PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Popham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and guigui borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Popham might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to remember the name. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Popham
vs
borgne

177 cm
25
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
27
160 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Popham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, guigui borgne!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
borgne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Popham. That did some damage!
borgne feints and then cracks Popham's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Popham down.
borgne lands a nice looking body kick.
Popham is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
borgne connects with a high kick.

It looks like Joey Popham has been cut.
guigui borgne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
borgne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Some wild striking there from borgne.
Some wild striking there from borgne.

borgne drops Popham with a beautiful combination! Popham stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - borgne is looking for the KO!

borgne lands a left and a right that send Popham crashing to the mat, dazed. borgne thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Popham is rocked!
borgne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
borgne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
borgne lands with a nice body kick.
borgne lands with a kick to the ribs.

borgne drops Popham with a beautiful combination! Popham stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - borgne is looking for the KO!
Oh Popham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for borgne.
Popham seems to have got his legs back now.
Popham takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
borgne lands a jab-cross combination.

Joey Popham's cut is getting worse.
borgne tries a head kick but it misses.
borgne fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Popham looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Popham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
borgne scores with a jab. Popham acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
borgne connects with a solid leg kick.
Popham takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
borgne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
borgne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Popham moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
borgne lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
borgne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Popham fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but borgne avoids it really well and circles away.
borgne lands with a nice body punch.
borgne lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
borgne throws a head kick that Popham semi-blocks.
borgne throws a front kick that sends Popham stumbling back into the cage.
borgne closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Popham shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts borgne as he jumps to the side.
A nice combination there by borgne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
borgne misses with a series of wild punches.
Popham misses with a takedown attempt - borgne sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Popham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danga de danga de dang - borgne scores with a four punch combination!
borgne misses with a jab, cross combination.
borgne misses with a jab, cross combination.

Popham shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. borgne is trying to defend but Popham finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Popham wants to free his trapped foot but borgne is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popham looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
borgne is looking to escape.
borgne tries to kick Popham off in order to stand up. Popham Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Popham working the ground and pound.
Popham landing a few strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
borgne is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Popham asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Popham is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, borgne has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

guigui borgne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Popham's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Popham thows a left - swing and a miss!
borgne misses with a series of wild punches.
Popham slips a jab and a cross from borgne.
borgne throws a head kick that misses.
Popham blocks a head kick by borgne.
borgne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Popham tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
borgne throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
borgne misses with a few strikes there.
borgne is breathing heavily.
No joy there for borgne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
borgne keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
borgne lands a two punch combo.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Popham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
borgne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Popham shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in borgne's guard.
Popham makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Popham lands a couple of digs.
Popham scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Popham prevents borgne from getting back to his feet.
Popham works over borgne with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
borgne is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Popham is controlling him.
Popham 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.
Popham landing some decent shots from guard.
Popham lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Popham advances to half guard.
Popham works his way into side control.
Popham creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popham scoring with punches and elbows.
Popham working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Popham creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
borgne tries to escape but Popham is in control.
Popham cracks borgne with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Popham is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. borgne knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Popham scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
borgne is pushing Popham's head away, looking to escape. Popham manages to hold on to the position though.
Popham landing a few strikes.
Popham scores with punches from side control.

Popham is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, borgne has escaped the position, nice work there.
borgne wants to get back to his feet but Popham drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Popham dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joey Popham's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Popham fails with a takedown attempt.
Popham fails to land the takedown.
borgne connects with a high kick.
Popham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
borgne tries a head kick but it misses.
Popham has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
borgne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Popham takes a kick to the side of the head.
Popham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Popham. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
borgne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Popham if he has to take too many more of those.
guigui borgne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
borgne lands a high kick!
A head kick misses from borgne.
Popham looks to score with a jab to the body but borgne is just out of range.
borgne misses with a kick to the body.
Popham throws a series of punches but borgne moves out of range.
borgne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
borgne slaps away a takedown attempt from Popham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
borgne misses with a head kick.
Popham throws a sloppy head kick
and borgne counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Popham fails with the takedown
and borgne counters with a nice low kick that buckles Popham's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Popham on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Popham blocks a head kick by borgne.
borgne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for borgne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Popham bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
borgne is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Popham has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Popham working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
borgne takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
borgne is pushing Popham's head away, looking to escape. Popham manages to hold on to the position though.
borgne on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
borgne wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
borgne taking punishment in the form of punches.
borgne wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Popham has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for borgne!
Popham scoring with strikes but borgne is staying in there.
borgne is in a horrible position here. Popham smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Popham working for a guillotine from mount but borgne is in no mood to give up.
borgne is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to guigui borgne.
I think borgne 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... guigui borgne!