PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Acer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanislav Borisovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Acer comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny I hardly knew ye. Borisovich has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Acer
vs
Borisovich

185 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
236 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Acer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stanislav Borisovich!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Borisovich tries to keep at a distance but Acer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Borisovich looks gassed!

Acer jumps into guard, dragging Borisovich to the mat.

Acer is looking for a triangle but Borisovich pushes his legs off easily.
Acer is pulling down on Borisovich's head. It's preventing any offense from Borisovich, at least for the moment.
Acer wants to stand but Borisovich is controlling the position.
Acer looking for a sweep. Not yet Acer, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Acer uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Acer drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Acer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Borisovich really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Acer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Acer scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acer working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Acer passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Borisovich!
Acer looking to finish Borisovich with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borisovich!
Acer looking to finish Borisovich with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borisovich!
Acer controlling the position easily from mount.

Acer wants to finish this one by submission but Borisovich is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Acer.
Acer 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.

Acer working for a submission but Borisovich is keeping him at bay.

Acer working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Borisovich looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Acer! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ricky Acer!