PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Da Borg (ranked 4023 p4p, 4089 weight class) and Moses Olivera (ranked 451 p4p, 457 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Borg might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Robocop - Theme Song. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Borg
vs
Olivera

225 cm
25
275
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
220
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Da Borg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Olivera!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olivera dives in and grabs Borg's left leg, looking for a takedown. Borg pushes down on Olivera's head and hops out.

Olivera moves into the clinch.
Borg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Olivera fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Borg dips to his left and cracks Olivera with an uppercut!

Borg looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Olivera!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borg misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Olivera is trying to control Borg's posture but Borg avoids it.
Olivera tries to bench press Borg off him but Borg keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Borg seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Borg working the ground and pound but Olivera is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Olivera sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Olivera regains half guard.
Borg throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Borg seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Borg is trying to work for a kimura but Olivera is defending well.
Olivera wants to control but Borg is keeping busy.
Borg definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Olivera is controlling Borg's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Borg will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olivera wants to control but Borg is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Olivera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Olivera looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Borg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Olivera on the ground.
Olivera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Olivera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Olivera blocking the ground and pound attempt from Borg.
Olivera trying to control from the bottom.
Borg throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Olivera is not content to let Borg control the position.
Olivera avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Borg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Olivera looking for submissions off his back.
Olivera has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Borg is working away from the top position though.
Borg is nestled in close to Olivera, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Borg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Olivera wants to control but Borg is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Olivera is defending against the submission attempts here by Borg.
Borg thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Olivera's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Borg is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Borg sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Olivera defending well though.

Olivera kicks off Borg and gets to his feet.

Borg dives in and scores a takedown into Olivera's guard.

Borg sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Olivera doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Borg paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Olivera - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Moses Olivera!
A victorious Moses Olivera thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Da Borg spoke after the fight, saying '01001001 00100000 01101011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01101100 01101001 01110110 01100101'.