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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Borzov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borzov has chosen Smoke Drank as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Boris Borzov enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boris Borzov!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borzov dives in and grabs Drake's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drake pushes down on Borzov's head and hops out.
Borzov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Drake counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Drake.
Drake breaks the clinch.
Borzov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Drake counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Drake.
John Drake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Borzov.
Drake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drake is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Borzov wants a takedown.
Drake stops a takedown attempt from Borzov.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Drake pulls guard successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Drake manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Boris Borzov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Borzov's half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Drake moves into full mount! Borzov won't be happy about that!
Drake controlling from mount.
Borzov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Drake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Borzov taking shots to the head.
Drake working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake controlling the pace for now.
Drake landing strikes, looking to finish!
Borzov is trying desperately to improve position.
Drake sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Drake takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drake trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Drake avoids the attempt from Borzov to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Drake dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Drake throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Borzov was covering up waiting for the punch and Drake finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Drake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Borzov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Drake preventing the sweep.
John Drake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Drake wants to control from the top but Borzov keeps moving.
Drake slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John Drake just wasn't active enough.
Drake fails with the takedown.
Borzov shoots in looking for a takedown. Drake tries to sprawl out of it but Borzov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Drake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Borzov.
Drake moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Borzov is trying to pull guard but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
John Drake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Borzov.
Drake jumps guard and drags Borzov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Drake keeping moving, preventing Borzov from controlling successfully.
Drake seems keen to control Borzov's posture.
Borzov trying to control but Drake is working from the bottom.
Drake wants to control but Borzov passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borzov blocks the strikes from Drake.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Borzov postures up.
Borzov looking to sit in guard and control but Drake gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Drake sitting in guard here, content to control.
Drake decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Borzov, up you get!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borzov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Drake but Drake pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Borzov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Borzov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drake sprawls well. Drake wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Borzov gets slowly back to his feet.
Borzov is breathing heavily.
Jab, jab by Borzov - just one landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck for Borzov with that takedown attempt.
Borzov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Drake dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Drake shoots in and bounces Borzov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Drake looking to pass the guard.
Drake gets to his feet - Borzov follows without any prompting.
Borzov fails with the takedown
and Drake counters with a single leg into guard. Borzov didn't expect that.
Borzov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drake stands and throws Borzov's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake advances nicely into full mount.
Borzov defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Drake.
Drake landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake looking to control and managing it successfully.
Drake pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Drake looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Drake scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Borzov?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake is landing with some decent strikes but Borzov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Drake controlling from mount.
Drake with good strikes from the mount here!
Drake working Borzov over with strikes here.
Drake controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Borzov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Borzov is bucking up trying to escape but Drake cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Borzov is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Drake content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Drake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Drake, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Drake!
John Drake bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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