PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor Dejesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberlito Borges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borges has chosen O que sobrou do ceu as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Victor Dejesus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dejesus
vs
Borges

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Dejesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Humberlito Borges!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borges changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dejesus tries to avoid it but Borges manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dejesus to the ground. Dejesus escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Dejesus shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Borges keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Borges is staying active underneath Dejesus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dejesus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dejesus trying to control the action but Borges is working from the bottom.
Dejesus trying to mount his opponent but Borges defends it.
Borges throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Borges manages to get to full guard.
Dejesus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Borges's head.

Borges is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dejesus is aware though and is defending well.
Borges looks gassed!
Dejesus is stalling in the full guard.
Borges is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dejesus thows a big elbow that misses.
Dejesus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dejesus trying to control the position from guard on top but Borges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dejesus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dejesus trying to control the position from guard on top but Borges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dejesus thows a big elbow that misses.
Dejesus trying to control but Borges is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Borges misses with a takedown attempt

and Dejesus counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Borges!
Borges is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borges is in a horrible position here. Dejesus smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dejesus tries to control but Borges wriggling away.
Dejesus punishing his opponent with strikes.
Borges taking shots to the head.
Dejesus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dejesus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Borges on the ground.
Dejesus tries to control but Borges wriggling away.
Dejesus controlling from mount.
Borges is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dejesus with the ground and pound from mount.
Dejesus controlling from mount.
Borges is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dejesus cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dejesus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Borges is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dejesus putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Dejesus connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Borges really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Borges is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dejesus lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Borges hang on?
Dejesus dominating with strikes here.
Dejesus lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dejesus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Borges is looking to escape.
Borges is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dejesus goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Borges turns into him and now he's in Dejesus's guard.

Borges drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Borges jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Dejesus dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dejesus throws a nice looking combination but Borges bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dejesus closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Borges did well to prevent Dejesus getting side control.
Dejesus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Borges keeps working.
Borges wants to control but Dejesus is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Borges is refusing to be controlled, as Dejesus sits in half guard.
Dejesus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Dejesus is looking for a kimura but Borges is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dejesus to get the leverage.

Borges looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dejesus thows a huge punch but Borges dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dejesus trying to control the action but Borges is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Dejesus pushes Borges up against the cage in a clinch.
Borges wants to get back to striking at distance but Dejesus won't allow it.
Borges is trying to break free.
Dejesus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borges.
Dejesus has Borges pressed against the cage, preventing Borges from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Borges tries to score a body lock takedown but Dejesus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Borges tries to score a body lock takedown but Dejesus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dejesus digs a right hand into Borges's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Borges's gas tank.

Borges has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dejesus uses from the top position.
Dejesus trying to control the position from guard on top but Borges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dejesus tries to stand but Borges is controlling from the bottom.

Borges throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dejesus wants to control from the top but Borges keeps moving.
Dejesus slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dejesus lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Borges working for a triangle but Dejesus defends it easily.
Borges is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dejesus tries to roll over but Borges keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dejesus trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Borges manages to pass to mount!
Borges can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dejesus is looking to escape.
Dejesus tries to reverse the position but Borges maintains control.
Dejesus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Borges dominating with strikes here.
Borges fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dejesus keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Borges is in the full mount, landing strikes.

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.
Dejesus is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dejesus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Borges prevents Dejesus from getting the reversal.
Borges trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Borges has control of Dejesus's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dejesus regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dejesus is looking to improve his position but Borges isn't that keen on the idea.

Borges is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Victor Dejesus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dejesus closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberlito Borges showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Borges thows a body kick. Dejesus tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dejesus looks to land a combination but Borges avoids it well.

Borges gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Borges preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Borges manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dejesus manages to get himself to full guard.
Victor Dejesus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dejesus 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.
Dejesus looking to control.
Dejesus is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Borges is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Borges not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Borges scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borges stopping the sweep attempt from Dejesus.
Dejesus throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Dejesus looking for a guillotine here but Borges defends easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dejesus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Victor Dejesus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borges lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dejesus at a distance.
Dejesus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borges has his takedown stuffed

so Dejesus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dejesus trying to control but Borges is working from the bottom.

Dejesus avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dejesus trying to control the position from guard on top but Borges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borges is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dejesus tries to stand but Borges is controlling from the bottom.
Borges not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dejesus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dejesus won't allow Borges to sweep him here.
Borges has his hands on Dejesus's head, controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dejesus with a lazy takedown attempt

and Borges counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Borges.
Dejesus is trying to keep Borges in close.

Dejesus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dejesus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borges wants to stand but Dejesus has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dejesus on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dejesus tries to get out of the position.
Dejesus working a defensive guard here.
Borges scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borges trying to control but Dejesus is working from the bottom.
Dejesus wants to stand and escape but Borges is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice shot by Dejesus.

Borges is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dejesus's half guard.
Borges prevents Dejesus from standing back up.

Borges is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dejesus sees it coming and defends easily.
Dejesus wants to control but Borges is keeping busy.
Dejesus is not content to let Borges control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Humberlito Borges.
I think Borges 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humberlito Borges!