PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tom Fighting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buakaw Borcrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Fighting
vs
Borcrao

150 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

164 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Fighting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Buakaw Borcrao!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Fighting with that takedown attempt.
Borcrao cracks Fighting with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fighting tries to clinch up but Borcrao circles away and keeps his distance.
Borcrao lands a nice shot that snaps Fighting's head back.
Fighting with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borcrao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Borcrao scores with a leg kick.
Fighting takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Borcrao lands a jab to the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fighting.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Fighting. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Fighting or perhaps it was just good defense by Borcrao which made him look bad.
Fighting tries to clinch but Borcrao moves out of range.
Borcrao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No luck for Fighting with that takedown attempt.
Borcrao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fighting looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fighting has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fighting there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borcrao defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fighting.
Borcrao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fighting shoots in but no luck this time.
Borcrao with a hook.
Fighting shoots in for a double leg but Borcrao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Borcrao lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fighting throws a body punch but Borcrao moves out of range.
Borcrao scores with a hook.
Borcrao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fighting has a takedown stuffed.
Borcrao thumps Fighting with a low kick.
Fighting is breathing heavily.
Borcrao scores with a hook.
Fighting tries to score a power double leg takedown but Borcrao sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fighting somewhat.
Borcrao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Borcrao lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borcrao connects with a jab.
Fighting has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Borcrao.
Borcrao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fighting takes a swing at Borcrao's ribcage but misses.
Fighting shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Borcrao as he jumps to the side.
Borcrao lands a jab to the head.
Borcrao cracks Fighting with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fighting fails with the takedown.
Fighting tries to clinch but Borcrao moves out of range.
Borcrao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Borcrao fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fighting shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Borcrao sprawls well. Borcrao wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fighting gets slowly back to his feet.
Buakaw Borcrao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Borcrao.
Borcrao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borcrao with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Borcrao lands an overhand right.
Borcrao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Borcrao scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Borcrao scores with a hook to the body. Fighting takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Borcrao lands a nice shot to the body.
Fighting is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Borcrao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Borcrao with a nice cross.
Fighting takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Borcrao keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Borcrao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Borcrao scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fighting shoots in and drives through. Borcrao sprawls well.
Borcrao thumps Fighting with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borcrao is looking to slow Fighting down with leg kicks.
Borcrao jabs at Fighting's body.
Borcrao punishes Fighting's body with a nice straight punch.
Borcrao with a jab.
Borcrao lands a nice hook to Fighting's body. Fighting takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Borcrao misses with a few strikes there.
A lazy left from Borcrao finds it's target.
Fighting looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Borcrao lands a high kick!
Borcrao throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fighting stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Borcrao.
Borcrao moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borcrao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fighting's head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fighting.
Borcrao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buakaw Borcrao dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Borcrao connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fighting. Fighting circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fighting shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Borcrao sprawls well. Borcrao wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fighting gets slowly back to his feet.
Borcrao circles away from the clinch attempt
and Borcrao counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fighting takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fighting takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fighting on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fighting shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Borcrao pinned against the cage. Borcrao gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Borcrao lands a jab to the nose.
Fighting fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Fighting. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fighting walks into a straight right hand from Borcrao.
Donk. Borcrao catches Fighting right on the button with a cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Borcrao.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borcrao lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab from Borcrao.
Borcrao lands with a right hand.
Borcrao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fighting takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Borcrao bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Buakaw Borcrao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Borcrao connects with a body shot.
A cross from Borcrao lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Borcrao.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Fighting. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Borcrao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fighting in his tracks.
Fighting takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tom Fighting seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borcrao connects with a right hand. Fighting shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fighting stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borcrao.
Fighting shoots in looking for a takedown but Borcrao manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fighting's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Borcrao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borcrao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fighting doesn't seem bothered though.
Borcrao wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Borcrao.

Fighting gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Borcrao scores with a knee to the head.
Borcrao looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fighting takes an elbow to the forehead.
Borcrao stalling against the cage.
Fighting struggles to land a body shot inside as Borcrao controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borcrao lands a knee to the body.
Borcrao utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Borcrao has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Borcrao pushes off an throws an elbow but Fighting leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borcrao controlling the action here for a moment.
Fighting takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fighting is trying to pull guard but Borcrao turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Borcrao unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Borcrao taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighting blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borcrao just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fighting's brow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fighting taking a breather.
Borcrao lands an elbow that stopped Fighting in his tracks for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Borcrao.
Nice elbow from Borcrao.
Fighting tries to pull guard but Borcrao holds him up against the cage and eventually Fighting drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buakaw Borcrao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Borcrao.
Fighting shoots for a double leg takedown but Borcrao sprawls well. He's pushed Fighting's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Borcrao cracks Fighting with a right hand to the side of the head.
Borcrao defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fighting.
Fighting darts in trying to clinch
and Borcrao counters with a stiff right hand.
Fighting takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fighting takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fighting shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Fighting. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borcrao lands a body shot.
A jab lands there for Borcrao.
Fighting doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Borcrao counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borcrao cracks Fighting with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Borcrao.
Fighting will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Borcrao throws a nice head kick!
Nice cross by Borcrao.
Borcrao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fighting's hands.
Fighting chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Borcrao can pounce on him.
Good exchange - Borcrao coming out on top.
Borcrao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Borcrao scores with a nice head shot.
Good leg kick by Borcrao there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fighting drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Horrible takedown by Fighting or perhaps it was just good defense by Borcrao which made him look bad.
Nice uppercut there from Borcrao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Borcrao does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighting takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Borcrao takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Borcrao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Borcrao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Borcrao lands with an uppercut that bounces Fighting off the cage and back into range.
Borcrao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Borcrao lands a head shot.
Borcrao lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Borcrao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Borcrao.
Borcrao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fighting's head.
Fighting walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Borcrao lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Borcrao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Borcrao lands.
Borcrao scores with the left hand. Fighting knows he should have avoided that one.
Fighting shoots in looking for a takedown. Borcrao tries to sprawl out of it but Fighting keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Borcrao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fighting gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Borcrao connects with a right hand. Fighting shakes it off.
Borcrao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fighting drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fighting looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Borcrao is fending him off so far but Fighting persists. Nope, Borcrao circles away and we're back to standing.
Fighting looks for a takedown but Borcrao sprawls well.
Borcrao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Borcrao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borcrao stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Borcrao wants it to stay on the feet.
Borcrao clobbers Fighting with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Borcrao lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Borcrao. That snapped Fighting's head back.
Borcrao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Borcrao throws a head kick that Fighting semi-blocks.
Borcrao closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fighting takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Borcrao lands a jab to the nose.
Borcrao bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fighting's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borcrao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Fighting gets the takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Borcrao tries to improve position but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buakaw Borcrao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Borcrao winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Buakaw Borcrao!
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Buakaw Borcrao!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Buakaw Borcrao!

Buakaw Borcrao wins by unanimous decision!