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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Pattinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guigui Borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pattinson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
8 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Edward Pattinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 29 - 1, fighting out of New York, Guigui Borgne!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Pattinson slams his shin into Borgne's torso.
Borgne moves forwards but Pattinson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pattinson clinches up with Borgne and pushes him back against the cage.
Pattinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Borgne.
Borgne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borgne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pattinson blocks it with crossed arms.
Borgne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borgne missing with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Borgne - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Borgne blocking some punches.
Pattinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Pattinson.
Pattinson is trying to stall.
Borgne tries to land knees in the clinch but Pattinson avoids the damage to the body.
Borgne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgne is trying to pull guard but Pattinson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pattinson digs a right hand into Borgne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Borgne's gas tank.
Pattinson effectively controlling the action here.
Borgne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pattinson up against the cage.
Pattinson is struggling to control the position.
Borgne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pattinson is defending well for now.
Pattinson breaks the clinch.
Pattinson throws a shot to the body.
Borgne has his takedown stuffed
and Pattinson counters with a head kick. That will keep Borgne thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne misses with a takedown attempt
and Pattinson counters with a big head kick but Borgne shrugs it off.
Edward Pattinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guigui Borgne.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Borgne defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pattinson.
Pattinson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Borgne missing with knees to the body.
Borgne blocks a body shot from Pattinson.
Borgne is stalling here.
Knees to the body from Borgne.
Borgne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pattinson scores with a shoulder strike.
Borgne scores with a knee to the head.
Pattinson has had enough of the clinch but Borgne keeps him there for the moment.
Borgne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pattinson trying to land knees to the body.
Pattinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pattinson is trying to push Borgne away but Borgne has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pattinson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pattinson lands a body shot.
Borgne missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Borgne.
Borgne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Pattinson.
Pattinson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pattinson is trying to stall.
Borgne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pattinson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Borgne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pattinson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Borgne has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Borgne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pattinson is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Borgne misses with an elbow strike.
Borgne wants to stall.
Borgne jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pattinson walks away with a smile on his face. Borgne gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pattinson throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borgne gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pattinson counters with a big head kick but Borgne shrugs it off.
Pattinson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Borgne. That did some damage!
Borgne shoots and misses
and Pattinson counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Pattinson dominated that round.
That's time! Pattinson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Borgne shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pattinson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Borgne has time to react.
Pattinson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Pattinson is looking to take a break and control but Borgne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pattinson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Borgne will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pattinson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Borgne knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pattinson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Borgne is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pattinson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Borgne's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Borgne is looking for a sweep.
Pattinson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Borgne sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pattinson working the ground and pound but Borgne is defending the strikes.
Borgne tries to control but Pattinson manages to take his back.
Pattinson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Borgne knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Borgne for a finish.
Pattinson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Borgne has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pattinson doesn't have the hooks in and Borgne manages to turn into his guard.
Borgne is looking to work some ground and pound but Pattinson has wrist control.
Pattinson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Borgne defends well.
Pattinson has his foot on Borgne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Borgne works his way back into a safe position though.
Borgne won't allow Pattinson to get back to his feet.
Pattinson keeping moving, preventing Borgne from controlling successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pattinson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Borgne gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Pattinson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Borgne gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Borgne wants to control from the top but Pattinson keeps moving.
Pattinson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Borgne wants to control from the top but Pattinson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Guigui Borgne.
Borgne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pattinson with a jab.
Pattinson looks for the body kick but Borgne saw that one coming.
Pattinson misses with a head kick.
Pattinson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Borgne.
Edward Pattinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guigui Borgne.
Borgne shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pattinson sprawls well. Pattinson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Borgne gets slowly back to his feet.
Pattinson fails with a takedown attempt.
Borgne shoots in looking for a takedown but Pattinson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Borgne's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Edward Pattinson is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borgne dives in and grabs Pattinson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pattinson pushes down on Borgne's head and hops out.
Pattinson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Borgne's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Pattinson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Borgne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice takedown defense from Pattinson. No joy for Borgne on that attempt.
Pattinson drives through and clinches with Borgne against the cage.
Pattinson manages to break the clinch.
Pattinson scores with a nice body kick.
Borgne shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pattinson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Borgne tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Borgne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pattinson tries to avoid it but Borgne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pattinson to the ground. Pattinson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Edward Pattinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guigui Borgne.
Pattinson scores with a head kick.
Pattinson throws a lazy head kick
and Borgne counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pattinson keeping moving, preventing Borgne from controlling successfully.
Pattinson controls Borgne momentarily but Borgne frees himself.
Pattinson has his foot on Borgne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Borgne works his way back into a safe position though.
Borgne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pattinson has his foot on Borgne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Borgne works his way back into a safe position though.
Pattinson is pulling down on Borgne's head. It's preventing any offense from Borgne, at least for the moment.
Pattinson keeping full guard, as Borgne tries to pass.
Borgne postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Borgne throwing strikes from guard but Pattinson blocks nicely.
Pattinson keeping moving, preventing Borgne from controlling successfully.
Borgne is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pattinson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Borgne has managed to get both his arms back between Pattinson's legs - danger averted.
Pattinson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Borgne connects with a couple of short punches.
Borgne passes Pattinson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pattinson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pattinson is trying to control the position but Borgne postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Borgne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Borgne connects with a couple of short punches.
Borgne landing with the ground and pound.
Edward Pattinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Borgne is working Pattinson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne lands a couple of elbows.
Pattinson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Borgne stacks Pattinson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Borgne!
Borgne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pattinson is not content to let Borgne control the position.
Borgne is chipping away with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pattinson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Guigui Borgne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Borgne wants to take a breather but Pattinson is having none of it.
Pattinson trying to hold on to Borgne's head to control him but Borgne postures up.
Pattinson is trying to get back to full guard.
Pattinson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pattinson is trying to keep Borgne in close.
Pattinson wants to stand up but Borgne is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pattinson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Borgne passes into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Guigui Borgne.
I think Pattinson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Pattinson!
Edward Pattinson took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I defeated a ranked fighter and was thankful for the preparations. I dedicate this to my team who pushed me to elevate my game. Thank you fans, sponsors, everyone, I finally break that losing spell. Yeah!'.
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FIGHT
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