PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demitri Borschtanoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borschtanoff comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Demitri Borschtanoff could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Antonio Santana's chin.

Borschtanoff
vs
Santana

173 cm
21
166 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

173 cm
22
158 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demitri Borschtanoff!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Santana!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've been informed that Santana has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head kick misses from Santana.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santana is looking to clinch but Borschtanoff is avoiding it.
Santana throws a head kick but Borschtanoff moves out of range.
Santana throws a leg kick that misses.
Borschtanoff fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Santana has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Santana rushes Borschtanoff and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borschtanoff is defending well for now.
Santana is trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Borschtanoff is blocking nicely.
Santana stalling.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santana throws an elbow but misses.
Santana stalling in the clinch but Borschtanoff improves position.
Borschtanoff looking to stall.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Borschtanoff is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana lands a nice elbow.
Borschtanoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santana misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff is trying to push Santana away but Santana has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Borschtanoff wants to get back to striking at distance but Santana won't allow it.
Santana throws an elbow that misses.
Borschtanoff is trying to maintain a safe position but Santana gets an underhook and turns Borschtanoff into the cage.
Borschtanoff lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santana.
Borschtanoff is trying to break free.
Borschtanoff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Borschtanoff scores with a nice short uppercut.
Borschtanoff blocking some punches.
Borschtanoff has a couple of punches blocked by Santana.
Santana lands a nice knee to the body.
Santana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Borschtanoff fails to land.
Borschtanoff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Borschtanoff can't find room to land a body shot as Santana controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Borschtanoff fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Borschtanoff.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is keeping an eye on Santana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borschtanoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santana's brow.
Knees to the body from Santana.
Borschtanoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santana throws an elbow but misses.
Borschtanoff swings wildly with an uppercut but Santana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borschtanoff is stalling here.
Borschtanoff trying to control the position but instead, Santana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Borschtanoff into the cage.
Santana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borschtanoff wants to get back to striking at distance but Santana won't allow it.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Santana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borschtanoff blocks it with crossed arms.
Santana tries to stall but Borschtanoff uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff wants to stall.
Santana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borschtanoff avoids it.
Borschtanoff is trying to break the clinch but Santana has him pressed against the cage.
Santana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borschtanoff is trying to break free.
Santana trying to control the position but instead, Borschtanoff has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santana into the cage.
Santana blocks an uppercut.
Borschtanoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Borschtanoff managing to block the knees to the body from Santana.
Santana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Borschtanoff tries to work over Santana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Borschtanoff tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Borschtanoff struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.
Borschtanoff avoiding damage as Santana throws knees to the body.
Borschtanoff is trying to maintain a safe position but Santana gets an underhook and turns Borschtanoff into the cage.
Knees to the body from Santana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Santana wants to stall.
Borschtanoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Santana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Santana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Borschtanoff in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borschtanoff tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Santana just stands there and leans against the cage.
Borschtanoff tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demitri Borschtanoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borschtanoff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santana's elbow.
Borschtanoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borschtanoff is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Borschtanoff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Borschtanoff blocks a low kick nicely.
Santana throws a head kick but Borschtanoff moves out of range.
Santana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borschtanoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Santana dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Borschtanoff misses with a low kick.
Antonio Santana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santana throws a head kick but Borschtanoff moves out of range.
Borschtanoff throws a lazy right hand but Santana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that misses.
Santana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santana moves out of range of the body kick from Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Santana tries a head kick but it misses.
Santana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Santana.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santana moves out of range of the body kick.
Borschtanoff throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschtanoff scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santana!
Borschtanoff is looking to slow Santana down with leg kicks.
Borschtanoff lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Borschtanoff fakes the leg kick and cracks Santana in the body.
Good shot there by Borschtanoff.

Borschtanoff tries to keep at a distance but Santana has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santana throws an elbow that misses.
Antonio Santana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Borschtanoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santana is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Borschtanoff avoiding damage as Santana throws knees to the body.
Santana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Borschtanoff tries to break the clinch but Santana is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Borschtanoff as Santana tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff tries to pull guard but Santana won't allow it.
A short left from Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santana gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demitri Borschtanoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borschtanoff trying to stall but Santana improves his position.
Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
Santana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Borschtanoff has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Santana after a bit of a struggle.
Santana pushes off an throws an elbow but Borschtanoff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Santana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borschtanoff's brow.
Borschtanoff working hard to break the clinch.
Borschtanoff is trying to break free.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Borschtanoff successfully pulls guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff keeping moving, preventing Santana from controlling successfully.

Borschtanoff has his foot on Santana's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Santana works his way back into a safe position though.
Santana wants to control from the top but Borschtanoff keeps moving.
Santana showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Antonio Santana was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Borschtanoff throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A combination from Santana does no damage.
Santana throws a sloppy head kick and Borschtanoff moves out of range easily.
A clash of legs there as Santana blocks the low kick.
Santana takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santana checks a leg kick.
Santana throws a leg kick
and Borschtanoff counters with a straight right hand.
Borschtanoff moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
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!
Santana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santana takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santana is breathing heavily.
Borschtanoff looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santana checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demitri Borschtanoff dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Borschtanoff misses with a hook.
Borschtanoff keeps the fight on the outside.
Santana tries to close the distance and clinch but Borschtanoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Santana checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Borschtanoff waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santana.
A combination from Santana does no damage.
Santana tries a head kick but it misses.
Borschtanoff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Borschtanoff changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Santana looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sloppy strikes there by Borschtanoff.

Borschtanoff looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Borschtanoff thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschtanoff tries to score with some ground and pound. Santana controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Borschtanoff is working Santana over with some ground and pound from side control.
Borschtanoff looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Santana is avoiding damage well.
Borschtanoff working away.

Borschtanoff is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santana has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've been hearing that Borschtanoff has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Santana wants to control but Borschtanoff postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff throws an elbow but Santana slips to the side and avoids it well.

Borschtanoff wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Santana, who protects the arm well.
Borschtanoff trying to control the position but Santana is working away.
Borschtanoff fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Borschtanoff thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Santana is working to avoid the ground and pound but Borschtanoff connects with a decent elbow.
Santana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Borschtanoff in side control lands a decent elbow.
Borschtanoff is working Santana over with some ground and pound from side control.

Santana is rocked!
Santana tries to bench press Borschtanoff off him but Borschtanoff keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Santana tries to improve position but can't.
Santana takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Santana is still in real trouble! Can Borschtanoff finish him?
Borschtanoff 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borschtanoff throws a strike aimed at the side of Santana's head but Santana avoids it well.
Santana is trying to control Borschtanoff's posture but Borschtanoff avoids it.
Santana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Borschtanoff cracks Santana with a big right hand but Santana just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Borschtanoff tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Borschtanoff lands a strong strike to the head of Santana. That's dazed him! Borschtanoff looking to finish here. Santana is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Borschtanoff lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demitri Borschtanoff!
Demitri Borschtanoff retains his lightweight title!
A less than humble Demitri Borschtanoff misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.