Borgia distracts Mack with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mack controls Borgia momentarily but Borgia frees himself.
Borgia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mack's head.
Borgia landing some decent shots from guard.
Borgia trying to control but Mack is working from the bottom.
Mack looking for a sweep. Not yet Mack, not yet.
Borgia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mack looking for a guillotine here but Borgia defends easily.
Mack striking from the bottom here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Borgia dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A big left from Borgia misses.
Mack shoots in and gets a takedown into Borgia's guard.
Mack throws a big elbow that misses.
Borgia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Borgia working a defensive guard but Mack manages to pass into side control anyway.
Borgia is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Takeda Clan Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Mack tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mack has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Borgia managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mack.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borgia is not content to let Mack control the position.
Mack throws a strike aimed at the side of Borgia's head but Borgia avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Borgia is trying to control Mack's posture but Mack avoids it.
Borgia is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Mack wants to lay and pray for a moment but Borgia keeps working.
Mack tries to advance to mount but can't.
Borgia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Borgia struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mack trying to control the position but Borgia is working away.
Mack with the ground and pound but Borgia regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Borgia desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Mack winds up and cracks Borgia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mack is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mack wants to work for an arm triangle but Borgia is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Borgia wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Borgia is doing well to control the position and prevent Mack from advancing to side control.
Mack is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Mack is trying to control the action in half guard but Borgia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Mack seems to be working for a kimura but Borgia defends the submission attempt.
Mack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Borgia wants to improve his position but Mack is controlling well.
Borgia blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mack.
Mack seems to be looking for submissions.
Borgia is not content to let Mack control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Alexander Borgia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Borgia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mack looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Borgia misses with a wild combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mack is looking to clinch.
Borgia misses with a lunging right hand
and Mack counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Borgia!
Mack thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tyrone Mack has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mack working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Mack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mack has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Mack!
An out of breath Tyrone Mack thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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