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SSG 370 Borgia vs Clubber PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 5 losses; Alexander Borgia! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 72 wins and 38 losses; Ricky Clubber!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Borgia shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Clubber is trying to defend but Borgia finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Borgia (2) vs (0) Clubber
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Clubber is defending well.
Borgia controlling the pace.
Clubber keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Borgia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Borgia wants to control but Clubber is keeping him busy.
Borgia is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Clubber is doing well to control the position and prevent Borgia from advancing to side control.
Borgia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clubber keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clubber keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Borgia slows the pace down in half guard.
Clubber keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Clubber is trying to maintain the position but Borgia is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clubber wants to get back to full guard.
Borgia slows the pace down in half guard.
Clubber is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clubber moves into full guard.
Clubber being controlled here, momentarily.
Clubber 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.
Borgia is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Clubber has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Borgia has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Borgia (5) vs (0) Clubber
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Borgia stalls from top position.
What's Clubber going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Clubber is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Borgia stalling.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Clubber is trying to get back to full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Borgia trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clubber gets full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Borgia content to stall in guard here.
Borgia looking to pass the guard.
Borgia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Clubber has Borgia pulled in close to control his posture.
Borgia is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Clubber controls Borgia momentarily but Borgia frees himself.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Borgia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Clubber is keeping the position.
Our spies down at at Jed's Gym inform us that Clubber has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Borgia stays in close to Clubber's body and controls the position.
Clubber is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Borgia defends well.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Borgia wants to pass the guard but Clubber is keeping the position.
Clubber 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.
Borgia tries to free his leg and advance position but Clubber is retaining full guard.
Borgia sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Clubber wants to improve his position but instead Borgia has moved into half guard.
Borgia is keen to just control but Clubber is a slippery customer.
Borgia is really struggling to control Clubber but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Clubber is controlling Borgia's trapped leg to prevent Borgia from advancing to side control.
Borgia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Borgia is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Clubber! Score +3 for passing guard: Borgia (8) vs (0) Clubber
Clubber wants to control but Borgia is having none of it.
Borgia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clubber is looking to escape.
Borgia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Borgia is trying to take his opponent's back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Borgia takes the fight on points by 8 to 0.
Alexander Borgia retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Alexander Borgia 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. |
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