PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Borgato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago's entrance music is SuperBeast. A fine choice. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Luca Borgato enters the cage!

Drago
vs
Borgato

197 cm
32
245 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

215 cm
25
276 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition
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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 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luca Borgato!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Borgato.
Drago scores with a nice strike.
Drago gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
Borgato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Drago manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Borgato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Drago is looking to clinch but Borgato is avoiding it.
Borgato lands with a shot to the body.
Drago checks a low kick from Borgato.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borgato doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Borgato ducks under a wild hook from Drago.
Borgato takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Some wild striking there from Drago.
Borgato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drago stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borgato.
Borgato explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borgato lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drago at a distance.
Drago throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, jab by Drago - just one landing.
Borgato on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Borgato.
Borgato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drago. That did some damage!
Borgato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Borgato.
Drago misses with a wild body shot.
Borgato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Drago doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drago swings for the body but Borgato moves out of range.
Drago misses with an uppercut
and Borgato counters with a right hand to the body.
Borgato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Borgato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drago throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago leaves Borgato with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Drago takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice jab there from Borgato.
A shot to the liver by Drago. Beautiful body shot.
Borgato looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Drago has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Borgato.
Drago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Borgato manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Borgato dips to his left and cracks Drago with an uppercut!

Ivan Drago's cut is getting worse.

Drago has closed the distance and engaged Borgato in a clinch.
Borgato tries a knee to the head but Drago blocks it.
Drago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Borgato has him pressed against the cage.
Drago misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Drago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Borgato looks to throw the jab but Drago is out of range.
Drago scores with a sloppy right hand. Borgato should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgato looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Drago is fending him off so far but Borgato persists. Nope, Drago circles away and we're back to standing.
Drago throws out a powerful jab.
Borgato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Drago misses.
Drago misses with a wild body shot.
Borgato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Drago takes a step back to recover.
Drago scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice body punch from Drago.
Borgato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Drago throws a shot from downtown. Borgato moves away and avoids it.

Drago drives through and clinches with Borgato against the cage.
Borgato prevents a body shot from Drago.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago takes an elbow to the temple.
Drago on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago misses with a punch to the body.
Borgato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Drago controlling the action here for a moment.
Borgato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borgato misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drago.
Drago misses with some punches.
Drago tries to throw a body punch but Borgato avoids it by throwing Drago back against the cage.
Borgato struggles to land a body shot inside as Drago controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drago.
Drago misses with the head strike.
Borgato lands with a light punch inside.

Ivan Drago's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borgato struggles to land a body shot inside as Drago controls his hands.
Drago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drago is trying to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Borgato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Borgato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Borgato tries to clinch but Drago moves out of range.
Drago scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Borgato saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Borgato.
A head kick misses from Borgato.
Borgato throws a leg kick which misses Drago's front leg but catches the back leg as Drago tries to avoid it.
Drago throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Borgato.
Drago misses the jab.
Drago drops his hands momentarily and Borgato takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Drago fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Borgato saw that one coming.
Borgato looks to throw the jab but Drago is out of range.
Borgato throws a head kick that misses.
Drago lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borgato slips under a jab from Drago.
Luca Borgato seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Borgato throws a right and a left that Drago avoids nicely.
Drago thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from Borgato.
Borgato thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Drago if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drago misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Drago throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Borgato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Borgato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Drago crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Borgato - the referee stops the clock and Drago gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Borgato. Drago manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Borgato lands a big head kick that sends Drago tumbling to the mat! Borgato takes a step backwards and waves Drago back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jeez, Ivan Drago's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ivan Drago's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luca Borgato!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Luca Borgato waved his t-shirt featuring Springfield HW Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.