PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Borgia (ranked 2205 p4p, 2358 weight class) and Gen Tenryu (ranked 312 p4p, 328 weight class). Gen Tenryu is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Borgia
vs
Tenryu

184 cm
21
200
3 - 4 - 1

182 cm
22
189
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Borgia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gen Tenryu!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borgia throws a hook but Tenryu avoids it easily.
Borgia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borgia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Borgia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Borgia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Tenryu moves into range and clinches up with Borgia.
Tenryu slows down the pace here.
Tenryu misses with a body punch.
Tenryu slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Borgia tries a body shot but Tenryu blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgia tries to pull guard but Tenryu holds him up against the cage and eventually Borgia drops back down to his feet.
Tenryu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Borgia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tenryu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tenryu stalls.
A nice left hand lands by Borgia.
Tenryu taking a breather.
Tenryu misses with some punches.
Tenryu can't find room to land a body shot as Borgia controls the action.
Tenryu stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gen Tenryu.

Borgia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Borgia lands a few punches from side control.
Tenryu takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Borgia in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgia in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
An elbow from Borgia crashes against the mat.
Borgia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Borgia postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Borgia working the head and body with strikes.
Borgia tries to score with some ground and pound. Tenryu controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Borgia lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Borgia postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Borgia working the head with strikes.
Tenryu holding on.
Tenryu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Borgia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Borgia.
Borgia looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tenryu is avoiding damage well.
Borgia looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tenryu is avoiding damage well.
Tenryu tries to control but Borgia manages to take his back.
Even with his hooks in, Borgia manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Borgia struggling to land strikes to the head as Tenryu covers up.
Borgia throws strikes from the back but Tenryu rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Tenryu.
Tenryu managing to control the position.
Borgia with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is working Tenryu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Borgia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tenryu is keeping the position for now.
Tenryu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borgia.

Tenryu is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Borgia pushes down on Tenryu's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tenryu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Borgia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Borgia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Borgia is keen to just control but Tenryu is a slippery customer.
Borgia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Borgia throwing shots but Tenryu is blocking nicely.
Borgia throwing shots but Tenryu is blocking nicely.
Borgia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Borgia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Tenryu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borgia.
Borgia dives in for a single leg takedown but Tenryu sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tenryu tries a body shot but Borgia blocks it.
Borgia struggles to land a body shot inside as Tenryu controls his hands.
Borgia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tenryu prevents a body shot from Borgia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tenryu throws a punch but it's blocked by Borgia.
Tenryu throws a punch but it's blocked by Borgia.
Tenryu slows down the pace here.
Borgia avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Borgia gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Borgia prevents a body shot from Tenryu.
Tenryu misses with a punch to the body.
Borgia slowing the pace effectively.
Tenryu misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tenryu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Borgia changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tenryu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tenryu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Borgia is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gen Tenryu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Borgia clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tenryu tries to work over Borgia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Tenryu on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tenryu.
Tenryu misses with some punches.
Borgia taking a breather.

Borgia decides to pull guard.
Borgia controls Tenryu momentarily but Tenryu frees himself.
Alexander Borgia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Borgia wants to sweep here but Tenryu controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Borgia is on top in guard.

Tenryu looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tenryu keeping moving, preventing Borgia from controlling successfully.
Borgia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Borgia postures up and lands a big shot to Tenryu's brow.
Tenryu keeping full guard, as Borgia tries to pass.
Borgia lands a couple of digs.
Borgia throwing strikes from guard but Tenryu blocks nicely.
Borgia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Borgia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tenryu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borgia.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tenryu working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is working Tenryu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Borgia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Borgia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Borgia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Borgia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Borgia throwing strikes but missing.
Tenryu trying to control the position here.
Tenryu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borgia works over Tenryu with some ground and pound from guard.
Tenryu is pulling down on Borgia's head. It's preventing any offense from Borgia, at least for the moment.
Borgia postures up in Tenryu's guard and throws a big left but Tenryu blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Borgia dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tenryu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tenryu with a jab.
Tenryu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Borgia swings widly with a right hand
and Tenryu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tenryu cracks Borgia with a right hand to the side of the head.
Borgia swats away the attempt to clinch by Tenryu.
Borgia throws a right hand that Tenryu ducks under and follows up with a left that Tenryu also avoids with ease.
Tenryu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tenryu tries to clinch up.
Borgia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tenryu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borgia tries for a takedown but Tenryu circles away easily

and Tenryu moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tenryu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tenryu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borgia's elbow.
Gen Tenryu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgia has Tenryu pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tenryu manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Borgia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tenryu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Borgia backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tenryu has a couple of punches blocked by Borgia.
Tenryu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tenryu as Borgia tries to tie him up.
A hook to the body from Tenryu.
Borgia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tenryu can do to turn this around?
Tenryu tries a body shot but Borgia blocks it.
Tenryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borgia stalling in the clinch but Tenryu improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Tenryu.
Borgia takes a shot to the head.
Tenryu tries a body shot but Borgia blocks it.
Tenryu lands a nice shot to the body.
Tenryu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borgia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Borgia changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tenryu fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Borgia closes the distance and clinches.
Borgia throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tenryu fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borgia.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tenryu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tenryu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alexander Borgia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tenryu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borgia.
Tenryu tries to throw a body punch but Borgia avoids it by throwing Tenryu back against the cage.
Gen Tenryu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tenryu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tenryu tries to work over Borgia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tenryu struggles to land a body shot inside as Borgia controls his hands.
Borgia blocking some punches.
Come on Tenryu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tenryu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borgia's elbow.
Tenryu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Borgia stalling.
Tenryu misses with a body punch.
Tenryu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Borgia backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borgia prevents a body shot from Tenryu.
A nice left hand lands by Tenryu.
Tenryu misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gen Tenryu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Borgia has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Borgia!
Alexander Borgia seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.