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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovech Nazarovo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ovech Nazarovo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Borg!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarovo takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Ovech Nazarovo has been cut.
Nazarovo looks to throw the jab but Borg is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Borg misses.
Borg misses with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Nazarovo.
Nice cross by Borg.
Nazarovo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Borg jabs Nazarovo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borg. Nazarovo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nazarovo was well out of range. Poor timing from Borg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borg lands a jab-cross combination.
Borg drops Nazarovo with a beautiful combination! Nazarovo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Borg is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nazarovo has closed the distance and engaged Borg in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarovo manages to pull guard.
Borg must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Borg looking to pass the guard.
Nazarovo keeping moving, preventing Borg from controlling successfully.
Nazarovo has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Nazarovo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nazarovo seems keen to control Borg's posture.
Borg with a nice head shot there.
Borg trying to control but Nazarovo is working from the bottom.
Borg lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg trying to control but Nazarovo is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Borg dips to his left and cracks Nazarovo with an uppercut!
Ovech Nazarovo's cut is getting worse.
Borg scores with a nice right hand.
Nazarovo misses with a few strikes there.
Borg attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Borg lands with an overhand left.
Borg works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Borg lands a jab to the nose.
Borg tests Nazarovo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nazarovo walks into a straight right hand from Borg.
Ovech Nazarovo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Borg closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Borg punishes Nazarovo's body with a nice straight punch.
Borg throws a series of punches but Nazarovo moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Nazarovo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nazarovo misses with an uppercut. Borg saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Nazarovo blocks the leg kick.
Nazarovo is looking for a counter combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarovo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Borg's head.
Nazarovo moves out of range of the leg kick from Borg.
Borg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nazarovo is looking for a counter combo.
Borg misses with a kick to the body.
Nazarovo swinging wildly here.
Nazarovo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Borg wants to improve his position but instead Nazarovo has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Borg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ovech Nazarovo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A jab lands there for Borg.
Borg throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nazarovo on the side of the head.
Nazarovo misses with a leg kick
and Borg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nazarovo drives through with a takedown into Borg's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Nazarovo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borg is looking for a triangle here but Nazarovo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarovo is staying tight to Borg's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Borg is looking to regain half guard here but Nazarovo keeps moving and retains side control.
Nazarovo landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nazarovo controlling the position from side mount.
Nazarovo lands a few punches from side control.
Nazarovo controls the position.
Nazarovo working the ground and pound from side control.
Nazarovo controls the position.
Borg looking for a sweep but Nazarovo has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Nazarovo with a couple of short strikes.
Borg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nazarovo. 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarovo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Borg is rocked!
Nazarovo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Borg is still in real trouble! Can Nazarovo finish him?
Borg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nazarovo controlling his opponent.
Borg seems to have recovered his senses.
Nazarovo lands a big elbow.
Nazarovo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nazarovo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nazarovo controlling the position easily from mount.
Nazarovo is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Borg is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ovech Nazarovo!
An out of breath Ovech Nazarovo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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