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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Borg might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Don't Borg Out. Hart has chosen Amish Paradise as his entrance music. Elijah Hart acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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159 lbs
5 - 3 - 1 |
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Junior Borg!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Elijah Hart!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hart manages to avoid it.
Hart lands with a kick to the temple. Borg shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Elijah Hart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hart moves away.
Borg rushes Hart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Borg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Borg looking to slow down the pace here.
Hart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borg lands a nice elbow.
Hart breaks the clinch.
Hart fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Borg avoids it really well and circles away.
Hart misses with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hart throws a head kick but Borg moves out of range.
Hart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Hart catches Borg right on the button with a cross.
Hart shoots in for a double leg but Borg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hart looks to score with a jab to the body but Borg is just out of range.
Hart pushes Borg up against the cage in a clinch.
Hart looking for a takedown.
Junior Borg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elijah Hart.
Borg blocks a body shot from Hart.
Borg misses with a punch to the body.
Borg lands with a right to the head.
Hart misses with an elbow strike.
Hart working aggressively here.
Hart throws a head punch that misses.
Hart takes an elbow to the temple.
Hart tries to circle away but Borg has him pinned against the cage.
Hart told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Hart pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Borg lands an elbow just above Hart 's eye.
Borg takes an elbow to the temple.
Hart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hart's defenses.
Hart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Borg presses Hart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Borg stalling against the cage.
Borg lands an elbow that stopped Hart in his tracks for a moment.
Hart on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Borg blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Borg on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Borg fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Borg.
Hart jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Borg walks away with a smile on his face. Hart gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Borg just misses with a punch to the body.
Hart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hart throws a head kick that misses.
Borg scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hart in his tracks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Borg tries to land a knee to the head but Hart blocks with his arms.
Hart blocking some punches.
Borg tries a knee to the head but Hart blocks it.
A body shot lands from Hart.
Hart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Borg lands a shoulder strike.
Hart looking for a takedown.
Borg is pressed up against the cage. Hart has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Borg down to the mat. Borg avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hart connects with a jab.
Hart misses with a body shot.
Borg defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hart.
Hart drops his hands momentarily and Borg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hart misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Borg counters with a nice body shot.
Hart tries to work over Borg's front leg with a kick but Borg checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hart.
Nice jab there from Hart.
A punch lands to the side of Hart 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Borg misses with a straight right.
Hart moves away from the strike by Borg.
Borg misses with an uppercut.
Hart lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borg misses with an uppercut.
Hart cracks Borg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hart lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Junior Borg will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A head kick misses from Hart.
Hart throws a head kick that misses.
Hart misses with an uppercut.
Hart tries to land a front kick but Borg steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hart connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Borg momentarily.
Hart gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Borg.
Borg moves into the clinch.
Borg throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hart's brow.
Borg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Borg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hart throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Borg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hart misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hart just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borg's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Borg throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg missing with knees to the body.
Borg misses with a punch to the body.
Borg blocks an elbow strike from Hart.
Borg struggles to land a body shot inside as Hart controls his hands.
Borg misses with the head strike.
Borg blocks an elbow strike.
Hart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hart successfully pulls guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Borg's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Borg is looking to stand up but Hart won't let him.
Hart is trying to keep Borg in close.
Hart is looking for a triangle but Borg pushes his legs off easily.
Borg wants to control from the top but Hart keeps moving.
Borg trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hart working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Borg doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Borg manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart has an active guard here but Borg has managed to pass into half guard.
Hart trying to hold on to Borg's head to control him but Borg postures up.
Borg is trying to control the action in half guard but Hart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borg content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hart wants to control but Borg is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Borg is keen to just control but Hart is a slippery customer.
Borg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hart on the ground.
Borg not doing much here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Junior Borg.
Hart misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Borg blocks the leg kick.
Borg throws out a powerful jab.
Borg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hart stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Borg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Borg.
Hart misses with a body shot.
Hart looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Borg thows a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hart lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Borg has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Borg and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Borg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hart shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hart shoots for a double leg takedown but Borg sprawls well. He's pushed Hart's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Borg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hart lands a nice leg kick that just misses Borg's sensitive parts.
Hart throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Borg counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borg slaps away a takedown attempt from Hart, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Junior Borg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elijah Hart.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hart.
Hart is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hart pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Borg dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Borg closes the distance and clinches.
Hart throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Borg softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Borg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Borg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hart is defending well for now.
Borg presses Hart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hart throws an elbow but it misses.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Hart avoids the damage to the body.
Borg takes an elbow to the forehead.
Borg prevents a body shot from Hart.
Borg misses with an elbow over the top.
Borg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hart.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Borg creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hart is rocked!
Borg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hart is still on wobbly legs! Can Borg finish him?
A short uppercut from Borg.
Borg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hart backwards.
Clinched against the cage, Borg lands a big elbow that drops Hart! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Hart is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Borg!
Junior Borg retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Junior Borg thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Elijah Hart had this to say: 'Congratulations. That is one top borg right there.
I will train under a hundred suns for our rematch, until Isaiah says I'm ready. The BorgHart trilogy will be mine!!'.
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