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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamey Jasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borg comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Borg Out. Jamey Jasta has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Junior Borg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamey Jasta!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jasta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borg manages to avoid it.
Jasta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Borg fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jasta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Borg has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Jasta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jasta jabs Borg to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Borg fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jasta is out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borg!
Jasta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jasta digs a good hook to Borg's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borg misses with a low kick.
Jasta gets tackled into the cage by Borg. Borg maintains the clinch.
Borg taking a breather.
Borg avoiding damage as Jasta throws knees to the body.
Borg tries to throw a body punch but Jasta avoids it by throwing Borg back against the cage.
Jasta blocks a body shot from Borg.
Jasta trying to control the position but instead, Borg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jasta into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg misses with an elbow strike.
Borg struggles to land a body shot inside as Jasta controls his hands.
Come on Borg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Borg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Borg lands an uppercut.
We've been informed that Jasta 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.
Borg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Borg lands a nice shot to the body.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Jasta avoids the damage to the body.
Borg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jasta's defenses.
Jasta lands a nice uppercut.
Borg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Borg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jasta blocks a body shot from Borg.
A short left from Borg.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Jasta avoids the damage to the body.
Borg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jasta's elbow.
Borg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jasta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jasta pressing his opponent against the cage.
Borg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jasta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jasta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borg.
Junior Borg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jasta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borg misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jasta only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Borg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borg loads up on a big right hand but Jasta slips the punch.
Borg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jasta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Borg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jasta.
Jasta throws a shot from downtown. Borg moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Borg.
Borg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jasta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Borg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And Jasta tries to counter it with a takedown but Borg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg throws a body punch but Jasta moves out of range.
Borg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jasta avoids the head kick by Borg.
Borg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Borg misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Jasta misses.
Jasta drops his hands momentarily and Borg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Borg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jasta fails to land with a series of punches.
Borg tried to counter with a leg kick but Jasta avoided it.
Jasta moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Borg lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jasta staying out of range there.
Jasta throws a leg kick but Borg checks it.
Borg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Borg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borg takes one on the button.
Jasta slips under a jab from Borg.
Jasta checks the leg kick.
Jasta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Borg.
Jasta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Borg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jasta digs a good hook to Borg's body.
Borg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jasta.
Jasta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Borg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jasta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jasta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jasta tests Borg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jasta misses with a wild combination.
Jasta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Borg was well out of range. Poor timing from Jasta.
Borg lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Borg dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Borg throws a body punch but Jasta moves out of range.
Junior Borg is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Jasta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Borg scores with a leg kick.
Borg misses with an uppercut.
Borg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jasta moves away.
Borg works Jasta's body with a nice hook.
Jasta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Borg slips a jab and a cross from Jasta.
Jasta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Borg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jasta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jasta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borg turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Borg manages to end up in side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jasta is looking for a sweep.
Borg works to advance to full mount. Jasta defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg wants to control the pace but Jasta is squirming around nicely.
Jasta is trying desperately to improve position.
Borg works his way to his opponent's back.
Jasta tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Borg wants to take Jasta's back but he can't do it this time.
Jasta is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg looking to control but Jasta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borg goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Jasta is on top in guard.
Jasta with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jasta chips away with some ground and pound.
Jasta makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Borg controls Jasta momentarily but Jasta frees himself.
Borg wants to sweep here but Jasta controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg can't keep his opponent in guard - Jasta advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Borg manages to get to full guard.
Borg looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jasta wants to control from the top but Borg keeps moving.
Borg seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jasta wants to pass the guard but Borg is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Borg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jasta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jasta keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Borg's head.
Jasta wants to control from the top but Borg keeps moving.
Jasta scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jasta's guard.
Jasta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Borg dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Borg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jasta manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Jasta.
Borg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borg moves out of range as Jasta throws a body kick.
Borg fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jasta just manages to avoid it.
Jasta wants to slow Borg down by chopping away at his legs.
Jasta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jasta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Borg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jasta cracks the inside of Borg's front leg.
Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jasta moves away.
Jasta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jasta throws a hook to the side of Borg's head but Borg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borg throws a front kick aimed at Jasta's knee but Jasta avoids it well.
Jasta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jasta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Borg appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jasta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Jasta misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg blocks a jab.
Borg is looking to counter punch.
A combination from Jasta does no damage.
Jasta loads up on a big right hand but Borg slips the punch.
Borg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jasta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jasta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Borg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jasta blocks a jab.
Borg's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Borg duly obliges.
Borg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jasta.
Jasta keeps the fight on the outside.
Borg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jasta throws out the jab.
It looked like Borg was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jasta misses with a double jab.
Jasta misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg looks to throw the jab but Jasta is out of range.
Borg misses with a double jab.
Borg clinches with his opponent.
Junior Borg has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jasta avoids it.
Borg lands an elbow that stopped Jasta in his tracks for a moment.
Borg looking to slow down the pace here.
Jasta stalling in the clinch but Borg improves position.
Borg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jasta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borg's elbow.
Jasta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borg.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Borg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jasta blocking some punches.
Jasta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jasta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jasta avoids the elbow strike from Borg, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jasta avoids the elbow strike from Borg, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Jasta.
Jasta has a couple of punches blocked by Borg.
Jasta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Borg backwards.
Borg wants a takedown.
Jasta lands with a right to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jasta's brow.
Jasta blocks an uppercut.
Borg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Jasta avoids the damage to the body.
Borg struggles to land a body shot inside as Jasta controls his hands.
Borg has a couple of punches blocked by Jasta.
Jasta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borg blocking some punches.
Borg tries to work over Jasta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jasta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Borg throws a punch but it's blocked by Jasta.
Jasta breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jasta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jasta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borg.
Borg misses with a two punch combination.
Jasta slips a straight right by Borg.
Borg misses with a series of wild punches.
Borg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jasta circles away quickly and effectively.
Jasta lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jasta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jasta connects with a leg kick. Borg looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jasta avoids the body shot from Borg.
Borg throws an overhand right that lands on Jasta's shoulder, as Jasta tries to avoid the shot.
Borg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jasta.
Borg throws a big counter combination but Jasta scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Jamey Jasta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jasta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borg.
And Jasta tries to counter it with a takedown but Borg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jasta lands a leg kick that knocks Borg off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamey Jasta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Borg has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Borg!
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.
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